Small Business June 11, 2026
States are Getting Creative as Tax Policy Shifts at Record Speed, Says Avalara Report
Lawmakers are increasingly expanding the sales tax base to encompass new categories of goods and services.
December 15, 2020
Survey: 49% Of Minority SMBs Can’t Pay December Rent
The ability of small businesses to pay their full rent in December continues to decline, as more COVID-related shutdowns occur. Overall, 35% of small business owners reported that they couldn't make rent this month...
December 14, 2020
Get Ready for The Next Round of PPP
During the initial rollout of PPP, CPA firms were forced to set up manual processes to serve clients and often operated with limited guidance. To provide better support, the AICPA, CPA.com and fintech leader Biz2Credit in September launched a ...
December 10, 2020
Businesses Optimistic, But Say New Stimulus Is Critical to Economy
More than half of business executives (54 percent) say they expect some negative impact to their organizations if a renewed round of economic stimulus does not materialize by early 2021, according to the fourth-quarter AICPA Economic Outlook Survey.
December 10, 2020
Businesses Remain Resilient in Face of Spike in Covid Cases
The percentage of respondents who said they were at least somewhat optimistic about the economy rose to 42% in the recent analysis, compared with 30% in the summer survey. This time around, 71% said they were at least somewhat optimistic about their ...
December 8, 2020
Housing Demand Likely to Stay High for Years to Come
Low rates of household formation since the Great Recession have caused 5.7 million "missing" households, a new Zillow analysis finds. These missing households represent people who historically would have moved into their own home but have been unable...
December 4, 2020
AICPA and 560 National Business Groups Urge Congress to Pass PPP Expense Forgiveness
The letter states that without legislation, there is “…the specter or a surprise tax increase of up to 37 percent on small businesses when they file their taxes for 2020.”
December 1, 2020
CEOs Say New Economic Stimulus Package is Necessary
More than two thirds (67.6%) of CEOs saw the passage of a new federal COVID-19 stimulus package as one of the three most important government policy initiatives for a Biden Administration, with nearly half (45.6%) selecting it as the top initiative.
November 28, 2020
PPP Forgiveness and Your Clients
Although the CARES Act Payroll Protection Program’s (PPP) loan application period closed last August, you most likely have clients who received funding and now need to plan for loan forgiveness. The rules changed since the program began.
November 25, 2020
AICPA Encourages SBA and OMB to Reconsider Burdensome PPP Loan Questionnaire
In a letter sent today to the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has reiterated that the new PPP “Loan Necessity Questionnaires” are burdensome and do not ...
November 23, 2020
AICPA Urges Congress to Support PPP Expense Deductibility
The AICPA is now calling upon its members to ask Congress to pass bipartisan legislation S.3612 and H.R.6821 – the Small Business Expense Protection Acts of 2020, or H.R. 6754 - the Protecting the Paycheck Protection Program Act – that will ensure the ...
November 23, 2020
Expensify Passes $100 Million in Annual Recurring Revenue
This year, Expensify has added a corporate card, travel booking, invoicing, and bill pay to its eponymous expense management offering. Additionally, the company launched a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Expensify.org, which reimbursed grocery bills for ...
November 20, 2020
Xendoo Adds Integration with QuickBooks
Xendoo, a fintech company offering innovative online accounting and bookkeeping solutions with data-driven insights for small business owners, is now fully integrating QuickBooks into its proprietary platform.