Client communications

Show value, add value, and bring value: Part 2

After guiding clients through two years of struggle and turmoil, now is the time for CPA firms to build on those relationships by further highlighting the value proposition they provide.

Keeping on top of tax changes

Members of the AICPA Tax Practice Management Committee share strategies for how they continue to keep clients, and themselves, up to date with the many tax law changes of the last several years and the many possibly to come in the near future.

Modernize and virtualize your tax practice: Part 2

The shift to a more virtual business environment has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Firms must be mindful of this evolving business model as they explore new methods for building up client relationships.

E-signatures: What will 2021 bring?

To alleviate hardships caused by COVID-19, the IRS temporarily expanded the forms that can be filed with e-signatures, but future policy is uncertain.

Professional responsibilities in the virtual age

As the COVID-19 pandemic forces firms to accelerate the adoption and overall use of virtual communication tools, practitioners need to be aware that the foundational principles of ethics and best practices still apply when using these technologies.

Third-party verification requests

When CPAs are asked to provide comfort letters, they must be clear about facts they are affirming, giving careful consideration to client confidentiality and other liabilities that could arise from a lender’s reliance on those facts.

Tax Insider Articles

DEDUCTIONS

Business meal deductions after the TCJA

This article discusses the history of the deduction of business meal expenses and the new rules under the TCJA and the regulations and provides a framework for documenting and substantiating the deduction.

TAX RELIEF

Quirks spurred by COVID-19 tax relief

This article discusses some procedural and administrative quirks that have emerged with the new tax legislative, regulatory, and procedural guidance related to COVID-19.