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We’re one of the Top 10 Leading Franchises in Australia!
There is nothing like scrolling through LinkedIn and seeing your business named in the Top 10 Leading Franchises in Australia! Thanks to Business Franchise Magazine, we’ve been recognised as a leading franchise group and a great franchise opportunity. First Class AccountsOwning a First Class Accounts bookkeeping franchise means you can turn bookkeeping from a job into a […]
Six cyber security tips for small businesses
Australia’s cyber security strategy 2020, just released by the Home Affairs Department, attempts to address the cyber resilience of the nation’s small and medium businesses. The 52-page plan will see $1.67 billion invested in a number of already-known initiatives aimed at enhancing Australia’s cyber security over the next decade. The plan outlines how the Government […]
We read hundreds of pages of emails that Congress collected from the biggest tech companies in the world — here are the most revealing things we found
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos testifies via video conference during a hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law on “Online Platforms and Market Power”, in the Rayburn House office Building on Capitol Hill, in Washington, July 29, 2020. Graeme Jennings | Pool via Reuters The CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and […]
Behind the Scenes – The Virtual Bookkeeper’s Roadmap
Whether you are launching a new virtual bookkeeping business or trying to make your existing business more efficient and scalable, you probably know that it can take years of trial and error to figure out the best way to run a bookkeeping business. You are probably also very aware that all that time is costing […]
Moderna’s second-quarter revenue jumps fivefold on coronavirus vaccine development
A sign marks the headquarters of Moderna Therapeutics, which is developing a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 18, 2020. Brian Snyder | Reuters Moderna reported Wednesday a fivefold increase in second-quarter revenue as the company pursues one of the nation’s leading vaccine candidates to fight Covid-19. Revenue jumped to $66.4 […]
TIGTA critiques IRS’s protection of taxpayer data
The IRS continues to have challenges protecting taxpayer data, and especially ensuring that its various applications provide complete and accurate audit trails, according to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA). TIGTA issued a report that highlights IRS shortcomings and challenges, titled Most Internal Revenue Service Applications Do Not Have Sufficient Audit Trails to […]
AICPA continues to ask Congress to include PPP deductibility in upcoming legislation
In a letter dated Aug. 4, 2020, the AICPA joined over 170 organizations to urge Congress to “include a technical correction addressing the tax treatment of loan forgiveness under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)” in its next round of legislation addressing the coronavirus pandemic. The letter, addressed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate […]
Investors are dismissing the risk of an inflation spike. Morgan Stanley says that could be a mistake
A woman wearing a protective mask walks near a mural that reads ‘WELCOME BACK NYC’ as the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening. Cindy Ord | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images There is one big difference between the current coronavirus-led economic downturn and the 2008 global financial crisis and it could drive up consumer […]
U.S. Treasury yields move higher as investors monitor economic data, auctions
U.S. government debt prices were lower on Monday morning, as U.S.-China tensions and surging coronavirus cases dented investor hopes for a swift economic recovery. At around 1:45 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was higher at 0.5478%, recovering slightly after falling to its lowest level since March 9 on Friday. Meanwhile, the […]