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June 16, 2020 

The addition of the Copy feature into Rewind Backups gives control of the data that powers their clients’ businesses. Current Rewind Backups customers can access Rewind Copy through their Backups application. New users will need to download the app ...

June 16, 2020 

Establishing an emergency fund was overwhelmingly the most frequently cited step to prepare for a potential sharp economic downturn, included in 84 percent of CPA financial planners’ top three. Paying off high-interest debt (53 percent), reflecting on ...

June 16, 2020  Sponsored

Here are several new resources, features, and trainings (all accessible via the ProAdvisor tab in QuickBooks Online Accountant) that increase your knowledge while helping you better advise your clients and scale your impact.

June 15, 2020 

Over the 20+ years I’ve worked from home, I have collected many techniques that might help you make it through this unusual time and even position you for a future of full time or at least part time working from home.

Gail Perry

June 15, 2020 

Instead of getting consumed with everything you don’t know, focus on the known variables. Going back to the example of the payroll protection program, recommend a course of action based on what you know today.

Garrett Wagner

June 15, 2020 

This is complicated stuff. There are federal, state, and local regulations to consider. The health and well-being of your employees is your top concern, obviously, but you also have to consider the health of your clients, your team's access to protective equipment, and your own legal liabilities.

Bill Sheridan

June 15, 2020 

The immediate need to support remote work has brought with it an increasingly complex and risky landscape in ensuring your firm’s data is safe. Thinking proactively about business continuity and disaster recovery now will ensure your firms data is ...

Tomas Suros

June 15, 2020 

Graduating during this time will add its own challenges on top of the usual angst that comes along with finding, interviewing for and landing your dream accounting job. In fact, 75 percent of students with jobs have already seen them canceled, delayed or shifted to remote work. That’s especially tough considering many students rely on…

Jodi Chavez

June 15, 2020 

An unexpected side effect of the COVID- 19 pandemic might benefit CPAs. Experts predict we will see lower-cost continuing education as the supply of online content increases-- something that the profession has badly needed for far too long.

June 15, 2020 

The U.S. Small Business Administration and Treasury Department have issued new and revised guidance for the Paycheck Protection Program.  This guidance implements the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (PPPFA), signed into law by President Trump on June 5, 2020, and expands eligibility for businesses with owners who have past felony convictions. To implement the PPPFA,...…

June 12, 2020 

With clients scrambling to find the best way forward under immensely difficult circumstances, it’s important to do everything possible to help guide them through the process. Nobody has gone through anything like a pandemic before, so everyone is ...

Amy Vetter

June 12, 2020 

As we’re all aware, CFOs wear many different hats, and a CFO advisory practice reflects this variety. Tailored services include: executive guidance (strategic planning, financial planning, budgeting, modeling, forecasting and reporting); tax consulting; a