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NASBA Names 2018 Accounting Education Research Grant Recipients

SHARE: NASHVILLE, TENN., (August 6, 2018) – The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) is pleased to announce the recipients of its Accounting Education Research Grants for 2018. NASBA will award faculty and postdoctoral researchers grant funding totaling $25,000. This year’s Accounting Education Research Grant recipients include the team of Helen Choy, from…

NASBA Commends Federal Legislation Filed to Protect State Licensing Boards From Antitrust Damages

SHARE: NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 30, 2018 – Congressman Mike Conaway (R-Texas) has introduced the “Occupational Licensing Board Antitrust Damages Relief and Reform Act” (H.R. 6515). The purpose of this important legislation is to address the practical antitrust law implications for state professional and occupational licensing boards affected by the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in North…

NASBA/AICPA U.S. International Qualifications Appraisal Board (IQAB) Signs Mutual Recognition Agreement with CPA Australia

SHARE: The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)/American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) U.S. International Qualifications Appraisal Board (IQAB) have entered into a mutual recognition agreement (MRA) with CPA Australia. The MRA will provide an abbreviated qualification pathway for eligible accounting professionals in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand to practice in the partner…

Professional Accounting Organizations in UK and U.S. Sign Mutual Recognition Agreement

SHARE: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS), a professional body for accountants which is headquartered in the United Kingdom (UK), the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), the world’s largest member association representing the CPA profession, and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA), a forum for the 55 U.S. Boards of…

2018-19 Request for Vice Chair Recommendations

SHARE: For NASBA Members Only: Founded in 1908, NASBA serves as a forum for the nation’s 55 State Boards of Accountancy, which administer the Uniform CPA Examination, license more than 650,000 Certified Public Accountants and regulate the practice of public accountancy in the United States. NASBA’s Nominating Committee (Committee) is now seeking members interested in…

NASBA & AICPA Release Uniform Accountancy Act – Eighth Edition

SHARE: The AICPA/NASBA Uniform Accountancy Act (UAA) Committee announces the release of the Uniform Accountancy Act (UAA), Eighth Edition, January 2018. The latest edition of the Act includes several important updates, ensuring protection of the public interest and responding to the evolving changes in the practice of accountancy. Among the major changes to Section 6(d)…

The Release of the Uniform Accountancy Act (UAA), Eighth Edition

SHARE: The new edition of the Uniform Accountancy Act (UAA) contains important updates, designed both to ensure protection of the public interest and to respond to evolving changes in the practice of accountancy. The first of the major changes is the acknowledgement that CPAs who are at least 55 years of age may place their…

NASBA Presents Prestigious Awards to Three Leaders in Accounting

SHARE: NASHVILLE, TENN. (November 16, 2017) – E. Kent Smoll, CPA, Nicole Kasin and Thomas J. Sadler, CPA-Retired, were recently recognized for their leadership and efforts to advance the accounting profession by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA), during NASBA’s recent 110th Annual Meeting. Held in New York City, Oct. 29-Nov. 1,…

NASBA Announces 2017-2018 Board of Directors

SHARE: NASHVILLE, TENN. (November 22, 2017) – The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) is pleased to announce the members of its Board of Directors for 2017-2018. Members were installed during NASBA’s 110th Annual Meeting, held Oct. 29-Nov. 1, in New York, NY. Theodore W. Long, Jr., CPA, of Shaker Heights, OH, acceded…

NASBA Names 2017 Accounting Education Research Grant Recipients

SHARE: NASHVILLE, TENN., (JUNE 21, 2017) – The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) is pleased to announce the recipients of its Accounting Education Research Grants for 2017. Faculty and postdoctoral researchers will be awarded research grants totaling $25,000. This year’s Accounting Education Research Grant recipients include the team of Kimberly Swanson Church,…