Editor's Note
The Treasury has announced plans to offer debit cards as an
option for Social Security payment recipients. In today's
electronic society, this seems like a smart move on several
levels, cutting costs for the government - and of course we can
assume the government will funnel that savings right back into
the Social Security fund to help stave off the impending
onslaught of payments that will be owing as the floodgates are
trampled by the army of retiring baby boomers, right? The only
ones who will probably be hurt by this move are the companies
that are in the business of providing check-cashing services.
If any of you readers out there have clients in this area,
please let us know how these companies are planning on dealing
with this change.
Best regards,
Gail Perry, CPA
Managing Editor
AccountingWEB, Inc.
editor@accountingweb.com
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I'm in the middle of getting fiber optic internet installed
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as some speed tests once I get things set up. Speed on the line
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Executive compensation practices are under enormous scrutiny from activist shareholders, corporate governance rating groups, the media, and lawmakers. This public controversy over executive pay has resulted from the failure of compensation committees to use "best practices" in establishing CEO compensation and in the failure to adequately explain to shareholders both the methodology used and the growing competition for executive talent with private equity funds.
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