The U.S. Small Business Administration on Jan. 15 opened its loan application portal for the Paycheck Protection Program to a defined set of lenders – including the CPA Business Funding Portal’s direct funding provider, Biz2Credit.

The AICPA announced this week that individual licensed CPAs may now apply for a web address under the new .cpa restricted internet domain for the accounting profession.

Gov. Mike DeWine and his staff put the finishing touches on the administration's proposed FY22-23 budget which is due to the Legislature by Monday, Feb. 1

The U.S. Small Business Administration and Treasury Department this week issued new guidance on the Paycheck Protection Program.

The pandemic forcing the shift to an almost completely virtual experience created a learning curve for everyone, and Rick Fedorovich, CPA, executive chairman at Bober Markey Fedorovich, said he’s learned some valuable lessons over the course of 10 months.

BWC issued three rounds of “dividend checks” in 2020, most recently $5 billion in December, money which OSCPA has just learned could potentially be subject to the income tax and CAT. As a result, BWC will be mailing the IRS Form 1099-G to businesses.

Each year, the AICPA selects 30 professionals with a strong ethic of leadership and service to participate in their annual Leadership Academy. Among the 30 participants who took part last fall is OSCPA member and Toledo City Council Member Katie Moline, CPA.

Career fairs can be nerve-wracking but well worth the effort if you’re prepared.

Past OSCPA Executive Board Chairman Lowell "Newt" Baker, 94, died Dec. 15.

American donors are now half as likely as they were in April to say they will stop or slow their giving in the coming year (34% then to 18% now), according to a new donor survey.

As part of ongoing efforts to improve service for the tax-exempt community, the IRS has issued the revised Form 1024-A, Application for Recognition of Exemption Under Section 501(c)(4), and its instructions to allow electronic filing.

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This week's CPA of Ohio is Kyle Shadley-White, CPA, senior accountant at Mellott & Mellott.

FASB has issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) that clarifies the scope of FASB’s recent reference rate reform guidance.

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The IRS began accepting business tax returns as of Jan. 8, 2021. Due to system upgrades Ohio will not begin accepting tax year 2019 and prior year’s returns until Jan. 15, 2021 and tax year 2020 returns Jan. 18, 2021.

OSCPA is happy to announce that the Ohio Department of Taxation has added to the 2020 PTE tax returns the option for taxpayers to complete a credit carryforward to tax year 2021.

The Treasury Department and the IRS are sending about 8 million second Economic Impact Payments (EIPs) by prepaid debit card.