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EA Exam
Thanks Donnie! I've always liked your insight into the affairs of entertainers and musicians. I did a few for actors and a couple of musicians, and they sure have some unique issues.
See ya round the boards.
Donnie,
Didn't realize that it was you who left the last message on my page. I took my CPE from H&R Block's online courses and a couple of live courses. It only cost me $20 for the entire year for unlimited CPE. Now that I'm an EA the courses are free. Its the closest thing to a CPE Depot that I've found, but unfortunatly I can only take advantage of the courses if I work for Block.
TheTinCook 13:59, 5 October 2007 (CDT)
Your website, Drake
Hello Donnie,
Just checked out your website. Very nicely put together. I very much agree with you regarding RAL's. I see that you use Drake. I am considering switching from Lacerte to Drake. I currently have a Drake demo. For the money, it looks pretty good. Anything you can tell me to give me more confidence to make the switch. I am still very small, but of course hope to grow my biz. Thanks for any feedback.
skhyatt
CPE Depot
I am new to this message board and could not tell how old your question was about CPE Depot. Therefore, I hope my answer is not redundant or outdated. I am also an EA and needed to pickup inexpensive hours for this year and next. What I liked about Depot is that my subscription was for 12 months and therefore usable in 2007 and 2008. I made an inquiry on another board and was told by a poster, who had used them ,that it was OK … and that is my assessment after 28 hours. So far, it has been more theoretical rather than application examples of forms, etc.
I exchanged several emails with Depot regarding which courses they recommended for the EA … other CPE providers identify CPA and EA courses. They pushed it back to me by citing Cir 230 and said they had a lot of EA’s taking courses for CPE with no problems. We concluded that the Tax Category would be a safe bet.
I was told that FunCPE (www.funcpe.com) is also a comparable inexpensive source, but priced by course rather than subscription.
Hopes this helps.
Snowbird 07:52, 26 October 2007 (CDT)
BEC for the CPA exam
So how'd your test go? I bet you aced that sucker!
TheTinCook 23:44, 29 October 2007 (CDT)
The Tao of the bass line
DC: http://www.blueskies-ahead.com/ Craig may can do over phone, or likely connect you with someone legit. in LV. Hey, I'll try anything that works, I need all the help I kin get. Bill. CrowJD 20:37, 15 November 2007 (CST)
Aunt Emmy
Yall shouldnt encourage Aunt Emmy. I am incorrigible. But thank you for you kind words. You a good boy and Aunt Emmy appreciates you too.
Check out the Chat Page
Donnie - I remembered reading you were a bass player, so I found some jokes for you. I play drums myself (since I was a kid). I didn't get to the level you did, but I do enjoy playing. I did get a chance to play at the White House for the President and a bunch of Hollywood types, so that was neat.
Neat picture of you with Geddy Lee. Must have been great to meet your hero.
Best wishes this upcoming tax season.
Tom O'Connor (taocpa)
Donnie
send me an E mail and I will fill you in.
you have my yahoo account yes?
Matt
endorser???
Hi Donnie,
I got curious about the question you asked on the Drake software thread about someone being a paid endorser... I admit to skepticism as well.
Did you ultimately obtain any additional information about that?
The New Tax Guy newtaxguy@yahoo.com
Great movie quote
Donnie-that's another one of my favorite movies! That and Young Frankenstein. Couldn't help but read your website interview. Have you ever met Nathan East? I haven't but I met his brother, Ray. He's a priest out in the DC area. He is a fabulous singer. I was playing at a Mass he celebrated. That is one talented family. Hope you kicked that other CPA's fanny to the curb. See ya. TomTaocpa 14:58, 5 March 2008 (CST)
Mobile
funny im looking to get into that myself. so how did it fall by the wayside after getting busy?
Somebody Likes Me On Here!!
Well I'll be, someone put all of my comments back on here, I gotta be more careful about what I post, these posts are like herpes or a bad Lee Greenwood song, they last forever! :(
scottycoyote
hi donnie
well it sounds like you are getting there yourself. I actually came to work for an ongoing concern where the owner and his wife were looking to retire and i was fresh out of college looking for something to do. I worked under them for several years before me and my partner came in and bought them out. We do a high volume of personal returns, and i probably have 15 or 20 scorps, i think 4 c -corps and about 50 partnerships. Im learning alot from the guys on this site, im planning on cutting back on the numbers i do and only deal with the people who dont drive me crazy lol, cant work at this pace forever.
Did you know Tim can *change* your user name?
Hey - have you ever considered changing your user name? It's slightly longer than the norm, and often stretches out the "creator" column when you post new discussions. Interestingly, today you are trumped by Sidwayconsultants – longer by just a couple of characters - so the board would be stretched regardless, but I thought I'd mention it anyway.
Tim Doyle can actually *change* your user name so that all of your history carries over to the new name – and you have plenty of history; I’m sure you wouldn’t want to lose that. Send him a message (on his talk page) with your preferred new name. Maybe just stick a space between your first and last names – that’ll let the user name wrap within the column if it’s the longest name in the list, and I bet nobody’d even notice that you had a new name!
I think this process takes some time; among other things, I’m sure Tim doesn’t always have time to read the messages on his user page right away.
(FYI - here's the long user name that got me going on this crusade to make sure user names are either short enough that they don't stretch columns much, or else include spaces so they'll wrap within the column: page 34 of the tax forum.) Clearly, your name doesn't create the havoc that one did - so inaction on your part would be completely understandable.
Thanks,
Trillium 11:23, 29 October 2008 (CDT)
New user name
Hey, Donnie -
Tim showed me how to change user names today, and we used your user name change request for my first attempt. As you'll see, Donniecastleman now jumps you right to the new "Donnie C" user name, and your profile, talk page, and user history now show up under the new name. We did try "Donnie" first, but that user name was taken.
While I was here, I also edited your user page to fix those strange boxes you were getting. The problem was that you had spaces at the beginning of the paragraphs, which the wiki software was interpreting as an instruction.
Any new posts you make will show the new user name, but posts you made prior to the change will still show the old user name.
Let me know if you have any questions about the change.
Thanks!
Trillium 16:02, 3 December 2008 (CST)
Old user name?
Hey, Donnie! I wonder if I did something wrong when I changed your user name - the old (longer) name is still showing up on your posts. Hmmm. I know some of the others that got changed are using their new names, but your name was the first one Tim Doyle showed me how to do. If you don't mind which name shows, then don't worry about it, but it you feel like testing something out for me:
Next time you sign on to TA, see if you can sign in as "Donnie C" rather than "Donniecastleman" using your existing password. If so, when you post to a discussion, which user name shows then? And, when you posted the other day, had you signed in as "Donniecastleman"? I'm still learning about how this nuts and bolts stuff works - so maybe I need to advise people who request a name change to sign in under their new names once they've gotten them.
Thanks for your help,
Trillium 12:07, 5 January 2009 (CST)
Hawaii referral
Thanks for the referral, Donnie. I've just recently accepted two new nonprofit clients, so my plate is pretty full at this time. What about Laura (TaxEA) or Paula (ActionBusiness)? Laura is on Oahu and Paula is on the Big Island.Natalie 16:30, 29 April 2009 (CDT)Natalie
Donnie:
A CPA is NOT expert in taxes an EA IS! If you want the CPA - go for it. But, with an EA, you are the man. Your clients don't give a hoot about providing them audited financial statements. A CPA is only a calling card when providing audit services for an SEC registered company.
Enjoy the Memorial Day weekend!
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