Can lawyers patent their legal techniques? A patent issued on an estate-planning technique has that bar buzzing.
Ever been told by an admiring client or colleague that you should patent one of your legal techniques? Perhaps you can. Though the idea isn't any news to patent attorneys, a patent issued on an estate-planning technique known as a Stock option grantor retained Trust, or SOGRAT,...

Income tax fundamentals, 2006 ed.
0324399022 Income tax fundamentals, 2006 ed. Whittenburg, Gerald E. and Martha Altus-Buller. South-Western College Pub. 2006 $107.95 Paperback KF6369 Emphasizing tax preparation rather than research and sophisticated tax law issues, this text on...

Intuit Servers Go Down in the Face of US Tax Tidalwave.
The servers hosting Intuit Inc's web and CD-ROM based TurboTax tax preparation software went down on Monday night, and stayed down for 14 hours. The downtime was attributed to additional backups made at the company - but most commentators believed that peak demand is simply too heavy for the...

INTUIT LOVES TAXES BUT LOVES THE INTERNET MORE.
At least somebody in the US is looking forward to the impending tax-return season. Intuit Inc, the company behind the Quicken range of personal finance applications, is currently experiencing the usual dip in sales as it passes through its off season. But chief executive Bill Harris is excited about...

INTUIT HAS STRONG Q2, WEB REVENUE SHARE REMAINS STATIC.
Intuit Inc is in the process of trying to flatten the spikes in its revenue streams, which have traditionally been tied to the US tax year and reporting deadlines. Taxes are calculated for the calendar year period but must be submitted by April 15, which creates enormous surges in...

MICROSOFT SLAMS "ILL-INFORMED" TESTIMONY.
By Nick Patience This week is likely to be the last week of testimony from witnesses chosen by the US Department of Justice in its antitrust case against Microsoft Corp, with just two of its 12 witnesses still to testify. The written testimony of first of those, Intuit Inc's...

Make April 15 a less taxing time for your customers. (Marketing News).
These days, national tax preparation services are acting like financial services companies. Not surprisingly, some financial services institutions are starting to act like tax preparers. Case in point: North Dallas Bank & Trust Co. in Texas. Earlier this year, North Dallas Bank placed an online version of...

Creativity rising: fewer slide rules, more paint brushes.
A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future By Daniel H. Pink Riverside Books, 2006 (Revised edition, paper), $15.00; 275 pages. Readers of Education Next have probably observed the oscillation that music, dance, theater, and visual arts teachers suffer in their...

Andersen: A Leading Professional Services Company around the World and in Sarasota. (Headquarters Profile).
Andersen, one of the world's leading professional services firms, has a diverse business and technology operation in Sarasota. Locally, more than 800 Andersen personnel work to provide solutions and services in tax, technology and business for their clients, both internal and external. These efforts are managed by four business...

Sarasota's Information/Technology Industry.
The information/technology industry in Sarasota has blossomed as part of Tampa Bay's "Silicon Coast." More than 500 high-tech companies in Sarasota and Manatee counties include software development, information technology, education and training and manufacturing design and telecommunications. About half derive 80 percent or more of their revenue outside the...