When Ed Wilkins, CPA, talks to audit committees about adding data analytics to the audit process, he explains to them that it usually takes three years for investment in a complex audit analytic to pay for itself. Audit analytics give practitioners the ability to examine an entire dataset rather than just a sample, improving the […]
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Adapt Your Career to the Changing Landscape
Career planning is a giant subject. Often it starts with the question: “What do I want to do with my career in the future?” The FPA and SEI research paper “Advisory Firms in 2030: The Innovation Imperative” focuses on a very different question. It asks, “Will my career still exist in the future?” The answer […]
Deloitte pursues KPMG over audit of Goals Soccer Centres
KPMG is being pursued by a rival Big Four firm over its audit of five-a-side football pitch operator Goals Soccer Centres following accounting fraud dating back to 2009, according to The Sunday Times. Deloitte, which acted as administrator to the company before it was sold in October 2019, is pursuing KPMG over an alleged misdeclaration […]
Income Tax Proof Submission to Employer – Guideline
A financial year is about to end, you must have received a reminder about the submission of Income Tax Proof from your employer. Don’t forget to submit your tax-saving proof to your employer else more TDS will be deducted from your salary and you need to file a refund request. Well, there are certain important […]
Are IoT and cloud computing the future of data?
With an estimated 29 billion connected devices expected to be in operation by 2022 – and over 75 billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices anticipated to be in use by 2025 worldwide – the Internet of Things is a major consideration for forward-thinking enterprises. The abundance of IoT devices currently in use offers enterprises extensive […]
How IRS Form 2553 Can Shake Up Your Company
When you start your business venture, you choose what type of business structure you want your company to be. Maybe you chose to be a sole proprietor and handle business on your own. Or, maybe you decided to structure your business as a corporation. But, what happens if you’re not too keen on the structure […]
#FASuccess Ep 160: Accelerating Growth By Spending More Than 10% Of Revenue On Marketing (That Works), with Gabriel Shahin
Executive Summary Welcome back to the 160th episode of Financial Advisor Success Podcast! My guest on today’s podcast is Gabriel Shahin. Gabriel is the founder of Falcon Wealth, an independent RIA based in the Greater Los Angeles area that oversees nearly $200 million of assets under management for 370 clients. What’s unique about Gabriel, though, […]
How high above the 200-day can the S&P 500 get?
The big news this past week is that the S&P 500 got way out ahead of its 200-day moving average – more than 11% above, in fact. Michael wrote about how shitty of a timing signal this measure is here, if you haven’t read it yet you CANNOT miss it. In the meanwhile, Jon Krinsky […]
We’re the go-to-guys for IoT customers who need simple and reliable connectivity for their solutions
SPONSORED INTERVIEW: Bruno Jacobfeuerborn is chairman of the supervisory board of 1NCE, the provider of simplified flat rate connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT). He has worked at Deutsche Telekom since 1989, initially as a regional manager for the operator’s mobile network. From 2010 to 2016 he was director of technology for Deutsche Telekom […]
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail
Benjamin Franklin enjoyed this old proverb: “A little neglect may breed mischief. For want of a nail, the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost, and for want of a horse the rider was lost.” The message can be easily ignored, that seemingly unimportant factors have dramatic knock-on effects, and […]