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#TechTips: A Walk Through the Cloud

By Jonathan Rivlin for MSATP I’ve written a cycle of posts that will take you through the entire cloud, at least as it exists today. Here are a couple of guiding principles to help you understand the cloud better: The new tax law is both an opportunity and a threat. For those firms with clients …
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MSATP’s Business Builders ThinkTank

Running an accounting and tax business can be difficult. Between managing personnel matters, data security, business operations, and legislative compliance, it’s easy to feel buried or isolated. That’s why MSATP is excited to announce our latest professional and business development initiative: The Business Builders ThinkTank. The ThinkTank is a group similar to a CEO peer group, …
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Taking Initiative at Work (Without Being Taken Advantage Of)

Working closely with a team has its ups and downs. It can be great to have people to bounce ideas off of and to work with on projects, but at the same time, there may be days when your productivity decreases due to someone else not pulling their weight. It happens all the time, and …
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How the Wayfair Decision Affects Maryland Businesses

The Comptroller of Maryland has released a Tax Alert regarding the Maryland Sales & Use Tax in reference to the Supreme Court decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair. This Tax Alert is meant to shed light on what is expected of online retailers who sell products or provide a taxable service for use in Maryland. …
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A Grad’s Guide to Becoming an Accountant

Accountants are some of the most trusted advisors in business because of their level of involvement with their clients’ fiscal wellbeing. Because of their wide range of knowledge — from taxes to wealth management, in most cases — young CPAs and tax professionals have the potential to become the trusted advisors every business needs. Here …
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New Hampshire’s Take On the Wayfair Decision

During our Facebook Live last week, James Dawson of Miles & Stockbridge spoke in detail about the South Dakota v. Wayfair decision which we covered in a previous blog post, South Dakota v. Wayfair: What Does This Mean for Online Retailers?. One of the recent more intriguing developments following this decision has been in New …
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How to Make a Great First Impression

First impressions can really work to your advantage. At the same time, however, the fact that it only takes a few minutes for someone to decide whether or not they like you could hurt your businesses’ reputation. Imagine that you’re having lunch with a client when one of their friends walks into the restaurant. Your …
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South Dakota v. Wayfair: What Does This Mean for Online Retailers?

Though online shopping has been a convenient solution for many busy Americans, people aren’t only buying products online for convenience’s sake — it may also have something to do with the fact that many of those online purchases are tax-free. On June 21 however, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that companies selling products on the …
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5 Time Management Tips to Help You Achieve Your Goals

Everyone looking for success in their professional and personal lives sets goals regularly — even if they’re not writing them down as they think of them. Though you may achieve some of those goals as you get tasks done on your list of things to-do, you’ll find that a good chunk of those goals aren’t …
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Tax Reform and the 529 Savings Plan

Parents love the 529 college savings plan. Under the Small Business and Job Protection Act in 1996, the 529 was originally established as a pre-paid tuition program. Two years later, the IRS created guidelines for tuition plans under Code Section 529. For over a decade, parents have been using the 529 to help their children …
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