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March 16, 2021 

Has Covid Changed Accounting Firm Offshore Hiring?

Although we tell you that the pandemic has created a significant shift toward offshore staffing, they are still biased and unsure about offshore staffing when we talk to accounting firms! Many firms have expanded their horizon now and have started looking at offshore staffing from a different standpoint. However, still, many of the firms have...…

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March 16, 2021 

AICPA Again Urges IRS to Delay Tax Filing Season

“Even the IRS – faced with a significant mail processing backlog, a delayed start of the 2021 tax season, inundated phone lines, and a new round of COVID-19 relief payments – is overwhelmed. Denying a postponement of this filing and payment deadline ...

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March 16, 2021 

Safety First: How to Handle Supplier Banking Data

Knowing the increased risk with ACH payments is critical when you receive requests to change bank account information. According to our internal data, these requests are common, with suppliers changing bank accounts roughly every four years.

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March 16, 2021 

AICPA Offers Appreciation to PPP Extention Act Co-Sponsors

The many thousands of CPAs advising small businesses and non-profits have a front-line view of how a PPP loan has allowed their clients to remain in business. CPAs also experience clients’ challenges with the application and forgiveness process.

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March 15, 2021 

Texas Society of CPAs Honors Top Accounting Educators

Dr. Marina Ruseva, CPA, assistant professor of accounting at Lamar University, and Michelle Avila, CPA, associate professor of accounting at Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU), were recently named 2020 recipients of the Texas Society...

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March 14, 2021 

$1,400 Stimulus Payments Going Out, First Batch Already Received

No action is needed by most taxpayers; the payments will be automatic and, in many cases, similar to how people received the first and second round of Economic Impact Payments in 2020. People can check the “Get My Payment” tool on IRS.gov on Monday to ...

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March 12, 2021 

Stop Selling: Who Needs Help?

By shifting into the mindset of solution providers, we become consultants and facilitators rather than worrying about sales. But to make this shift, we are called to embrace the idea of probing our clients more deeply than their taxes or ...

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