August 2017

As summer draws to a close, the Blackman and Sloop team has enjoyed many great successes and shared lots of fun memories together. Here are just some of the exciting things that have been happening at the firm. Promotions and New Hires: We have a lot of...

What year did you join Blackman & Sloop? I joined Blackman & Sloop as a Senior Auditor in 2016 after relocating to North Carolina from Missouri. Where did you go to college? I attended Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. I was 4th generation in my family...

You can pay off your mortgage—never again seeing a bill from the bank for principal or interest—but you can never pay off your property taxes. Additionally, property taxes, unfortunately, only seem to go one way – UP! While you’ll never be able to get rid...

After a serious setback in March, the GOP finally passed a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (often dubbed Obamacare). The bill passed in the House after last-minute changes were made to convince ultra conservatives to support the proposed legislation. The new...

The global ransomware attack dubbed WannaCry marked an unwelcome precedent in the dark world of cybercrime. It is the first cyberattack that combined ransomware with the self-propagating power of a “worm” to generate a wide-ranging, global attack, affecting some 200,000 computers in more than 150...

When it comes to selecting a domain name, there’s more than just registration involved. Selecting the right domain name involves a lot of consideration. This includes making sure it represents the company and its products or service correctly, making sure it doesn’t create an intellectual...