🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readTechnology has no doubt changed the traditional way of doing things. Businesses and professionals are left with no choice but to adopt new technology to remain relevant in a changing environment. However, the successful adoption of this new age in accounting can happen only if you prepare your staff in advance. … Continue reading “Technology Driven Accounting: How to Prepare Staff for a New Age in Accounting”
🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readTis the season for summer jobs for high school and college kids. These seasonal jobs are more than just an opportunity for teens and college students to earn some money and gain experience. They also provide the opportunity for seeding a significant retirement nest egg and even a down payment on … Continue reading “How to Turn a Summer Job into a Tax-Free Retirement Nest Egg and More”
🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readYou’ve got loads of experience in your field. You know things that only time can teach you. However, all of your experience and knowledge can sometimes work against you. And even though age discrimination is illegal, it doesn’t mean it isn’t prevalent. You can’t turn back the clock, but you can … Continue reading “5 Tips for Job Seekers Over 50”
🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readAccording to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Short-Term Energy Outlook, the June price of $73 per barrel for Brent Crude Oil was up by $5 per barrel over May. With more vaccinations being rolled out, uncertainty over OPEC+’s production moves, and a reduction in worldwide oil availability, the outlook for oil … Continue reading “Will Increasing Oil Prices Put a Ceiling on Global Economic Growth?”
🖨 Print⏱ 5 min readAccording to a Prudential survey, 87 percent of respondents said they would prefer to work remotely at least one day per week. This is compared to 13 percent of respondents preferring to work at the office all the time. The same survey found that one-third of respondents wouldn’t want to work … Continue reading “How to Develop a Hybrid Work Policy Post-Pandemic”
🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readAuditing is crucial to ensure the accuracy and fairness of financial information. However, one of the biggest threats to audit reputation today is data quality. This is because of the large volumes of data that businesses produce today. To deal with so much data, auditors are now turning to data analytics. … Continue reading “Audits in Accounting: Improving Audit Quality with Data Analytics”
🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readEquity compensation is becoming more mainstream and is not just for executives anymore. Grants of restricted stock or restricted stock units (RSUs) are getting to be more common than stock options – and the rules are different, as is the tax planning. Below we will look at some of the particulars … Continue reading “Restricted Stock & RSUs: 3 Planning Tips”
🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readSlowly, our world is changing. A percentage of the population has been vaccinated and many employees are headed back to the office. However, this may cause a bit of anxiety – and understandably so. Here are few ways to help take the edge off of returning to the workplace. Wake up … Continue reading “5 Tips for Going Back to the Office”
🖨 Print⏱ 5 min readThe June 16 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting Q&A session with Chairman Jay Powell and recent comments from The Fed have signaled two potential inflation rate hikes in 2023. Two days later, James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, signaled there could be a rate hike … Continue reading “How Will Uncertain Inflation Outlook Impact Stock Market?”
🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readA SPAC is a special purpose acquisition company. It is typically sponsored by a venture capitalist or a private equity firm that has expertise in a specific sector or industry, such as green technology. A SPAC launches as an IPO, but it is nothing more than a shell company that raises … Continue reading “Wishing on a Star: Investors Pour Billions in to SPACs”