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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IRS further postponed the 180-day deadline to invest in a qualified opportunity fund from July 15, 2020, to Dec. 31, 2020, extended other deadlines, and relaxed some qualified investment rules.
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Read More here – Qualified opportunity zone rules are relaxed
Optimism reigned for years in a quarterly survey of finance decision-makers, but the COVID-19 pandemic changed everything.
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Read More here – Falling demand, safety concerns fuel finance leaders’ pessimism
Practitioners must carefully review Notice 2020-23 to understand the full scope of filing relief granted by the IRS in response to hardships caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Read More here – Understanding the filing relief for 'time-sensitive acts' in Notice 2020-23
The Senate passed a House bill that gives small businesses and other entities that received loans from the Paycheck Protection Program 16 additional weeks to spend the funds and qualify for full forgiveness of the loans.
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Read More here – PPP forgiveness changes coming as Senate passes House bill
In another response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IRS is allowing retirement plan participants who want to take coronavirus-related distributions from their retirement plans to provide remote signatures, even for spousal consents.
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Read More here – IRS permits remote signatures for plan loan consents
In another response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IRS is allowing retirement plan participants who want to take coronavirus-related distributions from their retirement plans to provide remote signatures, even for spousal consents.
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Read More here – IRS permits remote signatures for plan loan consents
FASB issued an option to delay implementation of the board’s revenue recognition and lease accounting standards for certain entities that have not yet applied the standards.
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Read More here – FASB issues limited revenue recognition, lease accounting delays
Legislation designed to help businesses during the coronavirus pandemic has created new issues for CPAs and other valuation specialists to consider. New AICPA FAQs address these valuation concerns.
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Read More here – How the CARES Act has affected business valuation
CPAs can help thwart bad actors from cashing in on seniors during the global pandemic.
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Read More here – Protecting seniors from COVID-19 fraud
The US House passed a bill that would relax some of the requirements that Paycheck Protection Program fund recipients need to fulfill to qualify for forgiveness from their loans.
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Read More here – House passes bill that would relax PPP forgiveness requirements
