Lion EA Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I have a favor to ask of CCH Users who receive Partners magazine. I'm featured in the Spring 2011 issue on pages 6 & 7. They sent me five copies, but I'd love more. Please send me your Spring issue when you're done with it. I'll be glad to reimburse postage or make another donation to our ATX Community. Thank you very much. Rita Lewis Dollars & Sense, LLC 73 Eleven O'Clock Road Weston, CT 06883-2503 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret CPA in OH Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Congratulations, Lion! For those of us who do not receive this publication, perhaps you could scan and upload so we can read all about you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion EA Posted April 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Aww. You make me feel like a celebrity! The magazine's art director stressed copywrite laws and forbid me to use the article or photos for any commercial purpose, such as on my website. Now that the magazine is out, I'll ask her if sharing it with my colleagues on a message board would be personal use and, therefore, allowed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret CPA in OH Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I hope they do allow you share what you would share with the additional 5 copies they have already agreed to provide. I don't believe anything you post here for us should be construed as 'commercial purposes' any more than sharing a copy with your friends, family and colleagues in your office. Let's hope they agree! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion EA Posted April 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I thought you would like to start receiving Partners, CCH's new quarterly publication. Partners provides winning tips and techniques, groundbreaking new ideas and best practices that will help you improve your workflow and all you to build and sustain your profitable business. If you want to receive a FREE subscription, visit http://tax.cchgroup.com/cforms/taa-default.aspx?leadsource=subscribe-partners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret CPA in OH Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Thanks, I just signed up. Then I read the article - great spread, Rita. Good for you and continued success. You and I have many similarities in our practices, too. I have used fx in other offices but can't justify the expense - yet! Maybe another year although I am kind of winding down even though 2 new clients this year are in that preferred category. I have an MBA with Taxation specialty and am a CPA so do prefer harder over easier except when sleep deprived! Thanks again for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcb39 Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I checked it out and signed up also. Gosh, Rita, I wish my spare bedroom office looked as neat and tidy as yours. I don't come to work looking like that either. Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion EA Posted April 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 It's a good magazine, even without using any CCH products. When it's April and I'm tired, fx is worth every penny I pay! I received a 50% discount for a small, start-up company, locked for three years, back when I began. But, I now use pay-per-return which works out better. And, once a customer, most other products are 25% off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HV Ken Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 If you want to receive a FREE subscription, ... Thanks for the link, and congrats on the story! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gail in Virginia Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 If anyone wants to read the article, it is available on line. I just read it and it looks wonderful, Lion! Congratulations! I will try posting the link here if anyone else is interested: My link I hope that works. And since it is their public available website, it should be legal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion EA Posted April 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Thanks for posting the link, Gail. I found after I posted the free subscription info that the magazine is actually available there, too. The photographer and his assistant spent hours laying out my office for their shoot (after I'd been up much of the night cleaning and boxing up stuff to stash in the guestroom!). Lights and reflectors and moving furniture and having me grab the kids' photos from another room and a mug. I did buy a plant the day before, so it wouldn't die before it got photographed. My daughter removed the hutch from my computer desk so it looked more like an executive desk and blocked the window less. I loved that lamp but hadn't had a place to use it in my house for years, but put it on the desk to fill in the space where the hutch used to be below the poster on the wall. I got my hair cut that morning. But, all of you home-based preparers will appreciate that the art director told me to have five business outfits available for the photographer to choose from. I don't have FIVE business outfits. I see people only once/year so can wear the same thing over and over. (And, when no clients are expected, I'm in my flannel pajamas and fuzzy slippers.) Muted colors, no prints, no black or white or red or yellow, etc. Well, my daughter and I hit Macy's after Christmas sales to buy me some tops to wear with my black skirt. I did have five choices for him; and he had me use three of them, changing into each twice for close ups and distance shots. My make-up and hair were a mess from all that changing and the static electricity. The final outfit consisted of a gray sheath I found on sale at Banana Republic for $19 and a cardigan from Macy's for $4. The magic of photography! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NECPA in NEBRASKA Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 It was a great article. Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion EA Posted April 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Thank you, everyone, for letting me brag! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion EA Posted April 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 CCH posted the video on that same page now: http://www.cchgroup.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/content_partners_default I was still missing the connection for my third monitor, the hutch was still on my computer desk, and I hadn't cleaned up my bookshelves. If a file uploaded, it's my office when I finished cleaning it for the photo shoot; and it's never looked like that again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcb39 Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 First I watched the video. How Impressive! Then.........I looked at the picture. You actually have a floor. I can't find mine at the moment. And, you have room on your desk for a plant!!!!! Pretty awesome, girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion EA Posted April 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Like I say, I had to take a picture to prove to myself that I wasn't dreaming. I really do have a floor and a desktop buried under all those stacks of returns and mail and stuff. You should've seen it when the kids came to stay. Then I had to move all the boxes out of the guestroom and pile them high on my client chairs and my floor. Still have some boxes in my basement that I haven't unpacked from when I left Block years ago! Would've been so much easier if they'd done this article after tax season, but it was a lot of fun and a definite change of pace from taxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samingeorgia Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Rita, that was a great article and video! I may have to look at Pro-Series on a pay-per-return basis -- does that work well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion EA Posted April 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 I love ProSystem fx. I get the best price for my selection of returns by doing pay-per-return (have to buy unlimited something, so it's CT, with federal and other states and entities pay-per-return). I had looked at ProSeries, but the salesman admitted it couldn't handle some of my more complex returns (don't remember what the issue was, AMT? KiddyTax? Huge Schedule Ds?) so was going to give me Lacerte free with ProSeries, so I could use Lacerte pay-per-return when needed. I didn't want to learn two new software packages at once, so went back to the drawing board to re-demo Lacerte, Ultra Tax, and ProSystem fx. Was impressed with ProSystem fx support and have never regretted my decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcjenkins Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 I'm just happy to know that your 'real' office does NOT look like that, so I don't have to feel so bad about how mine looks. :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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