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August 12, 2024

FinCEN uses TV ad to tell businesses about BOI

The PSA uses a chat between friends in a coffee shop to educate small businesses about beneficial ownership information reporting, which 32.6 million businesses must file.

August 8, 2024

ERC disallowance letters go to 28K businesses, moratorium adjusted

The IRS moved the moratorium date forward into early 2024. Also, it announced sending disallowance letters to some businesses with invalid claims and plans for payments to others.

August 6, 2024

BOI requirements roll along despite concerns about too little outreach

FinCEN, which oversees beneficial ownership information reports, has received just 2.7 million of the 32.6 million reports that it expects. Through June, FinCEN said, it has reached more than 90,000 stakeholders.

July 29, 2024

Midsummer update: CPA licensure program continues to add students

Experience, Learn and Earn, a program designed to ease attainment of the final 30 hours of the education requirement for CPA licensure, has 94 summer-session students representing more than 50 employers. The deadline for the fall semester is Thursday.

July 2, 2024

Tax pros: IRS improving, but getting the right answer takes too long

A survey by the AICPA shows that almost two-thirds of tax professionals say it takes over 90 days to get a substantive response from the IRS to correspondence.

June 10, 2024

AICPA applauds the Private Company Council’s work with FASB

A comment letter related to a Financial Accounting Foundation review of the PCC’s effectiveness praises the impact the council makes for private company stakeholders.

May 24, 2024

AICPA makes recommendations to IRS on next Priority Guidance Plan

In addition to the guidance on the plan, the letter recommends that Treasury and the IRS continue pursuing tax simplification.

May 22, 2024

CEO Melancon, ‘passionate advocate’ for the profession, to retire

AICPA & CIMA leader’s tenure includes the creation of the CGMA designation and creation of the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants.

April 18, 2024

AICPA letter to FinCEN supports small registered investment advisers

Proposed regulations could challenge small RIAs in particular to maintain compliance, according to an AICPA comment letter. The letter recommends that FinCEN reconsider how it determines who must report.

April 8, 2024

AICPA: BOI ruling confuses businesses; enforcement should be delayed

In a letter to the Treasury secretary and the FinCEN director, the AICPA called for enforcement of beneficial ownership information reporting regulations to be suspended until after lawsuits are settled.

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