http://askcpasam.com/blog Making Payroll, Tax, Finance, Accounting Understandable Fri, 04 May 2012 13:21:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://askcpasam.com/blog/2010/04/07/education-and-finances/ http://askcpasam.com/blog/2010/04/07/education-and-finances/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:19:11 +0000 CPA Sam http://askcpasam.com/blog/?p=488 Today is a special edition targeted to those who are still in the education system.  The consensus this time of year is “spring fever” and “I can’t wait until summer is here.”  Before you start the 2-month brain checkout however, let’s keep some things in mind. One of my favorite bloggers, Jeff Thredgold, publishes a [...]

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