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This article explains the challenges that businesses face when dealing with remote workers. Mobility managers may face numerous tasks, including understanding complex and evolving rules for tax, immigration, and other legal purposes. Mobility managers also will need to communicate risks and information requirements to business...

This article discusses how 2022 is a viable year for most small businesses as they continue to rebound from the coronavirus pandemic. A recent report shows that attracting new customers is the top challenge for most small businesses. However, utilizing trends such as shifting customer...

Blackman & Sloop is pleased to announce the addition of Jennipher Branch, CPA to their professional team. Branch joins the firm as a senior manager. She brings with her 14 years of valuable accounting experience. Most recently, she worked as a manager for a North Carolina...

This article discusses how the coronavirus pandemic accelerated many trends that we see today in the workplace. Specifically for start-ups, it is important to take advantage of these trends to stay competitive. For example, trends such as embracing the fact that hybrid and remote work...

Blackman & Sloop is pleased to announce the addition of Shekente Lassiter-Farrington to our professional team. Lassiter-Farrington joins the firm as an associate in the Business Advisory Department. In this role, she helps businesses achieve their goals by providing various services including payroll processing, bookkeeping, sales...

This article discusses how most companies today rely heavily on the Internet and other technology to operate. Although these tools are vital and can be useful, they also pose the threat of cybercrime. However, by utilizing strategies such as encrypting your data, investing in artificial...

This article explains several scenarios where your child may be asking you for financial help. First, they may have taken many loans and want your help with EMIs. The author suggests turning the child to a financial advisor to keep your finances intact. Secondly, the...

This article discusses how there are two main strategies that individuals can take advantage of in order to lower their tax bills, deductions, and credits. While tax deductions lower your taxable income, tax credits are “a dollar-for-dollar reduction to your tax bill.” However, many people...

What year did you join Blackman & Sloop? 2021 – first as a seasonal tax preparer, and then as a full-time tax associate on June 1st. Why did you choose Blackman & Sloop? I first learned about Blackman & Sloop when living in Texas and I saw that...