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Is Wisconsin the Right-Wing Waterloo? Is Governor Scott Walker another Napoleon?

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy A political panel debates the motives behind the GOP’s battle on public unions. >>> coming up, how the battle in wisconsin might actually be the right wing’s waterloo. … Continue reading

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Going to the extreme: Are GOP governors too radical?

The Nation’s Kristina Vanden Heuval talks about the right wing’s agenda for state budgets: GOP governors pushing for tax cuts for wealthy and corporations. Continue reading

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Is accounting really boring, or has virtually the entire human race just been getting it all wrong since the beginning of time?!

I’ve noticed on Twitter a bunch of tweets from younger people complaining that accounting is boring. This may very well be true for those who are not accountants. Non-accountants include those individuals who once loved accounting until they took, and … Continue reading

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being a CPA

Am I the only CPA attracting whacko, cheap, mean-spirited, stupid, desperate, lazy, crooked, brain-dead, sloppy, crazed clients? Do you get those daily calls from cheapoes who, upon attempting to do their own tax returns, become stumped on a tax issue and … Continue reading

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C’mon, admit it. Don’t you just hate QuickBooks?!

Everybody’s using it, and so are you, but c’mon, admit it, don’t you hate QuickBooks? Well, maybe not QuickBooks, but Intuit? Every year, Intuit forces us CPAs to buy a new version of QuickBooks for ~$500, if we want payroll … Continue reading

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The Barefoot Accountant Welcomes All Accounting, QuickBooks, and Tax Comments and Questions Right Here Under “Comments”.

If you have questions or comments on any accounting, tax, or QuickBooks article found on our website, please feel free to post it here under “Comments”.  If you wish to comment on articles dealing with American politics or other matters, … Continue reading

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How much is 2 plus 2?

In his classic book about the accounting profession, Unaccountable Accounting:  Games Accountants Play, Abraham Briloff recounts a supposedly true story suggesting the primary criterion corporations employed in selecting their public accounting firms.  In the event that you may not have heard this story, I wish to tell it here … Continue reading

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I’m mad. Why aren’t CPAs volunteering to help businesses and individuals here in our economic disaster?

Don’t get me wrong.  I think it’s wonderful that CPAs are volunteering to assist those poor souls in Haiti.  I congratulate and thank them.  And I am not equating our country’s situation to that in Haiti, where hundreds of thousands of … Continue reading

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Is it time to give your CPA the boot?

It’s that time of year again to assemble all of your financial information and bring it to your Certified Public Accountant. However, some of you may be dissatisfied with your current Certified Public Accountant and are contemplating a change.   In … Continue reading

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Beware the Ides of March and April, QuickBooks Users!

Tax time is here for S Corps, Limited Liability Companies, Sole Proprietorships, and many C Corps. And many rely on QuickBooks as their accounting software. And every year starting about now, we certified public accountants receive these companies’ QuickBooks files in various … Continue reading

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