thought leadership

Published Articles

• How Small Businesses Benefit from the Economic Stimulus Act
  Douglas Sweazey, Sum News (MSCPA)
• Staffing Realities Compel Structured Shift
  Carl Famiglietti, Practical Accountant
• The Evolving CPA & Consulting World ... Leaders Take Notice
  Q&A with Carl Famiglietti, Directors & Boards Reader Profile
• Be Proactive in Tackling Fair Value Accounting
  Will Andronico, Financial Executive Magazine
• States Must Seek Same Page on E-Sales Tax Issue
  Rosanna DiFilippo, Mass High Tech
  • Read a MFA Perspective: Four Questions Online Sellers Need to Ask About E-Commerce Sales Tax
  • Listen to a MFA audiocast: E-Commerce Sales Tax (7 minute webcast)
    
• NonProfit: The Roles of Key Players in a Merger
  massnonprofit.org
• NonProfit: To Merge or Not to Merge
  massnonprofit.org
• How CFOs Can Control Rising Audit Costs
  Carl Famiglietti, Financial Executive Magazine
  
• Control Frameworks, Internal Audit, 404
  Travis Drouin, Compliance Week
• All Politics is Local even for the IRS
  Joseph Giso
  

Original Insights

Webcasts

• On February 7, 2008 MFA brought together New Wealth Advisors, an investment affiliate of MFA, and Covington Associates, a Boston-based specialty investment banking firm, for a panel discussion on the importance of developing a business exit strategy – sooner rather than later – and why it’s equally important to establish a plan for maximizing shareholder wealth.  The presentation from this thought provoking event is available via the following webcast.
  • "Begin With the End in Mind" - Preparing for a Successful Exit Strategy
    (12 minute webcast)
    
    
• In November 2007, MFA examined several pressing tax topics as part of our annual seminar. Our related insights are available in these short webcasts:
  • Current Tax News (5 minute webcast)
  • State and Local Income and Sales Tax (8 minute webcast)
  • R&D Tax Credits (5 minute webcast)
  • Transfer Pricing (8 minute webcast)
  
  
• The New Risk Auditing Standards (SAS 109), September 2007
  (10 minute webcast)
  
  
• FIN 48 - Accounting for uncertainty in Income Tax, September 2007
  (8 minute webcast)
  

• International Financial Reporting Standards (August 2008)
  • MFA Perspective: Three Steps Financial Executives Should Take Towards IFRS
  • MFA Audiocast: Travis Drouin on IFRS (8 minute webcast)
• Introduction to SAS 70 (June 2008)
• E-Commerce Sales Tax (May 2008)
  • MFA Perspective: Four Questions Online Sellers Need to Ask About E-Commerce Sales Tax
  • Audiocast: E-Commerce Sales Tax (7 minute webcast)
  • Read a related article published in Mass High Tech: States Must Seek Same Page on E-Sales Tax Issue
• J-SOX Perspective (August 2007)
• Audiocast: J-SOX (July 2007)
• Audiocast: The Fraud Factor
• SOX Perspective (September 2006)
  

• SEC Year in Review - April 2007
• SAB 108 Implementation – March 2007
• Backdating of Stock Options - December 2006
• FASB Statement No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment - October 2006