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Category Archives: State Board Reports
Encouraging More Black CPAs
SHARE: Less than 1 percent of the CPAs in the United States are black — and that has not changed in 40 years, Shannon Nash, Chair of the National Society of Black CPAs (NSBCPA), pointed out to the NASBA Annual Meeting. “If we do not do something now, then when?” she asked. The new organization…
Chair’s Memo: Resilience and Collaboration
SHARE: When I think of 2020 and my year as chair of NASBA, two words come to mind – “Resilience” and “Collaboration”. Actually three words come to mind, but “Zoom” is part of 2020 that I would prefer to forget. Resilience because we prevailed. It is no coincidence that Resilience was the theme of our…
2020 Award Winners Honored
SHARE: “A hallmark of NASBA service is an openness to encourage members to speak their minds, and to explore all ideas respectfully as a group,” Dr. Raymond N. Johnson (OR) observed. “Engaging in those debates made the accounting profession better,” he said in accepting the 2020 NASBA Public Service Award. The award was presented in…
Bipartisan Support for Board Protection
SHARE: Though NASBA Past Chair K. Michael Conaway is ending his service as a U.S. Representative (R-TX), he is not leaving without introducing the Occupational Licensing Board Antitrust Damages Relief Act of 2020 (H.R.8680), cosponsored by Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and David Cicilline (D-RI) on October 23, 2020. A modified version of the Occupational Licensing Board…
Chair’s Memo: There Is Nothing Bad….
SHARE: With NASBA and the Boards of Accountancy, I look ahead to a year unlike any others. Although COVID-19 continues to impact our lives at every turn, we will continue to adapt to each new environment and be ready for a better tomorrow. The rapid changes we are all experiencing have affected our regulatory, as…
2019 Candidate Statistics Published
SHARE: Edit Post Add title2019 Candidate Statistics Published In 2019 there were 23,407 candidates who passed their final section of the four-section Uniform CPA Examination. NASBA’s Candidate Performance on the Uniform CPA Examination – 2019 Edition, is now available for sale and has been delivered to all State Boards of Accountancy. The 335-page study provides…
Architects Offer Remote Test
SHARE: NCARB (the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards) has announced they expect to begin offering the option to take the ARE (Architect Registration Examination) through on-line proctoring beginning on December 14, 2020. To accomplish this they are making changes to their examination’s navigation, timing and policies. These changes will apply to both the in-person…
Registry Summit: Make Webinars Fun
SHARE: Continuing professional education providers need to teach by “facilitating fun learning” experiences, Joe Urbanski, COO of Total Solutions Group, recommended during NASBA’s National Registry eSummit, held on September 22 via Zoom. Approximately 250 participants heard Mr. Urbanski observe: “Most training and lectures are not interesting…We have to do things differently.” The content can be…
PCAOB Agendas Questioned
SHARE: Is the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board studying the right issues? PCAOB Member J. Robert Brown, Jr., has challenged the Board’s updated research and standard-setting agendas that were released in September. While the PCAOB added auditor independence to their standard-setting agenda and an audit evidence project to their research agenda, they dropped going concern…