Author: Tony Novak
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Hallelujah
I heard there was a secret chord That David played and it pleased the Lord But you don’t really care for music, do you? Well, it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth The minor fall and the major lift The baffled King composing Hallelujah Hallelujah Well, your faith was strong but you needed proof…
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I am the storm
The devil whispered in my ear, ‘You are not strong enough to withstand the storm.’ Today I whispered in the devil’s ear, ‘I am the storm.’ I am fascinated with this verse that does not appear to have any known origin but has enjoyed enormous online popularity over the past six months, now entering an explosion of…
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Who pays more, who pays less under 2017 tax reforms
Federal income tax changes are likely in early 2017 under a new Republican-led government. While we do not know all the details yet, it seems that we can formulate a few basic trends common to the Trump and Ryan tax reform plans. There is a strong reason to believe that the following tax reform proposals…
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My potential windfall from the Trump health care reform plan
Trump’s health care reform plans turn out to offer potential career windfall for me. I haven’t considered it in any detail because the election came as such a surprise. In fact, I haven’t even seriously considered the details or impact of the proposed Repeal and Replace Obamacare Act. This blog post simply summarizes the first…
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America’s values are not my values
On September 11, 2001, I was shocked to learn how some people’s values could be expressed so violently even within our own country. The event changed my view of the world but did not change my core values. Back then I felt that the majority of Americans shared my core values as we collectively denied the haters their…
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Why small business taxpayers must use QuickBooks
Note: Throughout this post the term “QuickBooks” means any electronic accounting system, not specifically the brand name product. There is evidence, as cited in the story, that the market dominance of the branded product has caused the term to be used to describe a class of electronic accounting products. I am accredited with QuickBooks and several other accounting…
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The toughest part of small business accounting
Helping small businesses with their accounting and financial management is actually pretty easy. The toughest part of the job is figuring out how to communicate most effectively with each client. The optimal combination of telephone, in person, Skype, text, email, postal, and electronic document transfer systems varies with every client.
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Understanding the Trump supporter
Four days before the election President Obama delivered a powerful impromptu message about tolerance and respect toward Trump supporters. It took courage to deliver that message even in defiance of the audience that would have sooner booed but the Trump supporter and the President’s defense. I see two basic types of Trump supporters. The first scares…
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Web traffic quality improves
I was pleased to see that an increase in my web traffic over the past two days comes from an increase in the number of visitors, topics searched, and different posts viewed rather than a concentration on just a single topic. My hunch is that this current pattern in more likely to generate phone calls,…
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Unregistered Charities
Each state has laws requiring proper registration of charitable organizations, professional fundraisers and professional solicitors. The intent is to protect citizens by requiring full public disclosure of the identity of persons who solicit contributions from the public, the purposes for which such contributions are solicited and the manner in which they are actually used. Last…