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Money's invisible. The recession is real.

Telling us we're in a recession is like telling us the sky is blue. Our reaction is a collective yawn, followed by the sound millions of people changing channels (or Web sites) at once. I mean, come...

Started in CPA Success • 13 hours ago • 0 responses
Tags: economy, accounting, borrowers, cpa, cpas
Keys to improving your credit score

I don't mean to brag, but my wife and I have a credit score that's better than almost 97 percent of the population. OK, I do mean to brag. I've never been better than 97 percent of the population...

Started in CPA Success • 1 day ago • 0 responses
Tags: financial literacy, cpa, cpas, credit, credit report
IFRS is coming; last day for GAAP is 2010

Tim Reason of CFO magazine recently reported that President-elect Obama has appointed Paul Volcker to head up his special Economic Recovery Advisory Board. It seems former Treasury Secretary and...

Started in CPA Success • 1 day ago • 0 responses
Tags: accounting/ auditing, education, ifrs, accounting, albrecht
In search for savings, companies zero in on health care

One more note about health care coverage. It's not the only area in which companies are looking to save money in a down economy, but it's certainly the most popular. That's the gist of this National...

Started in CPA Success • 4 days ago • 0 responses
Tags: corporate finance, economy, management/ strategy, staffing/ hr issues, accounting
On Thanksgiving, some words of gratitude

"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures." -- Thornton Wilder "It is literally true, as the thankless say, that they have nothing to be...

Started in CPA Success • 6 days ago • 0 responses
Tags: holidays, appreciation, cpa, cpas, holiday
Small biz strategies for managing health care costs

The list of things that business executives need to worry about is long, and given our current financial crisis, it’s getting longer by the minute. Consistently near the top of that list, though, is...

Started in CPA Success • 7 days ago • 0 responses
Tags: leadership, management/ strategy, accounting, benefits, business
What are the most trusted professions for 2008?

CPAs score among the highest, placing seventh in the annual Gallup/ USA Today poll of who America trusts the most. Actually, we rank first among business professionals! Nurses ranked as the most...

Started in CPA Success • 1 week ago • 0 responses
Tags: cpas in the spotlight, accounting, cpa, gallup, macpa
Tell us your story ... and try not to depress us

Yikes. OK, I knew people were down on the economy. It didn't take a psychic to figure that out. But I didn't know just how down they were until I read the results of the latest Business and Industry...

Started in CPA Success • 1 week ago • 0 responses
Tags: economy, accounting, cpa, cpas, crisis
Five major challenges facing small business

Thanks to my friends over at Intuit's Small Business Labs blog for pointing this out. SBA Chief Economist Chad Moutray published a report about small business titled Looking Ahead: Opportunities and...

Started in CPA Success • 1 week ago • 0 responses
Tags: economy, management/ strategy, maryland business and accounting expo, second life, accounting
Computer repair made really, really easy

Saturdays at CPA Success are usually spent reviewing online tools that can help increase our productivity. Keep in mind that we do not endorse any of these services. We simply offer them up for your...

Started in CPA Success • 1 week ago • 0 responses
Tags: web/tech, computer, cpa, cpas, macpa