State CPA Societies Advocate against Sales Tax on Professional Services
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The CPA Advocate: March 27, 2013. The Minnesota and Ohio Societies of CPAs have been battling proposals in their states that would impose a sales tax on accounting services
Published on March 27, 2013
State CPA Societies Help Move AICPA-Backed Mobile Workforce Bill through House Committee
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State CPA societies with members of Congress serving on the House Judiciary Committee added their voices to the AICPA’s and helped win the committee’s approval of a bill that...
Published on February 01, 2012
State CPA Society Government Fiscal Responsibility Activities
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Examples of state CPA societies' various activities to inform the public and advocate for government fiscal responsibility
Published on May 17, 2013
State CPA Societies Call for Co-Sponsors for Tax Due Dates Bills
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The CPA Advocate: August, 2012. In reply to AICPA's request, 44 states have asked their members of Congress to co-sponsor legislation to rationalize due dates...
Published on August 14, 2012
AICPA-Endorsed Amendment to Whistleblower Bill Approved
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The AICPA and state CPA societies successfully urged members of the House Capital Markets Subcommittee to approve an amendment to a bill that would protect investors by strengthening the whistleblower program established under the...
Published on February 01, 2012
State News and Information
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Information regarding AICPA working with state CPA societies on state legislative and regulatory issues. Includes state information pages, publications, legislative issue documents, other organizations, and federal legislative and regulatory information
Published on December 23, 2011
AICPA, State Societies Renew Push to Pass Bill Making Tax Code Accessible to All
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The CPA Advocate: September, 2011. The AICPA and state CPA societies urged senators to pass the House version of a patent reform bill that would stop tax strategy patents
Published on October 07, 2011
Whats at Stake A CPAs Insights into the Federal Governments Finances
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The CPA Advocate: August, 2012. All 535 members of Congress now have a copy of What’s at Stake? A CPA’s Insights into the Federal Government’s Finances, the video...
Published on March 19, 2013
AICPA Supports State Tax Tribunal Model Legislation
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The CPA Advocate: August, 2012. The AICPA supports model legislation as a resource for state CPA societies whose legislatures are interested in creating or modifying an independent state tax tribunal
Published on August 17, 2012
Professions Advocacy Scores President Signs Law Protecting Taxpayers
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The CPA Advocate: October, 2011. For more than five years, the AICPA and state CPA societies fought to end the patenting of tax strategies. On Sept. 16, when President Barack Obama signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act into law, they won their battle...
Published on October 13, 2011
State Tax Tribunals
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This is the AICPA paper on state tax tribunals. It was developed as a resource to state CPA societies as the various states consider this issue
Published on June 06, 2013
Congressional and Political Affairs Advocacy
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The AICPA monitors and advocates on legislative and other matters that affect the accounting profession. Working with state CPA societies and other professional organizations, the AICPA provides information to and educates federal, state and local policymakers regarding key issues
Published on May 01, 2013
EXPOSURE DRAFT PROPOSED REVISIONS TO AICPA/NASBA UNIFORM ACCOUNTANCY ACT and NASBA UNIFORM ACCOUNTANCY ACT RULES
Exposure Draft:
...state boards of accountancy, the comment period on the UAA exposure draft on firm names has been extended to June 1, 2011. With this additional period of time, state CPA societies are encouraged to send a comment letter
Published on March 16, 2011
AICPA Advocacy
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On behalf of its members, the AICPA monitors and advocates on legislative and other matters that affect the accounting profession. Working with state CPA societies and other professional organizations, the AICPA provides information to and educates federal, state and local policymakers regarding key issues
Published on March 29, 2013
State Regulatory and Legislative Affairs
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The AICPA State Regulation and Legislation Team advocates for the accounting profession at the state level by partnering with the state CPA societies. The team monitors trends on key state legislative and regulatory issues at the national level and serves as an information clearinghouse and resource provider, offering information related
Published on June 14, 2013