11.18.10

Update on Technology for Accountants (November 18, 2010)

Posted in Virginia Society of CPAs at 6:24 am by Ed Zollars, CPA

Information for the presentation on technology for accountants given at the Virginia Accounting & Auditing Conference held in Virginia Beach on November 18, 2010:

• Slides – slides for the presentation
• Security Now – weekly presentation on computer security issues
• Apple iPad – the tablet that people actually started buying
• Samsung Galaxy Tab – First challenger to the iPad?

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11.17.10

Preparing Complex 1040s (November 17, 2010)

Posted in Virginia Society of CPAs at 1:00 am by Ed Zollars, CPA

The following are links to items mentioned in the Preparing Complex 1040s course given in Fairfax, Virginia:

• Congressional AMT Letter – Letter signed by chairs and ranking minority members of Senate Finance Committee and House Ways & Means Committee indicating they plan to pass an AMT patch.
• IRS’s New View on Acquisition Debt – Article describing CCA 200940030 where the IRS decided you could deduct interest on $100,000 of acquisition debt in excess of $1,000,000 as home equity debt.  This view has now been formalized by the IRS in Revenue Ruling 2010-25.
• IRS AMT Assistant – IRS page to help determine if taxpayer may be subject to AMT.
• Levels of Authority – article detailing the various authority levels under the regulations
• Census Bureau NAICS website – referenced in chapter on like kind exchanges.
• Individual Developments – update on recent developments I’ve written up from handling Federal Tax Update podcast.

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11.16.10

Partnership & LLC Taxation: Advanced Issues (November 16, 2010)

Posted in Virginia Society of CPAs at 1:00 am by Ed Zollars, CPA

Below are links mentioned in the November 16 presentation in Fairfax, Virginia.

• Partnership – Audit Technique Guide – IRS guide last revised in August 2008
• Norwood v. Commissioner, TC Memo 2000-84
• Article on Partnerships and §6501(e) Six Year Statute – article I wrote for the Arizona Society of CPAs blog site.
• IRS FAQ on Unified Partnership Audits – Chief Counsel Notice issued August 21, 2009
• ASCPA Blog Page - various postings here on tax updates

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10.16.09

Google Voice

Posted in Arizona Society CPAs, California Education Foundation, eCPAn, Virginia Society of CPAs at 7:02 am by Ed Zollars, CPA

I now have a Google voice number and will be testing out putting a “call me” widget on my posts here.  For those of you who have come to earlier courses, I’m posting the widget here so that if you wish, you can try calling me on using the link.  Note that it does not use your computer to place the call, but rather calls your phone and then connects the call.

Below is a Google Voice connect box. You can click on the button, provide your phone number, and Google will connect us toll free by calling you back and then, when you answer, calling me. The call is forwarded to me wherever I might be at the time. If I’m not available, you can leave a voice mail.

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09.27.09

Technology Update Sessions – 2009 Virginia Accounting & Auditing Conference, Roanoke, September 28, 2009

Posted in Virginia Society of CPAs at 7:00 pm by Ed Zollars, CPA

The following are links to items discussed in Roanoke, Virginia during my presentation at the Virginia Accounting & Auditing Conference on September 28, 2009.

• Windows 7 Website – Microsoft’s official Windows 7 website.
• Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor – Program, similar to the earlier one for Vista upgrades, to test your system.
• Paul Thurott’s Windows 7 Review – review of Windows 7 features from Paul Thurott at Supersite for Windows
• Security Now Podcast – Steve Gibson’s website for the Security Now podcast, it contains the audio plus transcripts of various shows.  A lot of useful reference material can be found here in shows describing various issues.
• VSCPA Federal Tax Update Podcast – Weekly tax update program provided by the Virginia Society.  I am currently presenting this along with E. Lynn Nichols.
• Amazon Kindle 2 and Kindle DX
• Mifi EVDO Portable 3G Hotspot Router - Verizon Wireless and Sprint
• Research in Motion – Blackberry smartphones
• Apple – iPhone, iPod Touch (and, oh yeah, MacIntosh computers)
• Palm Pre Sprint site
• Android – operating system for phones (and other devices) from Google
• Tech Update VSCPA – slides for presentation in PDF format

Unfortunately, other commitments keep me from being able to present at the Virginia Beach sessions this year.  However, I did present earlier in the year not terribly far away in Colonial Williamsburg on a similar topic at the Industry Conference.  An audio program based on that presentation on is my Tax Update website.

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