Risk Management

Tax season can be a stressful time for accountants and CPAs, especially when clients are scrambling at the last minute to gather the necessary paperwork. Fortunately, if you’re running behind or still waiting on documentation, filing a tax extension can be a simple way to alleviate this stress and earn some extra time. Unfortunately, tax […]

Insurance coverage is never guaranteed. Certain conditions must be met to ensure that you get the coverage outlined in your policy. These contingencies are known as insurance subjectivities, and while they may seem like hurdles at first, they actually help safeguard your business by mitigating risk. In this blog, we’ll explain why subjectivities are essential […]

Even before the pandemic, remote work in white collar jobs was on the rise. Now, catalyzed by the ongoing pandemic, it is expected that 36.2 million Americans will be working remote by 2025, according to a Future Workforce Report. While the benefits of remote work are clear when it comes to mental health, work-life balance, […]

Ransomware is a worldwide problem, impacting everyone from oil pipeline operators to city governments to hospital systems. In 2020, ransomware payouts quadrupled over the previous year – from $85 million to $350 million – a likely undercount as many companies don’t reveal when they’ve been hacked. Considering modern accounting firms operate in an “always-on” digital […]

Accounting firms make lucrative targets for sneaky cyberhackers. Firms often house sensitive personal and financial client information. To best protect sensitive data, it is important for accounting firms to understand which risks they might be vulnerable to and to take steps to protect themselves.  According to the IRS, around 91% of all cyberattacks start with […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in staff disruptions for organizations across all industries. This crisis is being answered by legislation providing businesses a refundable credit they can apply against qualified wages and certain health insurance costs. The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) – introduced in 2020 under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act […]

More people than ever are working remotely. It’s creating headaches for CPAs, accountants, and professional services firms in the form of residency audits. Residency audit triggers include, but are not limited to: Moving to low or no-income-tax states. Purchasing and traveling between multiple permanent abodes. Moving shortly before selling a business. Moving shortly before selling […]

RIMS LIVE 2021 recently took place; a conference considered the most comprehensive risk management event globally and a must-attend event for anyone providing services to risk professionals in 2021. It featured over 100 hours of risk management knowledge and insights surrounding everything cyber. The conference brought in dozens of industry expert speakers and held dozens of events […]

One of the most significant outcomes of COVID-19 was the acceleration of the digital business shift. All indications were that remote work would be the future, but nobody planned on the transitioning happening so fast.  The speed to transition was impressive, but it left some open doors for criminals looking for soft spots like anything rushed. With […]

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