Joel Ungar

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If you wound up here from reading Michelle Golden's book...

Joel Ungar posted an article on - Nov 29, 2010, 3:47 pm
I am quite thankful to be the subject of a case study in Michelle Golden's excellent new book Social Media Strategies for Professionals and Their Firms: The Guide to Establishing Credibility and Accelerating Relationships.  And perhaps you wound up here as a result of the case study. When Michell...
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10 Ways to Know You Were Born to Be an Accountant

Joel Ungar posted an article on - Aug 12, 2010, 12:48 pm
The nice people at Best Online Colleges Online.Net sent me their posting called 10 Ways to Know You Were Born to Be an Accountant I didn't match all of them - I don't have an abnormal passion for tax law for one.  But still kind of describes me pretty well.
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CCH's Idea of a Hot Topic

Joel Ungar posted an article on - Mar 24, 2010, 2:21 pm
I just got my daily CCH Accounting Research Manager email and the lead item starts off:  "Accounting Research Manager has published a Hot Topic, Foreign Currency Issues Related to Investments in Venezuela - SEC Staff Views." My biggest client's 10K is being Edgarized tomorrow.  We've ...
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Counting The Ways The FASB Codification Has Improved My Life

Joel Ungar posted an article on - Mar 16, 2010, 6:44 pm
I'm working through a disclosure checklist on a small audit client (my previously mentioned franchisor that led me to great aggravation with auditing standards.  Of course I'm now seeing FASB Codification references throughout, and I started to think about all the ways my life has improved as ...
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Deloitte Survey Finds Preference for Separate Accounting Rules for Private Firms

Joel Ungar posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
WebCPA posted an interesting article that starts with something not surprising at all: "Slightly more than half of small and midsized businesses prefer to have a separate set of accounting standards for private companies." Many, including myself, have addressed this topic repeatedly. The plain tru...
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PCAOB Adopts New Auditing Standard

Joel Ungar posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Got this in an email from the PCAOB: PCAOB Adopts New Auditing Standard On Engagement Quality Review And Issues Concept Release on Requiring the Engagement Partner to Sign the Audit Report Washington, DC, July 28, 2009 – The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board today voted to adopt Auditing S...
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We are Hiring!

Joel Ungar posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Maddox Ungar Silberstein, PLLC, a rapidly growing PCAOB registered CPA Firm in Bingham Farms, MI, needs additional audit staff, both full time and seasonal/part time. Candidates should have: CPA or CPA candidateRecent audit experience in public accounting (SEC audit experience a plus) Minimum of on...
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H&R Block and TurboTax Have It Wrong

Joel Ungar posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Driving to the office early on a Sunday January morning, you hear lots of radio commercials for H&R Block and Turbo Tax with a very common theme: We get you the maximum refund possible! They've got it all wrong. I can get you the maximum refund possible too. Have 100% of your paycheck withheld so ...
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Certain Donations for Relief in Haiti to be Deductible for 2009

Joel Ungar posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
The Haiti Assistance Income Tax Incentive Act was enacted on Friday, January 22, 2010. It allows US taxpayers who give to charities providing earthquake relief in Haiti to claim these donations on their 2009 tax returns. Qualified contributions must be made after January 11, 2010 and before Ma...
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Announcing A Name Change

Joel Ungar posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Maddox Ungar Silberstein, PLLC Announces Name Change to “Silberstein Ungar, PLLC” Nationally recognized CPA Firm Adds Staff and Expands Deeper into Audits of Public Companies, Franchise Businesses, and Broker Dealers Bingham Farms, MI, February 2, 2010 – Maddox Ungar Silberstein, PLLC, a nati...
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Aggravated with Auditing Standards

Joel Ungar posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
I attended a PPC seminar in September 2007 on implementing the then new auditing standards.  One of the highlights for me was a session led by, if my memory is correct, Harold Monk, the chair of the Auditing Standards Board.  The part that really stuck with me was when he said something to like th...
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Talk About Focusing on a Niche

Joel Ungar posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
At my Firm, we focus on a few niches - SEC auditing, franchisors/franchisees, broker/dealers and increasingly restaurant groups.  But we still do lots of work that doesn't fall in any of those niches. Which made an experience I had yesterday make me think about this. We're located in Detroit, but a...
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iPhone App Coming From My Firm's Association

Joel Ungar posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
We at Silberstein Ungar, PLLC are a proud member firm of MSI Global Alliance of independent legal and accounting firms.  MSI recently announced they are coming out with an iPhone app called Advisors2Go.  According to Giles Brake, MSI's Marketing & Business Development Manager and I think techno...
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Note On Blog Comments - English Only Please

Joel Ungar posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
I have been receiving comments on some of my blog posts in languages other than English, generally I think in Chinese.  While I like to think of myself as worldly, this blog is just me and I only speak English. Please be advised ALL blog comments that are made in a language other than English will ...
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