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

Published May 25, 2012 | By Nancy Smyth

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

eBooks, Webinars & Videos

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

Payroll, Certified Payroll & Prevailing Wage

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

QuickBooks

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

Small Business, Organization & Productivity

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

Construction

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

Social Media, Marketing & Website Design

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