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If you grew up “shooting the loop” every Friday night in high school, knew the names of every single person living on your block, or rode a tractor to school at least once, chances are that you grew…
The 15 Industries with the Highest Net Profit Margin – Last 12 Months Based on an analysis of the financial statements of privately-held companies, Sageworks, a financial information company, ranked…
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Common Sense Marketing PlansBy James Stork Senior Vice President, Drake Software Accounting and tax preparation are relatively recession proof, meaning that this year will differ little from others…
Women’s Career Paths Improving in Accounting The career outlook for women in finance and accounting has improved in the last 10 years, according to a new survey of CFOs by the staffing company Robert…
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Rutgers gets $1M for Accounting Center Three New Jersey brothers, all Rutgers alumni, contributed $1 million in honor of their father to create a center in accounting education and practice to open in…
Making accounting easier for small companies — and saving them the need to report some losses that big companies can face — has become a new preoccupation of the accounting profession...…
High School Students Train for Tax PreparationThe next seasonal tax preparer hired for a community tax service may be a high school student.USA Today reports that high schools across the country are…
People are going to put off doing their taxes, nothing will make them file any sooner. However, if you are going to get a refund...…
Many taxpayers, particularly those in the middle class, breathed a brief sigh of relief when Congress passed legislation to keep their income taxes from rising. What they may not have realized, however, is that workers will have to pay at least two percent ...…
Tax professionals are looking for the best value in their tax software program, and are quickly learning bigger is not always better...…
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