Category Archives: Publications

Access to ARPL Advocacy Tools 

SHARE: The Alliance for Responsible Professional Licensing (ARPL), of which NASBA and the AICPA are founding members, is a coalition of national associations representing highly complex and technical professions and their state licensing boards. ARPL educates policymakers and the public on the importance of rigorous licensing for engineers, architects, landscape architects, surveyors and CPAs.  Last…

FAF Addresses Due-Process Compliance with FASB and GASB

SHARE: The Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) has granted stakeholders in the financial reporting community the opportunity to raise potential concerns about compliance with the due-process procedures of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB).   Through the FAF website, stakeholders can now flag for the FAF’s Oversight Committee alleged failures…

Ed Barnicott Remembered 

SHARE: NASBA is saddened to announce that retired VP of Strategic Planning and Program Management Edwin F. (Ed) Barnicott, Jr., of Nashville, TN, passed away on May 5, 2023, at the age of 74. During his tenure with NASBA, Barnicott also served as chief information technology officer for the Association.   For a span of 20…

Caldwell Selected as Vice Chair Nominee 

SHARE: On May 4, Maria E. Caldwell, CPA, of Miami, FL, was selected as the NASBA Nominating Committee’s candidate for vice chair, 2023-2024. Caldwell will stand for election at the October Annual Business Meeting on October 31, in New York, NY. If elected vice chair by the member State Boards of Accountancy, she will automatically…

2020 NASBA Annual Report

2021 NASBA Annual Report

2022 NASBA Annual Report

UAA Model Rules – April 2023

Full Issue: Winter 2023

Comments on UAA Model Rules Due April 17  

SHARE: State Boards of Accountancy and other interested parties are encouraged to submit comments by April 17, 2023, in response to proposed amendments to the Uniform Accountancy Act (UAA) Model Rules for the granting of credit requirement for sections passed on the Uniform CPA Examination. The revised exposure draft, which was approved for re-exposure by…