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Accountants CPA Hartford: William Brighenti, CPA: A New Kind of Accounting Firm Opens Its Doors in Hartford, Connecticut

William Brighenti, CPA, and Carole Romatis, Quickbooks bookkeeper, have teamed up to form a new kind of accounting firm: Accountants CPA Hartford. What’s so different about it? Rather than operating…

Tagged: services, preparers, cpas, tax, public

Started Oct. 20, 2009

Retirement Plans: Which is the best plan for a very small business?

I wrote an article on Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) Plan, and while doing the research, I saw some information on solo 401(k) plans. Are they better than the SEP plan in terms of tax advantages,…

Started Oct. 12, 2009

Work-in-Process (WIP) Schedule for Contractors and Manufacturers

I would appreciate feedback (i.e., comments, suggestions, questions) on a webpage devoted to the preparation of a Work-in-Process (aka WIP, Construction-in-Process, Work-in-Progress) Schedule. Thank…

Tagged: construction, accounting, manufacturing, reports, costing

Started Oct. 12, 2009

Construction Gain/Fade Analysis

I'm interested in new templates for Construction Gain/Fade Analyses. Anyone have one? William Brighenti, CPA, Hartford Accountants CPA

Tagged: firms, construction, accounting, Hartford, public

Started Sep. 29, 2009

 

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How to Handle Your Property Managers: A Foolish Property Owner and His Money Are Soon Parted! It never ceases to amaze me as a certified public accountant how foolish some property owners are in the entrustment of their properties to the managemen…
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Having problems with your taxes, accounting, QuickBooks? Do not fear, the Bearfoot Accountant is here! Here he comes to save the day, the Barefoot Accountant is on his way. Mr. Trouble never hangs around, when he hears my mighty sound. For all tax,…
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Dear Kenneth Higgins: I am so very impressed, moved, and touched by your comment. I, too, remember a different time prior to the "Me" generation. My dad constructed 20,000 square foot buildings on a hand shake for businesses. People then valued the…
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Dear William, I am a Sole Proprietor in Lake Hiawatha in New Jersey and like most other CPA'S we thought as long as we could work the work would always be there, but you are absolutely right. I have taken the following steps, I have volunteered for…
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In the classic book about the accounting profession, Unaccountable Accounting: Games Accountants Play, Abraham Briloff recounts a supposedly true story about how accounting firms may have been chosen by public corporations. In the event that you may…
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I've noticed on Twitter a bunch of tweets from younger people complaining that accounting is boring. This may very well be true for those who are not accountants. Non-accountants include those individuals who once loved accounting until they took, a…
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Am I the only CPA attracting whacko, cheap, mean-spirited, stupid, desperate, lazy, crooked, brain-dead, sloppy clients? Do you get daily calls from cheapoes who, upon attempting to do their own tax returns, become stumped on a tax issue and want…
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This is funny, William!
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Please visit my blog, Accounting and Taxes Simplified, for articles and op-eds on accounting, QuickBooks, and taxes. Thank you, William Brighenti, CPA Accountants CPA Hartford, LLC
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I welcome all comments. Please forgive my bombast, but I'm mad. William Brighenti, CPA Accountants CPA Hartford Accounting and Taxes Simplified
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Great video Bill. You nailed it with this one.
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Accountants CPA Hartford: William Brighenti, Certified Public Accountant, Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor, Certified Business Valuation Analyst
About Me
William Brighenti is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Valuation Analyst, and Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor with thirty years of experience, having begun his career in accounting in 1979. William holds a Master of Science in Professional Accounting degree from the University of Hartford, and attended the University of Connecticut and Central Connecticut State University for his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees, as well as Purdue University for his doctoral studies in accounting and quantitative methods in business. He has contributed articles on accounting and taxation to various professional journals, and has served on both the Board of Finance and Taxation as well as the City Plan Commission for the City of New Britain. Moreover, he has taught accounting at the University of Hartford, Central Connecticut State University, Hartford State Technical College, and Purdue University as well as GMAT and CPA examination preparation classes at Kaplan Educational Centers and Person-Wolinsky.

Bill writes a blog on various accounting, QuickBooks, and tax topics as the Barefoot Accountant at http://www.cpa-connecticut.com/blog/.
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Quickbooks, Sage Master Builder, Timberline, Church Windows
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http://www.cpa-connecticut.com
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Accountants World, Intuit Community
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I am developing a website primarily devoted to promoting technical articles interpreting and illustrating the various methodologies of accounting and tax pronouncements. I welcome articles, participation, comments, suggestions, and any feedback to articles appearing on my website.

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Here he comes to save the day. The Barefoot Accountant is on his way!

The Barefoot Accountant comes to your rescue! He''s on his way to save the day!

Having problems with your taxes, accounting, QuickBooks? Do not fear, the Bearfoot Accountant is here!


Here he comes to save the day, the Barefoot Accountant is on his way. Mr. Trouble never hangs around, when he hears my mighty sound.


For all tax, accounting, a

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How much is 2 plus 2?

The Barefoot AccountantIn a classic book about the accounting profession some forty years ago, Unaccountable Accounting: Games Accountants Play, Abraham Briloff recounts a supposedly true story suggesting the primary criterion corporations employed in selecting their public accounting firms. In the event that you may

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Posted on February 18, 2010 at 9:30am —

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Is accounting really boring, or has virtually the entire human race just been getting it all wrong since the beginning of time?!

Spock the Vulcan CPAI've noticed on Twitter a bunch of tweets from younger people complaining that accounting is boring. This may very well be true for those who are not accountants. Non-accountants include those individuals who once loved accounting until they took, and were flunking, intermediate accounting in

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