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Quarterly Newsletters

August 2010    Status of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
Since 2002, the FASB has been collaborating with the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) on a joint convergence project in an effort to increase international comparability of financial accounting and reporting. The movement toward International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) has gained momentum but still looks like it is a few years away. Learn the details in this publication.

Summer 2010    Employee Benefit Plan Commentator
In this Issue: Recent Employee Benefit Plan Developments

Summer 2010   Consumer Business Compass
In this Issue: Did You Know, interesting consumer statistics; Summer Forecast - Partly Sunny for Back-To-School Season

August 2010    Nonprofit Alert
Special relief for small organizations who failed to file May 17 - action may be required by October 15.

Summer 2010    Technology Industry
In this Issue: The Continued Growth and New Face of IT Outsourcing; Upcoming Conferences and Seminars From Leading Technology Associations

July 2010    Financial Link: Your Money Management Newsletter from LVBW Wealth Management
In this Issue: Up Front, Quick Hits, and Snap Shots; Why You Need to Calculate Your Retirement Needs; Leaving Your Job? Put an IRA to Work; A Question of Identity

June 2010    NonProfit Standard
In this Issue: Governance - Still High on the IRS Radar Screen: Audit Checklist on Governance Now in Service; Form 990-T and Losses: From the IRS Viewpoint; Management's Role in Valuing Alternative Investments With NAVs; Act Releases Report on Online Tool for Compensation; Tax Reform may be on the Horizon for Nonprofit Organizations; OMB 2010 Compliance supplement Status; Document Correction Program for Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation; FBAR (Foreign Bank Account Reporting); Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities - what Do I Need To Know?

Spring 2010    Real Estate Monitor
In this Issue: Real Estate Workouts: Cash Flow Mortgages; Leases: The Takeover Lease; Mortgage Loans: Buying and Selling; Mortgages: Buyer Contingency Clauses; Loans: Prepayment Penalty Upheld; Metropolis: Five New Realities

Spring 2010    BDO Viewpoints
In this Issue: Community Banks; Mitigating the Risk of Failure; Internal Investigation Missteps: Auto Supplier Consolidation; "Red Flags": Business Ignoring Credit Problems; the Deal Magazine's Bankruptcy League Tables

Spring 2010     Healthcare Newsletter

In this Issue: The "State" of Medicaid Reimbursement; Fin 48 Update For NonProfit Organizations; 403(b) Plans:
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; In Healthcare, Now More Than Ever - Cash Is King; Accounting Considerations in Mergers and Acquisition Transactions For Not-For-Profit Healthcare Organizations