How NPR Is Leveraging the Twitter Generation

I found this article interesting to see how an organization may utilize social technology then measure its effectiveness. September 30, 2010 by Jolie O’Dell  NPR has just released a fascinating set of stats about its Twitter followers, including information about how much they click through, how they get their news, how they interact with [...]

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Possible Upcoming Tour de Force — BlackBerry PlayBook

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IRS Opens Up Revised PTIN Site for New PTINs and Required Renewal of Old PTINs

The IRS has begun taking registrations for 2011 PTINs on the IRS’s new PTIN site.  Everyone who will be preparing returns next year is required to visit the site to either obtain a PTIN or renew their current PTIN, and this step must be completed before January 1.  After January 1, a PTIN registered under [...]

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Samsung Galaxy Tab — iPad alternative? More competitors coming.

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IRS Releases Final Form 1120 Schedule UTP and Modifies Some Requirements

In Announcement 2010-75 The IRS has issued the final Form 1120 Schedule UTP and related instructions for tax year 2010. In issuing the final version of the form, the IRS also made modifications from the original proposal that affects which entities will be required to file the return and the types of items that will [...]

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The New Twitter is an Attack on All Twitter Desktop Apps

“Twitter.com has always been the most popular Twitter client. 78% of active users have used it in the last 30 days,” said Twitter CEO Evan Williams in a tweet earlier today. While that stat has been public knowledge for nearly two weeks now, it carries even more weight as we welcome the completely overhauled new [...]

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Make Bad Meetings a Thing of the Past

Do you find yourself daydreaming, doodling or maybe even dozing off during work meetings? Continue doing this and you just might find yourself looking for a new job. Instead, consider helping your colleagues or supervisor lead better work meetings.  

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Payments Received from Utility for Solar Energy Device Were Gross Income, Not a Subsidy

The IRS has now published a PLR (PLR 201035003) in redacted form that has been the subject of much discussion in Arizona, one dealing with the character of amounts received from utilities for those installing certain solar energy devices.

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IRS lost $90MM in erroneous foreign earned income claims, TIGTA states

Recently released report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) found after examining 231,277 tax returns from 2008 tax year that 23,334 taxpayers claiming the exclusion either failed to qualify for the exclusion or inaccurately computed the exclusion. U.S. citizen or resident alien’s worldwide income is generally subject to U.S. income tax, regardless of where they live. However, if they [...]

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IRS Loses Debt Discharge Income Case Where Discharge Found to Have Occurred Other Than in Year of Issuance of 1099-C

While discharge of indebtedness does, absent the applicability of an exception under §108, result in taxable income, it only does so in the year of the actual debt discharge. That date is not necessarily set by the issuance of a Form 1099-C, an issue the Tax Court pointed out to the IRS in the case [...]

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