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FALL '96

NATIONAL ISSUES

Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards

Proposed SSARS "Assembly" Service on Hold

Fight Over Control of Financial Accounting Foundation

Auditing Standards Board Issues Proposed SAS on Responsibility to Detect Fraud

Statements on Quality Control Standards

New Pronouncements and Open Projects of Standards Setters

AICPA Accounting Standards Executive Committee (AcSEC)

Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)

Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB)

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board

Auditing Standards Board

AICPA Audit and Accounting Guides

AICPA Peer Review Board Issues Proposed Peer Review Standards

Single Audit Act Amendment of 1996

Governmental Audit Requirements Change-Circular A-133 Revised

OMB Revises Circular A-21 on Cost Principles For Educational Institutions

Pronouncements Having Current and Future Effective Dates

Exposure Drafts Outstanding

Tax Matters

Congressional Tax and Budget Agenda

IRS's "Financial Status Auditing"

Treasury and IRS Propose Entity Classification Revolution

Open LLC and LLP Tax Issues

Federal Administrative Matters

IRS Budget and Modernization

Privatization Experiment with IRS Collection Function

Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)

Ethics and Professional Regulation

American Express and the Regulation of CPAs

Florida Board of Accountancy v American Express Tax and Business Services

Florida Accountancy Board Appeals American Express Decision

Texas Board of Accountancy v American Express

American Express CPAs Investigated by Texas Board

Massachusetts Non-CPAs Can Call Themselves Accountants

Commissions and Contingent Fees

Mississippi Supreme Court Upholds Commissions Rule

California's Commissions Prohibition and Holding Out Statutes Upheld in U.S. Appeals Court

Louisiana's Commission Ban Upheld

New Jersey to Allow Commissions and Contingent Fees

Accreditation and Specialization

Proposal to Issue CPA License by AICPA

Joint NASBA and AICPA Committee on Structure and Regulation of the Profession

AICPA Task Force to Study Non-Audit Services

General Accounting Office Reviews Performance of the Profession

AICPA Adopts Ethics Interpretations and Rulings