by briesterer@thinkvisionary.com | Mar 30, 2021 | COVID-19, Fraud, Newsletter
Employees Working Remotely Can Increase Your Fraud Risk Between 2008 and 2020, remote work has grown 159%. When employees are working remotely, it’s harder to detect and prevent all types of fraud. An unsupervised work environment is ideal for some fraud schemes in...
by briesterer@thinkvisionary.com | Mar 18, 2021 | COVID-19, Newsletter
Tax Day for Individuals Extended to May 17 The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service announced yesterday that the federal income tax filing due date for individuals for the 2020 tax year will be automatically extended from April 15, 2021, to May 17, 2021....
by briesterer@thinkvisionary.com | Mar 15, 2021 | COVID-19, Fraud, Newsletter
Employees Working Remotely Can Increase Your Fraud Risk Between 2008 and 2020, remote work has grown 159%. When employees are working remotely, it’s harder to detect and prevent all types of fraud. An unsupervised work environment is ideal for some fraud schemes in...
by briesterer@thinkvisionary.com | Mar 12, 2021 | COVID-19, Newsletter
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) into law on Thursday afternoon. This $1.9 trillion stimulus package contains extensions to unemployment, direct stimulus payments, provisions for small businesses,...
by briesterer@thinkvisionary.com | Mar 2, 2021 | COVID-19, Fraud, Newsletter
Unemployment Benefits Identity Theft Scam Alert During 2020, millions of taxpayers were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic through job loss or reduced work hours. Some taxpayers who faced unemployment or reduced work hours applied for and received unemployment...