The Oklahoma land rush the result of the opening of a choice portion of Native American territory in Oklahoma for settlement, which set off one of the most bizarre and chaotic episodes of town founding in history. The land rush started at high noon on April 22, with an estimated 50,000 people lined up to claim their piece of the available two million acres. By the end of the day, both Oklahoma City and Guthrie were cties of around 10,000 people in half a day. In Oklahoma City. Much like the Oklahoma land rush of 1889, accountants are now having a once-in-a- lifetime opportunity that is guaranteed to change the landscape of financial business forever.

Just how big a change does it take to meet the needs of tax researchers as technology evolves?  One answer was suggested last year when CCH introduced IntelliConnect to replace its Tax Research Network. There have been indications the transition has been rougher than CCH would like and the company has put out three quick enhancements, starting in the fall.

Passion, and the biochemical release it facilitates in the brain, reduces stress and is shown to improve your overall health. Amazingly, it has a similar effect on those who cross your path. Now put the words Passionate and Accountant together in the same sentence and you have a formula for healthier people, businesses, firms, and the economy. Bottom line: if you are not passionate about what you do, if you don’t spring out of bed with enthusiasm for the day ahead, you have to ask yourself, “what ‘s missing?”

In the second year of using the workflow system from XCM Solutions, the Red Bank, N.J.-based accounting firm WithumSmith+Brown has taken a system that was used in firm-wide test during the last tax season and has implemented it throughout the firm, wherever there are documents and processes to track. "Every job a staff person puts in is the system," notes partner Jim Bourke. "We mandated that all jobs, financial statements, tax returns, whatever the work product is going through XCM so we can track workflow."