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| Spitzer
Budget Aims for Change, No Tax Increases |
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New
Local Taxpayer advocate James Spisak introduces
himself to the Society's Relations with the IRS
Committee at the IRS's annual Liason Meeting on
Jan. 17.
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By
Forrest Whitesides
ALBANY—On
the last day of January, Gov. Eliot Spitzer made public his
proposal for the 2007-2008 New York state budget, which totals
$120.6 billion all told. Key initiatives laid out in the proposal
include reforming the state's Medicaid program, expanding healthcare
coverage for uninsured children, increasing funding for New
York's public education programs, and property tax relief.
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| NYSSCPA
Committee, IRS Discuss E-filing and Collection Issues |
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Anthony Sarmiento, Associate Editor, The CPA Journal
NEW YORK—The
NYSSCPA’s Relations with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Committee met with IRS representatives during its annual Liaison
Meeting, held on Jan. 17 at the IRS’s offices at 290 Broadway
in Manhattan. The program, which was developed by Subcommittee Chair
Gerard I. Borod and Joseph Lewandoski, IRS Senior
Stakeholder Liaison (Senior Stakeholder Liaison Field, New York
Area), focused mainly on e-filing and collection issues. Continue...
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| DiNapoli
Elected State Comptroller |
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By
Allison Schiff
ALBANY—After
several weeks of contention between the New York State Legislature
and newly elected Governor Eliot Spitzer, Assemblyman Thomas DiNapoli,
D–Great Neck, was chosen as the new state comptroller in an
Assembly vote on Feb. 7.Continue...
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| AICPA
Committee Recommends Federal Mobility Provision |
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Ben Kaplan, NYSSCPA Policy Research Manager
The AICPA’s
Special Committee on Mobility recently issued a report recommending
a federally mandated mobility provision in order to facilitate CPAs
and CPA firms that practice across state lines. As it stands now,
CPAs practicing outside of the state in which they are licensed
must often first register or pay a fee, even if their business is
being conducted solely over the Internet.
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