Weekly Wrap-Up: News You Can Use 5/18 – 5/24/2012

Weekly wrap-up of news and information from around the web – there’s so much information out there that 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

• There’s a New Kind Of Tax Preparer In Town – https://t.co/9JKFLV41
• Even in a divorce, tax planning is important: Excluding Residence Sale Gain: https://t.co/wcm3LZO8
• Did you know you can subscribe to the IRS tax calendar? https://t.co/qOipaCuT
• Is Your CPA REALLY the Right Person to be Completing Your Tax Return? https://t.co/PirWQFHx ->
• Few Small Businesses Claim the Health Care Tax Credit : The World :: American Express OPEN Forum https://t.co/o5baQbV6
• What’s So Different About Accounting for Contractors? https://t.co/q99ARfZM ->
• De-Friending Uncle Sam Tax & Business Counsel Newsletter https://t.co/ottg6Yia ->
• IRS Announces 43 Small Offices to Close, Others to be Consolidated – read more here… https://t.co/a9x30Jis ->
• What to Look for in a Construction CPA https://t.co/UXOu0CU5 ->

eBooks, Webinars & Videos

• eBook: Hiring a Bookkeeper for your construction biz-Test their skills https://t.co/SZHRQ6Je ->
• Free eBook: An Introduction to Lead Generation https://t.co/NvS1XVNb ->
• eBook: Learn About AIA Billing & How To Fill Out an AIA G-702/G-703 https://t.co/Hc3jyNIn ->
• eBook: 100 Essential Tips for Microsoft Office 2010 https://t.co/JK1T0Sdc ->
• eBook: Getting Equipment Costs into QuickBooks Job Costing Reports https://t.co/352bCQaG ->
• eBook: “99 Tools to Help You Generate Leads with Social Media” https://t.co/WnREumY2 ->
• WEBINAR: Worker’s Comp & Payroll Tax Strategies for Public Works Contractors https://t.co/SDbPLpLu ->
• WEBINAR: Certified Payroll Reports – Learn how to fill them out https://t.co/DkfgXO55 ->
• VIDEO: QuickBooks Setting up/Creating a Scheduled Payroll Liability https://t.co/nbEMtOfq ->
• VIDEO: Batch Timesheet Entry in QuickBooks 2012 https://t.co/I7wAkmGs ->
• Video of the Day – Free Running/Parkour https://t.co/Uup4S0ey
• VIDEO: How to Create a QuickBooks Portable Company File https://t.co/VojGPD54 ->
• VIDEO: How to Calculate Equipment Costs per Hour https://t.co/daGP7h1S ->
• VIDEO: QuickBooks Integration 101 https://t.co/xa82vvDn ->
• ARTICLE: What to Look for in a Construction CPA https://t.co/UXOu0CU5 ->

Payroll, Certified Payroll & Prevailing Wage

• Prevailing Wage Projects and Your Construction Company https://t.co/jqf2fqKK ->
• Worker’s Comp & Payroll Tax Strategies for Public Works Contractors https://t.co/SDbPLpLu ->
• Paying Employees Using Different Frequencies https://t.co/9GNyfplr ->
• Payroll, Bookkeeping & Accounting Task Checklist https://t.co/q91Q0Gup ->
• Payroll Tip – Health Insurance Tracking Requirements for 2012 https://t.co/3G1AMMzG ->
• Certified Payroll Training Class Available https://t.co/S2HEZE20 ->
• Payroll Tip – Voiding Paychecks https://t.co/wDvFfby8 ->
• Handling Employees With Multiple Rates of Pay https://t.co/ZR3qDT9m ->
• How to Correct Payroll Hours Incorrectly Charged to a Job https://t.co/tvcflruO ->
• Prevailing Wage Jobs and the Compensation Package https://t.co/0sc4cj4n ->
• California Prevailing Wage, Certified Payroll and Payroll Frequency https://t.co/PgipkNCm ->
• Payroll Tip – Personnel Records and Former Employee Access https://t.co/lRyZZ4TF ->

QuickBooks

• Upgrading to 2011 Forms & Template Errors https://t.co/TcdaBuaY ->
• Welcome to Learn to use QuickBooks in your construction business https://t.co/iOwZ4eN0 ->
• How to import beginning Accounts Receivable by Customer & Accounts Payable by Vendor into QuickBooks https://t.co/7A6hk4v6
• Job Costing Starts With A Simple Item https://t.co/KWhEdP9B ->
• QuickBooks Shortcuts for your Business https://t.co/7O47EQZ3
• GoPayment Uses Geolocation to Help Small Businesses Determine Local Sales Tax https://t.co/XJfr7jd8
• QuickBooks 2010 & Enterprise 10.0 R6P to Fix Many Windows 7 Errors https://t.co/gspa8tqP ->
• How To Rebuild Your QuickBooks Data File https://t.co/bEVxq9fJ ->
• QuickBooks Tip – Paying Employees Using Different Frequencies https://t.co/9GNyfplr ->
• Tech Tips for Your Small Business – Scott Gregory, QuickBooks Expert: https://t.co/qcGDtTsa ->
• Important – don’t forget about this Intuit system-wide maintenance. It starts Thursday and does effect Direct… https://t.co/ttu5UVgj ->
• QuickBooks Payroll Tip – Voiding Paychecks https://t.co/wDvFfby8 ->
• QuickBooks Tip – Merging Duplicate Items and/or Accounts https://t.co/rjFnGdf0 ->
• QuickBooks Tip: Important Facts About Items Left as Billable https://t.co/SCBM8byq ->
• QuickBooks for Contractors Tip – Receiving & Applying Joint Checks https://t.co/5BDXqHB5 ->
• QuickBooks Cost Plus Billing: Automatic Markup of Items https://t.co/zEGcKdgd ->
• How to Display or Suppress Zeroes on Reports: Sometimes you want to see all the lines and columns on a report, i… https://t.co/k0EyieVq ->
• QuickBooks Tip-Tracking Retainage Payable to Subcontractors https://t.co/MoMV9rUV ->
• Create a QuickBooks Job Cost Report With Hours & Payroll Costs  https://t.co/eLLExLPk ->
• Need help with QuickBooks in your construction business? Welcome to the Suggestion Box https://t.co/0c11t9Nn ->
• QuickBooks Tip – Employees With Multiple Rates of Pay https://t.co/ZR3qDT9m ->
• Turning Off Pop-up Ads, Live Community & more https://t.co/81Huxp6v ->
• QuickBooks Tip – How to Correct Payroll Hours Incorrectly Charged to a Job https://t.co/tvcflruO ->
• QuickBooks 2011 & 2012 – New Balance Sheet by Class Report – Part 1 https://t.co/9D6P7GwB ->
• Creating Estimates In Excel vs. QuickBooks – What’s the Difference? https://t.co/f5orPK9I ->
• Four (4) Ways to Add Long Disclaimers on Forms https://t.co/dEq3nEB6 ->
• QuickBooks Weekly Timesheet – Service vs. Payroll Item https://t.co/dWAmZClm ->
• Creating a Job Cost Report With Hours Worked – QuickBooks Tip https://t.co/DaobX92E ->

Small Business, Organization & Productivity

• Off the page: Using #microsoft Word to create an e-book https://t.co/ihjZjk9b
• Tom’s Tutorials For #Excel: Showing or Hiding Specific AutoFilter DropDowns https://t.co/hL8LKXjY
• Project Information Worksheet-Keep Your Contract Info Organized https://t.co/wF3mRWdm ->
• 100 Essential Tips for Microsoft Office 2010 https://t.co/JK1T0Sdc ->
• Evernote saves time – all of your notes and information in one place https://t.co/AFliIAHh
• Backup – Times 3 https://t.co/u9nbZQ5D ->
• Has the Need for Instant Gratification Made Us Forget Our Manners? https://t.co/pmznQNkb ->
• Creating Estimates In Excel vs. QuickBooks – What’s the Difference? https://t.co/f5orPK9I ->

Construction

• Welcome to Learn to use QuickBooks in your construction business https://t.co/iOwZ4eN0 ->
• Worker’s Comp & Payroll Tax Strategies for Public Works Contractors https://t.co/SDbPLpLu ->
• What’s So Different About Accounting for Contractors? https://t.co/q99ARfZM ->
• Full construction set to start on $1.5B light-rail project in Ore. https://t.co/bp7x1rFA ->
• NCDOT projects $30M in savings from interchange’s “turbine” design https://t.co/Y1RBbv8x ->
• Mass. implements ABC on Boston’s $174M commuter-rail project https://t.co/C26aXQPh ->
• $1.5B in new projects boost Minn.’s #construction industry https://t.co/8th8WxMJ ->
• Challenging damages and penalties in False Claims Act litigation https://t.co/Ri0IUBQV ->
• What to Look for in a Construction CPA https://t.co/UXOu0CU5 ->
• Need help with QuickBooks in your construction business? Welcome to the Suggestion Box https://t.co/0c11t9Nn ->

Social Media, Marketing & Website Design

• Free eBook: An Introduction to Lead Generation https://t.co/NvS1XVNb ->
• Off the page: Using #microsoft Word to create an e-book https://t.co/ihjZjk9b
• 10 mistakes that may be costing you Twitter followers -> https://t.co/fXL7bmUS
• Step-by-Step Instructions for Using Aweber to Create an Email List – https://t.co/fMSay4Gp
• Don’t send that email! 5 tips for avoiding typos https://t.co/GMR7nDRm
• Tips for protecting your website from hackers https://t.co/oLcNwdku ->
• The benefits of content marketing https://t.co/RZLWT1yb ->
• Essential guide to Google Plus | Wordtracker https://t.co/FREZId9M
• “99 Tools to Help You Generate Leads with Social Media” https://t.co/WnREumY2 ->

That’s a wrap for me this week – have a safe and enjoyable long holiday weekend!  Do you have any news you’d like to add?  If so, please leave us a comment.