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March 20

We are in unprecedented times. School and office closures, workforce shortages, supply chain disruption, cyber threats-new risks and challenges arise daily. Individuals and companies alike are taking steps to navigate a global pandemic that has upended our daily lives.

What does COVID-19 mean for your business and for you? BDO is closely monitoring this rapidly evolving situation, offering guidance to help you stay abreast of the latest developments and mitigate risk during this time of uncertainty. Learn more about the business impacts of COVID-19.
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Upcoming Webinar

COVID-19: Managing Your Business During a Crisis
Date: 03 / 25 / 2020
Time: 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
We are in uncharted territory. As we navigate the COVID-19 outbreak, the full impact is yet to be determined. From managing the crisis and facing workforce shortages, to enabling a completely virtual work environment, to understanding the new legislation passed in response to COVID-19,?business leaders are faced with responding to a global health crisis while keeping their businesses operational and profitable. Are you prepared? Join us for the first webcast in a three-part webinar series.
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Latest Insights

COVID-19?Impact and Risk Response Guide
As we face the growing spread of COVID-19, many businesses are formulating action plans to ensure the safety of their employees and customers while mitigating the potential impact on business operations. There are many considerations?for companies deploying business continuity planning (BCP) measures to mitigate the adverse impacts of the pandemic and maintain the agility to overcome the difficulties faced. ???
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Determining Your Infectious Disease Risk During COVID-19 Outbreak
With massive quarantines, travel restrictions and factory shutdowns, companies are struggling to quantify potential exposure. Understanding how to determine and capture lost revenue and income stemming from this unpredictable outbreak is critical to minimize financial implications. To do that, business leaders must determine their infectious disease risk profile.
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SEC Staff Issues Guidance on Annual Meetings
On March 13, 2020, the staff of the Division of Corporate Finance and the Division of Investment Management provided guidance to issuers regarding the annual meetings of shareholders in light of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Federal Aid Package Helps Individuals Affected by COVID-19
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201), became law on March 18, 2020. The Act guarantees free testing for the novel coronavirus, establishes emergency paid sick leave, expands family and medical leave, enhances unemployment insurance, expands food security initiatives, and increases federal Medicaid funding.
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Privacy in the Time of Pandemic
Personal data is a valuable tool; it can be leveraged to inform decisions and policies, and reach specific and targeted conclusions to complicated questions. Personal data also presents substantial risk, to the individuals to which that data pertains, and to the organizations using it. Governments and companies alike are rushing to leverage personal data to its utmost capacity and bring this pandemic to a speedy end, while still maintaining the privacy of the sick and vulnerable.
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IRS Releases COVID-19 Payment Relief
On March 18, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service released Notice 2020-17, formal guidance describing relief provided to taxpayers for federal income tax payments due April 15, 2020. And, on March 20, 2020, President Trump announced that the April 15, 2020 filing due date is extended to July 15, 2020.
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Employers Can Immediately Provide Tax-Free Qualified Disaster Payments To Employees in Connection with COVID-19
Employers are scrambling to find ways to help their employees who are impacted by the novel coronavirus. Help is available. Now that COVID-19 has been declared a national emergency, Internal Revenue Code Section 139 can be used to allow employers to make tax-free payments or reimbursements to employees as "qualified disaster payments."
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COVID-19 Data Security Insight
How companies stay resilient and adapt in the face of COVID-19 will be a topic of discussion for many business leaders as new information continues to surface. The changes business leaders implement to respond to the ongoing crisis may introduce unintentional security and privacy risks.
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Top Cybersecurity Recommendations Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
With the spread of COVID-19, global industry has seen a sharp rise in cyber-attacks. To reduce both the probability of a cyber-attack or significant data breach, and mitigate the negative financial and reputational impacts, we offer our Top Five Cybersecurity Recommendations.
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SEC Provides Conditional Relief and Assistance for Companies Affected by the Coronavirus
The SEC issued an exemptive order (the Order) on March 4, 2020 providing conditional relief for registrants that are impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) and are unable to file on a timely basis.
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Industry Insights

Coronavirus Strikes Nonprofits in More Ways than One
The rapid spread of COVID-19 around the world has impacted all sectors. The nonprofit industry is no exception-in fact, they face more challenges than most. Read our latest blog for more on how organizations can minimize the risks associated with the novel coronavirus.
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Coronavirus Could Bring New Financial Pressures to Distressed Healthcare Industry
For healthcare providers in the U.S. the domestic escalation of the novel coronavirus outbreak could have direct and lasting impacts on the health system in the form of supply chain disruptions, leading to drug and medical supply shortages, as well as long-term operational and financial challenges. We discuss the top three pressure points that the novel coronavirus could create domestically.
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March 27

We hope you and yours are safe and healthy as we navigate this unprecedented global pandemic. While every day brings change, our goal is to help you stay abreast of the latest developments and mitigate risk during this time of uncertainty.

View our latest resources below and visit our hub for real-time updates. We are all in this together.
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Upcoming Webinars

COVID-19: Mitigating Risk During Disruption
Date: 04?/ 01?/ 2020
Time: 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
We are in uncharted territory. As we navigate the COVID-19 outbreak, the full impact is still yet to be determined. Businesses worldwide are facing significant challenges and obstacles to which they need to respond rapidly. Are you prepared? Join us for the second webinar in our three-part series as we discuss supply chain disruption, data privacy and cybersecurity concerns and audit and regulatory implications.
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2020 Private Capital Outlook: M&A, Shifting Strategies & Capital Deployment
Date: 04?/ 02?/ 2020
Time: 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Prior to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, almost three quarters of private equity professionals said they'd expect an economic downturn within two years. Given our current circumstances, that has happened much quicker than any could have thought. In these uncertain times, hear from private equity and venture capital leaders how fund managers are navigating top regulatory and geopolitical concerns, including COVID-19 and the economy.
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Latest Insights

Accounting and?Reporting Considerations During?and as a Result of The Coronavirus Outbreak
With the continued spread of COVID-19 and its overwhelming effect on the global economy, we anticipate companies will experience complex accounting and reporting issues across multiple areas of their financial statements. Companies will need to consider whether those issues, as well as operational disruptions to their overall business, rise to the level of additional required disclosures, Management's Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A") and/or discrete accounting recognition.
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SBA Disaster Assistance in Response to the Coronavirus - Low-Interest Loans
In response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic affecting the small business community across the country, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is offering low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to small businesses suffering substantial economic injury.
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IRS Outlines Procedures for Payroll Tax Credits and Rapid Refunds for Employers Making Federally-Mandated COVID-19 Leave Payments
The federal government is trying to get much-needed cash into the hands of employers and employees affected by COVID-19 as quickly as possible. To do so, they are utilizing employer's existing payroll systems to minimize the employers' cash flow hardship that might otherwise have occurred from having to pay new, mandatory federal paid sick and child care leave to certain employees.
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How To Determine If An Employer Has "Fewer Than 500 Employees" For COVID-19 Federal Paid Sick And Family Leave Mandates
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201) became law on March 18, 2020. Among other things, the Act requires employers with "fewer than 500 employees" to provide two new benefits: (1) federal emergency paid sick leave and (2) federal emergency paid family and medical leave (FMLA). As a result, employers need to know immediately how to determine if they have "fewer than 500 employees."
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State COVID-19 Filing Guidance and Relief
As part of state and local responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, business and individual tax return filing extensions, payment extensions, and late filing/payment penalty waivers and relief are being issued by states and localities on a daily basis.
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Federal Aid Package Helps Individuals Affected by COVID-19
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201), became law on March 18, 2020. The Act guarantees free testing for the novel coronavirus, establishes emergency paid sick leave, expands family and medical leave, enhances unemployment insurance, expands food security initiatives, and increases federal Medicaid funding.
Learn More >
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Industry Insights

How Manufacturers Can Navigate the Novel Coronavirus' Supply Chain Impacts
The novel coronavirus (otherwise known as COVID-19) crisis has struck a serious blow to the manufacturing industry, which was already battling trade policy turbulence, a slowdown in global manufacturing growth and broader economic uncertainty.
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As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread in the U.S. and across the globe, individuals and companies alike are taking steps to prepare for and react to this public health emergency. New risks and challenges arise daily, from supply chain disruptions and workforce shortages, to tax implications and the impact on the global economy.

What does this pandemic mean for your business, and for you? BDO is closely monitoring this rapidly evolving situation, offering guidance to help you stay abreast of the latest developments and mitigate risk during this time of uncertainty. For the latest business issues, insights and regulatory updates related to COVID-19, visit bdo.com.?

BDO USA, LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership, is the U.S. member of BDO International Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, and forms part of the international BDO network of independent member firms. BDO is the brand name for the BDO network and for each of the BDO Member Firms. BDO USA, LLP is headquartered at: 330 North Wabash, Suite 3200, Chicago, IL 60611 USA. For more information please visit: www.bdo.com

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