12/09/2011 - 12:12 - 1553 reads
There's more on Edward Estrin's resume than his thirty-five-year career as a CPA and his tenure as president of the CalCPA. He's also a professional clown, who brings joy and laughter to sick children, senior citizens, and the men and women stationed at the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.
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07/31/2011 - 22:09 - 2077 reads -
Steven Zelin, aka "The Singing CPA," and Edith Orenstein, AccountingWEB blogger for Financial Executives International (FEI), have teamed up to create a music video celebrating the third anniversary of the SEC's Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting.
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07/26/2011 - 17:27 - 1862 reads
Howard G. Telson, AccountingWEB student scholarship winner from The College of New Jersey, shares a clever story about the possible use of smartphone applications.
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05/12/2011 - 11:30 - 5476 reads
What drives you up a wall? In a recent CFO survey conducted by Accountemps, 41 percent of respondents said sloppy work and lacking attention to detail is the most annoying co-worker trait. C'mon - is this the best you've got?
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04/19/2011 - 10:25 - 2879 reads
Darth Vader, CPA? Rick and Ilsa always having Paris and tax write-offs? Hannibal Lecter dining on his CPA with fava beans and Chianti? Memorable scenes from classic movies have all undergone a remake, thanks to the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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03/31/2011 - 10:40 - 4925 reads -
Accounting students preparing tax returns at Northeastern State University's VITA clinic got to say, "I now pronounce you... Married Filing Jointly."
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11/30/2010 - 11:28 - 4460 reads -
Fellow travelers: Take a cue from Fergie, the latest victim of the Transportation Security Administration’s more aggressive airport screening procedures. The singer learned that being a celebrity didn’t earn her the privilege of avoiding the much-criticized tactics at LAX.
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11/29/2010 - 12:28 - 4090 reads -
Consumers with a bone to pick with the IRS have the opportunity to share their experiences. Originally designed as an IRS profile database, IRSDoghouse.com has evolved into a free and anonymous Web site where anyone can rate agency employees.
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09/01/2010 - 15:09 - 3815 reads
Indianapolis is known as "The Racing Capital of the World," and it just so happens there are employees at Indianapolis-based Somerset CPAs P.C. who follow auto racing. So it’s no surprise that the firm created and entered a racecar-themed structure for the CANstruction event at the Indiana State Fair.
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08/27/2010 - 11:34 - 3488 reads -
Employee satisfaction, worker productivity, and customer service continue to be priorities. The challenge for most organizations is to achieve high levels of productivity and customer service while maintaining a satisfied, motivated workforce.
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08/11/2010 - 13:03 - 13531 reads -
Anyone who has prepared tax returns for a number of years likely has come to the conclusion that individual income tax returns have their own personalities as do the taxpayers that they represent.
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08/06/2010 - 15:57 - 6524 reads -
At least 40 hours a week is spent with your coworkers. It is understandable that a few of their idiosyncrasies will begin to rub you the wrong way.
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07/23/2010 - 13:22 - 4648 reads -
At long last, someone wants to produce a television show with a lead character who is an accountant, but not a nerd.
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07/07/2010 - 14:43 - 4017 reads -
How do you change perceptions about the accounting profession? Well, if you are the folks behind The Passionate Accountant.com, you release a hip hop single and mobile phone ringtone, naturally.
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06/28/2010 - 17:28 - 5760 reads
Aaron Zeff is the owner of Harv’s Metro Car Wash in Sacramento, California. Imagine his surprise when, one day last March, federal agents showed up at his business demanding payment of an amount owed from tax year 2006. Just how much did Zeff need to cough up? Four pennies.
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06/24/2010 - 09:15 - 4661 reads
A successful CPA with a love of magic has found a way to do both. Neil Schloss, founder of Castle Consulting in Hightstown, New Jersey, provides accounting services full time and throws in a card trick or two.
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06/15/2010 - 10:36 - 4993 reads
Susan Rich, the first woman vendor at Shea Stadium in the 1970s, recently was saluted by the New York Mets.
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05/19/2010 - 16:51 - 6102 reads -
Long Island exotic dancers rallied last week in favor of a voluntary, $5 “pole tax” that would go toward education.
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04/22/2010 - 14:31 - 4545 reads
Now I’m not proposing we launch a new TV series where business owners stay in a fancy mansion surrounded by eager CPAs vying for their business. But, I think we all have been there in the heat of the competition for new clients.
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04/15/2010 - 11:15 - 5657 reads
If you act fast, you can take some of the stress out of Tax Day by collecting freebies all over town. Here's a roadmap to treats for taxpayers.
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