April 15, 2005
The Newspaper of the NYSSCPA
Vol. 8, No.7

What's Inside

Returning Client Records

Extra, Extra

The AICPA's Top Technologies for 2005

Audit Fees Steadily Increase

Bill Proposal Revisits Nonprofits

Society Recognizes Members of the Media for Important Editorial Contributions

More Tax Professionals Can Now Use IRS E-Services

Society Briefs Press on Social Security

Society Briefs Press on Social Security

Laurence Keiser (left) and David A. Lifson chat with reporters following their presentation on Social Security. The Society plans two more presentations later in the spring.

By Simon Eskow

New York —Recent debate over the future of Social Security has largely focused on President George W. Bush’s plan to create private accounts.

But, in a presentation to financial journalists, members of the New York State Society of CPAs have set out to shift focus away from the emotions Bush’s plan has stirred on either side of the issue to a more fundamental understanding of the program and alternative solutions to its problems.

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Spitzer Proposes Accounting Legislation

By Jay Dismukes

NEW YORK—In what is one of the latest public-official responses to the financial scandals at major corporations and, more recently, in several Long Island school districts, the New York State Attorney General’s Office last month proposed legislation to reform the accounting profession.Continue...

Albany Drops Plan Affecting CPAs

By Simon Eskow

New York—The New York State legislature has dropped a measure from Gov. George Pataki’s proposed 2005–2006 budget that would have made tax compliance a precondition for licensure. Continue...

President's Commentary

By John J. Kearney

For those of you who have just concluded another grueling tax season, let me be the first to say that I hope you are enjoying the fruits of your labor on a deserted beach somewhere. Continue...

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