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In social space, no one can hear you scream

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BillSheridan 21 days, 4 hours, 40 minutes ago

In social space, no one can hear you scream

Social media isn't about marketing or advertising. It's about relationships. Hence the word "social." (more)

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tags: accounting, advertising, CPA, CPAs, finance, MACPA, marketing, networks, relationships, ROI, social media, web 2.0, word of mouth

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Social media: Passing fad or valuable tool?

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BillSheridan 22 days, 5 hours, 22 minutes ago

Social media: Passing fad or valuable tool?

Every business deems the Internet an indispensable tool. We're arriving at that point with social media as well. (more)

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tags: A world of connections, accounting, blogs, CPA, Economist Magazine, facebook, linked-in, MACPA, Maryland Association of CPAs, social media, Social Networking, Tom Hood, twitter, web 2.0

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Maryland's economy: A break in the clouds?

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BillSheridan 23 days, 2 hours, 15 minutes ago

Maryland's economy: A break in the clouds?

Our economy is recovering, but let's face it: We're a long way from true recovery. Unemployment is still high, consumer confidence can't find traction and faith in our financial markets is slipping. In Maryland, though, things aren't nearly that dark. (more)

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tags: BRAC, business, Chamber of Commerce, CPA, CPAs, Cyber Command, defense, economy, MACPA, Maryland, recovery

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Blizzard? It's 'snow' laughing matter

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BillSheridan 28 days, 2 hours, 7 minutes ago

Unless you're driving a snowplow, chances are you're not doing much business today. (more)

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tags: accounting, blizzard, CPA, CPAs, finance, MACPA, snow, Snowpocalypse

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What's right -- and wrong -- with our economy

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BillSheridan 33 days, 5 hours, 28 minutes ago

What's right -- and wrong -- with our economy

As we move toward economic recovery, Anirban Basu examines what's worked ... and what hasn't. (more)

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tags: accounting, Anirban Basu, CPA, CPAs, economist, economy, finance, MACPA, real estate, recession, recovery, stimulus, unemployment

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One last update before things get REALLY busy

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BillSheridan 35 days, 4 hours, 47 minutes ago

One last update before things get REALLY busy

You're undoubtedly neck-deep in early tax season work by now, but you'll want to make some time to watch this. (more)

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tags: accounting, changes, CPA, CPAs, finance, laws, MACPA, regulation, returns, tax preparers, taxation, taxes, update

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Profits, transparency join the green movement

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BillSheridan 37 days, 45 minutes ago

Profits, transparency join the green movement

FEI has found that 48 percent of companies have taken steps to reduce energy consumption, 30 percent are reducing waste and 21 percent are implementing incentives to encourage customers to be "greener." So what do you see -- the fact that many companies are implementing these environmentally friendly strategies, or the fact that most aren't? (more)

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tags: accounting, business, climate change, CPA, CPAs, environment, finance, green, MACPA, SEC, sustainability

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The EITC gets its day in the sun

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BillSheridan 39 days, 23 hours, 10 minutes ago

Need a reason to celebrate? Well, if the mere fact that it's Friday isn't good enough for you, try this: Today is Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day. Seriously. (more)

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tags: accounting, awareness, CPA, CPAs, earned income tax credit, EITC, finance, IRS, MACPA, taxation, taxes

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Unemployment never looked so good ... or bad

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BillSheridan 39 days, 23 hours, 24 minutes ago

Unemployment never looked so good ... or bad

We've read the news reports and watched the network broadcasts and listened to the politicians stress time and time again the need to put people to work. But you've never seen anything that illustrates the unemployment crisis quite like this. (more)

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tags: accounting, CPA, CPAs, economy, finance, jobs, labor, MACPA, recession, unemployment

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Keynes vs. Hayek: Economics on the m-i-c

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BillSheridan 42 days, 4 hours, 10 minutes ago

Keynes vs. Hayek: Economics on the m-i-c

I know what you're thinking: "I love hip-hop. I love economics. If only there were a way to combine the two that would easily explain the theories of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich von Hayek." Well, your dream has come true. (more)

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tags: accounting, CPA, CPAs, economics, economy, finance, Friedrich von Hayek, hip-hop, John Maynard Keynes, MACPA, NPR, Planet Money, rap

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Your key to success: Help others succeed

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BillSheridan 43 days, 4 hours, 56 minutes ago

Your key to success: Help others succeed

So many businesses have looked inward for solutions to their economic woes lately. Isn't it possible, though, that the answer lies not in cutting back on what we do but in helping our clients expand on what they do? (more)

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tags: accounting, business, clients, CPA, CPAs, customers, development, economy, finance, help, MACPA, service, support

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Have you experienced the Power of A?

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BillSheridan 43 days, 5 hours, 10 minutes ago

There is an old saying that there is power in numbers. Associations are made for organizing and magnifying that power into what is now called the Power of A. (more)

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tags: accounting, Accounting Doctoral Scholars, ads, AICPA, AICPA Foundation, Alexis deTocqueville, ASAE, associations, Bill Ezzell, Bill Riley, CPA, donation, MACPA, major firms group, Maryland, Phd, Power of A, Tom Hood

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How to thrive in the new normal

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BillSheridan 51 days, 6 hours, 57 minutes ago

Welcome to 2010! Time to focus on how to survive thrive in these uncertain and turbulent times. (more)

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tags: accounting, CFO, CPA, economy, forecasting, leadership, MACPA, mckinsey, new normal, Planning, strategy, training

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'Follow the money?' Good luck.

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BillSheridan 56 days, 1 hour, 9 minutes ago

What was it Deep Throat told Bob Woodward in "All the President's Men?" "Follow the money," right? That's easier said than done in this economic stimulus shell game we've been playing lately. (more)

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tags: accounting, CPA, CPAs, economy, finance, MACPA, Obama, recession, recovery, stimulus, TARP

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Seven reasons clients leave their CPAs

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BillSheridan 58 days, 4 hours, 19 minutes ago

There may be 50 ways to leave your lover (according to Paul Simon), but only seven reasons clients leave their CPAs. (more)

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tags: accounting, clients, CPA, customer care, Firm of the Future, Learning, MACPA, practice development, relationships, retention, Ron Baker

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Things you can't say ever again

published 58 days, 18 hours, 16 minutes ago posted by

BillSheridan 60 days, 2 hours, 53 minutes ago

It's official: Everyone is sick of this economy ... even the wordsmiths and grammarians. The Jan. 18 edition of Time summarizes the 35th annual List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness. (more)

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Report takes the 'service' out of IRS

published 58 days, 18 hours, 16 minutes ago posted by

BillSheridan 62 days, 3 hours, 57 minutes ago

Customer service at the IRS remains a big problem -- the biggest problem, in fact, according to National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson. (more)

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IRS seeks to regulate tax preparers; CPAs excluded

published 58 days, 18 hours, 16 minutes ago posted by

BillSheridan 63 days, 22 hours, 14 minutes ago

IRS seeks to regulate tax preparers; CPAs excluded

The regulatory crackdown on tax preparers continues, and just in time for tax season. And once again, CPAs apparently have dodged the bullet. (more)

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Tax preparers get new guidance on Section 7216

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BillSheridan 69 days, 1 hour, 17 minutes ago

Tax preparers get new guidance on Section 7216

The IRS has released temporary guidance that's meant to clarify what tax preparers can do to comply with Section 7216 of the Internal Revenue Code. (more)

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Lessons on growing your business from Michael Dell

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BillSheridan 72 days, 6 hours, 25 minutes ago

Lessons on growing your business from Michael Dell

Michael Dell sits down for a conversation with the winners of the Dell / NFIB Small Business Excellence Awards and offers some great lessons for thinking about the challenges facing companies, growth and globalization. (more)

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tags: accounting, awards, CPA, Dell, excellence, growth, MACPA, Mark Graham, Michael Dell, NFIB, rightsleeve, Small Business

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MACPA

In social space, no one can hear you scream

Social media: Passing fad or valuable tool?

Maryland's economy: A break in the clouds?

Blizzard? It's 'snow' laughing matter

What's right -- and wrong -- with our economy

One last update before things get REALLY busy

Profits, transparency join the green movement

The EITC gets its day in the sun

Unemployment never looked so good ... or bad

Keynes vs. Hayek: Economics on the m-i-c

Your key to success: Help others succeed

Have you experienced the Power of A?

How to thrive in the new normal

'Follow the money?' Good luck.

Seven reasons clients leave their CPAs

Things you can't say ever again

Report takes the 'service' out of IRS

IRS seeks to regulate tax preparers; CPAs excluded

Tax preparers get new guidance on Section 7216

Lessons on growing your business from Michael Dell

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