It goes without saying that the COVID-19 pandemic was the primary story of 2020, and most of the biggest stories in accounting for the year reflect its impact, in everything from the remarkably smooth move to remote work to a new range of services centered on the Paycheck Protection Program and other stimulus measures.

What’s more, most of the impact will continue to play out in the year ahead. The ongoing deployment of vaccines offers hope that we may see the end of the pandemic sooner rather than later, but for the near future it continues to grip the country and the economy.

With that, here are the dozen top stories of 2020, and how they’ll continue to reverberate in 2021.