Category Archives: State Board Reports

SHARE: While State Accountancy Boards may be focused on keeping their activities running smoothly despite COVID-19 limitations, others are looking at this as a time to promote their legislative agendas.  NASBA Director of Legislative and Governmental Affairs John Johnson warned NASBA’s Regional Directors on April 23 that the Heritage Foundation’s National Coronavirus Recovery Commission recommended…

SHARE: With the retirement of Professors Gert Karreman and Hans Verkruijsse, they have concluded their research on the accounting profession, which was aided by NASBA.  Their final report, entitled “A Conceptual Competency Framework for Accountants in Regulated Functions, for Accountants in Business and for Accounting Technicians” was released at the beginning of this year.  It…

SHARE: Metrics show that the Alliance for Responsible Professional Licensing (ARPL) is making a difference, reported Skip Braziel, AICPA Vice President of State Regulatory and Legislative Affairs, during a webinar for the State Board executive directors held on March 31. NASBA is a member of ARPL, along with eight other organizations that in total represent…

SHARE: The time is right to sign up for NASBA’s 2020-2021 committees.  All State Board members and NASBA associates are eligible to serve on NASBA’s committees.  Submissions are requested now  — even from those who are currently serving on NASBA committees.  All are required to submit a new form to indicate their interest in continuing…

SHARE: NASBA encourages the AICPA to continue to evolve the Uniform CPA Examination by introducing additional analysis and evaluation simulations across the sections, but is also concerned about de-emphasis of business law topics on the Examination, as stated in its April 30, 2020 response to the AICPA Board of Examiners’ “Maintaining the Relevance of the…

SHARE: A project to better evaluate NASBA’s execution of its Strategic Plan was endorsed by the NASBA Board at their meeting on April 24.  Beginning in January, the internal management team had identified 235 activities that align to the 13 areas described in NASBA’s 2018-2023 Strategic Plan.   NASBA Chief Sourcing & Strategy Officer Cheryl Farrar…

SHARE: W. Michael Fritz, CPA (OH) was selected on May 1 as the Nominating Committee’s candidate for NASBA Vice Chair 2020-2021, to stand for election at the October Annual Business Meeting.  If elected Vice Chair by the member State Boards of Accountancy, Mr. Fritz will automatically accede to NASBA Chair 2021-2022. Currently serving as NASBA…

SHARE: Preparation for offering more flexibility in employee scheduling actually enabled NASBA to more easily transition to all working home because of COVID-19, NASBA President and Chief Executive Officer Ken Bishop reported to the NASBA Board on April 24.  The competition for talent in Nashville had led NASBA’s human resources department to recommend offering more…

SHARE: Extraordinary times have called for extraordinary measures:  As CPA testing centers were closed down, Prometric was cancelling scheduled appointments and was allowing candidates to reschedule at their convenience.  NASBA recommended to all Boards of Accountancy that all candidates who have Notices to Schedule (NTS) expiring April 1 through June 30, 2020 be given an…

SHARE: As a result of attendance and travel restrictions, the 2020 Executive Director and Society CEO Conference and the Legal Counsel Conference became NASBA’s first virtual conferences.  Attendance numbers for both conferences neared those of the same conferences’ previous years’ attendance, with approximately 197 individuals listening in as Executive Directors Committee Chair Grace Berger (MT)…