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Filing Your 2026 Tax Return? The Stakes Just Got Higher
🖨 Print⏱ 4 min read Picture two things happening at the same time. The agency responsible for reviewing your tax return is understaffed and buried under a backlog; and the software that agency uses to catch filing errors just keeps … Continue reading
Understanding Cash EBITDA
🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readWhile Cash EBITDA isn’t recognized by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), it’s a way for company owners and investors to account for deferred revenue during valuation modeling. This financial metric measures a business’ year-over-year change in … Continue reading
Natural Disaster-Proof Your Finances
🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readHurricanes, floods, wildfires, tornadoes and earthquakes are becoming more severe and more frequent with each passing year. Without sufficient protection, these events can cause lasting financial disruption. While no one can prevent a natural disaster, preparing … Continue reading
7 Small Financial Habits for Big Success
🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readYou might have heard this saying, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step,” which is from the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu. However, the principle of taking tiny steps along a … Continue reading
The Governance Wall and AI Regulation
🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readThe era of artificial intelligence as a competitive advantage has hit a structural barrier – the Governance Wall. Some time back in 2024 and 2025, organizations raced to adopt AI tools to automate decisions, improve efficiency … Continue reading
Facilitating Access to Housing and In-State Tuition, Sanctioning Iran and the Battle Over DHS Funding
🖨 Print⏱ 4 min read21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (HR 6644) – As many local governments face the problem of rising affordability and severe housing shortages, this bipartisan bill would update existing housing programs to increase the housing supply, … Continue reading
Understanding the Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)
🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readThe Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) measures how much a company spends to obtain new, additional customers. Oftentimes, this calculation is used with the customer lifetime value (LTV) metric, that also projects the customer’s profitability to calculate … Continue reading
Transparency for Elder Abuse, Internet Ads and Drug Pricing
Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act (S. 178) – Sponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) on Jan. 20, this bill is intended to prevent elder abuse and exploitation and improve the justice system’s response to victims in such cases. Among … Continue reading
Weighing the Impact of the Equifax Breach
Call it ironic that on the very day Equifax went public with news of its massive data breach, Congress was holding hearings on reducing the regulations imposed on U.S. credit bureaus. Long before the recent breach that exposed confidential data … Continue reading
The Trump Tax Reform Plan – What Is and What May Be
Major tax reform enactment is a rare event, with the last occurring back in 1986 under President Ronald Reagan. As a result, current discussions could pan out to be much ado about nothing; however, with the solid majorities that Trump … Continue reading