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Category Archives: Publications
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…
President’s Memo: Challenges and Impact
SHARE: In last month’s President’s Memo, I briefly discussed the coronavirus outbreak in China and the potential impact it might have on NASBA. Now, just one month later, “potential” is no longer even remotely applicable and the virus, COVID-19, is significantly impacting most of what we do. NASBA Chair Laurie J. Tish and I have…
Update on CPA Evolution Initiative
SHARE: An in-depth staff report on the progress of the CPA Evolution Initiative was presented at the NASBA/AICPA leadership semi-annual Summit meeting in February. Meeting attendees spent three hours hearing outcomes from the Education and Examination Advisory Groups, as well as feedback received since October from more than 1,000 stakeholders, including State Board members and…
