By Sandi Leyva Over 600 accountants responded to a recent survey sent out by CPA Trendlines and Accountant’s Accelerator about the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and one of the questions we asked was whether accountants were charging for services related to PPP. Typical services include loan acquisition,
Read More →By Sandi Leyva With fast money comes fast fraud, and the arrests and jail terms are only just beginning for individuals who applied for PPP money under false pretenses and have already been caught. You’ve seen the headlines, where people from every walk of life including reality
Read More →By Sandi Leyva How aggressive should you be when advising clients on Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) forgiveness? While any risk stance should always be the decision of the clients, we asked this question in a recent joint Accountant’s Accelerator / CPA Trendlines PPP Survey: On average, across
Read More →By Sandi Leyva Clients have inundated accountants all year with questions and issues about the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), and no end is in sight. Earlier this year, it was all about loan acquisition. Now, borrowers are gearing up for loan forgiveness and asking their CPAs for
Read More →We recently conducted a poll on the Accountant’s Accelerator Facebook group asking our members what they’ve missed the most and will try to do first once the shelter-in-place orders that states have placed on their residents are lifted. Here are the top results: Visit your hairstylist/ barber
Read More →I wanted to help my staff blow off some steam this week, so I asked them to come up with some tasks that we can all do while we’re sheltering in place and doing our thing to flatten the curve. If your kids (or you) are already
Read More →To qualify for CPE, here are the steps you need to take before, during, and after the webinar. Purchase and pay for the webinar course. If you are an Enrolled Agent, enter your PTIN starting with a capital P followed by numbers. Join the webinar at the
Read More →As accounting professionals, we’re on the front lines helping our small business clients and our employees through this crisis in multiple ways. It’s a chance for us to display extraordinary leadership as a profession. Here’s a tweet I just love that exemplifies the times: Here are some
Read More →As more and more people use remote tools such as GoToWebinar, you may experience issues with the audio or sound portion of the webinar. Here are thee basics and how to troubleshoot a “no sound” problem. First, do you plan to listen via your computer speakers/headset or
Read More →One of the top challenges for small businesses is managing cash flow effectively. There are times when the most experienced business owner can run short just before payroll day or get into trouble because they didn’t plan for a large expenditure. Not having enough startup cash causes
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