For our Tip Tuesday today I wrote up a list of the most commonly used short cuts for Excel. I was given a sheet of them a while ago by an associate and they’ve proven to be very useful over the years. Feel free to print it out, keep it on your desk of pinned to...
Word automatically links all headers and footers to the previous headers, but did you know you can change that?! You can create a Word document with different chapters and insert different headings for each chapter without altering the previous headers and...
Word has a nifty tool that allows the program to automatically fix commonly misspelled or mistyped words. But sometimes we use a certain abbreviation or a character string frequently and we don’t need it to be autocorrected. For example, we sometimes use HSA as...
As a general rule, the IRS recommends keeping copies of tax returns and supporting documents for at least three years. Some documents should be kept up to seven years in case a taxpayer needs to file an amended return or if questions arise including tax documentation...
Sometimes working on a computer can be the worst. Like when you’re writing up some important documents and suddenly my computer freezes or a power outage occurs (this was very common where I went to college). Needless to say, I’ve gotten into a good habit...
IR 2017-32 IRS has issued some tips regarding taxpayer phone calls to IRS, including what information callers need to be able to provide to IRS call center assistors to validate their identity. Noting that mid-February marks the agency’s busiest time of the year...
Good news for accountants and business owners! There is a quick way for Excel to calculate the business days in a certain period of time. This can be very useful when determining how many work days you need to account for in a certain year. Keep in mind this function...
The IRS, state tax agencies, and the tax industry, has issued an “urgent alert” to all employers regarding the Form W-2 (Wage and Tax Statement) email phishing scam. (IR 2017-20) The phishing scam has gone beyond corporates and has entered into other...
Windows 10 isn’t as revolutionarily new as it used to be, but I still have a hard time navigating it from time to time! Here’s something new I learned the other day. One of the new features in Windows 1o is the return of the Start Menu feature, however if...
Action Steps for Recovery From Identity Theft Identity theft is a complex and evolving threat, and one that costs U.S. citizens billions of dollars annually. Without question, it is one of the most pressing challenges facing our country. Unfortunately, the problem is...
