Reading Time: 3 minutes[Reading time – 2 minutes 40 seconds] “Biometrics” has become the buzzword today for authentication. No matter where you turn, instead of entering a password you’re asked to swipe your finger or look into a camera in order to prove that it’s really you. But the risks associated with our biometric data are still very […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat in the world do lottery tickets and passwords have in common? Perhaps more than you may think. Last week (Oct 23 2018) someone in South Carolina purchased the winning lottery ticket worth just under $1.6 billion (or if they decide to take all the money today it’s worth about half that amount). Lotteries have […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesBy: Kristina Zvinakis, Contributor to the South-Western Federal Taxation series Traditionally, municipal bonds are an appealing investment for high–income taxpayers because, as much of the discussion about them notes, the interest paid by such bonds is “almost always” exempt from Federal income tax. The “almost always” reference relates to private activity municipal bonds. Such bonds are issued to attract private investment for projects that have some type of public […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMicrosoft Office 2019 has some neat features that allow your creative juices to flow. Let me start with my personal favorite – Microsoft Word and the LinkedIn Resume Assistant. Microsoft purchased LinkedIn in 2016 for 26.2 billion dollars and now we see why! Microsoft is bringing artificial intelligence to your student’s job search with a […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesBy: William A. Raabe, Co-Editor of the South-Western Federal Taxation series Late in 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) enacted several changes to the U.S.’s taxation of the taxable income of multinational domestic corporations. The general intent of one of the new rules was to encourage the repatriation to the U.S. of overseas profits by domestic businesses (out of offshore […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes[Reading Time – 1 minute 52 seconds] Cheating on exams has been around as long as there have been exams. Yet with the use of technology cheating today has become much more rampant. Not only do students sneak in their smartphones to look up answers, they likewise post test questions and answers online for other […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes[Reading Time – 3 minutes 45 seconds] This morning I received an email that an outside company used by our school had suffered a data breach. The names of school employees and their social security numbers were exposed. This is not the first time school employees have been the victim of a data breach. And […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesBy: William A. Raabe, Co-Editor of the South-Western Federal Taxation series It is hard to shop for some people at Christmas. The done seems not to have any pressing needs, or the donor does not know the person well enough to come up with “the right gift.” The recommended action according to some etiquette experts […]
