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What Can a CPA Do that a Regular Accountant Can’t?

What can a CPA do that a regular accountant can’t? That’s what we’d like to address today.

Five guys committed a $13 million tax fraud. Here’s how much prison time they’ll do

Miami-Dade residents Jamal Dyer, Jorge Osorio-Rodriguez, Tramaine Sealy, Jonathan Edwards and Daniel Murias each have been sentenced to do federal prison time after pleading guilty to a $13 million tax fraud

What Are Account Detail Types in Quickbooks?

If you’re planning to keep track of your business’s financial records using Quickbooks, you’ll need to familiarize yourself with the accounting software’s detail types. Whenever you create an account in Quickbooks — expense account, income account, liability account, etc. — you’ll be prompted to choose a detail type. It’s important that you choose the right detail type because this will affect the subcategory in which the…

Is Hiring a CPA Worth it? 5 Tips for Getting Your Money’s Worth

Often when people find out I’m a tax accountant, I get asked, “How much does a CPA cost?” It’s like me asking “How much does a home cost?” We all understand that a 1,000 square-foot home in Kansas has a different cost than a 1,000 square-foot penthouse condo in New...

Here’s why your tax return may be flagged by the IRS

There are several reasons why your tax return may get flagged or audited by the IRS. Here’s how to avoid IRS scrutiny and processing delays.

IRS Tax Tip: Ten Tax Tips For Individuals Selling Their Home

The Internal Revenue Service has some important information for those who have sold or are about to sell their home. If you have a gain from the sale of your main home, you may be able to exclude all or part of that gain from your income.Read more →

Vacant Listings Can Be Vandal Magnets

When thieves are looking for the copper tubing in a home’s pipes, the devastation can become a nightmare to selling homeowners. 

Fun Stuff with Aristocrat PS!

A little history on Plastic Surgery! #PlasticSurgery

How does PS Audio protect from equipment fires?

Sometimes the magic blue smoke inside equipment escapes and all hell breaks loose. What does PS Audio do to keep its products and customers safe?

10 Reasons Why You Should be Using Vandal Resistant Poster Cases

When displaying a poster in a public place, keeping it safe, clean, and protected is important. Here's our top 10 reasons to buy vandal resistant poster cases.

"It’s Always Naptime", IKEA PS clock gets a makeover

I would use the clock idea to make a naptime cat clock. Just for fun. Remove clock mechanism and glass, cover the numbers with the word “NAP”.

Evaluation’s four missing Ps according to Rakesh Mohan

Today we have a guest post from Director of Idaho’s Legislative Office of Performance Evaluations and all around great guy Rakesh Mohan . The post is his, I just added the cartoonsDo you know what happens when I tell someone that I’m an evaluator? I get a blank look, because people do not know what an evaluator does.So I say that I’m a program evaluator. And they think I’m a computer programmer. Of course, it does not help that I look…

Tax Deductions You Won't Believe

Here are some examples of deductions from the IRS that were permitted and some that were, uh, too creative.

The big problem with ‘To All the Boys: PS I Still Love You’

Are You Missing Tax Deductions?

EVERYONE thinks about this. Those of you have already filed your personal income tax returns and those still getting their documents together. There are MANY deductions that are missed that general…

Women Aren't Crazy Just Because They Have Emotions

If there's one thing men can do in 2018, it’s to change how they talk about women.