September 2005
The Newspaper of the NYSSCPA
Vol. 8, No.16

What's Inside

School Audit Reference Manual Supplement To Come

Triggering the LIFO Recapture Tax

NY State Residents Eligible For Indiana Tax Amnesty Program

Succession Planning for Small CPA Firms

Outlook Positive for Construction Prospects

Eldercare Conference Exposes Financial Exploitation Concerns

360 Degrees of Financial Literacy

NAASA Membership Drive Generates Increased Numbers and Awareness

Dealing With Difficult Fee Issues

Conference Highlights State Tax Updates

Young CPA Conference

About the New FAE Officers

Society, State Agree on CBT

Preventing Elderly Exploitation

Elizabeth Loewy, of the Elder Abuse Unit of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, discussed financial exploitation of the elderly at the Eldercare Conference, held at the FAE Conference Center on Aug. 11.

By Simon Eskow

New YOrk—State officials and the New York State Society of CPAs have found common ground in continued efforts to rectify problems with the Computer Based Test (CBT), the exam required to earn CPA certification, which has drawn criticism from CPA groups around the country.

Officials gathered for a New York State Board for Public Accountancy’s Examination Committee meeting on Aug. 19 expressed reservations about the steeply rising cost of the examination, according to attendee Robert Kawa, who discussed the meeting in an update for the Society’s Higher Education Committee.

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Comptroller's Office Addresses School District Audits

By Suvro C. Banerjee-Lahiri, Quality Assurance Manager, Ethics

New York—State Assistant Comptroller Steven J. Hancox made it clear to members of the Society’s Public Schools Committee that audit reform and a closer scrutiny of the peer review process are in the spotlight. Continue...

Election for 2005 - 2006 Nominating Committee

By Raymond M. Nowicki, NYSSCPA Secretary

New York—For the second consecutive year, the NYSSCPA received enough petitions from members seeking to serve on the Nominating Committee that the Society must hold a membership election to determine which of the petitioners will serve on the 2005–2006 committee. Continue...

President's Commentary

If you haven’t read the New York State Society of CPAs’ proposed tax reform plan, this is the month to do so. Continue...

Chapter Newsletters

ADIRONDACK
Hit the Ground Running
BROOKLYN

Message From the President

Walk for the Cure to Take Place in October

BUFFALO
Message From the President
MANHATTAN/BRONX
Message From the President
MID-HUDSON
Message From the President
NASSAU

Message From the President

Nourishing the Soul

NORTHEAST

Message From the President

QUEENS
Message From the President
ROCHESTER
Rochester Welcomes Their New Officers to the Helm
ROCKLAND
Message From the President
STATEN ISLAND
Message From the President
SUFFOLK
Message From the President
SYRACUSE

Message From the President

UTICA
Message From the President
WESTCHESTER
Westchester Chapter Celebrates at Ridgeway Country Club

 


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