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‘Unpredictable’ Election Clouds Tax and Economic Policy View
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Accountant Gets Jail Time For Charging $3 Million on New Jersey Employer’s Credit Card
New Jersey Joins IRS Direct File For 2025 Filing Season
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When Business Computers Are Held For Ransom, Downtime Is Biggest Cost
In short, ransomware is malicious software that gets downloaded (usually on accident) onto a business computer or network. The perpetrators of the scam then lock down the computers and threated to erase key data if the business doesn't pay a ransom.
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Tech Trends Report Looks at Forces Shaping New Products and Services
The seventh annual technology trends report, “Tech Trends 2016–Innovating in the digital era,” discusses how these top trends are driving new products and services, upending long-standing business models, and rewiring rules of customer engagement.
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3 Reasons Tax Pros Should Adopt E-Signatures This Tax Season
E-signatures provide an opportunity to make the upcoming season better for both the taxpayer and the preparer.
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PC Matic Offers Strong Approach to Security
Several companies are proposing solutions, but it is uncertain how successful these will be. But it is clear that the use of “white lists” will be a major part of the solution, and that one of the leaders in this movement is a vastly enhanced PC Matic.
New Accounting Suite Provides Bookkeeping and Capital Gains Reporting for Bitcoin
Legitimizing the widespread adoption of digital currencies such as Bitcoin and Ripple, Libra, makers of bitcoin tax-accounting service LibraTax, today announces the release of two new services to help businesses and CPAs account for digital currency ...
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Get Hacked, Get Sacked!
Risk mitigation when your practice is attacked is an economic consideration. What will breach reporting cost? What will recovery cost and time lost be? Although we are not likely to be terminated by our clients or our firm, even this type of loss ...
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Get Hacked, Get Sacked!
Risk mitigation when your practice is attacked is an economic consideration. What will breach reporting cost? What will recovery cost and time lost be? Although we are not likely to be terminated by our clients or our firm, even this type of loss ...
New System Focused on Accounting and Taxes for Bitcoin
LibraTax is designed to help balance the Bitcoin books by optimizing capital gains/loss reporting on virtual currency transactions.