quote by Franklin Delano Roosevelt Preparation: Making Sense of Child Care Advocacy as an Accountant As I began to educate myself on what I had signed up for as a Parent Advocate, I soon realized the connections to the local community. I learned that Child Care Aware® of America is the national organization that supports[ … ]
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Travis Jones is an Accounting and Assurance Senior Manager at BeachFleischman PC. He has planned and conducted several audits, reviews, and compilations for closely held private companies and not-for-profit organizations, as well as benefit plan audits.
The Accountant and Child Care Advocacy: Part One
Photo courtesy: http://usa.childcareaware.org/about/2017-child-care-aware-of-america-policy-summit/ You may be wondering how you landed on an article written by a CPA that is not related to a technical issue? Allow me to explain. Recently, my wife and I received an opportunity to attend the Child Care Aware® of America’s 2017 Family Advocacy Summit. This 3 part series will take[ … ]
Ethics Programs: Setting the tone to prevent fraud
In the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners biannual Report to the Nations (2016), the cases studied in the Report to the Nations indicated that small organizations experienced fraud at a rate of approximately 30% with a median loss of $150,000 Interestingly, the median loss at small organizations is comparable to those at large multi-national organizations,[ … ]
A Children’s Story Lesson on Ethics
One night while putting my daughter, Genevieve (4), to bed I came across a message in the book she chose that sparked my interest on a professional level. The book chosen was about teaching kids the power of affirmations titled “I Think, I Am!” by Louise L Hay. As we went through the pages, we[ … ]
Internal Controls for Employee Benefit Plans
When an employee benefit plan is implemented, it is important for the plan sponsor (or employer) to communicate the roles and responsibilities of the affected departments, typically human resources, payroll and accounting. The human resource department communicates information about the benefit plan to employees as part of the orientation process, as well as monitors eligibility[ … ]
