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/2010/10/20/congressional-indecision/ http://askcpasam.com/blog/2010/10/20/congressional-indecision/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:19:02 +0000 CPA Sam http://askcpasam.com/blog/?p=591 Working in the payroll software industry during the day has certainly opened my eyes to problems created by our federal elected officials.  Under normal circumstances, Congress decides on a budget for the next year with significant lead time for the president to sign the legislation and the Treasury department (IRS) to issue tax tables based [...]

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]]> http://askcpasam.com/blog/2010/01/21/a-budget-oh-no/feed/ 0 http://askcpasam.com/blog/2009/04/09/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-budget/ http://askcpasam.com/blog/2009/04/09/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-budget/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:36:35 +0000 CPA Sam http://askcpasam.com/blog/?p=305 Q. I’m a small business owner on the East Coast.  I’m trying to make sure I’m spending my company’s money right.  We are expanding and I want to avoid laying off the new employees that are coming on board now.  Any tips? A. To answer your question in detail, it would take up more space [...]

]]> http://askcpasam.com/blog/2009/04/09/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-budget/feed/ 0 http://askcpasam.com/blog/2008/10/09/debt-and-taxes-part-2/ http://askcpasam.com/blog/2008/10/09/debt-and-taxes-part-2/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:13:29 +0000 CPA Sam http://askcpasam.com/blog/?p=86 In this second installment of the personal financial freedom series, I will discuss budgeting.  To most people, a budget is how much money they have left to spend until the next check.  This is dangerous and keeps families and individuals from finding areas where they may be wasting their hard-earned cash. Why budget?  If you [...]

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