Smart stops on the Web.TAX SOFTWARE SITES Find ISPs and ASPs ASAP (chat) asap - As soon as possible. www.webharbor.com For users interested in finding an application service provider (ASP)--for Web-based, pay-per-use programs--this portal is a good starting point Noun 1. starting point - earliest limiting point terminus a quo commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, start, kickoff, first - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the . It offers recent ASP industry news, classified ads and links to other ASPs for specific industries, for example, finance and project management. This site also includes a search engine that, when queried for tax software, listed 20 different packages. Support Your Local Portal www.myhelpdesk.com The Computer Help Portal features links to the trouble-shooting and help-desk sections of various vendors' home pages. Users can search a number of directories to find assistance for problems with modems, multimedia, and accounting and tax software applications, for example. Free registration allows users access to information on specific products--for example, frequently asked questions, forums and message boards, and telephone support for computer problems. Start Your Software Search Here www.findaccountingsoftware.com This site boasts a powerful search engine, 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. Online PowerSearch, that, in addition to scanning its own site, links to a dozen Web search engines A Web site that maintains an index and short summaries of billions of pages on the Web, Google being the world's largest. Most search engine sites are free and paid for by advertising banners, while others charge for the service. to locate exactly what you need. Users can find specific definitions for key terms and stock quotes for companies by prefixing a query with either DEFINE or QUOTE. An Online Directory and Index www.taxsites.com This site offers hundreds of links to tax and accounting Web resources broken down into groups and subgroups. For example, the Tax Sites section lists Tax Software as a topic; click on it and find more than a dozen subtopics--tools and calculators, tax forms, publications and research, for example. Hurray for Yahoo! taxes.yahoo.com Yahoo's Finance section includes a Tax Center with many useful features, such as tax calculators, tax preparation checklists, online filing resources and tips on a dozen topics including charitable contributions charitable contribution n. in taxation, a contribution to an organization which is officially created for charitable, religious, educational, scientific, artistic, literary, or other good works. , home and property, and retirement planning Retirement financial planning refers to a collection of systems, methods, and processes which, in their aggregate, support a family unit's (client's) desire to achieve a state of financial independence, such that the need to be gainfully employed is optional. . News and links to tax software sites are available, as well as a detailed glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary. of terms and definitions. "Tax Information for Everyone" www.1040.com Sponsored by Drake Software, this site links users to all state tax forms and accompanying instructions, as well as to all state departments of revenue. The News Room section contains linked articles, mostly from the IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. Web site, on changes in tax laws, e-filing and updates on the service's latest technological advances. GENERAL INTEREST SITES Find Definitions for Abbreviations www.acronymfinder.com Web users will want to 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. this site for future reference. It lists more than 150,000 acronyms and abbreviations, along with what they all stand for. A user can search subject areas such as information technology, telecommunications, the military and government. America Is Online www.accessamerica.gov Log onto this site to sign up for free e-mail See Internet e-mail service. delivery of the weekly electronic magazine, Access America E-Gov E-Zine, which reports on the government's involvement in, and programs dealing with, information technology. Users can search the archives for information on business tax filing, criminal justice, the environment, federal government payments and international trade. BNA's Online News Center ipcenter.bna.com The Bureau of National Affairs BNA (The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.) is a Washington, D.C.-based publisher of news and information on legislation, regulations, and court decisions for professionals in business and government. It is the oldest wholly employee-owned company in the United States. Intellectual Property Center is one of four online centers--including corporate law, labor and employment law, and litigation--where users can access the latest news on topics such as domain names, online patents and software licensing as well as links to related sites. StockSeekers Goes Multilingual mul·ti·lin·gual adj. 1. Of, including, or expressed in several languages: a multilingual dictionary. 2. www.stockseekers.com This site, which offers daily English-language reports of current stock options, a free newsletter, a glossary of terms and an online calculator, now provides these features in five other languages--French, German, Italian, Portugese and Spanish. To access any of these alternative sites, go to http://global.stockseekers.com The same information and options appear on all versions. A Site of Their Own www.ajkids.com AskJeeves has grown in popularity since it was first mentioned in this column three years ago (see JofA, Jul.97, page 18), so much so it now boasts an offspring, AskJeeves for Kids. The site is primarily a research tool for homework and studies, but AskJeeves also has added a few online games and other activities. More importantly, the site includes only G-rated Web pages and others written expressly for children. |
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