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March 18, 2021 

Hiring Mistakes Hurt More During the Pandemic

When it comes to their most recent regrettable hire, senior managers said it took 10 weeks, on average, to realize the person was a poor match and to let them go, and an additional 6 weeks to restaff the role.

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March 18, 2021 

What Do You Hear When You Listen to Your Clients?

It’s tax time and, be it virtually or in person, we’re meeting with many of our clients. In some cases, it’s the only time all year we will hear from them. We need to gather the appropriate financial information so that we can prepare their tax ...

Gail Perry

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March 18, 2021 

Accounting Firm Helps Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care

Foster Nation helps former foster youth overcome the challenges associated with ‘aging out’ of the foster-care system. The goal is to help these young adults become self-sufficient and have the same opportunities for success as other youth.

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March 18, 2021 

Many Taxpayers Won’t Benefit From Delayed Tax Season

Failure to include estimated payments nullifies any benefit of a postponement since the tax return work has to be done to calculate estimated payments. More than 9.5 million individual returns filed in for the 2018 tax year included estimated payments.

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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 

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.