Category Archives: Publications
Flexibility Aided NASBA’s Transition
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…
Deadlines and Requirements Changed
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…
ED/Legal Conferences Go Virtual
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)…
Board Approves Rules for Comment
SHARE: More pieces are falling into place for the CPA Evolution. On April 24 the NASBA Board of Directors passed the following motion: “The NASBA Board of Directors approves the draft UAA Model Rule Requirements on Education as presented today by UAA Committee Chair Coalter Baker (TX), to be exposed for public comment for a…
Response to AICPA “Maintaining the Relevance of the Uniform CPA Examination” 4/30/20
April 2020 – Full Issue
Response to PCAOB Concept Release on Quality Control Standards 3/11/20
Board of Accountancy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: December 14, 2020
The following summaries provide a range of state executive branch and board of accountancy approaches to the issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic. Issues are divided by subject matter, with multiple board responses detailed below, and relevant sources hyperlinked. Board availability/remote work Contingency planning: Some state boards’ staffs are working remotely. Example: Minnesota (partial remote…
Full Issue: March 2020
Regional Calls Held in February
SHARE: When NASBA’s Regional calls are convened, states learn how their neighbors are facing similar issues and where forces are pushing them in different directions. For example, while some groups are promoting laws that open licensing to individuals with criminal records, closer scrutiny is being urged by others. Richard Grueter (MA) pointed out, during the…