{"id":81021,"date":"2020-12-18t10:10:32","date_gmt":"2020-12-18t15:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=81021"},"modified":"2024-06-19t10:05:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19t14:05:58","slug":"survey-a-glint-of-optimism-for-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2020\/12\/18\/survey-a-glint-of-optimism-for-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"survey: a glint of optimism for 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

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accountants expect to out-perform their clients. is that a good thing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research<\/em><\/p>\n

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patrick mcdermott:<\/strong> fine-tuning the work-from-home model.<\/figcaption><\/figure>a certain tiny germ whose name we need not mention is making life tough for a lot of people and businesses. accountants are no exception.<\/p>\n

the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 business barometer is turning up a few cases of covid-19 that shut down cpa offices at the height of the season. and even where the infection hasn’t managed to muscle its way into the office, firms are taking draconian measures to keep operations up and running.<\/p>\n

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the busy season barometer is finding cpas cautiously optimistic about their own futures. only one percent think the next 12 months will shape up \u201cmuch worse\u201d for their firms and families. some 15 percent think their firms will do \u201csomewhat worse.\u201d twelve percent are similarly concerned for their families. about half foresee no change. about a third actually think their economic situation might improve.<\/p>\n

but accountants turn quite a bit more pessimistic when they look a little farther from home. while only 16 percent think their firms will do worse over the next year, 36 percent think their clients will do worse.<\/p>\n

uh-oh! can cpa firms do better if their clients are doing worse?<\/p>\n

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still, the global crisis has been relatively easy (and take “relatively easy” with a grain of salt) on america\u2019s accountants and tax preparers. technology is facilitating the shift to remote work. clients have been generally able to provide discussion and documentation without actually sitting down with their cpas.<\/p>\n

but it ain\u2019t over \u2019til it\u2019s over, and it ain\u2019t going to be over for quite some time.<\/p>\n

the nation as a whole<\/strong><\/p>\n

respondents are even more pessimistic when they look at the nation as a whole. a nervous 56 percent see the nation\u2019s economy going downhill. only a quarter think it will improve.<\/p>\n

so the question is: what are cpas going to do differently over the next12 months?<\/p>\n

almost everyone will be resorting to remote work. but most respondents don\u2019t seem interested in being any more precautionary than that.<\/p>\n

one, who preferred to remain anonymous, is among those who think their firms and clients will do better while the rest of the nation does worse. he or she plans to continue a multifarious defense:<\/p>\n