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How to Save Money on Credit Card Debt in 2020
Credit card debt, in and of itself, isn’t always bad. The true value of any debt is how much it helps versus how much it hurts your clients’ financial outlook. A loan may be necessary at times. And if they can get that cash infusion for zero percent ...
49% of Americans Haven’t Addressed Their Biggest Financial Regret
Nearly 2 in 5 (39%) Americans say their biggest financial regret is not saving enough. Eighteen percent wish they started saving for retirement earlier, 14% regret not saving enough for emergency expenses and seven percent would have liked to have ...
Whatever You Do, Do NOT Forecast!
I resigned recently from the role as a VP on a NASDAQ listed company. We spent our lives forecasting. Wall Street wanted to know exactly what we were going to do the next quarter and year and preferably the next ten years! They were ruthless.
Millennials More Afraid of Credit Card Debt than War or Death
A new survey by Credible.com reveals that millennials rank their credit card debt as the scariest issue in their daily lives, even scarier than weighty issues like dying and the threat of war. It’s hardly a surprise, given Americans hold nearly $800 ...
Technologies to Invest in During a Time of Increasing Global Tax Scrutiny
Among the primary challenges faced my most MNEs is the fact that the financial systems currently in place do not support adequate tax reporting for the new tax transparency requirements (e.g. lack of legal entity detail, lack of a tax-sensitive chart ...
Best Practices for Managing Cash
The word cash is starting to get a funny ring to it, isn’t it? Like “davenport”, “slicker” or “billfold”. Coin and paper currency are fading into the background of modern finance and appear only most frequently in movies about heists or shady ...
10 Signs a Small Business is Struggling Financially
Small businesses face many financial hurdles. Whether due to an industry that is seasonal in nature, or because of aging accounts receivables, businesses can find themselves facing problems with cashflow, debt, profitability or vendor relationships.
Fraud Examples Demonstrate Need for RIVIO Clearinghouse
The new RIVIO Clearinghouse (see accompanying article) is a solution to a problem of financial hijinks with which you might not be familiar. After all, most CPAs perform their services ethically and expect their clients to represent their financial ...