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Maximize the value of your AICPA membership. Whether gaining knowledge, improving skills, streamlining staff activities or saving money through discounts, it's important to know all the ways your membership can work for you. The AICPA provides a host of resources, information and tools to help CPAs succeed and expand their professional horizons. Taken together, these benefits make it possible for your AICPA membership to truly pay for itself. Refer to this useful summarized directory throughout the year.

Professional Information For Improved Performance

* AICPA Online (www.aicpa.org) offers immediate access to news and special features about the latest developments affecting the accounting profession. Obtain valuable information on standards and other professional and technical matters and news releases, as well as access online newsletters and magazines. Learn about important new AICPA initiatives and the latest hot issues for the CPA profession from the site to stay informed and competitive.

* To conduct high-quality effective audits, get timely, comprehensive technical and educational information from our three audit quality centers: the Center for Public Company Audit Firms (www.aicpa.org/cpcaf), the Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center (www.aicpa.org/ebpaqc) and the Governmental Audit Quality Center (www.aicpa.gaqc). Each one accomplishes its objectives through representation and by providing member firms with resources and guidance.

* Members practicing in specific niche areas can get important news updates and valuable resources from several online community Web sites designed to help CPAs remain knowledgeable and improve performance. They are the Accounting Education Center (www.aicpa.org/CEAE); the Business Valuation and Forensic & Litigation Services Center (www.aicpa.org/BVFLS); the Financial Management Center (www.aicpa.org/FMCENTER); the Information Technology Center (www.aicpa.org/INFOTECH); the PCPS Firm Practice Center (www.aicpa.org/PCPS); the Personal Financial Planning Center (www.aicpa.org/PFP); and the Tax Center (www.aicpa.org/TAX).

* The Journal of Accountancy, the leading professional publication read by CPAs, business executives, government officials and educators, provides news, explanatory articles and official releases. Members can gain important professional and technical information from the recently redesigned JofA, which now includes interviews with high-level Washington leaders and columns from well-known business writers. It is sent free to members and can also be found online at www.aicpa.org/pubs/jofa/joahome.htm.

* The Small Firm Corner, a regular column written by AICPA Vice President--Small Firm Interests, Jim Metzler, provides you with insights into emerging issues affecting practitioners and practical advice on tackling tough practice problems. Each column highlights free AICPA resources specially designed for small practitioners to improve their skills and services, and increase staff productivity. It can be found in the "Spotlight Area" of AICPA Online (www.aicpa.org) or at the PCPS Firm Practice Center (www.aicpa.org/PCPS).

* Members can efficiently get answers to tough technical questions from the Technical Information Hotline. Save time on research and money on outside services when you need non-authoritative responses to queries about accounting, financial reporting, auditing, attestation and accounting and review services. The hotline encourages members to submit questions in writing electronically (www.aicpa.org/members/div/infohot/index.htm) as an alternative to calling the toll-free number. Access this free service by calling 888/777-7077 or faxing 212/596-6233. To accommodate members' schedules, the toll-free number is staffed till 6:00 p.m., ET, throughout the year. During busy season (Jan. 15 through Apr. 15), hotline staff answers e-mail until 7:00 p.m., ET.

* Members who face ethics issues in their practices and members who are not in public practice should turn to the Professional Ethics Division's Ethics Hotline, which offers valuable information and can act as an ethics sounding board. In addition, members who notice, suspect or are aware of significant deficiencies in the work of another member should contact the hotline for guidance. The hotline's e-mail address is ethics@aicpa.org and its toll-free number is 888/777-7077, prompt 5, followed by prompt 2.

* Hone your abilities to identify, deter and combat fraud through the AICPA Antifraud & Corporate Responsibility Resource Center. Its tools, technical information and guidance can assist you, whether your role is as an auditor or in business or the academic community. This center offers resources that can help educate the profession, investors and others about fraud, promote ethics and integrity in the workplace and establish clarity in reporting procedures. It is available at www.aicpa.org/antifraud.

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