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I recently had to close out a safety deposit box and found a 40 year old certificate for the original "Ma Bell" (American Telephone & Telegraph" company. I can turn it into my financial adviser/broker and let them figure it out, but I'm curious as to whether I can somehow figure out what that read more...
In article: What does a 40 year old AT&T share become??
One of my colleague was mentioning that he rented his property and did not report the rental income since he was barely breaking even. According to him there is no direct way the IRS will be able to find out the actual rentals received. Is it right? If that is the case everyone will do it, right? read more...
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I can't figure out how to get our printers to automatically cut the receipt after the credit card portion (before it continues into the customers copy of receipt). Currently it's just one long receipt tape that we manually rip after the whole thing prints. read more...
In article: Receipt Printer Not Cutting?
What's the state that has the lowest bar in requirements when it comes to getting a CPA license? I live in Washington (WA), but I do not meet the strigent education requirements (24 semester hours of accounting + 24 semester hours of business administration). I have 0 read more...
In article: "Easiest" state to get CPA license in?
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q-box alternative?
author: T posted 05-16-2017
Hi All, Anyone have a favorite alternative to Q-Box? Many thanks, -T read more »Quicken Canada 2015 update
author: ANDYA posted 06-27-2017
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author: tricia posted 05-06-2014
I need to print a sales invoice showing from a time ticket the date of each event, the employee ID, invoice description and total rate. I can get the invoice description and rate from sales invo... read more »Taxes
Time to reverse IRA distro?
author: gbeccles posted 06-28-2017
I took a (traditianal) IRA distribution in January. Since then, I've learned that a stock I own (actually, a PTP) will be subject to a forced sale. AIUI, this will count as income, substantially ... read more »Business Software
Do you worry about Amazon and other competition? - answers inside
author: RetailSmartGuys posted 04-11-2017
We work with independent retailers every day. We know that some of you are worried about Amazon and online competition. You're worried about competing against larger competitors. There is an answ... read more »General Accounting
Business sale accounting entry
author: jayesh posted 02-13-2017
I sold and closed my business., received payment from buyer, after deducting lawyer and agent expenses, deposited in bank. There is Goodwill and Loss on Balance Sheet. Under which account this sale o... read more »Reverse mortgages now almost a must?
author: dumbstruck posted 04-10-2016
Marketwatch has an article about new rules making reverse mortgages more attractive: The new math on reverse mortgages http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-new-math-on-reverse-mortgages-2016-04-10 . ... read more »GDPR
author: Richard Evans posted 06-13-2017
Anyone started getting ready to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that comes into force next May 2018?? read more »