Leadership: The hardest soft skill CPAs need today

How to deal with the emotional ramifications of coronavirus.

Leadership: The hardest soft skill CPAs need today


Senate coronavirus relief package includes CECL delay

The $2.2 trillion package passed by the Senate includes a provision that would allow banks the temporary option to postpone compliance with the credit losses standard.

Senate coronavirus relief package includes CECL delay


Senate approves $2.2T coronavirus rescue package with tax breaks

The Senate voted 96-0 late Wednesday to approve a sweeping $2.2 trillion stimulus package to help the nation emerge from the coronavirus pandemic.

Senate approves .2T coronavirus rescue package with tax breaks


Virus tax breaks could boost Walmart, vodka distillers, students

Large retailers like Walmart Inc. and Target Corp., as well as student loan borrowers, are on a long list of potential winners from tax breaks included in a $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill approved by the Senate.

Virus tax breaks could boost Walmart, vodka distillers, students


Intruder alert: What tax pros say to those who interrupt work

Practitioners share ways to respond to clients who think the postponed deadline means they’re not busy.

Intruder alert: What tax pros say to those who interrupt work


Trump’s April 6 deadline for virus stimulus checks could be hard to meet

The payments are one of the central provisions of the $2 trillion stimulus package awaiting a Senate vote.

Trump’s April 6 deadline for virus stimulus checks could be hard to meet


Winners and losers in Congress’s $2T virus rescue plan

Days of negotiations between the Trump administration and Congress — and fierce lobbying by industries eager for assistance dealing with the coronavirus outbreak — has yielded a rescue package worth more than $2 trillion in spending and tax breaks.

Winners and losers in Congress’s T virus rescue plan


IRS offers more time to file FATCA form amid pandemic

The Internal Revenue Service is giving foreign banks and financial institutions more time to file information about U.S. taxpayers with overseas bank accounts because of the coronavirus pandemic.

IRS offers more time to file FATCA form amid pandemic


IRS lightens taxpayers' compliance and enforcement burden to help with COVID-19

The Internal Revenue Service is taking a “sweeping series of steps” to help taxpayers during the coronavirus outbreak.

IRS lightens taxpayers' compliance and enforcement burden to help with COVID-19


Seven common mistakes in tax preparation

Whether you are a 20-year accounting veteran or just entering the field, it behooves you to keep a list (and check it twice) of the most common tax preparation blunders.

Seven common mistakes in tax preparation