Welcome to Retirement Scan, our daily roundup of retirement news your clients may be talking about. A limited one-time Social Security do-over clients should know Seniors have the option of undoing their Social Security application if they think that they have filed for their retirement benefits too soon, according to this article in CNBC. Retirees […]
Archives for February 2020
Partner Pages 2020: Accounting for farming’s future
Welcome to Partner Pages: a magazine made up of stories from the Xero Partner community, for the Xero partner community and shared as part of Roadshow Australia each year. By Simon Groth, Director, Rawson Baker Advisors, New South Wales Having grown up on a cattle farm in regional New South Wales, accountant Simon Groth knows the trials […]
Cost Accounting Standards Board still working on conforming with GAAP – Accounting Today
The Cost Accounting Standards Board, a group set up by Congress in 1970 to make sure federal contractors charge their costs appropriately, is finally making some progress in aligning its 19 cost accounting standards with U.S. GAAP after Congress mandated in 2017 that it do so where practicable. A new report from the Government Accountability […]
FASB proposes changes to not-for-profits’ reporting of gifts-in-kind
FASB on Monday issued a Proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU) designed to improve transparency in how not-for-profit organizations present and disclose contributed nonfinancial assets. Also known as gifts-in-kind, contributed nonfinancial assets include fixed assets such as land, buildings, and equipment; the use of fixed assets or utilities; materials and supplies, such as food, clothing, or […]
Professor Galloway on Not Meeting People
I have found that once you meet people, it becomes much harder to write about them. My blog has probably gotten more diplomatic in the last ten years as a result of my having met pretty much everyone on Wall Street. I’m not saying that’s good or it’s bad, it’s just what it is. Professor […]
Docker Registries Expose Hundreds of Orgs to Malware, Data Theft
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Shadow IT: Gaining control of a parallel universe
For network managers, merely the thought of unknown or even partly unknown IT infrastructures on a network can be enough to send a shiver down the spine. In shadow IT networks, complex infrastructures can develop from everyday practice, without the approval or knowledge of the IT department. These infrastructures can range from manageable hardware environments […]
Shadow IT: Gaining control of a parallel universe
For network managers, merely the thought of unknown or even partly unknown IT infrastructures on a network can be enough to send a shiver down the spine. In shadow IT networks, complex infrastructures can develop from everyday practice, without the approval or knowledge of the IT department. These infrastructures can range from manageable hardware environments […]
Xerox sweetens its bid for HP Inc. to about $34 billion
Xerox boosted its offer to acquire HP Inc. to $24 a share, or about $34 billion, the company announced Monday. The new offer would be for $18.40 per share in cash and 0.149 Xerox shares per share of HP. Shares of HP climbed as much as 4.6% in pre-market trading on the news. Last November, Xerox […]
Securing the IoT from the network layer to the application layer
Security in the Internet of Things (IoT) has become a critical requirement, with recent legislation mandating ‘reasonable security features.’ It is very clear that the cost of implementing security within the IoT is necessary, and far outweighs the cost of not doing so. Security is built up in layers; the first layer needing to be […]