News Procedure & Administration By Sally P. Schreiber, J.D. {:else} {timeSince} {/if} {@if cond=”{isCGMA}”} {:else} {/if} {/.} The IRS announced the evening of March 26 that it was closing the Practitioner Priority Service, a special phone line for tax practitioners. It had previously announced that practitioners should be prepared for long wait times when using […]
Archives for March 2020
10 Best Online Courses & Learning Platforms to explore during lockdown
Best Online Courses – The Global Coronavirus Pandemic has changed our life. Most of the people are in lockdown conditions at home. Some of them have a facility for Work from home (WFH). While others are still wondering what can be done in this leisure time. Well, if you want to advance your career or fulfill […]
Using a HELOC to get through the coronavirus crisis
As mandatory shelter-in-place orders issued by states and local governments slam small businesses, their owners are scrambling to find ways to cover critical overhead. While the Coronavirus Aid, Recovery and Economic Security Act promises some $350 billion in loans to small businesses (500 or fewer employees) to cover payroll and other expenses, some business owners […]
Major changes in RMDs and retirement contributions in $2T stimulus plan
In addition to the catastrophic health situation caused by coronavirus, many of your clients are also getting hurt financially, especially in their retirement accounts. You may be able to help them take advantage of several new relief provisions that most of your clients can benefit from immediately. Here are the highlights of the most recent […]
Martin Bamford: New work patterns can help us all
What a week! Comic book fans might be forgiven for thinking we’ve woken up in Bizarro World. Life is not quite normal right now. Anticipating a lockdown, I spent some time at the weekend moving a desk, comfortable office chair and armfuls of IT kit from my office to a corner of our bedroom at […]
Infinite QE is destroying traditional bond fund strategies
In a matter of weeks, bond investors have seen some of their firmest market convictions swept away in a massive confluence of government stimulus and central bank intervention. Now, they’re being forced to rework their strategies for a new era. Core tenets such as what constitutes a safe asset, the value of bonds as a […]
WeWork’s new crisis: ‘Workplaces will never be the same after this’
By Ellen Huet WeWork executives used to obsess over the number of people they could pack into each of the company’s shared workspaces. They said a more crowded office helped make the space feel active and spark collaboration when desk mates slid past each other in the hallways. The technique had an added benefit of […]
Editor’s Comment: Time to look forward
Like many of you I was outside the house at 8 pm last night with my family cheering on our brave and valiant health workers. I think the size of the response surprised many but it was another reminder that we are all in this together. It doesn’t matter how much money you have in your […]
Online retailers, takeaway joints face shortage of packaging material amid lockdown
Online retailers, sellers, takeout joints have started facing shortages of packaging material like boxes, tapes, labels, cartons among others—all critical for doorstep delivery of essentials. The packaging supply chain for has come to a complete halt as India stopped imports from China—a major hub for plastics—and local manufacturers struggle with permissions to operate under a […]
Tencent to develop cloud game platform with Huawei
China’s Tencent Holdings launched a co-innovation lab with Huawei to develop a cloud game platform, the world’s biggest game company said in a statement Friday. The collaboration will tap the computing power of Huawei’s Kunpeng processor to build Tencent’s GameMatrix cloud game platform, and the two sides will explore more possibilities in areas such as […]