June 1, 2005
The Newspaper of the NYSSCPA
Vol. 8, No.10

What's Inside

Pro-Creditor Bankruptcy Act Proves Onerous for Many

Estate Tax Repeal Passes in House

Anti-Fraud Conference

Toward Reasonable Assurance

Secure Payment Service from U.S. Treasury Can Help Clients Avoid Penalties

Conference Promises to Capture Committee Spirit

Society Members Light Up Technical Hotline This Tax Season

Society Presents Financial Journalism Awards

War Story: Bookkeeper Defalcation

Disciplinary Matters

Turning Gray into Gold

Free Disaster Preparedness Guide for Consumers

Conference Sets a Bold Tone for School District Auditing

Conference Sets a Bold Tone for School District Auditing

New York State Assistant Comptroller Steven J. Hancox discusses the internal controls breakdown that helped foster the Roslyn School District financial scandal. The state regulator urged public school auditors to take a more inquisitive approach to their audits.

By Jay Dismukes

ALBANY—Regulators, CPAs and school officials came together last month during a first-of-a-kind conference designed to impart best practices and ideas—from a proposed five-point plan on internal controls to increased skepticism by outside auditors—that could help prevent the types of financial scandals that have occurred in the Long Island school system.

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Questions About CBT Linger

By Simon Eskow

New York—The State Education Department is standing by its policy of reporting pass/fail results to candidates taking the computer-based Uniform CPA Examination. Continue...

Accountancy Bill Gets a Read

New York—The latest New York state effort to update and reform accountancy regulation took a first step toward passage in the first half of May. Continue...

National Asian American Society of Accountants Is Established

By Reynaldo Padilla and Jenny Wei

On June 8 the National Asian American Society of Accountants, Inc. (NAASA), will formally launch in a gathering of accountants and accounting students. The event will take place from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Café 22, located on the 22nd floor of the Ernst & Young building at 5 Times Square. Continue...

Chapter Newsletters

BROOKLYN

Message From the President

NASSAU
Message From the President
QUEENS
Message From the President
ROCHESTER
Rochester Hosts World of Accounting Field Trip
ROCKLAND
Message From the President

 


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