peer-to-peer: your best advice for 2021

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pivoting to 2021 (clockwise from top left): raizen, wehr, paulson, swigert, anderson, stitely

‘clients still need us.’

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keep calm and carry on.

that may be the best overall advice for the situation we’re in.

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and by “we,” we mean “everybody in the world.” because everybody’s got it tough. whether covid has touched close to home or not, its presence is impacting everyone.

but… how should accountants carry on? we asked. and you – the readers of 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 – delivered. adapt, pivot, focus on the client, watch your expenses – just a few of the themes gleaned from the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 business barometer.

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survey: 60% say work-from-home may be permanent

data chartonly 21 percent plan to shrink their space; cybersecurity less of a concern now.

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although covid-19 has hit most business sectors hard, executives have come to recognize the productivity of employees following a work-from-home (wfh) model … so much so that they’re largely willing to continue allowing remote work even after widespread adoption of a coronavirus vaccine.

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these are two of the key findings from eisneramper llp’s executive survey, which gauged the outlook of 273 business owners, c-suiters, family office executives and high-net-worth individuals who attended eisneramper’s virtual national business summit on dec. 2.
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survey: a glint of optimism for 2021

accountants expect to out-perform their clients. is that a good thing?

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patrick mcdermott, of mcdermott & apkarian in orcutt, calif.
patrick mcdermott: fine-tuning the work-from-home model.
a certain tiny germ whose name we need not mention is making life tough for a lot of people and businesses. accountants are no exception.

the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 business barometer is turning up a few cases of covid-19 that shut down cpa offices at the height of the season. and even where the infection hasn’t managed to muscle its way into the office, firms are taking draconian measures to keep operations up and running.

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the busy season barometer is finding cpas cautiously optimistic about their own futures. only one percent think the next 12 months will shape up “much worse” for their firms and families. some 15 percent think their firms will do “somewhat worse.” twelve percent are similarly concerned for their families. about half foresee no change. about a third actually think their economic situation might improve.

but accountants turn quite a bit more pessimistic when they look a little farther from home. while only 16 percent think their firms will do worse over the next year, 36 percent think their clients will do worse.

uh-oh! can cpa firms do better if their clients are doing worse?

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accountants say: brace for a dismal 2021

as if 2020 wasn’t bad enough, next year could get worse.

2020: better or worse?

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as the pandemic spikes into winter, most accountants haven’t got much good to say about their perpetual busy season, according to the latest readings from the 2020 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer. and they’re decidedly pessimistic about the nation’s economic outlook.

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if you’re finding 2020 somewhat worse or much worse than last year, you aren’t alone. fifty-three percent of respondents are right down there with you. only 20 percent dare say it’s about the same.

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avalara acquires business licenses llc for $97 million

follows deal for transaction tax resources inc.

via avalara

avalara, a leading provider of tax compliance automation software for businesses of all sizes, is aquiring the operational assets of business licenses, llc, a company that provides software and services for the research, acquisition, and management of business licenses, registrations, and permits for businesses of all sizes. the transaction is valued at approximately $97 million in cash and stock.

last month, avalara acquired transaction tax resources, inc. to continue to build the industry’s leading content database for tax. with the acquisition of assets from business licenses, avalara furthers its pioneering vision of being part of every transaction in the world by supporting the compliance life cycle through advanced technologies.

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