by Leif Jensen | Jan 16, 2018 | General |
I was at a seminar and during it the Symantec 2017 survey of “Industry Cyber Targets” was shared. This is the top 10 sectors breached by the number of incidents; the data was based upon 2016 occurrences. Rank Industry Breaches Percentage 1 Services 452 44.2% 2...
by Leif Jensen | Jan 15, 2018 | General |
The old saying goes “Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” The IRS is proving this point. The IRS has also made a modification to this. ...
by Leif Jensen | Jan 10, 2018 | General |
Last tax season we picked up a new client. The client had moved a couple of miles to a new location. In doing so, their prior CPA stated that they could not travel that far to continue to work with them. Basically the client was fired from the prior CPA and not aware...
by Leif Jensen | Jan 9, 2018 | General |
What is on your financial dashboard? What metrics are you monitoring in your business? Are you using your industries SIC or NAICS codes for comparison? Your banker should be able to supply you annually with the updated metrics for your industry. So you can see where...
by Leif Jensen | Jan 8, 2018 | General |
There is a change in the direction of jobs. We are now experiencing a “reshoring” of manufacturing jobs back into the U.S.. What is driving the new “reshoring” trend? It seems that advances in manufacturing technologies are making it more cost-effective or more...
by Leif Jensen | Dec 20, 2017 | General |
Recently Panera founder and CEO Ron Shaich announced that he is stepping down at the end of the year. Apparently Shaich is unhappy with Wall Street’s short term viewpoint and wants the ability to spend more time debating the Street’s on its obsession with...
