03/20/2020
So the social media intern just wants you all to know that this past week, in particular, has been the "10 minutes into giving a lecture and realizing you're naked" nightmare that anyone who has ever tried to manage social media for a business will have every now and then. it's just been...brought to actual waking life, and multiplied by about a billion times.
Information has been released and changed and amended and re-evaluated so much in the last 96 hours that it's enough to make anyone's head spin. Now that things are beginning to escalate, and both state and Federal authorities have begun to weigh in, we can give you a bit more of an accurate picture about what's going on, and how it's going to affect us all going forward.
First off: We value the health of all of our clients, our employees, and their families, and many of our clients are elderly, or care for elderly family members, or others whose immune systems may be compromised
As such, and also in compliance w/PA Gov. Tom Wolf's order that all non-life-sustaining businesses cease in-office operations eff. 3/19 at 8pm, we are now officially announcing that we are no longer accepting in-person tax preparation appointments until we receive word that it is safe and legal to do so.
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--If no one in your household is sick, has a fever, or has any flu symptoms, you may pick up your tax return in person at Sue Cavanaugh's house (most if not all of you know the address from the old days when the firm was in the basement); in lieu of that, you can also elect to have us mail you your return when we complete it. We will file your return electronically after you have returned the signed form, and payment to us.
--I have also taken the time to develop a secure electronic portal. through a website called Verifyle, where you can safely send any tax documents you wish to remit to us for processing. If you are interested in sending your documents to us this way, PLEASE reach out to us via Instant Messenger, and provide your email, and I will do so as soon as possible.
We're still trying to adapt to these external changes even as internally, we're also dealing with Bill's own slow but gradual improvement from illness that kept him effectively quarantined even BEFORE COVID-19 became a global issue. Many of you have been INCREDIBLY patient and understanding of this, and of the work Brian, Sue, Casey, and I have been trying to do to ensure that we still provide the best possible service to you, our most loyal and revered clients. We will always be grateful for it, and we thank you from the bottom of our collective and individual hearts.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us at (267) 343 4622. We are JUST NOW beginning to hear that Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has announced that the IRS will automatically (with no filing requirement) grant extensions to FILE their returns until July 15th, corporate or personal. This is in ADDITION to the previous announcement that the IRS has granted 90 day timelines to PAY tax balances for the 2019 tax year from the original April 15th filing deadline. The IRS, as of this moment, has NOT released any official guidance on their website about the FILING deadline changes, but we'll post something as soon as that changes.
The bottom line: please be patient with us, if you can, as we adjust to these changes and still endeavor to serve you in or usual high level capacity.
Thank you so, so, so, so much in advance, all of you who do business with us, for continuing to do so and to be a part of our professional lives. We'll make it through this, because we're all gonna hang together to do it!
well, metaphorically speaking, not literally. Social distancing and all. You know what i meant. :-)
T.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has not posted an update on its site but I will update when it’s available.
