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/2010/09/09/why-doesn%e2%80%99t-the-irs-think-payroll-needs-affordable-tax-workshops/ http://askcpasam.com/blog/2010/09/09/why-doesn%e2%80%99t-the-irs-think-payroll-needs-affordable-tax-workshops/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:19:23 +0000 vlambert http://askcpasam.com/blog/?p=575 Every year the IRS offers a series of Tax Forums across the country, usually in seven or eight cities from east to west coast. The Forums offer all kinds of workshops on all kinds of tax issues. It is geared primarily to CPAs and Enrolled Agents. But the cost is only $209 so even if there are only [...]

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