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#TechTips: SurePrep & TaxCaddy, Pt II

By Jonathan Rivlin, CPA Two years ago, if you can believe it (where does the time go?), we covered a series of cloud based apps in the initial cycle of this blog. We’ll now revisit some of them to see which ones work, which ones didn’t, and mark an essential truth about cloud accounting: Gone …
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Maintaining a Healthy Work-Life Balance During COVID-19

Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic many professionals have found themselves at home for an extended amount of time. Achieving a good work-life balance takes careful thought and planning to avoid increased amounts of stress and burnout in your work. Before the pandemic we found it much easier to switch off work as we would …
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Help Your Business Clients Save On More Than Just Taxes!

If 2020 taught business owners anything, it’s that keeping your expenses as low as possible is essential to thrive during tough times. Now you have the opportunity to service your business clients by more than just managing their accounting and taxes. MSATP is teaming up with a company called Viv to help your clients save …
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#TechTips: Canopy’s Mobile App

By Jonathan Rivlin, CPA One consequence of the nightmare that is COVID19 has been significant progress towards the dream of a paperless office. All things considered, I could do with more paper and less virus, but that’s not up to me. Many pixels have been spilled about the need for firms to implement a secure …
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#TechTips: IRC 7216, Revisted

Code Section 7216, or as I like to refer to it, ‘the law of unintended consequences’, is always there, bubbling away beneath the surface like a slow growing tumor. Here at the MSATP, we’ve produced a seminar on this subject and have also published a series of articles in The Free State Accountant that covered …
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#TechTips: GoProposal & Practice Ignition

By Jonathan Rivlin, CPA There’s an old ‘School House Rock’ song about ‘Mother Necessity’. Without technology, where would we be? With all the edu-tech options out there, I find myself bringing up these old videos to show my school aged children. It’s odd thinking about such things from my own childhood as ‘vintage’, or …
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October Book of the Month from Wolters Kluwer

CPA’s Guide to Effective Engagement Letters (14th Edition) The integrity of your practice depends on the contents of your engagement letters. Whether it’s a new engagement, repeat engagement, or, especially, a changed engagement, you need to know what to say and how to say it correctly. Using the sample letters and advice in this user-friendly …
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Save Big with End-of-Year Discounts on Quickfinder Handbooks

Quickfinder Handbooks are your quick reference for common tax questions and insights – the easy-to-understand language, charts and tables answer your questions using various examples that highlight real-life situations. Available in print or eBook, Quickfinder Handbooks work where you do this tax season. Order now at tax.tr.com/MSATP or use code Q630 and save up to …
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MSATP Member Benefit: Special Offer on TheTaxBook

Dear MSTAP Member, As a member of the Maryland Society of Accounting & Tax Professionals you receive 10-25% off and free shipping year-round on all products offered by TheTaxBook. TheTaxBook has four special offers to cover your tax research needs! The TTB Bundle combines all of their bestsellers. The Jacob Special combines the Deluxe Edition …
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McDaniel College: Accounting Interviewing Day 2020 is a Virtual Success

Credit: McDaniel College It may not have been the traditional in-person Interviewing Day that Accounting, Economics and Business Administration students have known in the past, but the first half of Interviewing Day 2020 was no less successful with nine accounting firms holding 84 virtual interviews with 31 McDaniel Accounting majors. The second half of Interviewing …
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