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A Better Way to Gauge Profitability

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Return-on-equity (ROE) is the correct profit metric to evaluate the performance of a business. However, the primary emphasis on financial ratio analysis must be on operating performance. The “advanced” version of the DuPont model remedies the original model’s failure to cleanly separate the effects of operating and financing...

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PROFESSIONAL ISSUES
New AICPA board Chair Bill Pirolli, CPA/CFF/PFS, CGMA, who works at DiSanto, Priest & Co., in Warwick, R.I., will focus during his term on how the profession can create a platform for a career of service.

A leader laser-focused on filling the pipeline

Bill Pirolli, CPA/CFF/PFS, CGMA, is emphasizing the importance of recruiting skilled people to the profession as he embarks on his year as chair of the AICPA board.

ETHICS
NOCLAR proposals aim to help CPAs find the right balance

NOCLAR proposals aim to help CPAs find the right balance

Proposals by the AICPA Professional Ethics Executive Committee and the AICPA Auditing Standards Board are designed to guide CPAs when they identify or suspect a client’s or employer’s noncompliance with laws or regulations.

TAX
A practical guide to economic nexus

A practical guide to economic nexus

New sales tax nexus standards are creating a larger compliance footprint for U.S. companies and, potentially, foreign entities selling into the U.S. State and local taxing authorities have new tools for identifying and enforcing companies’ exposures for sales and use tax.

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Ask the expert: Practice management

Joining Canopy in 2019, Davis Bell has held critical leadership roles in strategy, operations, and finance. He specializes in creating and managing new products and businesses from scratch to scale.

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