How police can find your deleted text messages

Reblogged from FOX6Now.com:

LAS VEGAS (CNNMoney) -- Think that a secure password and erasing your phone's memory will protect sensitive information on your smartphone? Think again.

Smartphone forensics experts can retrieve just about anything from any phone. Police will often seize and analyze phones for evidence of things such as indecent photos and videos, what calls were placed when and to whom, browser history, calendar events and explanations of a suicide or murder.

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Yea, the whole password and security lock is to keep your friends and family out of. I think we can all agree that doesn't apply to law officials, especially those with tech

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S&Z Fund Services, LLC

Sasserath & Zoraian LLP (www.szfundservices.com)

Owning and operating a successful hedge fund can be both personally and financially rewarding. However, launching a hedge fund can be a challenging and sometimes overwhelming experience. How should you structure your business? What service providers do you need? What do you need to do first?

→ Accounting and administration services for Fund of Fund portfolio valuation for master/feeder structures as well as partnership accounting.

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• Verification and recording of income and expense accounts

• Preparation of balance sheet and income statement

• Complete support for audited financial statements

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• Introduction of local and overseas counsel

• Review of offering memorandum and other fund legal documents

• Introduction to prime brokers, lawyers, audit firms.

3. INVESTOR REPORTING

• Maintenance of shareholder registers and partners’ capital accounts

• Verification of subscriptions and redemptions

• Assistance in Anti Money Laundering (AML) and USA Patriot Act compliance

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• Preparation of US Federal 1065, state and local tax returns.

• Preparation of K-1, 1099 and 1042 reporting

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Apple's offshore tax havens come under harsh spotlight

Reblogged from FOX6Now.com:

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Apple's strategy of avoiding U.S. taxes came under a harsh spotlight on Capitol Hill Tuesday.

Michigan Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and ranking member John McCain of Arizona both started the hearing with withering criticism of Apple's practice of shifting income to Ireland, to avoid paying U.S. taxes.

Levin called the practice a "sham," while McCain said that Apple's claims that it did not reduce its U.S.

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An intriguing and bold statement said by Sen Rand Paul of Kentucky. On one hand he does make sense but on the other it looks like exactly what it does... A sham

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Owning and operating a successful hedge fund can be both personally and financially rewarding. However, launching a hedge fund can be a challenging and sometimes overwhelming experience. How should you structure your business? What service providers do you need? What do you need to do first?

→ Accounting and administration services for Fund of Fund portfolio valuation for master/feeder structures as well as partnership accounting.

→ Thereby bypassing the expense of building an internal accounting/back office operation, and providing their investors with an added layer of protection and assistance due to S&Z Fund Services independent financial calculations and reporting.

1. PARTNERSHIP FUND ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL RECORDING

• Preparation of accounting records of the fund

• Verification and recording of income and expense accounts

• Preparation of balance sheet and income statement

• Complete support for audited financial statements

2. START UP AND PRE-LAUNCH SERVICES

• Introduction of local and overseas counsel

• Review of offering memorandum and other fund legal documents

• Introduction to prime brokers, lawyers, audit firms.

3. INVESTOR REPORTING

• Maintenance of shareholder registers and partners’ capital accounts

• Verification of subscriptions and redemptions

• Assistance in Anti Money Laundering (AML) and USA Patriot Act compliance

4. TAX SERVICES

• Preparation of US Federal 1065, state and local tax returns.

• Preparation of K-1, 1099 and 1042 reporting

• Assistance with tax related events

• Preparation of periodic tax estimates

5. OTHER FUND SERVICES

• Administration for Separately Managed Accounts

• Assistance with Due Diligence Reviews

• Family office services

• Assistance with insurance planning and coverage

• Gift, Estate and Trust Planning

S&Z Fund Services, LLC

Sasserath & Zoraian LLP (www.szfundservices.com)

Owning and operating a successful hedge fund can be both personally and financially rewarding. However, launching a hedge fund can be a challenging and sometimes overwhelming experience. How should you structure your business? What service providers do you need? What do you need to do first?

→ Accounting and administration services for Fund of Fund portfolio valuation for master/feeder structures as well as partnership accounting.

→ Thereby bypassing the expense of building an internal accounting/back office operation, and providing their investors with an added layer of protection and assistance due to S&Z Fund Services independent financial calculations and reporting.

1. PARTNERSHIP FUND ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL RECORDING

• Preparation of accounting records of the fund

• Verification and recording of income and expense accounts

• Preparation of balance sheet and income statement

• Complete support for audited financial statements

2. START UP AND PRE-LAUNCH SERVICES

• Introduction of local and overseas counsel

• Review of offering memorandum and other fund legal documents

• Introduction to prime brokers, lawyers, audit firms.

3. INVESTOR REPORTING

• Maintenance of shareholder registers and partners’ capital accounts

• Verification of subscriptions and redemptions

• Assistance in Anti Money Laundering (AML) and USA Patriot Act compliance

4. TAX SERVICES

• Preparation of US Federal 1065, state and local tax returns.

• Preparation of K-1, 1099 and 1042 reporting

• Assistance with tax related events

• Preparation of periodic tax estimates

5. OTHER FUND SERVICES

• Administration for Separately Managed Accounts

• Assistance with Due Diligence Reviews

• Family office services

• Assistance with insurance planning and coverage

• Gift, Estate and Trust Planning

S&Z Fund Services, LLC

Sasserath & Zoraian LLP (www.szfundservices.com)

Owning and operating a successful hedge fund can be both personally and financially rewarding. However, launching a hedge fund can be a challenging and sometimes overwhelming experience. How should you structure your business? What service providers do you need? What do you need to do first?

→ Accounting and administration services for Fund of Fund portfolio valuation for master/feeder structures as well as partnership accounting.

→ Thereby bypassing the expense of building an internal accounting/back office operation, and providing their investors with an added layer of protection and assistance due to S&Z Fund Services independent financial calculations and reporting.

1. PARTNERSHIP FUND ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL RECORDING

• Preparation of accounting records of the fund

• Verification and recording of income and expense accounts

• Preparation of balance sheet and income statement

• Complete support for audited financial statements

2. START UP AND PRE-LAUNCH SERVICES

• Introduction of local and overseas counsel

• Review of offering memorandum and other fund legal documents

• Introduction to prime brokers, lawyers, audit firms.

3. INVESTOR REPORTING

• Maintenance of shareholder registers and partners’ capital accounts

• Verification of subscriptions and redemptions

• Assistance in Anti Money Laundering (AML) and USA Patriot Act compliance

4. TAX SERVICES

• Preparation of US Federal 1065, state and local tax returns.

• Preparation of K-1, 1099 and 1042 reporting

• Assistance with tax related events

• Preparation of periodic tax estimates

5. OTHER FUND SERVICES

• Administration for Separately Managed Accounts

• Assistance with Due Diligence Reviews

• Family office services

• Assistance with insurance planning and coverage

• Gift, Estate and Trust Planning