The U.S. House approved legislation Thursday making it easier for small businesses and other recipients of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funding to qualify for forgiveness of the loans. The House bill, called the Paycheck Protection Flexibility Act, H.R. 7010, extends from eight weeks to 24 weeks the time PPP recipients have to spend their funds. […]
Archives for May 2020
E-filing of Form 1040-X coming this summer
News Procedure & Administration By Sally P. Schreiber, J.D. {:else} {timeSince} {/if} {@if cond=”{isCGMA}”} {:else} {/if} {/.} The IRS announced Thursday that taxpayers will be able to electronically file Forms 1040-X, Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, “later this summer” (IR-2020-107). According to the IRS, making the Form 1040-X available for electronic filing has been […]
Explaining how bank loans work
There are a lot of people, apparently, who don’t understand that when a business owner takes a loan, they are personally on the hook for that loan. And if there is a forgiveness feature, as is the case with the Payroll Protection Program, that forgiveness feature has to be applied for and approved. And if […]
FDA authorizes Quest’s coronavirus test with at-home sample collection; shares rise
A medical provider bags a completed test at the STRIDE Community Health Center’s COVID-19 drive-thru testing site at the Aurora Health and Wellness Plaza March 26, 2020. Andy Cross | The Denver Post | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization for a new coronavirus test from Quest Diagnostics […]
Fidelity custody unit reels in 100,000 new accounts despite coronavirus
Following ‘historic call volumes’ during the coronavirus pandemic, Fidelity Institutional has brought in tens of thousands of new client accounts to its custody. Fidelity Institutional, which offers custody for both broker-dealers and RIAs, opened more than 100,000 new accounts in the first three months of 2020 — a 25% increase over the year-ago period, according […]
U.S. major airlines roll out more options to avoid staff lay-offs
(Reuters) – The top three U.S. airlines, hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, are rolling out fresh programs to induce tens of thousands of employees to accept voluntary leave or early retirement in the hope of avoiding widespread furloughs in the fall, company memos show. Around 100,000 employees of American Airlines Group Inc (AAL.O), Delta […]
How companies are becoming creative with accounting during the COVID-19 pandemic – MarketWatch
The COVID-19 outbreak has brought out some creative accounting at companies, as executives attempt to gauge the impact of the pandemic on their businesses and how they would have performed if the crisis hadn’t all but shut the economy down. Before companies began reporting first-quarter earnings, Twitter users joked that the outbreak would prompt new […]
$10 billion from PPP pledged to lenders to underserved communities
Ten billion dollars in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Round 2 funds are being set aside to be lent exclusively by Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) in an effort to boost businesses in underserved communities. This dedication of funds is designed to make sure that PPP money reaches all communities that need relief during the coronavirus […]
‘0G’ in the management of epidemics
The coronavirus epidemic has turned into a pandemic. The lack of hindsight and visibility in the face of increasing numbers of victims and the overloading of emergency services has led to the lockdown of half the planet. This containment impacts and will impact all economies, but even more so the economies of developing countries. A […]
Google Pay or Paytm – Which one is best?
Google Pay, Paytm and PhonePe are trusted and most popular payment apps across India. People are using these apps for transferring money and doing daily transactions like mobile recharge, grocery purchase, and bill payments. There are dozens of payment apps available in the Indian market out of all Google Pay, Paytm and PhonePe are leading […]