COVID-19 Contact Tracing App by Google, Apple Piloted in Switzerland
Operation is decentralized, as the two companies required.
By Rick Richardson
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COVID Cuts Accounting Profits
A shift in the wrong direction.
BUSY SEASON BAROMETER:
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By CPA Trendlines Research
Every business in the country, if not the world, is feeling the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Outside of the tech sector, the impact has been largely negative. Every business is suffering. So, relatively speaking, the tax and accounting sector may be getting off easy.
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According to the latest data from the CPA Trendlines 2020 Busy Season Barometer, about 39 percent of firms are still expecting to see an increase in business, but overall optimism seems to be dipping even as the economy begins to reboot.
Why Busy Season May Never Be the Same Again
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Getting a Handle on COVID
Accountants show new signs of optimism as fears of COVID chaos wane.
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By CPA Trendlines Research
The turning of a terrible tide of COVID pessimism has been neither quick nor clear-cut as the endless Busy Season of 2020 drags on, according to new findings and analysis from the CPA Trendlines Busy Season Barometer.
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The outlook certainly isn’t back to where it was in the sunny days of February. But hopes for a better year have edged up from 23 percent in April to 27 percent in May.
Texas Court Holds First U.S. Jury Trial Via Videoconferencing
This could eliminate some COVID-19 backlog.
By Rick Richardson
The potential jurors popped onto the screen one by one. They confirmed their names and told the judge how they were connecting to the court: on laptops, tablets and iPhones.
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There were some wireless issues and camera problems. Still, eventually, 26 Texans in separate boxes raised their hands for the judge and together swore the juror’s oath, beginning the experiment of conducting a civil jury trial entirely over Zoom.
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Pros Filing More Returns than DIYers
… in the tax season that never ends.
By Beth Bellor
Bleak but slightly less so.
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That’s probably the best way to categorize the trends in the most recent data from the Internal Revenue Service.