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The Perennial Problem of Medicare for Chiropractors
Chiropractic Billing, Coding, Documentation Blog | October 26th 2009 by Tom Necela
Here are some answers to the questions that many of you ask in hushed tones before or after my seminars or behind the veil of an email. Most are in respect to the perennial challenges chiropractors face on one topic: Medicare. Please sit down and read more
How Much is Too Much?
Canadian Restaurant Tax Advisor | October 23rd 2009
This post concerns customer comps or promotional drinks served by restaurants and bars. The issue is: how much is too much? Most restaurants and bars offer promotional drinks to their customers from time to time. Sometimes it is to acknowledge read more
ISAlliance Briefs Homeland Security Panel
Information Security Resources | October 20th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
From The Internet Security Alliance Internet Security Alliance (ISA) President Larry Clinton will describe the progress being made in the joint ANSI/ISA project to develop an enterprise wide cybersecurity framework Wednesday afternoon at the 8th Ple read more
ISAlliance & Aerospace Industries Webinar
Information Security Resources | October 16th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
From The Internet Security Alliance Thursday, October 22: ISAlliance & Aerospace Industries Association Webinar An Information Security Strategy for the Rest of Us by Jeff Brown, Director, Infrastructure Services and CISO Information Technology, read more
Have you seen us lately?
Miro Consulting Blog: News, Views and Commentary | October 16th 2009 by Scott Rosenberg
We’ve been included in some great articles in the media lately. Not that the articles are great because we’re in them, but because the articles are worth the read (with or without our commentary). They are very helpful pieces about licens read more
ISAlliance Briefs Agencies on Cyber Security
Information Security Resources | October 15th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
From The Internet Security Alliance ISA to BRIEF MULTIPLE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ON CYBERSECURITY Internet Security Alliance President Larry Clinton will serve as one of three private sector briefers at a unique senior level pan-government briefing read more
Public Service Announcement
Misadventures with Andi | October 8th 2009 by andi Fisher
I know I do have some readers who don’t attend blogging conferences or social media events, or move in those circles, so I wanted to advise them about the new FTC Guidelines for endorsements and testimonials (a.k.a. reviews). The main idea is t read more
Modularizing Multiple Security Functionalities
Information Security Resources | October 7th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By John M. Salomon, Information Security Consultant Okay, I made up “modularizing”, but I think it nicely fits the idea of this article. I am a huge fan of the concept of abstracting functions — i.e. clearly defining what it is you are trying read more
Split-Second Audit Destruction, Chiropractic Mayhem & Profits
Chiropractic Billing, Coding, Documentation Blog | October 5th 2009 by Tom Necela
Here’s the bad news you already know: an increasing amount of good chiropractors are being audited by insurance companies and asked to repay hefty sums due to “insufficient documentation” or “improper coding” or other pract read more
State Department Sends ISAlliance to Estonia
Information Security Resources | October 5th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
From The Internet Security Alliance At the request of the US State Department ISALLIANCE President Larry Clinton will visit the NATO Cyber Center of Excellence in Estonia the week of October 4 to lecture and discuss cyber security theory and practic read more
5,000 Tax Auditors on the Prowl
Canadian Restaurant Tax Advisor | October 2nd 2009
In a National Post article last December, CRA warns business owners on Tax Cheating Software, it disclosed that the CRA has dedicated 5,000 employees to the task of finding unreported income and ensuring that sales taxes are remitted properly, ̶ read more
Revenu Quebec Targets Restaurants
Canadian Restaurant Tax Advisor | October 2nd 2009
According to the Revenu Quebec website, there were approximately 17,600 restaurants selling $9.5 billion of food and alcoholic beverages in 2007. As in most other provinces, the restaurant industry is a significant and vital sector of the economy. read more
Chiropractic Billing, Coding, Documentation Seminars come to Seat…
Chiropractic Billing, Coding, Documentation Blog | October 2nd 2009 by Tom Necela
Many of you have been emailing me regarding upcoming seminars for Fall 2009. Here are a list of dates for Seattle, Portland and Boise: SEATTLE, WA Thursday, October 22, 2009 Saturday, November 14, 2009 River’s Edge Best Western 15901 West read more
Fraudsters Thrive On Social Networking Sites
Information Security Resources | October 1st 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Internet Crime Complaint Center Infected users are often spreading additional malware by having infected Web sites posted on their Webpage without their knowledge. Friends are then more apt to click on these sites since they appear to be endorsed read more
Internet Security Alliance October Events
Information Security Resources | September 30th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
From The Internet Security Alliance ISAlliance President Larry Clinton, in Estonia by request of the US State Department; Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Congress; ISAlliance/CyLab Webinar; CMU Software Engineering Institute one day course: read more
Fighting DDoS Attacks at the ISP Level
Information Security Resources | September 29th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By John M. Salomon, Information Security Consultant I had a workshop at the offices of a major international backbone provider recently on the subject of security logging/monitoring/response and DDoS defense for large companies. In the course of prov read more
Spreadsheets Are Not Good Enough For Asset Management
Income Tax Articles | September 28th 2009 by Zig Zag
We’ve all used them, spreadsheets, whether it’s to do a simple list of items, or whether you are looking to create advanced sums for business forecasts. Despite being a pain to use and not having all our required features, we still use th read more
i’m doing a streamline FHA refinance and my closing costs are…
FHA Loan Rates | September 27th 2009 by hendro iskandar
about ,000. Is this high? I was told to expect lower than usual closing costs with this streamlined refinance (i.e. no appraisal needed, no employment verification, etc). Related Articles Mortgage Refinancing Scams May Target Nervous Homeowners Di read more
What Are You Worth On The Black Market?
Information Security Resources | September 24th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
From The CCCNews Team Ever wondered how much your online identity is worth to a cyber criminal? Cyber crime is now larger than the international drug trade. Nearly 10 million people have reported identity theft in the U.S. over the last 12 months a read more
Owning the Show: The Art Of Building Share Of Voice
Experiential Marketing 2.0 | September 24th 2009 by Ian McGonnigal
Locked in every trade show is a number. Someplace deep inside event demographics, and underneath all the hype and buzz of exhibitors, speakers and attendees you will find it. The number of people you really want to talk to. These are your targets read more
Legalized Extortion?
Canadian Restaurant Tax Advisor | September 23rd 2009
I’m going to describe a real case study and let you decide if the title of today’s blog is true. This situation occurred several years ago at a client’s restaurant in Ontario. My client operated a small, reasonably successful, re read more
The True Cost of Staff Theft
Canadian Restaurant Tax Advisor | September 23rd 2009
As restaurateurs, we are all well aware of the high incidence of theft by our employees. Proper supervision and other internal controls can help minimize theft. As prudent businesspeople, we try to balance the cost of detecting and preventing t read more
How do they do it (to you)?
Canadian Restaurant Tax Advisor | September 22nd 2009
I’m often asked by my clients and fellow restaurateurs how the tax auditors arrive at their reassessments for unreported sales. It is a pretty simple approach, though the calculations will boggle the minds of those who don’t know how to u read more
You’ve Been Selected
Canadian Restaurant Tax Advisor | September 22nd 2009
You will find out about your upcoming audit, when you receive an officious telephone call from the auditor assigned to your establishment. He or she will try to schedule a start date for the audit within the next couple of weeks. They don̵ read more
Webinar: The Financial Impact of Cyber Risk
Information Security Resources | September 22nd 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
From The Internet Security Alliance Thursday, September 24 at 2 Eastern: ISAlliance & AIA are pleased to offer an exciting FREE webinar: The Financial Impact of Cyber Risk. Virtually every company has calculated the benefits of electronic busi read more
Is Your Restaurant Going to be Audited?
Canadian Restaurant Tax Advisor | September 22nd 2009
If you operate a restaurant or bar that serves alcohol, you can be certain that you will come face to face with one or more government auditors, about every four years. Why? Provincial and federal tax authorities truly believe that under-reporting read more
Interview Questions Part 2
Know Software Testing | September 22nd 2009 by ram
Q. What is a Risk? What are the important components of the risk?A. Risk is a condition that will result in loss.The important components of risk are a) Probability the risk will occur b) Impact of the risk read more
Welcome!
Canadian Restaurant Tax Advisor | September 21st 2009
Welcome to my new blog that should be a ‘must read’ for restaurateurs and their financial advisors. My primary focus is on the audit procedures and practices used by Canada Revenue Agency (GST and income taxes) and the various provinc read more
Upcoming Chiropractic Seminars: Learn the Latest Billing, Coding…
Chiropractic Billing, Coding, Documentation Blog | September 17th 2009 by Tom Necela
Discover the latest strategies to maximize reimbursements AND reduce audit risk from Tom Necela, DC and The Strategic Chiropractor! New Red Flag/ Identity Theft Plan Needed by 11/2009 – get one FREE at the seminar! Medicare Recovery Aud read more
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