Dave Burt, CPA:
The Shirtsleeve Accountant’s Blog
Dave BurtDave is a CPA with a MBA living in Southern California. Dave has held accounting management positions in both public accounting and private industry for such companies as Coldwell Banker and Maytag. Dave has sound accounting and business experience, so go ahead and ask Dave!

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My friend, Ross
06/22/09  - Read 235 times
Ross, a friend, and life coach-in-training, just called to say that he will be submitting my case study to his superiors next week for final review and he wanted to know if his (pro bono) coaching was to any benefit...
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A List of Homemade Control Procedures for the Entrepreneur
04/24/09  - Read 987 times
This semester I am teaching a class titled: Financial Controls for Entrepreneurs. As part of my lecture material I’ve handed out a list of basic controls a small entrepreneur might wish to consider. Some of the controls can only happen as staff is added.
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Not so odd things a jobseeker should ask a placement agency.
03/23/09  - Read 750 times
With all the lay offs and the resulting scrambling for new positions, soon or later, a job seeker will likely be contacted by a placement agency that has a job to fill. Here are a few things I might ask the agency:
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Tips on Constructing an Excel Worksheet
03/10/09  - Read 782 times
Working as an accountant over the last umpteen years, I’ve developed my own manner of spread sheet construction and naming. These tips are from those years...
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Writing Control Procedures Part 3
02/10/09  - Read 999 times
Ok, where are we? Oh, yeah, the owner gave me the job of writing control procedures. The first thing I did was load a bunch of templates that I ordered online from Copedia. To get an idea, here are the main headings for the account payable procedures...
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