‘singing cpa’ gets down with the ppp

remember: ‘wash your hands.’

steven b. zelin – the singing cpa – is rapping out the praises of the paycheck protection program in his new youtube video aimed at drumming up some new business.

it’s a “fun explanation of the payroll protection program, loans from the small business administration to support small businesses with the economic slowdown from the coronavirus,” says zelin, cpa, and managing member of zelin & associates cpas in new york city.

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how accountants are coping with covid-19

coping with the covid crisis- robert jones (left), and stephen backman
coping with the covid crisis: robert jones (left), and stephen backman. more crisis management strategies: join the survey. get the answers.

new methods, new mindsets.

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coronavirus crisis management strategies:

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the coronavirus sure did hit quick. it seems like it’s been here since forever, but it didn’t really strike until halfway through the busy season. there were ominous clouds on the horizon in january, but early respondents to the 2020 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer were generally expressing optimism.

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then things went downhill fast. but despite the pressures of the tax season, cpas have been equally fast at adjusting to the new world. they really had little choice. they could innovate. they could close up shop. or they could get really, really sick.

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what cannabis clients should look for in an accountant

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harry shure, ea

beware of pricing by phone.

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the production and distribution of cannabis is the newest and most variegated industry in america. some would even say it’s one of the toughest industries in america in which to do business.

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it’s illegal everywhere yet legal in some places, but not legal the same way in all places. the federal government considers it a schedule 1 narcotic right up there with heroin and lsd, yet the internal revenue service is perfectly willing to collect taxes on companies that handle the product.
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ask this before clients do

stack of cards labeled with question marksplus some suggested answers.

by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide

here are two questions to ask yourself:

  1. why should clients use you?
  1. why should staff want to work for you?

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you should be clear on the responses to the above two questions. if you can’t clearly articulate the reasons clients should use you and why staff would want to work for you, then why should they?
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covid drowns irs in new filings

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data for the week ending april 17, 2020.
* total includes returns filed to obtain economic impact payments by those who would not usually file income tax returns.

why not? submissions are way down.

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how’s covid-19 impacting your firm?

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by beth bellor

coronavirus hit irs data in a couple of ways this week.

people who don’t ordinarily file income tax returns, but did so to obtain economic impact payments, boosted filings higher than they might have been for the week ending april 17, the latest data. in addition, visits to irs.gov shot up 77 percent over 2019 – the get my payment link surely was part of that picture.

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the internal revenue service reported receiving 116 million individual income tax returns, down 15.5 percent. it had processed 106.6 million returns, up 18.5 percent.
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