While holiday decorations can evoke feelings of joy, peace and congeniality, they also inadvertently signal the impending arrival of a less popular time of year: tax season. With that in mind, it’s important to know it’s never too late, or too soon, to prepare for tax time. Armed with crucial information about acceptable tax write-offs, small business owners might learn to embrace the arrival of Uncle Sam. Read more...

If you thought storing your client’s files on the clouds not only ensured nearly constant access to the information anytime, anywhere as well as complete confidentiality, think again. As long as there are hackers willing to do anything to infiltrate private information, there are risks associated with storing your client’s proprietary data on the clouds. Fortunately, however, there are steps business owners can take to lessen the chances of cloud infiltration. Read more...

“Employers simply cannot afford not to maintain some control over these devices. The key is to clearly communicate expectations and boundaries up front, and to document agreement to them,” says Columbus attorney Bill Nolan, managing partner at Barnes & Thornburg LLP. The devices Nolan is referring to might sound like a Who’s Who in Technology, but whether a smartphone, tablet or iPhone, people’s “devices” are a reality of life, both at work and at play. Read more...