February 15, 2005
The Monthly Newspaper of the NYSSCPA
Vol. 8, No.3

What's Inside

AICPA Issues Outsourcing Rules

SEC Accountant Lays Out Priorities for 2005

Society Debuts Online Social Security Primer

Questions for Paul Bijou, Deputy Director of Inspections

Looking for a Few Good Members

Society to Promote Work with Nonprofit Boards

Gov. Pataki Proposes $105.5 Billion State Budget

Accountancy Hearing Yields Broad Consensus on Reform

Accountancy Hearing Yields Broad Consensus on Reform

Sen. Kenneth LaValle (center) with Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky (right) of the Senate Higher Education Committee, during the committee’s Jan. 25 hearing on accountancy reform. With them is John D’Agati, the committee’s director.

By Jay Dismukes

ALBANY—The need to reform New York’s accounting statute took on increased urgency and unity last month during a state Senate hearing prompted by a Long Island school district audit Comptroller Alan Hevesi has called an “outstanding failure.”

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Accountancy Board Wants Peer Review Reports

By Simon Eskow

New York—The New York State Board for Public Accountancy is recommending that CPAs submit copies of peer review reports to the board. Continue...

Nonprofit Conference Paves Way

By Stephanie R. Myers and Jay Dismukes

Nonprofits with hollow codes of ethics and excessive compensation for their executives and board members could be asking for trouble, a prominent attorney who works closely with the sector said last month. Continue...

President's Commentary

By John J. Kearney

Last month, at a hearing to consider reforming New York’s accounting statute, Society representatives beseeched members of the state Senate to implement peer review as a mandatory requirement for firms performing attest and compilation services. During the hearing, they raised an interesting, albeit ironic, question for the lawmakers to contemplate. Continue...

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