Bloomberg Tax
July 16, 2020, 8:46 AM UTC

CPAs Struggling Under Pandemic Stress, Extra-Long Tax Season

Jeffery Leon
Jeffery Leon
Reporter
David Hood
David Hood
Reporter

This tax season was the most brutal Shaun Goodman, a certified public accountant, has faced in his 14-year career.

Goodman, a partner at the Goodman CPA Group in New Jersey, worked 20-hour days with a small team to help clients navigate the Paycheck Protection Program, a loan program the government enacted this spring to help small businesses weather the coronavirus pandemic.

Those demands came on top of a tax-filing season that was three months longer than usual. When his wife gave birth, Goodman was so busy that he couldn’t spend time with his family.

“I had half ...

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