Who Needs Inspiration After a Long Tax Season?

Posted by Traci WheelercloseAuthor: Traci Wheeler Name: Traci Wheeler
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About: Traci is a member of the executive leadership team and leads our sales and marketing efforts at Red Moon Solutions. She has over ten years of software business experience serving small and large clients in a variety of industries.See Authors Posts (120) on Apr 24, 2012 in April, Empowerment Series, Motivation | 0 comments

There are some times at work where it is hard to get through the day.  I watch the clock.  I drink too much caffeine.  My mood isn’t the best.  If you just wrapped up tax season, you may know what I am talking about.

When I have days like that, I look for some inspiration to turn things around.  Often times, I turn to my e-mail inbox where I typically have enough reading material, in the form of blog subscriptions and newsletters, to keep me busy for the next month.  One of my favorite go-to sources for inspiration is Seth Godin.  His words of wisdom are frequently all I need to snap out of my funk. 

Fixed Asset Software: Top 5 Things Not to Overlook When Buying

Posted by Traci WheelercloseAuthor: Traci Wheeler Name: Traci Wheeler
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About: Traci is a member of the executive leadership team and leads our sales and marketing efforts at Red Moon Solutions. She has over ten years of software business experience serving small and large clients in a variety of industries.See Authors Posts (120) on Apr 18, 2012 in April, Fixed Assets, Software | 0 comments

Over the last ten years, I have talked to many corporations and small businesses evaluating fixed asset software.  During their evaluation process, they typically have a features list they want to cover in order to ensure the fixed asset management basics, such as importing fixed asset data, supporting multiple fixed asset books for depreciation and running various fixed asset reports, are covered. If the truth be told, when it comes to features and functionality, most third-party fixed asset software looks the same. A lot of the same features and functionality are provided.  So, when a corporation or small business is looking to buy a new fixed asset software package, how do you differentiate?

101 Ways to Celebrate the End of Tax Season

Posted by Traci WheelercloseAuthor: Traci Wheeler Name: Traci Wheeler
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About: Traci is a member of the executive leadership team and leads our sales and marketing efforts at Red Moon Solutions. She has over ten years of software business experience serving small and large clients in a variety of industries.See Authors Posts (120) on Apr 12, 2012 in April, Events, Humor, Tax | 2 comments

It has been a long few months. Clients were managed. Numbers were crunched. Overtime hours were logged.  Returns were filed.  With the end of a busy tax season right around the corner, it is time for tax professionals to start thinking about what they want to do to celebrate. You may already know how you want to spend your time, or you may not have even thought about it.

The good news is there are a lot of options. Below are just a few of the ideas I came up with for tax professionals to consider as they make their plans.

Pay Your Taxes Like Donald Duck

Posted by Traci WheelercloseAuthor: Traci Wheeler Name: Traci Wheeler
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About: Traci is a member of the executive leadership team and leads our sales and marketing efforts at Red Moon Solutions. She has over ten years of software business experience serving small and large clients in a variety of industries.See Authors Posts (120) on Apr 5, 2012 in April, Compliance, Tax | 2 comments

With all of the discussions and opinions surrounding tax reform and a Presidential election on the horizon, it is hard to think back to a time when people were supportive and eager to pay the income tax.  Would you believe that it was Donald Duck himself that struck a chord in the hearts of Americans with a message to get them to warm up to the idea?

Recently, NPR wrote an article, From Abe Lincoln To Donald Duck: History of the Income Tax, providing a history on the tax that is fueling so much debate these days.  In the article, David Kestenbaum shared the video the government used to motivate Americans into doing their duty and paying. 

Tax Department Survival Guide: What’s in Your Bag?

Posted by Traci WheelercloseAuthor: Traci Wheeler Name: Traci Wheeler
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About: Traci is a member of the executive leadership team and leads our sales and marketing efforts at Red Moon Solutions. She has over ten years of software business experience serving small and large clients in a variety of industries.See Authors Posts (120) on Apr 3, 2012 in April, Empowerment Series, Tax | 0 comments

Years ago, early on in my career at Andersen, I participated in a really interesting team building exercise.  Our team was presented with a desert survival situation.  After crashing in the desert, we were given a list of 15 things that were salvaged from the wreck and asked to rank these items according to their importance for our survival.  First, we were asked to individually rank these items in order of their importance for our survival.   Then, we were asked to get together as a team and come up with a new set of rankings based on consensus.  The objective was to have all team members agree, or at a minimum, be willing to support the team decision.