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Remote Working: Tax Friend or Foe?

COVID-19 has certainly accelerated many shifts for businesses and employees, most notably remote working. Since many employees were forced to work from home due to government mandates or CDC recommendations, employees were able to show that they could work. Read More >>

Financial Statement Audits in a Post-COVID World

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the way professional service firms interact with and deliver services to their clients. Early in the pandemic, CPAs and other professional service providers had to quickly pivot and learn how to collaborate with. Read More >>

Advanced Child Tax Credit: Planning for Your 2021 Tax Filing

The child tax credit has been getting a lot of attention in the press lately. An updated version of the ChildTaxCredit.gov website was released Monday with new features to assist taxpayers with obtaining the information they need to file. Read More >>

Federal COVID Funding Could Trigger Single Audit Requirement

COVID-19 has had a significant economic impact in the United States. Some nonprofit organizations were compelled to temporarily close, execute their mission remotely or restructure their operations entirely. The Federal Government responded by releasing considerable amounts of funding to. Read More >>

SBA Speeds Up PPP Loan Forgiveness Process

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has published new guidance to simplify and speed up the forgiveness process for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans of $150,000 or less. In their 29-page interim final rule (IFR), the SBA is introducing. Read More >>

SBA Eliminates PPP Loan Necessity Questionnaire

We reported last month that the Small Business Administration (SBA) was planning to withdraw its controversial Loan Necessity Questionnaire for Paycheck Protection Program loans of $2 million or more. In a notice sent July 9, the SBA officially stated. Read More >>

Restaurant Revitalization Fund: SBA to Open Registration April 30

Yesterday, the SBA announced that applications will be opened beginning Friday, April 30, 2021. Registration for the program will open at 9 a.m. EST on April 30, with the doors opening for application submissions starting at noon EST on. Read More >>

Restaurant Revitalization Fund: Grant Opportunities Available Soon

As we’ve now surpassed the one-year mark since the global pandemic first began, it’s hard to deny that the restaurant industry has been one of the hardest-hit sectors during this time. The Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) relief program was. Read More >>

Paycheck Protection Program: Moving from Application to Forgiveness

Since the pandemic began, we have been monitoring and reporting on the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), as well as all of the guidance and modifications resulting from several acts of Congress. With nearly four million PPP loans already approved,. Read More >>

Employee Retention Credit – More Guidance Issued for Q1 & Q2 Credits

In December, the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020 (Relief Act) modified the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) and extended the period to the first and second quarter of 2021. Then in the American Rescue Plan Act. Read More >>