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June 03, 2020
Tracking User Passwords
Tracking User Passwords It’s been a long time since this came up, but with all the remote access changes in the last few weeks, the topic of who knows the users’ passwords has come back to the top of our clients’ minds. We don’t track your users’ passwords. We never have, we don’t now, and […]
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May 27, 2020
Changing Employers – Tax Rules
When helping some clients with yearend W-2’s, there were problems with the FICA reporting. As we dug in, turns out that when the employee joined the company, they were close to the FICA limit and didn’t want to exceed it, so the employer agreed to consider previous FICA contributions and only take the difference through […]
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May 13, 2020
Living with a Navy SEAL: Book Review
Living with a Navy SEAL by Jesse Itzler I’ll say this—Jesse Itzler is out there! Who would invite a Navy SEAL into their home to train for a month? Someone you don’t know, never met. This is the story of a Navy SEAL and Jesse, man to man, pushing their physical limits, but the language […]
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May 06, 2020
Bank Fraud—We’re Seeing an Uptick
In late December and early January, we heard from several clients whose businesses were victims of bank fraud. With so many in such a short time, it feels like there’s a renewed effort by hackers. Their banks recommend Positive Pay, and we wholeheartedly agree. Basically, you upload a file to the bank after each check […]
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April 30, 2020
W-4 Form and I-9 Changes in 2020
W-4 Form Changes in 2020 In early 2020, we reported that S100C v22.3.30 has a new W-4 Information tab to accommodate the new W-4 form for 2020. Rolling this out to new employees will be tricky, to say the least. Then we had some pretty typical year-end requests to adjust Federal withholding for key staff […]
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April 22, 2020
3 Ways to Prevent Confidential Data Leaks
3 Ways to Prevent Your Employees From Leaking Confidential Information A lot of businesses need to come to terms with the fact that their employees are their greatest IT risk. As a business owner, you may be aware of cyber-threats to your business, but your employees might not be. They might not know about the […]
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April 09, 2020
Q&A Panel with Syscon’s Senior Team
Syscon’s Senior Team covers everything you need to know about the Coronavirus in this webinar. Topics include IT and working remotely, trends in field hours, the latest on the PPP and CARES Acts, and some helpful information for leading your team in these chaotic times. We also discuss Sage’s official recommendation for how to track […]
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April 08, 2020
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Atomic Habits by James Clear The story of James Clear is fascinating; a freak accident during a high school baseball game left him in a coma on life support. Miraculously, he survived, but was then faced with quality of life limitations. Motor skills had to be re-learned; the recovery road was very long. Knowing the […]
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April 01, 2020
Coronavirus Stimulus Check Scam Alert
On the heels of April Fools Day, I thought I’d share how scammers are trying to fool you in another coronavirus scam. You have probably heard about the CARES Act with its $2 trillion stimulus package that will send many Americans checks, issue loans to small business, and provides other benefits. Hackers are capitalizing on […]
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March 31, 2020
Who Hosts Your Domain Name?
Who Hosts Your Domain Name? We just went through the process of moving all our hosted email clients from an end-of-life anti-spam service to a new service. This kind of project is typical in the IT industry, but we always learn a ‘lesson’ during the course of the work. In this case, we found out […]
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