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May 19, 2009


Editor's Note
What's going on in your firm these days? Are you thinking about preparing for the advent of IFRS? Are you studying recent FASB pronouncements? Have you got small business loan issues? How do women fare at your firm? Have you made a commitment to keeping your clients? And how does your firm handle performance appraisals? These are the issues we're looking at with this special newsletter dedicated to firm operations. As always, please feel free to post comments at the bottom of any article if you'd like your opinion to be heard.

Best regards,
Gail Perry, CPA
Managing Editor
editor@accountingweb.com



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