Fraud can be catastrophic for any size organization.  Often companies unknowingly allow fraudulent activities to happen because they have been complacent in their review of their current internal controls.  When a system is working it is easy to set aside evaluating i

The cash disbursements cycle steps - approval, preparation, authorization - can leave your company vulnerable to fraud and theft if basic controls are not in place.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today that starting May 13^th only individuals with tax identification numbers may request an Employer Identification Number, or EIN, as the &l

Have you ever noticed that when someone says something good about a co-worker, it tends to end at that person.  BUT, if someone says something bad about a co-worker, it gets repeated, exaggerated – and can and often does destroy another person’s reputatio

Some people are afraid of their own shadow.  They have a lot of fears if they’re in sales.  They are afraid of their competitors. They’re afraid of failing.  Fear is the wrong emotion to have when you sell.

Are your Accounts Payable Operations measuring their performance?  If not, how can progress toward goals be determined?

In December 2018 the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) issued an amendment to its standard on the use of specialists in a financial statement audit.  To better

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When we think of bullying, we usually visualize a big burly person standing over someone smaller intimidating the smaller person with size.  Or else, like in the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, we assume a boss is intimidating his staff threatening them with

For years Illumeo has been the leader in Continuing Professional Education (aka CPE, CE, and RCH) for CPAs and over two dozen other professional certification types (e.g.