The Tech Take: After coronavirus, maybe we’ll all work from home

This is the new reality: We are all remote now. It’s hard to see an end date, but it’s even harder to imagine what will happen when all 50 states get the all-clear from our leaders. Will everything go back to normal, just like that?

The Tech Take: After coronavirus, maybe we’ll all work from home


Virus payments from IRS may take months, not weeks, to hit bank accounts

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he wants direct payments to households to go out within three weeks of Congress passing a stimulus law, yet former IRS officials say those payments could take months to reach households.

Virus payments from IRS may take months, not weeks, to hit bank accounts


IRS releases guidance on tax deadline postponement for coronavirus

The Internal Revenue Service posted a frequently asked questions page about the recently announced delay in tax filing and payments until July 15 because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

IRS releases guidance on tax deadline postponement for coronavirus


Communicating truthfully, timely and thoughtfully

In the face of the coronavirus, no accounting firm gets a pass from keeping in contact with clients and employees.

Communicating truthfully, timely and thoughtfully


In the blogs: Plandemics

Tips for working remotely; when days become years; bad preparers; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

In the blogs: Plandemics


Time out: How the deadline postponement is affecting tax preparers

One thing they all agree on: It hasn’t cut their workload.

Time out: How the deadline postponement is affecting tax preparers


CFOs can play a 'crucial role' in coronavirus crisis, says IMA

Financial execs can provide critical reassurance and information through proactive communication.

CFOs can play a 'crucial role' in coronavirus crisis, says IMA


Tax season, interrupted

Coronavirus, postponed deadlines, stimulus bills and social distancing bring new levels of complexity to tax.

Tax season, interrupted


Melancon: Amid pandemic, a chance for CPAs to be 'a calming force'

Accountants can offer more for clients than help complying with the newly extended deadlines, according to the institute’s leadership.

Melancon: Amid pandemic, a chance for CPAs to be 'a calming force'


Next-level inclusion

Diversity and inclusion are top priorities in today’s fast-paced and dynamic environment — especially as clients, customers, business partners and the employee pipeline include a broad spectrum of diverse characteristics.

Next-level inclusion