Exactly…and now with this recent announcement…April will be quite busy. This package seems to cover a lot of the needs that my business clients had. https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2020/03/introduces-canada-emergency-response-benefit-to-help-workers-and-businesses.html
Whether our services are essential or not. WHY WOULD YOU STAY OPEN and subject yourself and family to this virus.
We are not open to the public no exceptions, everything being done thru dropoff box or email.
This gets a little easier with TaxCycle collaboration with Docusign
Except those in the hospital and those planning funerals.
Almost 600,000 confirmed cases globally with 27,000+ dead.Pushing 4,800 cases in Canada with 55 dead.
Trudeau is budgeting around $100 bllion to deal with COVID-19 and Trump $1 trillion.
This is going to create global economic disasters. People will lose their businesses, their jobs, and maybe even members of their family.
But "Everyone blows this virus thing out of proportion"
and to lighten it up…
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Alberta released it’s list of essential businesses and Accounting\Bookkeeping\Tax Prep and Accountants made the list. So, yeah, we are open. Practicing physical distancing in the office, not meeting clients - do it all remote. And this week we are going to rotate who is in the office.
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Yes, we are discussing moving to rotating who is in the office as well. I think I will find as the work trickles off that fewer hours will be needed to get it all done anyway.
Once our IT guy finishes getting the company he works for full time set up for work from home we will pursue that option too at the staff’s discretion.
This is not a time to insist on staying open and operating as normal. But if you are taking appropriate measures (no more than 15/office, 2m distancing, not sharing equipment more than necessary and washing our hands) then, as we are essential services, it is incumbent upon us to provide those services.