
Two Business Benefits of Holiday Parties and Gifts
The holiday season is underway, so you’ve probably made plans for your company already. But, if you are still on the fence, here are a couple of facts to consider: Christmas is a season, not a day. Depending on how a person observes the holiday, it can last up until...
Are Online Fraud Guides Helping Criminals Hack Your Data?
Fraud guides are supposed to protect potential victims by alerting them to common schemes and instructing them on measures they should take to protect themselves. But in the upside-down, inside-out world that is the Internet, “dark web” sites provide information,...
Can Your Company Be Taxed on Goods and Services You Barter For?
Not every business transaction involves cash, and small businesses often find it beneficial to barter for goods and services instead of paying for them. Small business owners generally find that by bartering, they can get what they want below the market rate and save...
How Do Courts Calculate Fraud Damages?
The short definition of fraud is theft by deception. Someone misrepresented pertinent facts, orally as an assurance or within the four corners of a contract, so that the other party to the deal got something other than what he bargained for. Blatant fraud...
Can an Accounting Firm Predict Your Company’s Future Performance?
Businesses generally engage accountants to report on past performance. You want a record, that is a history, of how your company has performed. This gives you a fairly clear picture of your strengths and weaknesses, so you can make adjustments going...
Should You Buy or Lease Your Business Equipment?
Small business owners and CEOs must make a variety of decisions about how to allocate company resources. If you’re in charge, one area where you really have to perform the cost-benefit analysis is with the choice of buying or leasing business equipment....
Protect Your Workers’ 401(k) Accounts from Cyber Theft
The recent hacking of Capital One by a disgruntled former employee sent shockwaves through the finance sector as an estimated 100 million credit card applicants had their personally identifying information exposed. The incident has hurt Capital One’s...
How Your Business Should Respond to a Data Breach
Cyber security is a major issue for any business that keeps digital records of customer and employee data. If a hacker worms his way into your system and pilfers your data, you’re in for more than embarrassment. Victims of the breach can sue you for...
Is Your Greatest Threat of Corporate Espionage Coming from Within?
The Roman Senator Cicero famously wrote, “A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves...
Are Your Annual Performance Reviews Achieving Their Objectives?
When we talk to small business owners about enhancing their company’s efficiency, the discussion inevitably touches on employee performance reviews. This is often a moment of levity, as if we can hear Jerry Seinfeld’s voice, asking “And what’s up with...
Does Your Construction Company Have an Antifraud Checklist?
How vulnerable are construction companies to fraud? Would you believe they suffer annual financial losses at almost twice the rate of other businesses? Last year, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners released its Report to the Nations: 2018 Global...
How to Uncover False Resumé Claims to Prevent Bad Hires and Their Negative Effect on Your Company Culture
At Breon & Associates, we believe that a strong ethical culture can protect your company from unnecessary losses due to liability and fraud. Naturally, an important ingredient in an ethical culture is the presence of ethical individuals. Thus, when you...
Contact Breon & Associates in Harrisburg and Williamsport
With offices in Harrisburg and North Central PA, Breon & Associates provides business, accounting and tax services throughout Pennsylvania. Call us at 1-888-516-8476 or 717-273-8626, or contact one of our offices online to schedule an appointment.
Harrisburg Office:
415 Market Street, Suite #205
Harrisburg, PA 17101
North Central PA Office:
86 Municipal Drive
Avis, PA 17721-8941
Camp Hill Office:
3461 Market Street, Ste 101
Camp Hill, PA 17011