This week's CPA of Ohio is Diane Bean, CPA, senior manager, fiduciary trust tax services, at Ernst & Young LLP and co-founder of This One Dress.

In case you missed them, here are some recent interesting tax news items from around the web.

The IRS and its Security Summit partners this week urged tax professionals to take additional security steps immediately to protect taxpayer data as more practitioners telework and security risks increase.

On what would have been Tax Day, OSCPA asked legislators for a roadmap and specific steps to help businesses as the State of Ohio looks for ways to emerge from the coronavirus lockdown.

For some businesses, the forced work from home transition caused by COVID-19 revealed slow, burdensome technology. For Sikich, it meant a transition to processes they have been using for years.

In this climate, Accountants are looking to regain control of their core business services: accounting and payroll. That’s why AccountantsWorld has created a fully integrated, cloud-based suite of award-winning solutions that are made just for accountants.

At its April 8 meeting, the FASB discussed effective date deferral requests for significant standards not yet effective, and the sunset date for reference rate reform.

OSCPA Executive Vice President Laura Hay, CPA, CAE, explores the various laws and regulatory decisions implemented recently in response to the pandemic that have implications for Ohio certification and licensure.

Although he doesn’t know his final score yet, Thaddeus Eichorn has taken what could be his final section of the CPA exam, Regulation.

Next week marks National Volunteer Week, a chance to celebrate the impact volunteers have on the community and honor the people and causes that inspire many.

Jeff Enyart drew attention at OSCPA’s Accounting Shows last fall by integrating his drum set into his presentation. But it was his boss and mentor who inspired him to get involved in the first place.

The IRS has launched resources about tax relief for tax exempt entities.

Just short of all of 544 global and local charitable organizations (97%) responding to a new survey have been negatively impacted by COVID-19.

In case you missed them, here are some recent interesting nonprofit news items from around the web.

In case you missed them, here are some recent interesting A&A news items from around the web.

GASB has been addressing concerns about the stakeholder impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and provide relief to governments and other stakeholders and to assist them in identifying accounting and financial reporting guidance.

FASB has issued a question-and-answer document to address stakeholder questions on the application of the lease accounting guidance for lease concessions related to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In case you missed them, here are some recent interesting local firm management news items from around the web.

In case you missed them, here are some recent interesting small business news items from around the web.

A number of fintech companies can now participate in the federal government's Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), good news for scores of small business owners who might not have existing relationships with larger banks that have prioritized that in accepting applications so far.