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¶ … office, there has been a problem with employees visiting sites that they are not authorized to. For basic firm research, the three following periodicals in print have been essential in the history of the firm. The management decision to get these tools in print form will keep the firms partners on track with their work and unoccupied with unnecessary subjects that are a liability in any case (Shymkus, 2010).

In some cases, they are actually less expensive than the online versions and will therefore save the firm from the above problem, but also money on subscriptions. The Journal of Accountancy is the monthly flagship publication of the AICPA with basic breaking news in the field of accountancy. Since the firm is a member of AICPA, we can get the monthly publication for $60 per year ("Aicpa store," 2011).

The publication will provide us tells at a glance what is been happening in the accounting profession, the SEC, PCAOB, IRS, and in business and the economy. The journal concisely and very much to the point has articles covering in a number of departments that interest the firm in its work including IFRS convergence, FASB Accounting Standards Codification, the Stimulus Act, practice management, general business and industry issues, technical issues dealing with the accounting field and tax issues that concern the firms work.

In particular, IFRS convergence and FASB Accounting Standards Codification are extremely valuable and keeps the firm in line with financial reporting standardsIn the present environment, mastery of reporting standards provides a needed air of transparency that adds favorably to the public perception of the firm. Advertisements in the journal are few and of a foundational nature. Bloomberg Businessweek for basic overall business research is published on a weekly basis. The cost is $20 for a 26-week subscription.

The publication has several basic business departments that serve the firms interests in a number of general areas including finance, technology, innovation, management, small business and global issues. While the information is not as technical as the Journal of Accountancy, the publication is important to keeping firm members caught up at a glance upon general business issues. Information about the advertisements carried in the publication includes such mainstream companies as Ford Motor Company.

In this way, firm members will have a very good general grasp on business content in the largest corporations that have, are or potentially could be clients of the company. Such information makes our partners more knowledgeable about the clients and promotes good feeling with client when the partners exhibit this knowledge when in interactions with the clients. Typical articles include those like "Rethinking the Public-Pension Punching Bag (Farrell, 2011)." The Journal of Management Accounting Research is also a natural choice for us as members of the American Accounting Association (AAA).

The scholarly journal is published semi-annually and costs $125 (as opposed to the online price of $160). The journal contributes directly to improving the theory and practice of management accounting by promoting applied and theoretical research of a high quality. Papers in the journal.