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Thank god. My parents have a smallish accounting firm, and were so worried about still having to file. Things need to hold for that as well. The worry about emp

Thank god. My parents have a smallish accounting firm, and were so worried about still having to file. Things need to hold for that as well. The worry about employees coming in to the office and clients as well. They want to just close the office for two weeks and hold up with this all, as is the case everywhere. Still though, they're both very worried about clients calling in and still expecting their taxes to be filed which cases like this have happened in the past. For example, one didn't want to come to their office, and said they should FedEx the filing already, which means someone is going to have to stand in line with others at a FedEx store, which is absolutely not something to be doing now, no matter how spaced out the line is. This leaves the question of what they're supposed to do, because I'm sure there are clients with the attitude of this virus being overblown. And won't be happy if my parents come off as weak for not working. Obviously they should, but how much the client comes first is constantly an issue, especially now.

pmorici 7y ago
You can pre-pay and print Fedex labels on their site and then just drop the package at the nearest Fedex box of which there are typically many around major cities. Zero reason to wait in any kind of line.
pfranz 7y ago
> I'm sure there are clients with the attitude of this virus being overblown. And won't be happy if my parents come off as weak for not working. I'm sure with everything going on there's some external thing they can point to; we're waiting for guidance from the IRS, our supplier is delayed because of this, etc. Or just be vague enough in your response that it could be for internal or external reasons.
frabcus 7y ago
2 weeks is too short a time to expect the lockdown for. It'll last certainly months, maybe a year (until vaccine found). Accountants would be well advised to shift to all digital means, taking scans of documents etc.
- 411111111111111 7y ago
  Italy expects infections to peak in 2 weeks. If that is true, the lockdown is probably unnecessary in May, as the other nations aren't that far behind

pmorici 7y ago

You can pre-pay and print Fedex labels on their site and then just drop the package at the nearest Fedex box of which there are typically many around major cities. Zero reason to wait in any kind of line.

pfranz 7y ago

> I'm sure there are clients with the attitude of this virus being overblown. And won't be happy if my parents come off as weak for not working. I'm sure with everything going on there's some external thing they can point to; we're waiting for guidance from the IRS, our supplier is delayed because of this, etc. Or just be vague enough in your response that it could be for internal or external reasons.

frabcus 7y ago

2 weeks is too short a time to expect the lockdown for. It'll last certainly months, maybe a year (until vaccine found). Accountants would be well advised to shift to all digital means, taking scans of documents etc.

411111111111111 7y ago
Italy expects infections to peak in 2 weeks. If that is true, the lockdown is probably unnecessary in May, as the other nations aren't that far behind