GENERAL INTEREST SITES.Big Bureau Is Watching www.bbib.org The Bureau for Better Internet Business offers both consumer and business sections and is devoted to promoting fair trade practices and integrity for online consumers. Like the Better Business Bureau, this organization allows consumers to file complaints or record praise for existing Web-based businesses. The sections, What Can the BBiB Do for Me? and Consumer FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) A group of commonly asked questions about a subject along with the answers. Vendors often display them on their Web sites for use as troubleshooting guidelines. , clarify questions about its services. An Electronic Address Book www.webaddressbook.com This site offers a free personal and business organizer that includes address book, calendar and e-mail capabilities. Also of use are the site's file and bookmark A stored location for quick retrieval at a later date. Web browsers provide bookmarks that contain the addresses (URLs) of favorite sites. Most electronic references, large text databases and help systems provide bookmarks that mark a location users want to revisit in the future. manager functions as well as to-do list, notepad The text editor that comes with Windows. It is a very elementary utility, but gets the job done most of the time. See text editor and WordPad. (text, tool) Notepad - The very basic text editor supplied with Microsoft Windows. and company manager features. Start Searching Here www.greatinfo.com For both business and personal interests, the Information Center is a good site to bookmark. Included on it are 62 links to finance and investment sites devoted to banking, mutual funds and taxes. Visitors can link to online vendors, courier services and news sites, as well as to directories for locating people and e-mail addresses. Plan for Retirement www.ssa.gov/retire The Social Security Administration's retirement planner includes calculators to estimate expected benefits, as well as a section on eligibility issues. It reviews factors that may affect your retirement benefits including self-employment, military service, work for nonprofit organizations and work outside of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . A section with answers to frequently asked questions is also included. A CPA's Site www.cpadvantage.com Kenneth Jarvis, a CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. in Sarasota, Florida Sarasota is a city located in Sarasota County on the central west coast of Florida, USA. Its official limits include Sarasota Bay and several barrier islands between the bay and the Gulf of Mexico. , has a site that mixes business issues with pleasure. In addition to newsletters, magazines and online calculators, there's a section for accounting jokes. Also available are tax tips and the Tax Wizard, a program Jarvis created to determine, based on your responses, "material participation," tax treatment of a vacation home Vacation Home A home separate from an individual's primary residence that is used for recreational purposes and may also be rented out at unused times. Notes: For tax purposes, those who rent their vacation homes may result in a lower amount of allowable expense and whether you have met the home office requirement. |
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