The NJ Turnpike Authority raised the toll on the Garden State Parkway to $1.50. Question: When driving to work, should I take the parkway and pay the toll, or should I take side streets in order to avoid the toll? Assumptions: Car gets 19 MPG city and 29 MPG highway. Gas costs $3.75/gallon. Ignore the […]
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The purpose of THE ACCOUNTINATOR is to teach you to do your own accounting – quick, cheap, and easy. But what is accounting? Why do you need to know it? How should you learn it? P ã e s * B r e a d sby Renata Diem, on Flickr What is accounting? I’ll start […]
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I’m very excited to announce my very first guest post, in Technorati. In this article, I explain how the new payroll tax deal doesn’t actually save anyone very much money. Worse yet, the payroll tax system itself is regressive. This means that the more income you earn, the lower the rate of tax you pay. Happy […]
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That’s right, folks. We just had our 1000th hit yesterday. The most popular post so far has been Social Media is Complicated 2. What’s your favorite post in THE ACCOUNTINATOR so far?
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It finally happened. I’ve patiently written 69 blog posts so far, and I knew, if I waited long enough, someone would click something that would bring in some revenue. On December 11, 2011, someone clicked on an ad: Screen capture from Google AdSense And I earned $2.31 in estimated earnings! Woo hoo! I’m not sure […]
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Here is the blog you have been waiting for: The monthly reckoning. How much money I lost on this blog so far! Before I begin, let me tell you that I bought Darren Rowse’s 31 Days to Build a Better Blog, which I am finding very helpful. There are many aspects to blogging and social […]
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I’m very excited because I just signed up for AdSense. I noticed that people are actually watching my videos. So I produced two new GnuCash videos. Posted first one to the blog today. Second one will be posted tomorrow.
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I’ve reorganized my social media plan. (The old plan is here.) For accountants and those who aspire to be accountants, I’m offering www.freakingaccountant.com and @freakingcpa (formerly the rather bland-sounding www.accountingethicist.com and @accountingethic). For those who want to learn how to keep books and records for your online business – quick, cheap, and easy, I’m offering accountinator.com […]
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I just downloaded the new edition of Darren Rowse’s 31 Days to Build a Better Blog. Set me back $22.49. This should pay for itself.
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I’m 44 years old and grew up with an Atari 400 that my parents bought at Crazy Eddie. And so I’m not exactly the most social-media savvy person I’ve ever met. In fact, I don’t own a smartphone and never used Facebook until last week. All of the different sites have been confusing me. Furthermore, […]
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