There are some good ideas to combat identity theft when you prepare your income taxes in this posting in AccountingToday featuring Experian’s ProtectMyID service:http://www.accountingtoday.com/gallery/Protecting-Clients-Tax-Related-Identity-Theft-66974-1.html?ET=webcpa:e7188:204199a:&st=emailAs far as your tax preparer discussing how they protect your information, know that all my computer networks are encripted and password protected and documents are sent to clients through a link to my secure portal (nothing ever leaves the encripted lockbox), so your info is safe with me. For financial, accounting and tax musings,You can count on us to count for you! email bstonercpa@sbcglobal.net phone 818-317-6035 Website www.briantstonercpa.com
Americans Flopped This Personal Finance Quiz. Can You Do Better?
Well, here is a personal finance quiz for you – only 14% of respondants got all five right. See this posting from Bloomberg Businessweek by Peter Coy and see how you do:http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-31/americans-flopped-this-personal-finance-quiz-dot-can-you-do-betterNot wanting to brag, but I did get all five right (I should hope so!) and this is why I have been spouting off before about the need for basic personal finance classes being a manditory requirement in the public school system. Everyone should be able to go five for five!For financial, accounting and tax musings,You can count on us to count for you! email bstonercpa@sbcglobal.net phone 818-317-6035 Website www.briantstonercpa.com
Tax Reform, Sooner or Later
Are there actually tax reform rumblings on the horizon? Always hard to predict, but Roger Russell in AccountingToday is reporting that this may actually amount to something (actual or cosmetic, who knows?):http://www.accountingtoday.com/news/Tax-Reform-Sooner-Later-66904-1.htmlWith the way the boys and girls in Washington work, my money is on the cosmetic – things that be trumpeted as reform that don’t address any real problem, but, hey, I have been surprised before!For financial, accounting and tax musings,You can count on us to count for you! email bstonercpa@sbcglobal.net phone 818-317-6035 Website www.briantstonercpa.com