The mobile OS-maker Cyanogen has just raised USD 80 million in its Series C funding round with backing from Twitter, Rupert Murdoch and Qualcomm, making its goal of taking Android from Google all the more possible.
The people behind Cyanogen have consistently expressed their vision to make Android a more "open" ecosystem and OS. "We're committed to creating an open computing platform that fundamentally empowers the entire mobile ecosystem from developers to hardware makers, and most importantly, consumers around the world. We're excited to have...
Monday, March 30, 2015
Monday, March 9, 2015
Hass and Associates Accounting Hong Kong Tax News and Tips: 5 Tips to Avoid ID Theft and Refund Fraud During Tax Season
Your Social Security Number could be the ticket for a fraudster
seeking to claim a false tax refund or worse, according to the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS). A fraud expert offers some tips for preventing such crime – or
at least catching it early.
Bruce Dorris, J.D., CFE, CPA, CVA, is vice president and program
director for the Austin, Texas-based Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
(ACFE). With nearly 75,000 members, the ACFE is the...
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Tax Fraud: How Not To Become A Victim This Filing Season by Hass and Associates Accounting Hong Kong Tax News and Tips
The Internal Revenue Service has issued a lot of warnings about tax-related fraud. It’s on the rise, and it can be a real pain if you’re a victim.
If you haven’t filed yet, this is not the year to procrastinate. As I reported this week, the IRS said that threatening and aggressive phone calls by someone impersonating an IRS agent take the top spot in its annual list of “Dirty Dozen” tax scams.
The Federal Trade Commission said it received 109,063 complaints last year about tax-identity theft. It received 54,690 complaints about IRS imposter scams,...
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Hass and Associates Accounting Hong Kong Tax News and Tips: Keeping Online Tax Returns Safe From Thieves
After several states suspended
e-filing through the popular online tax preparer, TurboTax itself
temporarily pulled the plug on its state tax return e-filing services last week
due to security concerns.
The company, owned by Intuit,
which also owns QuickBooks, Mint, Quicken and a variety of other personal
finance and small business
accounting products, resumed all regular services the following day.
(Disclosure: The author owns a small amount...
