Fab 50: hot Internet resources for CPAs.

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Resources at your fingertips

Sure, the Web is full of useful information. But if you don't know where to find it, what good does it do you? This feature was so popular last year that we've brought it back--updated with the latest resources.

ACCOUNTING & AUDITING

www.fasb.org At FASB's site, you can order statements and publications, review exposure drafts and get news updates.

www.auditnet.org AuditNet, including Kaplan's AuditNet Resource List (KARL), features free auditing resources, a Q&A forum, links, audit programs and discussions.

accounting.rutgers.edu Billed as "The Largest Accounting Site on the Internet," Rutgers Accounting Web is heavy on links to just about every accounting-related site you can imagine.

ACCOUNTING REFORM

www.sec.gov The SEC homepage is the connection to information on implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as well as many other regulations impacting publicly held companies.

www.aicpa.org/info/index.htm The AIOPA has covered recent corporate collapses and the subsequent fallout extensively. If you can't find answers to your questions on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act here, they offer a toll-free number to help!

www.calcpa.org/members/GR CalCPA also has focused tremendous energy on California accounting legislation. Here you can find details of new laws and pending bills, plus contact information for key legislators.

BUSINESS VALUATION

www.bvupdate.com Shannon Pratt's website has valuation resources for the business appraiser and legal professional. It isn't all free, but what is? Here you'll also find www.bvmarketdata.com and www.bvlibrary.com.

www.1stresearch.com First Research provides (for a fee) more than 125 industry profiles, plus (for free) a huge listing of business-related links (click Financial Link).

CONTINUING EDUCATION

www.educationfoundation.org The California CPA Education Foundation has courses and conferences--online, on-site and resort offerings--and pretty much every course you could need to meet your 80-hour CPE requirement.

CPA PORTALS

www.myaccountingportal.com My Accounting Portal is a major clearinghouse of technical accounting information, practice management ideas, chat forums, business and lifestyle news.

www.accountingweb.com Accounting WEB provides news and information about the CPA profession as well as career, practice, CPE and other resources.

www.accountantsworld.com Accountants' World bills itself as the "community for accountants who think ahead" and provides easy links to...