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By David Cox
September 24, 2020 12:01 AM

As the pandemic has stretched on further into 2020, with more lockdowns and economic disruption predicted heading into the fall and winter, continuing to offer fee waivers has not always proved financially viable.

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Ane Ohm
By Ane Ohm
September 23, 2020 11:30 AM

There are two key areas that CPA firms should closely watch to manage audit fees in 2020.

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Michael Cohn
September 22, 2020 4:00 PM

The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday that lenders who make Paycheck Protection Program loans that are later forgiven under the CARES Act should not file information returns or furnish payee statements to report the forgiveness.

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A medical personal directs a patient at a free Covid-19 testing site in Hayward, California, U.S., on Monday, March 23, 2020. Governor Newsom on March 19 ordered that all of the state’s 40 million residents go into home isolation while saying outdoor activity is permissible with proper social distancing. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
Michael Cohn
September 22, 2020 3:11 PM

At least 39 states did not have enough money to pay all of their bills at the end of 2019, leaving them ill-prepared to shoulder the costs of the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report.

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Michael Cohn
September 22, 2020 1:54 PM

Now that U.S. companies have experienced two fiscal quarters in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic, quarterly reporting for Q3 doesn’t seem to be getting any simpler, according to a new report from Deloitte.

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 Kiki Del Valle, Mastercard’s senior vice president of digital partnerships for Latin America and the Caribbean.
September 22, 2020 12:01 AM

COVID-19 has accelerated changes in payments behavior that would otherwise have taken years to occur, laying the foundation for global expansion post-pandemic. But for different parts of the world, this digital transformation had very different outcomes.

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Tom Kelly
By Tom Kelly
September 21, 2020 9:00 AM

The coronavirus pandemic has made it clear that real-time systems are possible, and critical to decision-making.

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Kate Fitzgerald
September 18, 2020 12:01 AM

The humble QR code — invented for automobile manufacturing in 1994 — had been on the rise as a payment method for many years, but the pandemic expanded its use in the U.S. in some unforeseen ways.

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A worker sprays sanitizer into the hands of a shopper at a supermarket in Johannesburg, South Africa in May.
Michael Cohn
September 17, 2020 1:50 PM

Rep. Pete Olson, a Republican from Texas, has introduced a bill that would offer tax incentives to employers who train workers about best practices for reducing the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace.

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Charlotte Rushton
September 17, 2020 9:00 AM

Delivering advisory services to help small businesses through the pandemic is a win for everyone.

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