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Houston Neal, at Software Advice , asked me to blog about the differences between Navision and Great Plains accounting software, or, as they are currently known, Microsoft Dynamics NAV and GP. Houston has done a great job of describing the different Microsoft...
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Question from the editors of Forbes: Recently, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a jump in the unemployment rate to 10.2%.Some economists think we could be looking at 10.5% by early next year. Given these grim forecasts, how do you counsel...
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What do accountants bring to the table for charitable donations? I would like to make the case for a special kind of support, something that will help EVERY charity and something that comes naturally with accounting training and experience. The difficult...
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The nice young man across the table was trying to help my wife and I renew our mortgage. He had access to all of the transactions we had done at the bank, whether online, through the call center or through the branch. It was clear that he was using a...
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In a blog post about hiring leaders, Wayne Floyd asks, "How would you describe the most important skills or qualification that you bring to the position of leadership?" He then gives the standard list: "experienced, responsible, reliable...
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You, the software vendor, are making your pitch. It breaks down into three sections: Microsoft has amazing software, You are an amazing Microsoft representative, and Here's how you would address my needs. It's very logical, isn't it? The problem...
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This posting appeared in craigslist: http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/res/1424093814.html Hard Working Energized Accounting Graduate seeking employment (all of GTA) I just want to say that while I am actively encouraging energized accounting , I haven't...
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Accounting can be lonely. So much of what we do is by ourselves. I was at a the finance committee meeting of a charity last week. We were discussing how much money the charity needs to have on hand as a contingency fund. We decided that three month's...
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Reading all the resumes was depressing. We're hiring a new manager and I was going through a stack of them with the human resources consultant. The resumes looked remarkably similar and there wasn't a decent cover letter in the pile. "We...
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Karen was the accountant for a client of mine. She had twenty years of experience, starting as the receptionist and working her way up to become an indispensable part of the team. She was quiet and dependable, keeping the invoicing and payroll systems...
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Here's the official patron saint of accounting, Saint Matthew: "The patron saint of accountants, bankers, bookkeepers, security guards and tax collectors is Saint Matthew of Apostle fame, and he also was the author of one of the Gospels. Before...
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My son is in the throws of selecting a university (no, he has no intention of studying accounting!)We are doing the usual rounds of visits to campuses, going to the university fair and my son is attending the events sponsored by the colleges at his school...
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Late last night I was driving home from work, yeah I know it was Saturday - it's budget time, enough said - and I passed by a building where I used to work. There was a light on in one room and I realized it was my old office. Now, I have no way of...
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Where I live, in order to become a Chartered Accountant (the Canadian equivalent of a CPA), you need the following: Courses Hours Financial accounting 15 (introductory, intermediate and advanced) Cost & management accounting 6 Advanced accounting...
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Small companies are nimble and respond quickly to their customers' needs. Big companies can take on large projects and provide a wide range of products. But what happens when a big company downsizes to become a small company? Does it regain its nimbleness...
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Yes, yes, I know. ALL of the travel tips tell you to travel light. Pack one bag. Make it small enough to be carry on. That way you can take your laptop and your suitcase on the plane with you. They don't get lost. You don't have to wait to get...
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With the pending retirement of the Baby boom generation, we are about to lose a lot of hard won experience. Many of the Boomers are retiring early. They have the money they need. Why stay in the daily grind if you don't need to? But let's not...
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Modern day Paul Reveres are shouting, "The Boomers are coming!" from every digital rooftop. Magazines proclaim the changes to healthcare, investments, retirement homes etc. etc. that will accompany the retirement of the Baby boom generation...
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An article in the Life section of the Globe and Mail caught my eye this week: "When love hurts you know it's good - It should be a raging inferno, not a firelight glow . . . if it doesn't cause you pain . . . it's not worth it."...
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You may have noticed that I haven't been posting as much lately. It's easy to dismiss not writing by talking about how busy I am. I don't travel as much any more, so I don't have that airport waiting room time to compose blog posts. I'm...
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"Bill, I'm not sure what you're asking the committee to do with the material you sent out for the meeting." The man on the phone was the committee Chair and he wanted to be sure he understood what was being asked of him before going...
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Today's Globe and Mail newspaper had an article about a woman who clearly needed to be taught a lesson that would serve as a deterrent to others: Bela Kosoian, a 38-year-old mother of two, says when she didn't hold the handrail [on the transit...
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Recently, I have been twittering under the name AccountingWEB as we build the readership to that web site . I have found over 1,000 professional accountants on Twitter, arguably the most cutting edge of the new social networking tools. You guys rock!...
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. . . he's doing his best. Yesterday, David Kellermann, the newly appointed CFO of mortgage giant Freddie Mac committed suicide according to The Globe and Mail newspaper. This was an avoidable tragedy, one which we accountants need to learn from....
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What might make some private companies or non-profit organizations in the United States adopt IFRS? The eventual adoption of IFRS by small businesses and not-for-profit organizations is likely to be market driven. The IASB is developing a version of IFRS...
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