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Thomas Neill
| Apr 20, 2021
In February the AICPA Professional Ethics Executive Committee reproposed their March 2017 Interpretation, Responding to Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations, in a complementary effort with the Auditing Standards Board and their exposure draft titled Inquiries of the Predecessor Auditor Regarding Fraud and Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations (amendment of AU-C section 210). How will this affect you?
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WSCPA
| Mar 24, 2021
There are major gaps in college accounting education today, with fewer than half of all programs teaching emerging topics, such as IT governance and cybersecurity, according to a new report by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA).
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WSCPA
| Mar 19, 2021
Effective immediately, the WSCPA has made a change to our student membership types and eligibility. Learn more in this post.
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WSCPA
| Mar 19, 2021
The AICPA is asking Members of Congress to call on the IRS to immediately give tax payment and filing relief to all taxpayers. The WSCPA is asking you to join in this effort.
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WSCPA
| Mar 17, 2021
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Vinod Brahmapuram
| Mar 04, 2021
Cybersecurity professionals at the start of each year dust off their crystal ball and try to predict what the next 12 months may bring. As you might expect, 2020 was not a good year for predictions. Who knew a pandemic would sweep the planet and turn our lives upside down?
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WSCPA
| Mar 01, 2021
What does the new COVID-19 relief bill mean for you and your clients? How can you learn about everything included in this legislation? Here are a variety of resources and CPE programs to help you prepare to advise your clients and/or organizations.
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WSCPA
| Feb 24, 2021
The AICPA has called on the IRS to provide certainty around the 2021 filing season due dates, and to make any announcements sooner, rather than waiting until tax due dates are imminent.
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WSCPA
| Feb 23, 2021
The Board of Directors is pleased to announce the nominees for the Society's 2021-2022 Board of Directors. All nominees will be declared elected by the secretary at the annual meeting unless other nominations, supported by at least one percent of membership, are received by April 1, 2021.
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Jared Theis, CPA
| Feb 05, 2021
Reflections of 2020 and hopes for 2021 from Jared Theis, 2020-2021 WSCPA Board of Directors Chair
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Center for Workplace Mental Health
| Feb 05, 2021
Employers recognize their workforce as a highly valuable resource. Over the past few years, employers of all sizes and representing diverse industries began to focus on more effectively addressing workplace mental health. No longer was it an afterthought, but a business imperative.
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Mike Nelson
| Feb 04, 2021
2020 was certainly full of surprises and unprecedented challenges. The WSCPA advocacy team and our member volunteers, have been advocating for CPAs every week (not an exaggeration) during a year of unparalleled legislative and regulatory flux. Now that the legislative session is underway, here are our advocacy priorities for 2021.
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Evan Wells
| Feb 04, 2021
What would happen if you had all the time in the world to build a forecast for the next year? Enough time so that not a single thing is left out. Site traffic, conversion rates, hiring, inventory, and every item in between factored into an elaborate prediction model.
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Carl R. Mayes, Jr., CPA
| Feb 01, 2021
This year has been anything but conventional. As auditors prepare to audit clients who’ve found themselves financially affected by the pandemic, the AICPA has received many questions. To bring a little clarity in the time of COVID-19, here are answers to the most frequently asked questions.
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Private Companies Practice Section (PCPS)
| Feb 01, 2021
Show your staff that their efforts are appreciated and keep them motivated through busy season with these ideas that can be implemented in person or virtually! This month's PCPS tool starts you off with some ideas.
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Donald Altman, MA, LPC
| Feb 01, 2021
If you’re feeling like you don’t have the energy reserves, that you are on edge, upset, anxious, angry, sad, depressed, or feeling disengaged from work and others, you are not alone. These are normal reactions to feelings of overwork and uncertainty. What can you do to reverse this harmful trend, both personally and in your workplace? Fortunately, there are some proven ways to help you recover and recharge from stress.
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Julie Davis
| Feb 01, 2021
Etiquette is more than knowing which fork to use at a fancy dinner party. It’s a social convention that encompasses agreed upon rules and interactions between groups. Etiquette within your workplace is defined by the people who make up your culture. In a remote or distributed workforce (aka your team not working in the same physical space), arguably, the most important rules are around communication etiquette.
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Monette Anderson
| Jan 27, 2021
Now is the time of year we typically are recruiting volunteer scholarship reviewers, and based on application numbers to date, we’ll need those reviewers more than ever to ensure we are able to efficiently and equitably award half a million dollars this year to aid students on their journey to CPA.
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Mike Nelson
| Jan 25, 2021
The 2021 legislative session is off to a fast start. A number of important bills that could potentially affect the CPA profession, and your clients, have come up in just the first two weeks. The Democratic majority in the House of Representatives has published a list of four topics that bills will need to address in order for them to be considered in that chamber. The list includes racial equity, responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, economic recovery, and the global climate crisis. We have already seen a number of proposals from Governor Inslee and others that would address police reform, regressive taxation, and various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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WSCPA
| Jan 20, 2021
Businesses that file their state excise taxes annually are now required to file and pay electronically beginning with their 2020 return (due April 15, 2021).
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