Category Archives: News

Security alert

News, Services

Nevcon Accounting experienced a brief security breach yesterday afternoon (June 9, 2023), affecting our email services only, for about 10-15 minutes. We are grateful to Microsoft support for their swift assistance. No other services or data stored by or associated with Nevcon operations were affected, and everything remains secure.

If you received any email messages from us on June 9th, please delete them and contact us if you were expecting any correspondence from us. If you have any questions or concerns, be in touch and we’ll assist you promptly.

Take a look at our services and service packages

News, Services

A bespectacled Jack Russell terrier sits at a computer keyboard, looking darned adorable

Nevcon Accounting is pleased to present its newly revamped selection of services and service packages, designed to work with how you work. Some business owners prefer full service accounting, while others need specific assistance with bookkeeping, financial statements and/or tax returns (business and personal). Nevcon is equipped to provide any and all, as you need them.

As you review our offerings, you’ll see that we invite you to fill in a brief online questionnaire. Not only are these kind of fun to fill out (OK, we’re nerds!), but our questionnaires help us to learn a bit about your requirements and expectations before we meet online. This makes best use of time for busy people and helps us serve you best.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon!

Power on / Open today!

News

We’re happy to report that our power is back on, and we’re back in business today. Be in touch for all your accounting questions and requirements, as usual.

We have our fingers crossed that all friends and colleagues will have their power restored soon. Kudos to the repair and technical folks working hard to get the lights back on everywhere!

Links to key 2022 Federal Budget coverage

News, Small Business, Tax Information

Nevcon Accounting is pleased to provide the following links to articles, analyses and more, to help you learn more about the 2022 Federal Budget, delivered April 7, 2022.

Links to key 2021 Federal Budget coverage

News, Small Business, Tax Information

Nevcon Accounting is pleased to provide the following links to articles, analyses and more, to help you learn more about the 2021 Federal Budget, delivered April 19, 2021.

Create effective passwords, manage them well … and sleep better at night!

News, Online and Computing

A recent series of cyberattacks on the Government of Canada web site used a method called “credential stuffing” to compromise the personal information of thousands of Canadians. The attacks shut down Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and GCKey online portals for several days and caused worry and confusion.

Credential stuffing takes advantage of the fact that many people use the same or similar passwords for multiple online accounts. Bearing in mind how vulnerable that could leave you, it might be time to give some good and considered thought to updating and diversifying your passwords to important accounts and services. You can google lots of good advice – here is an article that we think is useful: Top 15 Password Management Best Practices (from Beyond Trust).

On top of creating unique and strong passwords, it’s useful to organize and manage them all. Here are some tools and services we recommend investigating for your password management needs:

Password best practices and management makes for excellent peace of mind!