http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeXK8NLr0ts At Huddleston Tax CPAs, we use QuickBooks. It's a really great product for accountants. We use it in our offices and to our clients we offer QuickBooks installation and training services. In fact, you should check out this webcast at Small Business
John Koskinen, IRS commish
Now that tax season is undeniably here and all of the requisite forms are ever so diligently finding their way to the IRS's mailboxes, here is a video from IRS commissioner John Koskinen outlining a few of the circumstances the average tax payer can expect this year. Is it just me or did you find
Do you need an accountant?
Now that it's tax season, you may find yourself considering a plan of action: Do I file my taxes with software or do I should I hire an accounting professional? The demand is there for both. As this article on the benefits of accounting software vs hiring an accountant. nt accurately points out,
More accounting lessons
A couple of weeks ago we provided a link to Dave Marshall's "Bean Counter" blog. "The Bean Counter" is a pretty good resource for teaching yourself bookkeeping methods. Hopefully, you gave it a look! In the meantime, we remembered something else you may find useful and we wanted to share it with you
Ways to get audited
For small and big business to individuals and couples, take a look at 14 ways to get audited by the IRS assembled over at kiplinger.com. It's a good list with a wide range of examples--some obvious, some not so obvious. In the end, it sort of re-affirms the general idea that the IRS is
New Jersey’s “jock tax”
As the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks head to East Rutherford, N.J. to hear some pretty high-stakes tunes at the 2014 NFL Superbowl, tax season descends . . . and with it an informative article from the New York Times about "the jock tax." Since before the early '90's and the NBA reign of
Accounting Lessons: Where you can find them
Bookkeepers know a lot of stuff about taxes and money and ledgers, but the truth of the matter is its not rocket science. There's a lot of common sense at play, and many of the strategies and methods for doing bookkeeping work are easily learned and applied. For example, there's a great blog on how
How to cheat on your taxes . . . but not
Take a look at this fun and informative article from the New York Times on how to cheat on your taxes! Well, maybe that description is a bit misleading, but here's the thing--From a few short anecdotes by accountants on far-fetched ideas for deductions to a description of the government's dream