In 2022, people spend an average of 2 hours and 27 minutes per day on social media.  These days, it is hard to imagine a marketing plan that does not include social media marketing. Professional service organizations such as accounting and law firms often struggle to develop a social media marketing strategy that extends beyond LinkedIn. The good news is that it is relatively easy to determine if other platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Tik Tok will work for...

As usual in our bi-monthly digital business update, we have collected interesting topics relevant to your U.S. subsidiary, such as information about taxes, legislation, HR matters, and more. Tax News Corporate Income Tax (CIT) Filing Deadline Approaching If you requested a tax extension for your CIT 2021 last April, your tax return will be due on October 17, 2022. State income tax due dates typically follow the federal deadline. New Sales and Use Tax Rates in CA Operative October 1, 2022 The state of...

Limerick, Ireland | 1st September 2022 | Amesto Global is thrilled to announce the opening of a new office in Barcelona, Spain to serve clients operating and growing in South- and South-East European countries. This new opening marks another office for Amesto Global, with additional offices in the United States, Ireland and the Nordics. We will be launching operations in Barcelona on the 1st of September as part of our own growth trajectory. As a key market for innovative technology, Spain...

In this week’s Roar: looking good in LA/LB, tightening air cargo capacity, box rates down… but still up, too much inventory in Europe, and the long-term impact from the Felixstowe strike. The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach seem to have pulled off the impossible. For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic only eight ships are waiting for berths as of last week. This, after what may have been the worst traffic jam in US supply...

On Wednesday, EU Foreign Ministers met in Prague for an informal Foreign Affairs Council hosted by the Czech Presidency of the Council. After countries logged heads in the past week over whether to fully suspend visa for Russians, Ministers found a compromise agreement by suspending a visa facilitation agreement with Russia.  The 2007 Agreement was designed to streamline the process, its suspension will once again make the visa application process for Russians lengthier and more expensive. Whether this will, however, deter...

Learn how reframing offers different perspectives on business issues. This insightful, iterative skill ensures you find the right questions — and the right answers. Reframing is a multipurpose iterative and problem solving skill that can be used to reposition or pivot the core problem of a project within a structured innovation process.. There’s a traditional quote in design and research methodologies that states the worst possible mistake in business is “getting the right answer to the wrong question.” This is exactly what...

Communication, or the lack thereof, within a company can lead to many issues. Lack of communication causes frustration with the team and causes the company to be less effective as a whole. Here are a few ways to better manage communication in the work place: Have Regular Meetings to Discuss Happenings Meeting with staff regularly to discuss problems and other happenings in the work place, will help keep everyone involved. Meeting not just one on one, but with everyone at once...

The IRS is offering pandemic-related relief for certain penalties, including those for international information returns (IIRs), with respect to tax returns for 2019 and 2020. The catch: The returns must be filed no later than this Sept. 30. The IRS Notice, “Penalty Relief for Certain Taxpayers Filing Returns for Taxable Years 2019 and 2020,” also provides relief from certain information return penalties regarding taxable year 2019 returns that were filed on or before Aug. 1, 2020, and taxable year 2020...