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The None of our Businesses crew discuss the IRS' nex tax transcription tech which may be used in accounting firms in the near future, Amazon in the process of purchasing MGM Studios, how serious are WeWork's reported losses of more than $2 billion, cracking down on potentially predatory wholesaling house-flipping.   Tax Transcripts - https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/irs-tests-secure-transcript...

NOB 80: Job Changes, Refurbished Marketplace, Supply Shortages, Falling Bitcoin, Crypto Reporting   The None of our Businesses crew talk about preparing yourself for changing jobs, a growing market for refurbished electronics, reports of supply shortages around the world, the value of bitcoin dropping after tweets from Musk, and the potential for the need to report large transfers of cryptocurrenc...

The None of our Businesses crew discuss the ransomware attacks on your business as seen with the Colonial Pipeline, how patenting vaccines may affect the greater good, Ohio's vaccine lottery of possibly winning $1 Million , and Uber's large scale tax avoidance.   Fuel Pipeline - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/08/colonial-pipeline-shuts-pipeline-operations-after-cyberattack.html   Vaccine Patents - h...

The None of our Businesses crew get together to talk about falling birth rates in the U.S., using crypto as payroll, a rise in real estate prices due to a lack of houses on the market, and businesses in the cannabis industry are having a difficult time finding real estate in New York City.   Birth Rates - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/birth-rate-42-year-low-cdc-data/   Crypto Payroll - https://www....

The None of our Businesses crew get together to discuss cruise lines fighting to get back on the water, the shady truth behind why McDonald's ice cream machines are always broken, plenty of employees are planning to switch jobs after the pandemic. Also, a few tax updates including, S corps required to treat sole officer and shareholder as an employee, groceries are not "meals from Restaurants" for...

The None of our Businesses crew get together to discuss cannabis businesses' right to proper banking, vaccinations in the workplace, talks of a global corporate minimum tax rate, a startup in the UK creating a software to rival Excel called Causal, and how investors may scam startups in dirty term sheets.   Vaccines in the Workplace - https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/news/2021/apr/can-accounti...

The None of our Businesses crew welcomes guest Katye Maxson Landis, a successful CPA specializing in the cannabis industry, and founder of Moxy Accounting right here in Portland, OR. Together we discuss litigation risks in the cannabis industry, the impact of New York's legalization of cannabis and how the East Coast will handle continued legalization, as well as how CPAs work in the cannabis indu...

The None of our Businesses crew gather to discuss the observation that Americans have gotten wealthier through 2020, rising tariffs towards certain UK goods in a response towards their rise of taxes on tech from the US, the Restaurant Revitalization Fund rollout to help keep eateries in business, the state of unionizing within Amazon, and the IRS teaming up with various countries around the world...

The None of our Businesses crew gather to talk about Kaizen, and how to approach improving your business, invasive mosquitoes in Florida possibly bringing diseases and how we might respond, the Pac-Man Defense and how a business may fend off a hostile takeover, renters receiving financial assistance allowing landlords to pay their mortgages, can we live in a currency of merit instead of money as d...

The None of our Businesses crew discusses a rise in food prices around the world, whether or not jobs are at risk due to automation in the accounting industry, housing construction slowing down due to a shortage in building material supplies, and a trend of stimulus checks being put into stocks by young investors.   Food Shortage - https://www.axios.com/global-food-prices-coronavirus-protests-9d81...

The None of our Businesses crew gather to talk about an increase in job numbers at a lower than expected rate, Facebook doing battle with Apple over the privacy of user data, the exhaustion of sitting in Zoom meetings all day, the market of reselling Nike sneakers, the biggest case of tax fraud in U.S. history.   Job Rates - https://www.thestreet.com/markets/stock-market-dow-jones-industrial-avera...

The None of our Businesses crew gather to discuss using your personal name, or a brand name for your business, employees and especially leaders are feeling burned out at the end of every work day, McDonald's feeling threatened by employees wanting higher pay, firm mobility and whether or not accounting firms should be able to provide services across state lines, a projection to see high economic g...

The None of our Businesses crew discuss 3D printed homes, Disney accused of unethical accounting, retail sales growth of 5.3% in January, fat fingers at Citibank accidentally moved $500 million to the wrong place and they're not allowed to get it back, billions have been lost to unemployment scams, increasing tax regulations for online alcohol services, the sudden winter storm down in Texas, and f...

The None of Our Businesses crew gather to talk about the irony of remote employees working longer hours than ever before, impending lawsuits against businesses instigated by the pandemic, methods on how accountants can better market themselves, many CFO's resigning due to a lack of adaptability to the global pandemic, marketing conflicts with product placement, Nabisco closing a plant in Atlanta f...

The None of Our Businesses Crew discuss BP's loss of billions due to both the pandemic and the rise in sustainable energies, caution for identity theft around unemployment benefit scammers which have risen with pandemic induced unemployment, the idea that financial markets have always been rigged, whether or not Reddit should be responsible for it's users leading to Gamestop's stock kerfuffle, we...

The None of Our Businesses Crew gather to talk about the future of small accounting firms and how they may succeed, COVID leading to an unexpectedly high increase of online sales in various countries around the world, the price of flights to Europe may grow in price since a lot of business is now being conducted in zoom meetings and a potential COVID hangover, whether or not Intuit is actually gre...

The None of Our Businesses Crew get together to discuss why lesser experienced CEO perform better than, Major League Baseball cut a quarter of city affiliates, French accounting software startup rebranding to be called Indy, a possible crackdown on cryptocurrencies, overseeing cash flow of small businesses, SBA 7(a) Loan guidance for small businesses, using PPP with more experience, poorly analyzi...

The None of Our Businesses Crew gather to discuss remote working leading to a rise in whistleblowing, Albertsons replacing employees with gig workers, efficiently creating management reports, accounting politics, six major trends for the accounting profession, a tweet from Musk boosting Signal Advance's stock, earning as a Bookkeeping Consultant.   Whistleblowing - https://www.accountingtoday.com/...

The None of Our Businesses Crew get together to talk about employees being lazy and going against a strong work ethic coined as touching fish, changes to the employee retention credit, jobless claims and the use of unemployment benefits are still high by the beginning of 2021, gig economy workers more easily classified as contractors, what to consider if you might be in a dying industry, a tax bom...

The None of Our Businesses Crew get together to talk about pausing the job search, Elon Musk advising CEO's to dial it back on their PowerPoint presentations, accounting technology catching up, and the Physics of Sandcastles.   Job Search - https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/time-to-pause-the-job-hunt-4994228/   Musk's Advice - https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-advises-ceos-to-stop-wasting-t...

This week on the None of Our Businesses Podcast we're joined by Suzy Oubre. She has been helping clients with credit challenges for over 22 years. She helps clients solve their cash flow issues while improving their business model. Her company Alliance Commercial Credit Group offers alternative financing from the commercial banks. None of Our Businesses Episode 59, December 2020

The None of Our Businesses Crew gather to discuss shipping challenges, a lack traveling Canadians is hurting the seasonal tourism economy, economists warning employment numbers are going to get worse, and the inefficacy of Trickle-down economics.   Shipageddon - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-holiday-vaccine-shipping/retailers-already-fear-u-s-holiday-shipageddon-now-here-come-vaccines-idU...

The None of Our Businesses Crew get together to discuss over half a million new business applications, the W-4 form not gaining traction, a continued expectation for restaurants to close, Hawai'i promoting remote working to help their tourism industry, gig workers potentially being paid in stocks, preparing PPP 2 loans could be seen as a full time job, small business owners using their personal fi...

The None of Our Businesses Crew gather to welcome a new member, Jack DiMatteo, and discuss plenty of news including: Bill Gate's prediction of a reduction in future business travel, hospitals panic buying, the IRS investigating fewer tax preparers, relying on internet speeds while working remotely, Apple reducing their commission for app developers, the sad truth of forced monkey labor, advisory f...