Many minutes, hours, and sometimes days can be wasted on IT-related issues, costing both time and money.
Information management and technology assurance
How clients can protect their tax data from hackers
Tax-related identity theft occurs when stolen Social Security numbers are used to file tax returns claiming fraudulent refunds.
Microsoft OneDrive: A picture-perfect transfer
How to use Microsoft OneDrive to archive pictures from your smartphone.
Email etiquette
Here’s why you should always acknowledge receipt of important emails.
Google Android apps: Shedding ‘flashlight’ on privacy concerns
How to uninstall the Brightest Flashlight app.
Internet: Productivity tips
Five handy computer tips from J. Carlton Collins, CPA.
Expanding your app-titude
Score last-minute deals with HotelTonight … App helps you find better Waze through traffic … Hipmunk provides a cool way to select and book flights
Hardware: 3 cheers for the home team
A temporary maneuver might ensure that the background crowd noise on your television does not drown out the announcers’ play call.
5 steps CPAs can take to fight hackers
See what CPAs can do to fight cybercriminals’ threat.
Expanding your app-titude
This month: Sleep Machine provides sound options for slumber improvements … Sleep better on the road with Jet Lag Rooster
How social and digital media can be a #majorrisk
Electronic communication can be fraught with peril for the unwary CPA.
Digital money: A bit about bitcoin
While the complex details related to using bitcoin exceed the scope of this article, here’s some information that you may find useful.
Microsoft Excel: Become an Excel groupie
Tips for using Excel’s Subtotal and PivotTable tools.
Microsoft Excel: Excel in handcuffs
How to unhide unused columns and rows.
Still more accounts found hacked in IRS “Get Transcript” breach
A TIGTA investigation into the data breach first discovered last May brings the total number of taxpayers whose tax transcripts were potentially compromised to 724,000.
Internal auditors challenged by cybersecurity, data quality
Many internal audit departments are short on cybersecurity expertise and lack involvement in evaluating the quality of the data used in their organizations, according to a new survey.
IRS suffers another data breach
The IRS revealed that it discovered and stopped an automated cyberattack on its e-filing personal identification number (PIN) system last month.
Computer hardware: Accelerate your mouse
How to correct a common computer mistake.
Expanding your app-titude
This month: Add some style to your branding with Word Swag … Need a reminder? Try FollowUpThen
Microsoft Excel: Failure to launch
How to get Excel to open a new blank workbook upon launching the program.
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