August 15, 2006
The Newspaper of the NYSSCPA
Vol. 9, No.15

What's Inside

IRS to Privatize Debt Collection

COAP Program Expands Statewide

Society Holds 2006 CPA, Business and Technology Show and Conference

Society Issues Comments on Federal Estate Planning Legislation

2006 CPA, Business and Technology Show

Attendees at the NYSSCPA’s 2006 New York CPA, Business and Technology Show and Conference had the opportunity to meet with dozens of vendors offering a dizzying array of services ranging from payroll processing to online tax workflow solutions.

By Allison Schiff

NEW YORK—In reaction to serious concerns from the estate planning community regarding, in part, the impending termination of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act of 2001 (EGTRA), slated to sunset in 2010, the NYSSCPA’s Tax Division Oversight Committee created a Tax Policy Subcommittee to work in cooperation with the Estate Planning Committee, to address concerns in the area to the U.S. senators from New York.

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SEC Asks PCAOB to Delay Auditor Alert

By Stephanie R. Myers

NEW YORK—Accounting firms will receive a delayed alert on backdating stock options under advisement of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Continue...

FASB to Rewrite Lease Accounting Rules

By Stephanie R. Myers

NEW YORK—The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has formally taken a step toward requiring that companies recognize leases on corporate balance sheets instead of in financial statement footnotes. Continue...

Meet the 2006 - 2007 FAE Trustees

As president of the Foundation for Accounting Education, I have the distinct pleasure to introduce to you the FAE leadership group for 2006–2007. Continue...

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Message from the President
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UPFRONT ARTICLE
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