The overwhelming number of accounting firms participating in a recent ConvergenceCoaching survey expect remote work will increase even after the COVID-19 pandemic ends. The 2020 ConvergenceCoaching AnyTime, Anywhere Work survey found that 81 percent of the 223 firms responding expect such an increase.

Surgent has expanded its online learning center, Surgent IQ's Partnership Program, with a suite of introductory accounting courses from AME Learning.  Surgent this week described the addition as extending “Surgent IQ’s offering to meet the needs of professionals with atypical educational backgrounds.”

Slightly more than two thirds of CEOs see the passage of another COVID-19 stimulus package as one of the three most important initiatives for a Biden Administration. The recently released Marcum-Hofstra CEO Survey of 250 company leaders nationwide found that 45.6 percent say a stimulus bill is the top issue.

The American Institute of CPAs has hired Marta Zaniewski as VP of state regulatory and legislative affairs. She will serve the AICPA’s primary voice and contact on those areas.