May 2016

Blackman & Sloop survived another tax season!  We closed at noon on April 18th and the entire firm went to lunch together.  Everyone enjoyed having April 19th off as our official "tax holiday."           [caption id="attachment_4816" align="alignleft" width="300"] Rachel Sutton[/caption]       Rachel Sutton received her North Carolina...

Employees who quit are a fact of life for business owners and their managers. For the owners and managers of some businesses, exit interviews can provide insight into why employees leave for another organization. While not every employee who quits can be persuaded to stay...

Identity theft remains one of the most pervasive crimes in the United States. As technology gets smarter, so do the scammers. Here are the most common warning signs that your personal/confidential information may have been stolen. You see charges you don’t recognize (or companies you...

Cybercriminals are on the prowl, and phishing schemes are surging this year. Stolen information is increasingly being used to file fake tax returns. IRS experts expect an increase in tax fraud this year. While the agency often is able to identify and catch fraudulent filings, some...

In the traditional sense of financial markets, they are cyclical. Sectors get hot, industries bank on trends, and companies ebb and flow on the whims of consumerism. But at the micro level, innovation always persists. Even during a decline across nearly every asset class, some...