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When I was in practice as a CPA, there were days when I left the office wondering why I would ever want to go back the next day and do it again.

Many CPA and accounting firms have taken the leap into Web site marketing through both search engine optimization and social media marketing.

The world is shrinking—and the surge of international business is a contributing factor.

Starting any new business, let alone an accounting firm, in the current economy is a challenge. But less than three years ago, following a stint at Denver-based CPA and business advisory firm Hein & Associates, that's just what W. Michael Hsu did - though he'd rather you didn't call DeepSky an accounting "firm."

POTENTIAL CHANGES

Ben Franklin's famous quote about the certainty of death and taxes actually wasn't a comment about taxes on income. In fact, the tax that prompted his reflection was the one that ignited the Boston Tea Party—the tax on tea.

The relationships between the nation's banks and CPA firms has at times been both competitive and profitable.

The medical analogy comes up often when discussing the fount of credentials available as shiny new letters hitched to the back of an accountant's name.

IRS BEGINS ENFORCING RETURN PREPARER RULES

There have been a number of surveys conducted that attempt to measure the desirability of doing or investing in business in one state versus another.