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Solutions are dependent upon facts & circumstances, law and the objectives. These elements vary from one time to another, from one circumstance to another and from person or entity to another.

Kit to Prepare for Your Adviser

You will need to gather the following items:

	If you prepare your own payroll checks and have an earnings register - please furnish copies of the earnings registers for the entire year
	If you do not have an earnings register, then please furnish copies of all payroll checks
	Additionally, please furnish copies of all checks for services you paid individuals for
	Furnish copies of all checks, or check stubs, made payable to doctors and attorneys

Do It Yourself -

Forms Required to Be Filed, Checklists, Etc.

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1. Do It Yourself
2. Kit to Prepare for your adviser
3. Action List - Procedures
4. Overview Procedures
5. Detailed Steps
  1. Detailed Steps
  2. Get Started
  3. What You Will Need
  4. Obtain Workpapers
  5. Obtain Sample Documents
  6. Forms etc.
  7. Print workpapers
  8. How to use the workpapers
  9. Presentation Standards
6. Final Overview
7. Finalizing
8. Tools
9. SampleDocuments

How to do this - What to Do

Action Checklist - What To Do
OVERVIEW OF PROCEDURES
1. GENERAL SETUP & STARTUP
2. PRINT FORMS AND DOCUMENTS NEEDED
3. PRESENTATION STANDARDS
4. Back to Start of What To Do
Detailed Steps
1. DETAILED STEPS
2. STARTING - FIRST THINGS FIRST, OBTAIN WHAT YOU NEED
3. Back to Start of What To Do
4. What You Will Need
  1. OBTAIN THE ORGANIZER AND BE CERTAIN ALL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE
  2. OBTAIN AND SORT THE INFORMATION
  3. OBTAIN THE STANDARD WORKPAPER FOLDER SETUP
  4. OBTAIN THE STANDARD PRESENTATION LAYOUT
  5. OBTAIN & OPEN ALL STANDARD DOCUMENTS OR WORKPAPERS
  6. OVERVIEW & BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE ENTRANCE INTERVIEW FORM
  7. OVERVIEW THE LIST OF INFORMATION AND CLIENT OR BUSINESS RECORDS NEEDED
  8. START THE REQUIRED COMPUTER PROGRAMS
  9. OBTAIN THE CHECKLISTS IF NEEDED AND WORK ON THE JOB BY EACH TYPE OF ACTIVITY OR EVENT
OBTAIN THE STANDARD WORKPAPER FORMS NEEDED
1. LIST OF THE STANDARD FORMS AND W/P NEEDED
2. Back to Start of What To Do
Back to Start of What To Do
OBTAIN THE DOCUMENTS FOR THIS JOB
PRINT ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS OR MAKE COPIES AS NEEDED
1. PLACE BLANK FORMS IN THE CORRECT SEQUENCE
2. GENERAL & FOR ALL JOBS
  1. Instructions for finalizing and completion - for example instructions for the mailing of forms to the IRS
  2. Actions Checklist
  3. Report Cover Letter
  4. Required Documents and attachments
Back to Start of What To Do
How to use the workpapers
How to use the forms
PRESENTATION STANDARDS
1. DETERMINE THE CORRECT PRESENTATION STANDARDS TO USE
2. ENGAGEMENT LETTER AND DISCLAIMER
3. PRESENTATION IN GENERAL
4. WHAT THE ENGAGEMENT IS LIMITED TO
5. WHAT SERVICES WERE PERFORMED
6. HOW THIS HELPS & BENEFITS
7. 4 WAY TEST APPLICATION
8. Is it the TRUTH
9. Is it FAIR
10. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS
11. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all
12. Back to Start of What To Do
DOING THE WORK
1. Forms and checklists
2. OVERVIEW THE WORK
3. BEFORE FINALIZING THE WORK PROCESS CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING
4. Compliance
5. Paying Bills or other events
6. The professional should perform functions the client does not have time for
7. The professional should perform necessary functions the client staff does not have training for
8. Reduce Costs
9. Reduce Risks
10. Setting Goals or objectives
11. Setting methods for monitoring
12. Setting dates, methods & procedures for follow-up
13. Setting guidelines for defining when variances from the guideline warrant policy or procedure changes
14. Identify the policies or procedures that need to be changed to accomplish the goal or objective
15. Back to Start of What To Do
FINAL OVERVIEW BEFORE THE JOBS IS ENDED & CLOSED
1. LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL QUESTION - has it been answered, were more questions added?
2. THE ANSWER - limit the answer to a short paragraph of about 7 sentences. Did this solve the issue? The ANSWER is not considered the SOLUTION
3. THE SOLUTION - understand the objective or goal and restate it. Were the goals met? What might prevent obtaining the goals. Do the benefits outweigh the costs? Reduce Costs? Reduce Risks? Setting Goals or objectives:
4. Setting methods for monitoring
5. Setting dates, methods & procedures for follow-up
6. Setting guidelines for defining when variances from the guideline warrant policy or procedure changes
7. Identify the policies or procedures that need to be changed to accomplish the goal or objective. State Remedial Solutions and Preventive Solutions.
8. ACTIONS - checklist, calendar, columnar presentation showing separate columns for Client, CPA, Broker, Bookkeeper, Lawyer, Insurance Agent, etc.
9. Back to Start of What To Do
10. COST v. BENEFITS ANALYSIS
11. PROPOSAL
12. FACTS DISCOVERED & USED
13. COMPUTATIONS & REPORTS
14. TECHNICAL ANALYSIS WITH CITATIONS AND AUTHORITY
15. FORMS - agreements, contracts, trusts, tax forms, financial reports, management information reports, policies or procedures
16. REQUIRED ATTACHMENTS
17. Back to Start of What To Do
FINAL STEPS
1. Overview - look at the steps required and the steps performed. Are there unusual items? Are there exceptions or adverse results of the procedures performed? Find resolutions for all unusual or adverse items.
2. Compliance - has compliance "substantially" been met. That is no "material" adverse results?
3. Math Check
4. Proof and spell check
5. Theory & overview by someone not performing the procedures
Petitions and Filings
Office Copy
Required Reports
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