Coronavirus

Work-at-home survey
Penny Crosman
May 6, 2020 5:15 PM

Financial institutions have been monitoring workers' productivity at home with tracking software and webcams. Now they're mulling whether to mandate contact-tracing apps, COVID-19 testing and other practices that could raise further privacy issues.

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IRS
Michael Cohn
May 6, 2020 5:05 PM

The Internal Revenue Service has posted information on how people who weren’t supposed to receive their economic impact payments for the novel coronavirus pandemic should return the money.

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Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore. (left), shakes hands with committee chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.
Michael Cohn
May 6, 2020 3:38 PM

A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday to enable small businesses to deduct their expenses even if they have received a loan from the federal government’s Paycheck Protection Protection Program that was later forgiven.

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Tobias Salinger
May 6, 2020 3:38 PM

The privately held firm recruited more than 160 reps in the first quarter on the strength of its balance sheet, CEO Amy Webber says.

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IRS
Jeff Stimpson
May 6, 2020 3:26 PM

The Settlement Days program is trying out remote options in Detroit and Atlanta.

1 Min Read
Coronavirus remote work telecommuting
Jeff Phillips
May 6, 2020 2:43 PM

Many of the remote work practices we’re instituting today are likely to be part of a new normal that survives long after the current crisis has ended.

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Visa cards in shadows
John Adams
May 6, 2020 1:53 PM

Visa is delaying previously announced interchange and fee changes until April 2021, except for changes in the supermarket category, which will remain on the same schedule.

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Michael Cohn
May 6, 2020 1:51 PM

COVID-19 wiped out most of the jobs gained since the 2008-09 recession despite extensive tax cuts and stimulus payments from the IRS.

6 Min Read
Jeff Thomson
May 6, 2020 11:40 AM

Accountants and finance pros have led in formulating strategy, anticipating risk and determining the best course of action to move forward.

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Sinkin April 2020 crises screen
Daniel Hood
May 6, 2020 11:36 AM

As the accounting profession moves through the coronavirus, Transition Advisors' Joel Sinkin shares what the last recession and the aftermath of 9/11 tell us to expect in the M&A market.

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