Reflections from PPP: Todd Bernhardt, CPA

Todd Bernhardt, CPA, Partner at Baker Tilley based in Wisconsin, reflects on his impact in helping clients receive financial relief through the PPP and what’s next for the profession. -- When COVID-19 shut down America’s businesses, CPAs answered the bell. Millions of businesses received financial relief through the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) because of the strategic guidance of a CPA. The CPA Business Funding Portal, created by the AICPA, CPA.com and fintech Biz2Credit, played an important role in helping CPAs and firms streamline the PPP application and funding process so they could best support their clients.