 | AccountantsWorld Daily News |
| 7/27/2016 |
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Ransomware and How Accounting Firms Are At Risk (CPA Practice Advisor) - In this day in age, CPA firms need to be just as aware of cybersecurity threats as they are filing deadlines and tax guidelines. ADVERTISEMENT Share our news via Twitter and Facebook, on your personalized news page. MORE HEADLINES Woman Sentenced To Jail For Pretending To Be A Tax Attorney (Forbes) - Recruiters spend, on average, only six seconds reviewing an individual resume. In the case of Kimberly Kitchen, maybe someone should have looked a little longer. Kitchen worked as an attorney in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, for ten years. Rules Change for ITINs and Tax Credits (JofA) - As a general rule, a taxpayer filing with an ITIN has been able to claim the same exemptions, deductions, and credits as a taxpayer filing with a Social Security number (SSN). A major exception to this rule is the earned income tax credit (EITC). The Robo-Accountants Are Coming (CFO) - A recent story in The New York Times story sent shivers throughout the alleyways of downtown Manhattan with its bold headline, âThe Robots Are Coming for Wall Street.â Conjuring images of Arnold Schwarzenegger, armed with scientific calculator... In Acounting Staff Development, the Experience Counts (HR Dive) - When it comes to employee learning, most accounting and finance staffers hit the ground running with what they know, hoping to learn more later. Taxation Accounting/Audit Business News | TOP 5 MOST READ TOOLS OF THE TRADE e-BREAKS  The CPA Players Present: The Empire Strikes Back   |