Weekly Wrap-Up: News You Can Use 5/4 – 5/10/2012
There is so much news and information floating around the web – it’s difficult (at best) to keep up! I’ve added a WordPress plug-in that grabs information from my Twitter stream to help me (and hopefully you as well) keep up with everything. Look for the Weekly Wrap-Up: News You Can Use every Friday.
Accounting & Taxes
- Foreign-bribery crackdown focuses on more than 100 companies https://t.co/I1N5EaOp ->
- IRS and Social Security Urged to Curb Tax Fraud and Identity Theft https://t.co/d7WO1ubM via @sharethis ->
- Reasonable-compensation standard creates tax risk for S corporation owners https://t.co/O1GMYyT0 ->
- Bookkeeping Quiz – Employer provided loans https://t.co/tRTSM1ua ->
- IRS to demand new reconciliations https://t.co/mHlmPonP ->
- Construction – Tools & Tax Tips https://t.co/ddQmuS1K ->
eBooks, Webinars & Videos
- eBook: Hiring a Bookkeeper for your construction biz-Test their skills https://t.co/SZHWnGK8 ->
- eBook: Windows 7 Pocket Guide https://t.co/3evjEkxH ->
- eBook: Getting Equipment Costs into QuickBooks Job Costing Reports https://t.co/352gaqjQ ->
- eBook: Learn About AIA Billing & How To Fill Out an AIA G-702/G-703 https://t.co/Hc3o6nJh ->
- eBook – Have You Built Your Google+ Business Page Yet? https://t.co/2aHtXAgD ->
- WEBINAR: Certified Payroll Reports – Learn how to fill them out https://t.co/Dkflvo5Z ->
- VIDEO: Batch Timesheet Entry in QuickBooks 2012 https://t.co/I7wERWPC ->
- VIDEO: How to Create a QuickBooks Portable Company File https://t.co/VojLnd5Y ->
- VIDEO: QuickBooks Setting up/Creating a Scheduled Payroll Liability https://t.co/nbER1ogk ->
- VIDEO: How to Calculate Equipment Costs per Hour https://t.co/daGTERb2 ->
- VIDEO: QuickBooks Integration 101 https://t.co/xa8735Mx ->
Payroll, Certified Payroll & Prevailing Wage
- What happens when a contractor fails to pay prevailing wages and submit certified payroll reports? https://t.co/a8n4Q1iA ->
- QuickBooks Payroll Tip – Wage Underpayments & Wage Restitution https://t.co/bplhBQXj ->
- QuickBooks Payroll Important System Maintenance Announcement https://t.co/Wekdad7r ->
- Payroll Tip: Union Benefits Calculated Against Hours NOT Wages https://t.co/h8U6sop4 ->
- Need an “electronic” certified payroll report for LCPtracker, Hill International/TRS Consultants, Elation… https://t.co/Rj1NOavd ->
- Construction Payroll, Should I Do It In-house or Outsource It? https://t.co/FnTZcizu ->
- Payroll, Bookkeeping & Accounting Task Checklist https://t.co/PkpFmNlN ->
- QuickBooks Payroll Tip – Replacing a Lost Employee Paycheck https://t.co/tZyIdYBK ->
- The government forms you need to complete for each new hire https://t.co/Lh2FaoDg ->
- Government stimulus projects include prevailing wage requirements https://t.co/pD3ILThF ->
- The Benefits of Paying Prevailing Wage Fringes to a Bona-fide Plan https://t.co/uy7qiL8O ->
- Payroll Tip – The IRS May Hold You Liable For 941 Payments https://t.co/CRno46Af ->
QuickBooks
- Don’t Mess Up QuickBooks for Your Accountant: Special characters, such as $^*%$& (what angry people say in the c… https://t.co/et5ZBZVi ->
- Where can you find 87 years of collective #QuickBooks experience? Join us every Friday morning 8 a.m. Pacific/11… https://t.co/5UUURp3q ->
- @Synergration Need some powerful integration between #QuickBooks data and Microsoft #Excel. Give XBooks a shot – https://t.co/YvotyobY in reply to Synergration ->
- Bank Statement Imports into QuickBooks Online using Transaction Pro Importer on the Intuit Ap… https://t.co/r9fwXZab via @TransactionPro ->
- Welcome to Learn to use QuickBooks in your construction business https://t.co/iOx3BONU ->
- QuickBooks Contractor Tip-Capture Costs & Markup on Estimates https://t.co/kUW4Czsr ->
- Using a Service to Host QuickBooks and Other Software. https://t.co/jKvfYXC8 ->
- QuickBooks 2011 & 2012 – New Balance Sheet by Class Report – Part 5 https://t.co/Hu4UlcXE ->
- QuickBooks Company Snapshot: An “Oh Cool” Moment for Your Boss https://t.co/6WHGabYB ->
- QuickBooks Rapid List Entry (Add/Edit Multiple List Entries) https://t.co/PKqNGzGc ->
- QuickBooks for Contractors Tip – Advanced Progress Invoicing https://t.co/EsctFujc ->
- An IRS Audit and They Want Your QuickBooks File-Best Practices https://t.co/RtSgFhNz ->
- Estimates vs. Purchase Orders: What’s the difference? https://t.co/Bx7gg9Bt ->
- Penny Wise & Dollar Foolish Over QuickBooks 3rd Party Apps https://t.co/LZxl2Elf ->
- Best Practices – Upgrading to a new version of QuickBooks https://t.co/LDDlQyff ->
- QuickBooks 2011 & 2012 – New Balance Sheet by Class Report – Part 6 https://t.co/CSlATJ79 ->
- QuickBooks 2011 & 2012 – New Balance Sheet by Class Report – Part 2 https://t.co/WP1zSeXX ->
- QuickBooks Tip – Understanding QuickBooks Inventory Cost https://t.co/yAL5jsjB ->
- QuickBooks Tip: Prior Amount Totals for Invoicing from Estimates https://t.co/3VXNSb92 ->
- Fishbowl Inventory – What do you do when QuickBooks isn’t enough? https://t.co/FNzWYoVK via @nerdenterprises ->
- How to issue Customer Refunds in QuickBooks https://t.co/G5WHKMLN via @nerdenterprises ->
- QuickBooks Tip – How To Customize Invoices https://t.co/6jGpJ6rk ->
- QuickBooks Tip – Working With Contractors – Part 4 https://t.co/SaO2Qh3K ->
- QuickBooks Tip: How To Create a Summary Invoice for Customers https://t.co/Zxk0YfIN ->
- How Well Does the New QuickBooks 2012 Condense Feature Work? https://t.co/4Elb5n9b ->
- QuickBooks 2011 & 2012 – New Balance Sheet by Class Report – Part 9 https://t.co/PjcwFynp ->
- QuickBooks Tip – Job Costing Starts With A Simple Item https://t.co/KWhILpiL ->
- Create a QuickBooks External Accountant User For An IRS Audit https://t.co/LyC9Bv66 ->
Small Business, Organization & Productivity
- Project Information Worksheet-Keep Your Contract Info Organized https://t.co/wF3rpwmw ->
- @TomUrtis Tom’s Tips For #Excel: Find the row of a match found for some value: =MATCH(“Atlas”,A:A,0) #MSExcel in reply to TomUrtis ->
- Turn just about any document into a PDF file https://t.co/rHvfjSyC ->
- Great Article! Integrity in Business – Where Is It? https://t.co/n4AVvFCa via @thecommoncents ->
- How Effectively Do You Communicate? 4 Tips https://t.co/nhLKHFAi ->
- Company Short on Cash? This is the bill to pay FIRST! https://t.co/dCcwUwaq ->
- Introduction To Product Modeling With MS Excel https://t.co/l4E2byAW via @nerdenterprises ->
- Project Information Worksheet-Keep Your Contract Info Organized https://t.co/wF3rpwmw ->
- Synching data on two computers https://t.co/cpzCoGQv ->
- Want More Control In Your Business? Follow the Process https://t.co/7KMwa9xZ ->
- Amazon Laws at a Crossroads https://t.co/xVfztOgh via @sharethis ->
- Preparing to Sell a Business and Retire https://t.co/CRmWNVif via @WSJ ->
- 6 steps to resolve conflict https://t.co/aQxI0zas via @CBSNews ->
- Great article – ants are self motivated! RT @writerlisamason Why Aren’t WE More Like Ants? https://t.co/915oaLsk via @DrRhia in reply to writerlisamason ->
- What does it take to succeed? https://t.co/0SSOpsBn via @nerdenterprises ->
- Another Triumph for Texas: Best/Worst States for Business 2012 https://t.co/nJw9JLJJ via @sharethis ->
- Windows Vista & 7 Tip – User Accounts https://t.co/KlHytSpv ->
Construction
- Reporting Requirements for the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 https://t.co/KLjnOzc2 ->
- @HillPCIGroup Construction Week – Late Breaking Industry News | ENR: Engineering News Record | McGraw-Hill https://t.co/kzQH1DL1 #aec in reply to HillPCIGroup ->
- @AGCofA A look at the construction opportunities that restoring run down store fronts & small-town main streets … https://t.co/joWIOmAb in reply to AGCofA ->
- Retainage & Final Payment – New Law in Arizona https://t.co/Tx8vKFul ->
- Looking for CSI #construction cost codes? Visit https://t.co/q3pOFnLA https://t.co/6ms6Doi4 ->
- Transportation conferees pledge bipartisanship, compromise https://t.co/p9SXlIau ->
- #Construction unemployment drops to 14.5% in April https://t.co/rw6Zztro ->
- $461M to be invested in #construction at colleges in Dayton, Ohio, area https://t.co/PgCXLeq0 ->
- CREATE project seeks to improve rail network of Chicago, U.S. https://t.co/fJkUlshb ->
- FHA says no to $3.5B loan request for CRC bridge project https://t.co/GceJ1n0O ->
- Energy agency slashes forecast for summer gasoline prices https://t.co/DFGJgd8G ->
- @TFCN Win strategy for your proposal: A win strategy is a simple set of bulleted statements outlining.. https://t.co/Yv7Vd5OS #govcon in reply to TFCN ->
- Value of U.S. #construction rose by 6% in March https://t.co/GfD4AQEs ->
- Ill. starts work on $719M all-electronic I-294/I-57 interchange https://t.co/SvYD0Zqq #construction ->
- Calif. board likely to award JV $650M bridge design-build contract https://t.co/naVkwkmP ->
- Calif.’s $68B high-speed rail project takes key step forward https://t.co/XJAzlkZG ->
Social Media, Marketing & Websites:
- Good reminder, thanks @KendaMorrison The 6-Step SEO Audit Every Marketer Should Conduct – https://t.co/EykfqTts in reply to KendaMorrison ->
- @DarenSlaughter Need a New Site? Consider WordPress… Contractor websites… https://t.co/e8c3EWbz #ContractorWebsites in reply to DarenSlaughter ->
- @nerdenterprises – did you see this? RT @ZDNet File sharing coming to all Facebook Groups https://t.co/P77GBTo5 in reply to ZDNet ->
- Good tips & apps RT @HubSpot RT if you wish there were more hours in the day! (See free productivity handbook) – https://t.co/IQY7iJYL in reply to HubSpot ->
- Good article on Keeping it Simple! RT @KendaMorrison Creating Emails People Want To Open – https://t.co/Gb30ryg2 in reply to KendaMorrison ->
- Website help a crap shoot? https://t.co/7OFynRbX ->
- Are you annoying? Find out – 13 Ways to Create a Cringeworthy Social Media Presence https://t.co/kuMopUF4 via @HubSpot ->
- Google’s Policy Changes – What Do They Mean for You? https://t.co/Cd3aveX3 ->
- The Worst Contractor Advertising Spot I Have Ever Heard on the Radio! https://t.co/5nZuqNbC via @darenslaughter ->
- Good article on “Choosing the Best Social Media” platform https://t.co/tm0s8qZl via @OpenForum ->
- @AMADBAGCO 11 Apps Every Marketer Should Download https://t.co/I1skOeb8 via @HubSpot Excellent article showing apps 4 desktop or mobile in reply to AMADBAGCO ->
- WOW that was nervy! RT @nerdenterprises This is not the way you should automate twitter https://t.co/K9VYGPga via @AskAaronLee in reply to nerdenterprises ->
- WordPress Plugins for Additional Functionality https://t.co/XyboFf8t ->
- Bridging The Gap Between Online and Offline Marketing https://t.co/IPXzjyTV via @nerdenterprises ->
- 7 Tremendously Efficient Ways to Re-Share Content : Innovation :: American Express OPEN Forum https://t.co/BsXG1cLI via @OpenForum ->
About Your Host:
Nancy Smyth, Sunburst Software Solutions, Inc.QuickBooks Construction & Payroll Expert
I've been using and supporting QuickBooks products since the early 1990's. I've worked with thousands of contractors, assisting them with QuickBooks setup, Certified Payroll Reporting requirements, AIA Billing and Weighted-Average Overtime.
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