Mobility Articles

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Published on May 18, 2010

AICPA Wins Repeal of 1099 Reporting Requirements

Newsletter:  The CPA Advocate: May, 2011.  AICPA's push to overturn burdensome 1099 information reporting requirements succeeded April 14 when President Obama signed H.R. 4 into law.
Published on May 27, 2011

AICPA Supports New Private Company Council Developing Framework for SMEs

Newsletter:  The CPA Advocate: June, 2012.  AICPA supports FAF's planned creation of Private Company Council and is developing an OCBOA financial reporting framework for privately held small- and medium-sized enterprises.
Published on February 06, 2013

Fingerprinting too Costly and Burdensome Should Not be Only Option for Background Checks of Supervised Employees, AICPA ...

Newsletter:  The CPA Advocate: October, 2011.  The IRS should allow CPA firms to use consumer reporting agencies to screen “supervised employees” instead of using just a fingerprint test, as proposed by the IRS.
Published on October 13, 2011

Tax Methods and Periods Advocacy

Overview:  This section contains comments and recommendations submitted by the AICPA on legislative, regulatory and administrative matters concerning tax accounting methods and periods.
Published on October 02, 2012

Government Contractors Get Delay in 3 Percent Withholding

Newsletter:  The CPA Advocate: May, 2011.  The IRS has granted temporary relief from a 3% government contractor withholding law, but the AICPA still supports repeal.
Published on May 27, 2011

AICPA Board of Directors Adopts Resolution Emphasizing Need to Reduce Federal Debt

Newsletter:  The CPA Advocate: December, 2012.  The resolution supports two non-partisan efforts, the Campaign to Fix the Debt and the Comeback America Initiative.
Published on December 20, 2012

Freshman CPAs in Congress Committed to Bipartisanship

Newsletter:  The CPA Advocate: March 27, 2013.  The bipartisan spirit of new CPA lawmakers impresses AICPA President and CEO Barry Melancon, CPA, CGMA, during visits with them on Capitol Hill.
Published on March 27, 2013

AICPA President and CEO Barry C. Melancon, CPA, CGMA Testifies before Congress

Newsletter:  The CPA Advocate: June, 2012. AICPA President and CEO Barry Melancon testified before House Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises about pending proposals and emerging issues confronting accounting regulators and standard setters.
Published on September 21, 2012

AICPA Encourages GASB to Remove Certain Financial Statement Elements from Conceptual Framework

Newsletter:  The AICPA encouraged the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) to strongly consider removing the deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of resources elements from the Board’s conceptual framework.
Published on January 06, 2012

AICPA Comments on IAASBs Proposals to Improve Auditor Reporting

Newsletter:  The CPA Advocate: October, 2012.  The AICPA’s Auditing Standards Board supported a broad-based approach to improving the transparency and relevance of financial reporting that involves financial reporting standard setters, management, and those charged with governance, as well as auditors.
Published on October 17, 2012

Estate Tax Provisions in the Presidents Fiscal 2013 Budget Proposals

Overview:  This page includes a discussion on the President's fiscal 2013 budget tax proposals regarding estate taxes, including the proposal on intentionally defective grantor trusts.
Published on April 03, 2013

State and Local Advocacy

Article:  This section contains legislative issues and comments regarding state and local taxation.
Published on May 20, 2013

AICPA Meets with Acting IRS Commissioner

Newsletter:  The CPA Advocate: December, 2012.  AICPA Chairman Richard J. Caturano, CPA, CGMA, AICPA Tax Executive Committee Chairman Jeffrey A. Porter and AICPA officials met with Acting IRS Commissioner Steven T. Miller.
Published on December 19, 2012

AICPA Supports Goal of Real-Time Tax Processing Offers Cautions on Potential Impact

Newsletter:  Speeding up the process for matching a tax return with third-party data offers potential benefits but also potential pitfalls, the AICPA told the IRS in response to the agency’s proposal.
Published on January 06, 2012