Crowe creates PPP loan forgiveness management solution for lenders

Crowe has joined the growing number of firms offering solutions to aid in Paycheck Protection Program participation.

Crowe creates PPP loan forgiveness management solution for lenders


IRS adding 3,500 phone reps to answer stimulus payment calls

The Internal Revenue Service is bringing in more help to deal with the flood of calls about economic impact payments.

IRS adding 3,500 phone reps to answer stimulus payment calls


Congress should leave accounting standards to FASB

Members of the American Accounting Association’s Financial Reporting Policy Committee denounce provisions in the CARES Act they see as threatening FASB’s independence and setting a dangerous precedent with serious potential to undermine confidence in corporate financial reporting.

Congress should leave accounting standards to FASB


Accountants can help companies set strategy to deal with coronavirus

Management accountants and CFOs can play an important role in guiding companies through the strategic options available to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Accountants can help companies set strategy to deal with coronavirus


Art of Accounting: Small firms were the first, but are they now the last?

Many will reconfigure what they do to the new reality and will make some investments in updating and formalizing some of their Band-Aid processes.

Art of Accounting: Small firms were the first, but are they now the last?


Protecting businesses from fraud

Grant Thornton CEO Brad Preber and principal Linda Miller, who leads the firm’s fraud and financial crimes practice, offer strategies to help businesses protect themselves from fraud amid the pandemic environment.

Protecting businesses from fraud


SBA and Treasury roll out PPP loan forgiveness application

The U.S. Small Business Administration, in conjunction with the Treasury Department, released a loan forgiveness application for the SBA’s troubled Paycheck Protection Program, along with detailed instructions for the application.

SBA and Treasury roll out PPP loan forgiveness application


Stim pickings: What to tell clients about coronavirus relief

Tax practitioners share the questions they’re getting asked most, and how they’re answering.

Stim pickings: What to tell clients about coronavirus relief


House passes $3 trillion stimulus with no future in Senate

The measure, passed 208-199, would give cash-strapped states and local governments more than $1 trillion while providing most Americans with a new round of $1,200 checks

House passes trillion stimulus with no future in Senate


Taking a professional approach to niche building

You may find more similarities among your clients than you expect.

Taking a professional approach to niche building