What CPAs have learned during COVID-19
With all the challenges comes a new outlook on flexibility and finding opportunity.
With all the challenges comes a new outlook on flexibility and finding opportunity.
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CPAs, like everyone else, have faced personal and professional challenges in this unprecedented year as they try to weather what has become a long and grueling storm.
We spoke with nine CPAs across the country and asked them to describe the difficulties and silver linings they’ve encountered in 2020 and convey the lessons they’ve learned along the way:
— Cheryl Meyer is a freelance writer based in California. To comment on this article or to suggest an idea for another article, contact Chris Baysden, a JofA associate director, at Chris.Baysden@aicpa-cima.com.
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