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 Sarbanes-Oxley
Section 404 and Mandatory E-filing
In recent years, in-house corporate tax departments
have evolved from cost centers focused on efficiently complying
with the tax law, to profit centers focused on reducing
a company’s effective tax rate. On top of their normal
tax compliance and planning functions, corporate tax departments
have recently been confronted with a litany of new regulatory
requirements.
Both
of these issues force many tax departments to dramatically
change their processes. Full
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Asking Tough Questions About the 150-hour Requirement
The idea to require students to complete additional,
postgraduate education before becoming eligible to receive
a CPA license was first introduced by the AICPA in 1959.
In that year, the AICPA’s Special Coordinating Committee
to Study the Report of the AICPA Commission on Standards
of Education and Experience for CPAs recommended that postgraduate
study be adopted as a requirement for the CPA certificate.
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 2005
Max Block Award Winners Recognized
The
winners of the 2005 Max Block Distinguished Article Awards
were announced and presented at the NYSSCPA’s 109th
Annual Election Meeting and Dinner on May 18. The presentations
were made by NYSSCPA 2005/2006 President Stephen Langowski.
The award recognizes excellence in three categories that
reflect The CPA Journal’s mission. The winners
are as follows. Full
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