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The Accounting Best Practices Podcast

The Accounting Best Practices Podcast has been downloaded more than one million times. It covers best practices and accounting standards, as well as accounting technology, acquisitions, controls, closing the books, financing, fraud, investor relations, metrics, payroll, and more. To write a review of the show on iTunes, click here. To review an index of the podcast sorted by topic, click here.

Episode		Episode Title
160	Listen Now	The Soft Close
159	Listen Now	The Liquidation Basis of Accounting
158	Listen Now	Intercompany Accounting
157	Listen Now	The Senior Accountant Position
156	Listen Now	Changes in Continuing Professional Education
155	Listen Now	Reporting of Other Comprehensive Income Reclassifications
154	Listen Now	Managing in Financial Adversity, Part 4
153	Listen Now	Managing in Financial Adversity, Part 3
152	Listen Now	Changes to Other Comprehensive Income
151	Listen Now	Managing in Financial Adversity, Part 2
150	Listen Now	Managing in Financial Adversity, Part 1
149	Listen Now	Volunteering Overseas as an Accountant
148	Listen Now	Best Practices for Accounting Reports
147	Listen Now	Net Present Value Analysis
146	Listen Now	Intangible Asset Impairment Testing
145	Listen Now	Capital Budgeting with Minimal Cash
144	Listen Now	Evaluating Capital Budgeting Proposals
143	Listen Now	Supply Chain Financing (Guest: Kyriba's Bob Stark)
142	Listen Now	The Dividing Line Between Treasury and Accounting
141	Listen Now	The Value Proposition
140	Listen Now	The Cost Accountant Position
139	Listen Now	A Lean System for Fixed Assets
138	Listen Now	A Lean System for Accounts Payable
137	Listen Now	A Lean System for Cash Receipts
136	Listen Now	Goodwill Impairment Testing
135	Listen Now	Fine Tuning Your Control System
134	Listen Now	Adding Value to Internal Audits
133	Listen Now	Accounting for Marketing Costs
132	Listen Now	Consolidation Software
131	Listen Now	Operating without a Budget
130	Listen Now	The Problems with Budgeting
129	Listen Now	Streamlining Payroll, Part IV
128	Listen Now	Streamlining Payroll, Part III
127	Listen Now	Streamlining Payroll, Part II
126	Listen Now	Streamlining Payroll, Part I
125	Listen Now	Refinancing Debt
124	Listen Now	Lender Relations
123	Listen Now	The Controller Position
122	Listen Now	Fixed Asset Disposals
121	Listen Now	April 1st Podcast
120	Listen Now	Obtaining Shareholder Votes
119	Listen Now	Overhead Allocation the Easy Way
118	Listen Now	Building Customer Relationships
117	Listen Now	Cost Variability
116	Listen Now	Disclosing Pro Forma Information for Business Combinations
115	Listen Now	The Reporting of Loans to Participants by Pension Plans
114	Listen Now	Free Accounting Software (Guest: Outright CEO Kevin Reeth)
113	Listen Now	Employee Spend Management Systems (Guest: Concur's Chris Juneau)
112	Listen Now	The Transition from Auditing to Industry
111	Listen Now	Variance Analysis and Horizontal Analysis
110	Listen Now	The National Investor Relations Institute (Guest: CEO Jeffrey Morgan)
109	Listen Now	The Fixed Asset Accounting Differences under GAAP and IFRS
108	Listen Now	XBRL Tagging (Guest: Patrick Quinlan, CEO of Rivet Software)
107	Listen Now	The Milestone Method of Revenue Recognition
106	Listen Now	The Inventory Accounting Differences Under GAAP and IFRS
105	Listen Now	Multiple Deliverable Arrangements (Guest: Professor Jerry Weinstein)
104	Listen Now	A Conversation with the PCAOB's Joe St. Denis
103	Listen Now	Cost Reduction Analysis
102	Listen Now	The Fund Raising Road Show
101	Listen Now	Accounting Troubles at Lehman Brothers
100	Listen Now	A Look Back at the Show
99	Listen Now	The Non-Deal Road Show
98	Listen Now	Dealing with Investment Bankers
97	Listen Now	Recording Revenue at Gross or Net
96	Listen Now	Recording Reimbursed Expenses as Revenue
95	Listen Now	Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans
94	Listen Now	The SEC's Rule 144
93	Listen Now	Stock Registrations
92	Listen Now	The Product Cancellation Decision
91	Listen Now	FASB Statement 165, Subsequent Events
90	Listen Now	Regulation A Stock Sales
89	Listen Now	Regulation D Stock Sales
88	Listen Now	Acquisition Types
87	Listen Now	The CFO Position
86	Listen Now	Credit Best Practices
85	Listen Now	The Acquisition Term Sheet
84	Listen Now	Taking a Company Private
83	Listen Now	Accounting from Home
82	Listen Now	Accounts Payable Matching
81	Listen Now	Accounts Payable Best Practices
80	Listen Now	Acquisition Due Diligence
79	Listen Now	Dealing with the Outside Analyst
78	Listen Now	Controls for Financial Statements
77	Listen Now	Fast Close for the Public Company
76	Listen Now	Budgeting Controls
75	Listen Now	Acquisition Valuation
74	Listen Now	Short Sellers
73	Listen Now	Billing Best Practices
72	Listen Now	Office Work Flow
71	Listen Now	Budget Model Improvements
70	Listen Now	Breakeven Analysis and the Margin of Safety
69	Listen Now	Listing on a Stock Exchange
68	Listen Now	Tax Technology (Guest: Greg Prow, CEO of Planitax)
67	Listen Now	Value Stream Mapping
66	Listen Now	Obsolete Inventory
65	Listen Now	Responsibility Accounting
64	Listen Now	Business Combinations, SFAS 141R (Guest: Ralph Nach)
63	Listen Now	Investor Relations: Guidance
62	Listen Now	Accounting Standards Codification
61	Listen Now	Business Valuation (Guest: Denise Curd, Director of Quist Valuation)
60	Listen Now	Profit Recovery: Vendor Relationship Auditing (Guest: Rich Lanza)
59	Listen Now	Lean Accounting (Guest: Professor Dick Crandall)
58	Listen Now	Investor Relations: Forward-Looking Statements
57	Listen Now	Target Costing
56	Listen Now	Inventory Record Accuracy
55	Listen Now	Targeted Collections
54	Listen Now	Payroll Cycles
53	Listen Now	Best Practices Problem Avoidance
52	Listen Now	Profit Recovery: Internal Auditing (Guest: Rich Lanza)
51	Listen Now	Data Analysis Software (Guest: Carolyn Newman)
50	Listen Now	Convergence of GAAP and IFRS (Guest: Barry Epstein)
49	Listen Now	Fair Value Standards (Guest: Ralph Nach)
48	Listen Now	Profit Recovery: Overview (Guest: Rich Lanza)
47	Listen Now	Throughput Accounting, Part 5 (Controls)
46	Listen Now	Throughput Accounting, Part 4 (Financial Analysis)
45	Listen Now	Throughput Accounting, Part 3 (Capital Budgeting)
44	Listen Now	Throughput Accounting, Part 2 (Bottleneck Management)
43	Listen Now	Throughput Accounting, Part 1 (Basics)
42	Listen Now	PDF Invoices
41	Listen Now	Remote Bank Deposits
40	Listen Now	Biometric Time Clocks
39	Listen Now	Telephone Timekeeping (Guest: Mark Nickson, President of Telliris)
38	Listen Now	Automatic Cash Application (Guest: Joshua Burnett, CEO of 9ci)
37	Listen Now	Forensic Accounting Investigations (Guest: Mona Clayton)
36	Listen Now	The Universal Payment Identification Code (Guest: Rossana Salaris)
35	Listen Now	Recovery Auditing and Accounting Department Metrics
34	Listen Now	Fraud Deterrence (Guest: Harry Cendrowsk)
33	Listen Now	Acquiring a Public Shell Company
32	Listen Now	Accounting Run Charts (Guest: Mark Polino)
31	Listen Now	Operating Performance Metrics
30	Listen Now	New 2007 Accounting Standards and Asset Utilization Metrics
29	Listen Now	Excel Risk Mitigation (Guest: Rich Lanza) and Cash Flow Metrics
28	Listen Now	The Year in Review and Liquidity Metrics
27	Listen Now	Risk Assessment Suite (Part 2) and Inventory Metrics
26	Listen Now	Risk Assessment Suite (Part 1) and Payroll Metrics
25	Listen Now	The Fast Close, Part 10 (Billing)
24	Listen Now	The Fast Close, Part 9 (Payroll)
23	Listen Now	The Fast Close, Part 8 (Inventory)
22	Listen Now	The Fast Close, Part 7 (Payables)
21	Listen Now	The Fast Close, Part 6 (Journal Entries)
20	Listen Now	The Fast Close, Part 5 (Statement Content)
19	Listen Now	The Fast Close, Part 4 (Centralization)
18	Listen Now	The Fast Close, Part 3 (Scheduling)
17	Listen Now	The Fast Close, Part 2 (Scheduling)
16	Listen Now	The Fast Close, Part 1 (Scheduling)
15	Listen Now	Controls for Fixed Assets
14	Listen Now	Controls for Payroll
13	Listen Now	Controls for Accounts Payable
12	Listen Now	Controls for Cash Receipts
11	Listen Now	Controls for Billing
10	Listen Now	Controls for Shipping
9	Listen Now	Controls for Production
8	Listen Now	Controls for Inventory
7	Listen Now	Controls for Receiving
6	Listen Now	Controls for Expense Reports
5	Listen Now	Controls for Purchase Orders
4	Listen Now	Controls for Procurement Cards
3	Listen Now	Controls for Credit
2	Listen Now	Controls for Order Entry, Part 2
1	Listen Now	Controls for Order Entry, Part 1