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    Aug 23, 2022
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    The recovery from the 2008-09 financial crisis seems like a distant memory, at least when it comes to the IPO market, which is on track to experience its worst year in decades.  According to Dealogic, which tracks IPOs, traditional IPOs have raised only $5.1 billion so far this year. In a more typical year, traditional IPOs have raised around $33 billion by this point.

  • PCAOB Report: 'Unacceptably High' Deficiency Rates in Broker-Dealer Audits

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    Aug 22, 2022
    A report by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board found an “unacceptably high” audit/attestation engagement deficiency rate of 78 percent among firms that perform audits of broker-dealers in 2021, which was consistent with the 2020 rate, but there is some good news, too: The PCAOB identified deficiencies in quality control systems only in about half of the firms inspected, down from two thirds in 2020.

  • Regulatory Roundup August 16-22

    By:
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    Aug 22, 2022
    With so many regulators out here, it can be tough to keep track of all the decisions being made. This is the NYSSCPA's regular series that collects relevant regulatory announcements from the past week and puts them in one place to help you stay on top of the issues.

  • Congress Member Seeks Details of IRS Plans with Funding from Inflation Reduction Act

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  • Society Partners with AICPA, Persuading Members of NY Congressional Delegation to Sign Letter to IRS Over Backlog

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    Aug 18, 2022
    The NYSSCPA recently partnered with the AICPA to ensure that members of the New York congressional delegation understood the issues the IRS is having with its backlog. The NYSSCPA requested that congressional members sign on to a letter produced by Reps. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) urging the IRS to extend the suspension of automated collections, continue the pause on automated notices, and keep its surge teams in place until hiring challenges and processing backlogs are adequately addressed. Within the New York delegation, the letter was signed by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Reps. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) and Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.).

  • PCAOB’s Five-Year Strategic Plan Proposal Sets Out Four Goals

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    Aug 17, 2022
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  • Regulatory Roundup - August 9-15

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    Aug 16, 2022
    With so many regulators out here, it can be tough to keep track of all the decisions being made. This is the NYSSCPA's regular series that collects relevant regulatory announcements from the past week and puts them in one place to help you stay on top of the issues.

  • As Biden Signs Inflation Reduction Act, Analysts Weigh in on Corporate Tax Provisions

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    Aug 16, 2022
    Following the Senate’s passage of the landmark climate and tax bill, known as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, a week ago, the House of Representatives passed the legislation on Friday, and President Joe Biden is scheduled to sign it into law Tuesday. Analysts such as the Tax Foundation have now weighed in on the two main corporate tax provisions. One imposes a 15 percent minimum tax on corporate book income for corporations with profits over $1 billion, effective for tax years beginning after Dec. 31, 2022. The other creates a 1 percent excise tax on the value of stock repurchases during the taxable year, net of new issuances of stock, effective for repurchases after Dec. 31, 2022.

  • Five Chinese State-Owned Businesses Plan to Delist from U.S. Exchanges in Dispute over PCAOB Inspections

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    Aug 12, 2022
    Five of the largest state-owned businesses in China announced on Friday that they will delist from U.S. stock exchanges because they don’t want to comply with inspections of their audits by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). The companies are China Life Insurance Co., PetroChina Co., China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, Aluminum Corp. of China and Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co.
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