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 The Ulitmate Generation Skipping Trust?

May 11, 2011 

The Ulitmate Generation Skipping Trust?

Estate tax professionals, whether CPAs, tax attorneys or other financial advisors, have long honed their skills at finding the most beneficial wealth transfer strategies. The goal in most cases is to reduce or eliminate tax liabilities, while also ensuring for other distributions such as charitable giving. There are many such strategies and the result is...…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

 The (Lack Of An) Internet Business Model

May 10, 2011 

The (Lack Of An) Internet Business Model

For those who follow my various writings here and in the magazine, I am seriously concerned about the way in which we are being tracked, monitored, studied and captured by various kinds of Internet sites.  Virtually all of the search engines and browsers.  All the Social Networking sites.  And about half of the ecommerce sites....…

Dave McClure

 CCH Introduces Comtax System to Help International Tax Professionals with Cross-border Transactions

May 9, 2011 

CCH Introduces Comtax System to Help International Tax Professionals with Cross-border Transactions

RIVERWOODS, ILL., May 9, 2011– Calculating cross-border transactions to determine everything from international tax strategies to where it makes sense to do business is now easier with Comtax System software, available in the United States through CCH’s partnership with Comtax. The partnership expands CCH’s portfolio of comprehensive international tax products and software tools that help...…

 Accounting Firm Launches “The Savvy Money Show” – Weekly Financial Talk Show

May 9, 2011 

Accounting Firm Launches “The Savvy Money Show” – Weekly Financial Talk Show

Atlanta-based Poulos Accounting & Consulting, Inc., has announced the launch of a new weekly financial talk show. “The Savvy Money Show,” hosted by Andrew Poulos EA, ABA, ATP, will air on Fridays from 4:00 to 4:30 pm, starting May 20, on Atlanta radio station WAEC 860 AM. Durint the 30-minute show, Poulos plans to cover...…

 ALERE Accounting v7.0 Released

May 5, 2011 

ALERE Accounting v7.0 Released

EASTON, PA – May, 2011– TIW Technology, is pleased to announce the release of ALERE Accounting v7.0 as the latest addition to the ALERE Business Applications family of products. ALERE Accounting v7.0 represents a major advance in accounting solution development. Three high profile features have in particular set this release apart from the rest of...…

 The Devil is in the Details, so Pay Attention!

May 3, 2011 

The Devil is in the Details, so Pay Attention!

Just last weekend, I was reminded about the importance of details. I went to see a new documentary about the career of Bill Cunningham. If you don’t know who he is, don’t fret; I didn’t either until I did a little research to find out more about him. Cunningham is a fashion photographer who has...…

Scott Cytron

 CCH Small Firm Services Enhances Electronic Filing Center Reporting System

May 3, 2011 

CCH Small Firm Services Enhances Electronic Filing Center Reporting System

Kennesaw, GA., May 2011 –CCH Small Firm Services (SFS) has successfully transferred its Electronic Filing Center (EFC) reporting system from an Oracle database to Microsoft Stack. This enhancement allows SFS to process tens of thousands of messages per minute and produce reports for its customers in near real-time. Publisher of ATX and TaxWise tax compliance...…