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September 11, 2020 

The Small Business Pulse Survey, launched on a weekly basis in mid-May, looks at issues such as employment, revenue and supply chain disruptions. In the survey’s first nine weeks, it found pervasive difficulties with business operations and ...

September 11, 2020 

Employers have a growing list of concerns lately, including losing their top performers, new research from global staffing firm Robert Half shows. A large majority of senior managers surveyed (88%) said they are worried about their ...

September 11, 2020 

The unprecedented challenges posed by COVID-19 have reminded us that we are an interconnected global community. While this crisis rightly has dominated our attention, we must not lose sight of progress on the broader aims of the ...

September 10, 2020 

The George Willie program provides a scholarship and internship to five ethnic minority accounting students who intend to pursue a CPA. The AICPA provides a scholarship of up to $20,000 to each student to assist with their final academic year.

September 10, 2020 

The agency will continue to review its processes to determine where long-term actions can help reduce burden for the tax community, while at the same appropriately balancing that with critical security and protection against identity theft and fraud.

September 10, 2020 

In addition to being available in English and Spanish, the 2020 Form 1040 will also give taxpayers the opportunity to indicate whether they wish to be contacted in a language other than English. This is a new feature available for the first time this ...

September 10, 2020 

Taxes are paid as income is received during the year through withholding from pay, pension or certain government payments such as Social Security or unemployment; and/or making quarterly estimated tax payments.

September 10, 2020 

The Hobbs Group, PA, headquartered in Columbia, S.C., has joined CPAmerica, Inc., an accounting association of independent, certified public accounting firms that provides shared best practices, networking opportunities and access to expert resources ...

September 10, 2020 

One feature of the Virtual Tax Forum event that attendees will enjoy is the ability to live chat with instructors during sessions and the chance to ask questions face to face in a virtual Q&A room afterwards.

September 10, 2020 

Those taxpayers who didn’t request an extension, and still owe taxes, face both the failure to file and the failure to pay penalties. They should file now and pay what they can before larger penalties take effect after Sept. 14.

September 9, 2020 

In an effort to help accounting and finance professionals create and maintain safe, healthy workplaces in a COVID-19 world, the Maryland Association of CPAs is partnering with 1Rivet to make the groundbreaking "MyHealthyWork" app (visit www.MyHealthyWork.

September 9, 2020 

The Coronavirus pandemic has turned our world upside down, impacting virtually every aspect of our daily existence. Businesses have been shuttered and jobs lost, many permanently. As the long-awaited reopening of our economy was becoming a ...

Richard D. Alaniz, JD