By Sandra Taylor-Sawyer: Local columnist Well, here it is the end of another month and whether a business has a bookkeeping service or their own computerized accounting program, chances are a profit and loss statement is available. What should be done with it? Don’t just file it away. It’s a valuable tool and this is […]
God’s grace: It just isn’t fair!
June 12, 2008
By Curtis K. Shelburne: Religion columnist A surpassingly strange story it is, and enough to make a math or accounting major bite nails. I’m talking about Jesus’ Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16). Here’s the story in a nutshell: It’s grape-harvest in Palestine. A vineyard owner goes out early to hire men […]
Essential Records: A smooth sail
May 12, 2008
By Sandra Taylor-Sawyer: Guest columnist In the wake of April 15, it is common to analyze ones recordkeeping methods in order to ensure a smoother process for the next tax time. Not only is good recordkeeping essential in avoiding over or under payment of taxes; good records allow more efficient operation of a business, thereby […]
Official: No county funds missing
December 27, 2007
By Gabriel Monte: CNJ staff writer County Attorney Stephen Doerr said Thursday the county is not missing money from county fair revenues. However, he said the State Police are investigating an accounting discrepancy of between $2,000 and $7,200. “Right now our position is that there is no money missing,” he said. “But it looks like […]
ENMU picks Smith as business dean
December 21, 2007
Freedom New Mexico Gene Smith, an assistant professor of accounting and chair of the Department of Accounting, Finance, Information Systems at Eastern New Mexico University, has been named dean of ENMU’s College of Business. His appointment is effective Jan. 2. He replaces interim dean Thurman Elder. “He has proven to be an excellent administrator and […]
Education feature: Accounting class offers tax help
March 14, 2007
Avien Desantos, left, helps Ruby Mattox of Clovis file her taxes Wednesday at Clovis Community College. (CNJ staff photo: Andy DeLisle) By Marlena Hartz: CNJ staff writer The well-lit room in Clovis Community College exudes the efficient air of an office. But the people here, seated behind computer screens, are students on the path to […]
Accounting rules lower businesses’ competitiveness
December 21, 2006
By Freedom Newspapers The Securities and Exchange Commission last week finally eased Sarbanes-Oxley auditing rules to make them less oppressive for smaller public companies, which had called for relief after spending millions of dollars to comply with the 2002 “Enron law.” But such baby steps fall far short. This duplicative, expensive and anti-competitive act, which […]
Teacher talks Benson School of Commerce
May 12, 2006
By Don McAlavy: Curry historian “I don’t know when the school began,” said Rowena (Crume) Preuit, “but the Benson School of Commerce was going on in the school year 1943-44 when I was teaching at Vaughn. World War II was going on, and I thought I needed some more business classes, so at the end […]
Post-Enron law could impose unnecessary costs
April 24, 2006
Freedom Newspapers An advisory panel to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has formally recommended that thousands of smaller publicly traded companies be exempted from the strict accounting and reporting requirements imposed by the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley law, passed in the wake of the collapse of Enron. “The benefits that are derived by investors are really […]
Base closure list
May 13, 2005
The Associated Press A list obtained by The Associated Press of military facilities the Defense Department recommended for closure Friday: Alabama Abbott U.S. Army Reserve Center, Tuskegee Anderson U.S. Army Reserve Center, Troy Armed Forces Reserve Center, Mobile BG William P. Screws U.S. Army Reserve Center, Montgomery Fort Ganey Army National Guard Reserve Center, Mobile […]
FNNM gets new business manager
January 29, 2005
CNJ staff Freedom Newspapers of New Mexico has hired a new business manager. Kevin Cooper, 48, began work in the Clovis office on Jan. 10. A former staff sergeant in the Army, Cooper has 19 years experience in accounting and has managed small to large numbers of people throughout his career. “Kevin’s computer and organizational […]
ENMU Prof learns to fight fraud
September 3, 2003
Studied to become a fraud examiner Gary Mitchell PORTALES — Four years ago, Certified Public Accountant Dr. Don Morris, an associate professor of accounting at Eastern New Mexico University, had never even thought about being a fraud examiner. Now he is certified in the field. Morris, 57, recently completed the requirements and examination qualifying him […]
