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Personal Taxes

How Social Media Schemes Destroy Financial Security

Since 2022, bad actors posing as “tax experts” have used social media to push fraudulent ways of claiming credits. Their posts encourage taxpayers to misuse legitimate credits, such as the Fuel Tax Credit or the Sick and Family Leave Credit.

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Small Business

How to Secure Your Business Against Ransomware

During the pandemic, data breaches disproportionately affected smaller companies; they were targeted at twice the rate of larger businesses. Since the pandemic, those same smaller companies have been struggling with COVID-19 fallout ranging from supply and labor shortages to bouts

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Personal Taxes

How To Avoid Scams After the Death of a Loved One

When it comes to making money, scammers don’t think about the people they are victimizing. All they focus on is increasing their income by whatever scams necessary. That said, certain groups of people are at a higher risk of being

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Construction

How to Recognize a Scam

Nearly everyone has received an email, text or phone call that sounds legitimate but is a scam. Scammers have gotten quite sophisticated, and even savvy individuals have been taken in. As reported in the FBI’s Internet Crime Report, more than

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Construction

Stop Breaches Now: Cybersecurity Culture, Not Just Tech

Cybersecurity has always ranked high on the list of business priorities, but the current shift to online services and remote work has heightened its importance. Fear of a breach or fraud is rightly top of mind for business leaders, especially

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