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.
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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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