AT Think

I recently returned from the Illinois CPA Society conference. I left with a lot of great information, as well as some interesting observations. The most striking observation relates to the accounting profession’s very obvious demographic profile.

Oprah Winfrey hired a CPA to make sure her audience won’t have to pay extra taxes for the free trip to Australia she gave to everyone present for the premiere episode of her final season.

IMGCAP(1)] Accounting, like any other industry, has evolved throughout the generations in an effort to push productivity thresholds to newer and higher maximums. Technology, systems, processes, and workplace environments have all evolved into what we can simply call The Cubicle Age.

The small business bill passed by the House today appears to have gone through a number of name changes along the way, leading to a bit of confusion in exactly what Congress approved.

IMGCAP(1)] In my daily work, I help businesses reduce the cost of their sustainability strategies, but through an expedition to Costa Rica, I was able to live a sustainability strategy.

Attorneys are readying their arguments for a Supreme Court case that will determine whether universities have to pay Social Security taxes for students they employ as medical residents at their teaching hospitals.

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Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., has reportedly predicted that Congress will soon begin debating both Democratic and Republican proposals on extending the Bush tax cuts, perhaps as early as this Thursday.

IMGCAP(1)] Research is the key to developing a list of good prospects to focus your strategic pursuit efforts. The more you know about a prospect, the easier it is to determine whether that business or individual is worth going after and, if so, how best to do that.

The group of economists that keeps more-or-less official track of economic cycles has decided that the recession ended in June 2009, even though most of the country is still feeling the effects.