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		<title>Corrected Broker 1099s:  ‘Tis Better to Extend than to Amend</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nola Wilken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the advent of IRS’ new 1099-B matching rules requiring brokerage firms to report “covered” and “non-covered” securities beginning in 2011, a new standard industry practice has developed:  corrected 1099s from brokers received long after the April 15th deadline has &#8230; <a href="http://wilkencpas.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/corrected-broker-1099s-tis-better-to-extend-than-to-amend/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wilkencpas.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26336097&#038;post=384&#038;subd=wilkencpas&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Heading Toward Tax Season</title>
		<link>http://wilkencpas.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/heading-toward-tax-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nola Wilken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As filing season approaches for the 2012 tax year, I am presenting here a few selected tax tips and updates that are often overlooked by traditional tax sources, hopefully brief enough to not induce boredom but complete enough to give &#8230; <a href="http://wilkencpas.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/heading-toward-tax-season/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wilkencpas.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26336097&#038;post=359&#038;subd=wilkencpas&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Approves 11th-Hour Agreement to Avert Fiscal Cliff</title>
		<link>http://wilkencpas.wordpress.com/2013/01/03/congress-approves-11th-hour-agreement-to-avert-fiscal-cliff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 23:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nola Wilken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a link to CCH&#8217;s synopsis of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. Other tax resources are available on our website. Happy New Year!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wilkencpas.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26336097&#038;post=341&#038;subd=wilkencpas&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taxes in the Twilight Zone</title>
		<link>http://wilkencpas.wordpress.com/2012/12/28/taxes-in-the-twilight-zone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 19:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nola Wilken</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accounting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love watching Twilight Zone episodes because it is fun to imagine a world where the usual laws of nature are slightly askew and anything becomes possible.  Fanciful minds can do a lot with that.  Yet, some of those episodes &#8230; <a href="http://wilkencpas.wordpress.com/2012/12/28/taxes-in-the-twilight-zone/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wilkencpas.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26336097&#038;post=328&#038;subd=wilkencpas&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Modest Proposal for the Elimination of Poor Women (and their children) in the United States of America, by Mitt Romney</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 23:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nola Wilken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a sad time in our country today.  The streets, by-ways, alleys, lanes, roads, cul-de-sacs, sidewalks, and federally funded highways are crowded with welfare moms followed by three, four, or even six godless children, collecting their food stamps and &#8230; <a href="http://wilkencpas.wordpress.com/2012/09/26/a-modest-proposal-for-the-elimination-of-poor-women-and-their-children-in-the-united-states-of-america-by-mitt-romney/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wilkencpas.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26336097&#038;post=318&#038;subd=wilkencpas&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wealth Inequality:  the American Dream?</title>
		<link>http://wilkencpas.wordpress.com/2012/08/13/wealth-inequality-the-american-dream/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nola Wilken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a recent poll by Atlantic Monthly, none of us really knows the degree of income and wealth inequality in the U.S., nor do we know how it has dramatically worsened in recent times.  I think this is partly &#8230; <a href="http://wilkencpas.wordpress.com/2012/08/13/wealth-inequality-the-american-dream/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wilkencpas.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26336097&#038;post=288&#038;subd=wilkencpas&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fixing variances in general and subsidiary ledgers – Accounting NOT for Dummies</title>
		<link>http://wilkencpas.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/fixing-variances-in-general-and-subsidiary-ledgers-accounting-not-for-dummies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nola Wilken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There can be many causes for a subsidiary ledger to go out of balance with the general ledger.  An invoice could have been posted in an incorrect amount, a general journal entry could have been made to correct the general &#8230; <a href="http://wilkencpas.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/fixing-variances-in-general-and-subsidiary-ledgers-accounting-not-for-dummies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wilkencpas.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26336097&#038;post=229&#038;subd=wilkencpas&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Accounting Software Set-Up:  If It Was Easy, You Did It Wrong</title>
		<link>http://wilkencpas.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/accounting-software-set-up-if-it-was-easy-you-did-it-wrong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nola Wilken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Setting up accounting software and getting it working properly for your business or non-profit organization can earn you a badge of honor.  Or, it can be stumbling block for  bookkeepers, accountants, and CFO’s. Who should perform the set up and conversion?  &#8230; <a href="http://wilkencpas.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/accounting-software-set-up-if-it-was-easy-you-did-it-wrong/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wilkencpas.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26336097&#038;post=209&#038;subd=wilkencpas&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why the Portland/Multnomah County Business Tax Needs Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nola Wilken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayor Sam Adams recently announced a tax amnesty for scofflaws who have so far succeeded in not rendering unto the City/County what they owe in business income taxes.  While I am not a big fan of amnesty programs, as they &#8230; <a href="http://wilkencpas.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/why-the-portlandmultnomah-county-business-tax-needs-reform/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wilkencpas.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26336097&#038;post=192&#038;subd=wilkencpas&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To Group or Not to Group:  That is the Tax Question</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nola Wilken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IRS recently came out with new rules regarding how taxpayers must elect to group passive and active business and rental activities together.  Grouping a passive activity with an active one can help taxpayers avoid the dreaded “material participation rules” – designed to blur your eyes &#8230; <a href="http://wilkencpas.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/to-group-or-not-to-group-that-is-the-tax-question/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wilkencpas.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26336097&#038;post=173&#038;subd=wilkencpas&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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