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Spring 2006: ENC 5236: Advanced Business Writing for Accounting

Class Websites

Class Templates

For the class template websites, we've identified a number of elements:

Two Designs: iframe and inverted L
No preference on colors, so all in style sheet
Main page elements: name, image, links
Links could include: Contact (IM, email, campus address), classmates, sports info, background, education, picture gallery, copyright, links page to external links, location info (google maps), interests

Website Samples

Websites that the class selected as frequently used by accountants (to use as models for your own websites). Points to consider: What's up with the heavy use of blue & green with glove imagery? Is there some official accounting color palette? How to choose colors. Types of layout--what's best and why (sustainability, standards compliance, info you want on your websites: links, contact info, resume, statement of intent, welcome/home page, pictures?, colors, layout, references to uf or uf colors?, detailed course information, details on education/work, fun information (what you read, hobbies); professionalization points--err on side of caution

http://www.investopedia.com/ --Articles, Product Information, Investment Information, Tutorials, Newsletters

http://cpemarket.com/index ---continuing professional education website

http://www.securitiessleuth.com/ --beneficial when researching potential clients

Becker is one of many cpa review courses available.
http://www.beckercpa.com/

The FASB website is not attractive, but it is pretty easy to find information on.
http://www.fasb.org/

This is a glossary of international trade terms. It could be useful when preparing information that may be used internationally.
http://www.itds.treas.gov/glossaryfrm.html

http://acct.tamu.edu/smith/acctwebs.htm

This one has all the links to audit documents and other info. you would need access to in general. http://www.dwmbeancounter.com/

This one is pretty amusing. http://ria.thomson.com/tax_accounting/taxsites.asp

This one is a good directory for tax websites. http://www.accountingweb.com/news/

http://www.webcpa.com/

http://www.cpanet.com/accounting/index.asp

One has definitions of accounting terms by the New York society of CPAs http://www.nysscpa.org/prof_library/guide.htm .

Another is the International Acconting Standards Board website, just to know what's going on internationally with accounting related issues : http://www.iasb.org/ .

And last but not least the PCAOB website (created by Sarbanes Oxley act) : a must for accountants. http://www.pcaobus.org/.

link: http://www1.ficpa.org/ficpa/Home

link: http://www.dwmbeancounter.com/

link: http://www.rubbernun.net/archives/001140.html

This website gives you links to everything relating to the AICPA: http://www.taxsites.com/aicpa.html

This website gives you links to all sorts of IRS web pages such as forms and publications and tax statistics: http://www.taxsites.com/irs.html

This last website provides accounting news, information, tips, tools, resources and insight for CPAs as well as students majoring in accounting: http://www.accountingweb.com/

Although it is not very visually appealing, this site has links to a multitude of accounting and tax topics. http://www.taxsites.com/

The IRS website has a lot of information and has a good looking layout. http://www.irs.gov/

This website had a lot of good tax information. http://www.taxfoundation.org/

www.stresscure.com/jobstress/speak.html

www.toastmasters.org/tips.asp

www.school-for-champions.com/speaking.htm

http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/transitions.html The first website is from UNC -Chapel Hill regarding using transitions, types of transitions, organization, and transitional expressions in professional writing.

http://www.accountantsworld.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?page=accountingaudit&category=engletters This second website details the layout of an audit engagement letter, a compilation engagement letter, and review engagement letter.

http://acct.tamu.edu/smith/audport/intro.htm This last link provides insight into the various opinions auditors could conclude on an engagement.
http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htm This one is the SEC Edgar database, which all sec filings can be found. Very useful in finding all types of information of companies.

http://aaahq.org/index.cfm The website for American Accounting Association. Probably a resourceful organization to become part of once in practice.

http://www.aicpa.org/index.htm The American Institute of CPA's is very valuable in answering many CPA questions and its mission is to provide members with the resources, information, and leadership that enable them to provide valuable services.

http://www.careers-in-accounting.com/