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Club Tax Printers Now Shipping
ICLUBcentral has released the DRAFT Forms for the 2007 Federal Club Tax Printer software for both Club Accounting 3.1 and myICLUB.
Club Accounting 3.1 Tax Printers can be purchased as either an online download or as a pressed CD -- now shipping. If you pre-ordered a download for Club Accounting 3.1, you can download your software here.
Tax Printers for myICLUB will be accessible under the Taxes tab on your myiclub.com website following purchase.
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ICLUBcentral has also released DRAFT Forms for the 2007 State Club Tax Printer
software for Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania,
available via download and shipped CD. Forms for
California, Georgia, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, and
Wisconsin will be available at a later date.
Remember: the Tax Printer software you purchase or download
today will still use "DRAFT" forms -- until FINAL forms are
released by the IRS and the various state tax agencies, all
Tax Printers will only generate these preliminary forms.
Stay tuned to future issues of the ICLUBinsider and the iclub.com homepage for updates on FINAL form availability.
For Tax Printer questions or concerns, contact the ICLUB
Support Team.
Join the Club!
by Amy Rauch Neilson
Amy Rauch Neilson is a free-lance writer and
editor who has specialized in writing about the stock market
and investing basics for beginners for nearly two decades.
An avid investor and former member of the Kix Investment
Club, Amy lives in Belleville, Michigan with her husband
and two-year-old son. Her "Join the Club!" column will
be featured regularly in the ICLUBinsider.
Finding Great Companies in the Most Likely of Places
When you scanned the headline to this column, did you have to stop and take a second look, just to make sure you'd read what you'd thought you had? Instead of "Finding Great Companies in the Most Likely of Places", did you perhaps expect to read "Finding Great Companies in the Most Unlikely of Places?"
If you did, you're not alone. Most investors -- novice and seasoned alike -- are under the impression that in order to find the next Microsoft, Wal-Mart, or McDonald's, you will have to resort to some rather unsavory means, such as:
- Sneaking yourself into a meeting of the top investment analysts at Standard & Poor's
- Getting yourself invited to be part of a foursome -- flanked by three successful and very wealthy investors -- on the golf course of the local country club
- Shamelessly eavesdropping on every conversation within range, with the hopes of gleaning a "hot stock tip"
Not so. In fact, I've got some good news and some bad news on this front. The good news is actually great news -- you're more likely to find the next hot stock by following your teenagers around the mall or looking at the products and services you use every day in a new light than via any of the above-mentioned methods. The bad news (and it's really not so bad, after all) is that there are so many great companies out there that you're going to have to work hard to narrow the field and choose the ones that are the best match for your club's philosophy and goals. Good thing you're not in this alone.
Read more...
New "Club Hub" Education Page
Tax Season is always a hectic time of year for investment club treasurers, especially if they're new to the job.
To help ease the burden of running an investment club, we've revamped our "Club Hub" pages at www.iclub/com/clubs to make it easier for you and your fellow members to start your club off on the right foot, and manage and maintain your club throughout the yearly cycle.
You'll find sample partnership agreements, examples of bylaws and operating procedures, and answers to important questions, like how to prepare for your annual audit and whether or not your club should have a business plan.
Check out the new Club Hub and keep your club healthy and successful!
| January 10, 2008
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