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All About Limited Liability Companies(LLC). LLC owners are called members. Single-member LLCs have one owner, although spouses who jointly own an LLC in a community property state can elect treatment as a single member LLC for federal income tax purposes. We will call LLCs with two or more members multimember LLCs. Key point: LLCs are not corporations.
RESOURCES / ARTICLES. Business Advisory in a Post-COVID Environment: An Interview with Michael Burke. We covered a lot of ground in a recent interview with Panalitix client Michael Burke of Burke Raftery Chartered Accountants. Here are some excerpts. Michael’s Background. Michael started in audit with KPMG in Melbourne, Australia though he always planned to go into industry.
Tens of thousands of stolen Fortnite accounts are being sold on the black market in a $1 billion a year trade, according to Bloomberg. The news outlet cited a report from Night Lion Security , which looks into companies' vulnerable points. It found that criminals are using automated tools to mass-check for Fortnite accounts from hordes of stolen identities from recent data breaches.
The old adage “work smarter, not harder” rings true. Burnout decreases productivity, and employees are no longer working efficiently. As a result, they are not working to their full potential and are falling short of outputs. No one wins. Workplace burnout has officially been recognized as a medical diagnosis by the World Health Organization. Described as “a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed,” this may not come as a surprise
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U.S. and Canadian banks are all but certain to cut personnel costs as the COVID-19 shock gives way to more long-term economic problems, even though the CEOs of some banks pledged this past spring to not lay off employees, per sources as reported by Reuters on Friday (Aug. 28). Industry experts cited by Reuters attribute their predictions to factors including low interest rates, credit problems among potential borrowers and efficiencies generated by work-from-home programs.
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Receipts, emails, contracts, timecards… the list of items a small business must maintain as documentation goes on and on! When a small business enters the world of government contracting, the risk associated with maintaining supporting documentation increases significantly. Not only must you have supporting documentation, but you must have the correct information recorded to PROVE a transaction exists, is compliant with all laws and regulations, and was recorded properly.
Most Nonprofits are using some type of dashboard to monitor and track their performance, but which metrics are actually helping you fulfill your mission ? Successful fundraising starts with knowing your numbers. In the latest episode of the Put Your Numbers To Work Podcast, GrowthForce CEO Stephen King, s at down for a discussion about successful fundraising with Roger Craver, Co- Founder of Donor Voice and Author of Retention Fundraising: The New Art and Science of Keeping Your Donors for Life.
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Based off SkyStem's popular e-Book, the book of secrets to the month-end close will be revealed in this one-hour webinar. Learn leading practices when it comes to building a strong and sustainable month-end close that has room to grow and evolve. Learn about the power of precise estimates, why reconciliations are critical to closing the books, how and when to automate, and how the chart of accounts play into your close process.
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In the era of COVID-19, as the world is awaiting a vaccine that will formally bring the pandemic to a close worldwide and consign it to the realm of the ill-remembered past, a lot of traditions are looking to make their virtual/digital debuts. Everything from parades to trick-or-treating to Black Friday doorbusters to Santa Claus himself are getting a virtual makeover to make them safer and more socially distanced.
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