NYSSCPA News

Society CPA members should be on the lookout for a Sept. 1 special issue of The Trusted Professional. It will come in a cellophane wrapper with balloting materials for a membership vote on proposed revisions to the NYSSCPA Code of Professional Conduct and a proposed bylaws change that would create a new associate category of Society membership.

The set of proposed amendments to the Code of Professional Conduct are intended to bring the code in line with the New York State Accountancy Reform Law of 2009. The other proposed change to the bylaws would add a new category of associate membership for non-CPAs working under the supervision of a CPA in industry, government or academia. These changes were unanimously approved by the NYSSCPA Board of Directors on July 13, after receiving approval from the Executive Committee.

Four NYSSCPA members were recently interviewed for articles published online and in print:

Dear NYSSCPA Members,

As you may be aware, we have had a recent resignation from the Board of Directors. Under our Bylaws, the resignation must be tendered to the Board. The Board is now bound by Article VI, paragraph 3 of our bylaws to designate a member to serve in the vacant position.

Some members of the future of accounting just graduated high school or are working toward their degree in a college classroom, and the NYSSCPA is making sure --  through the Career Opportunities in the Accounting Profession (COAP) program and scholarships -- that  deserving students get help along their educational path.

Welcome to CPA.Blog's newest feature, "Members in the News," a regular post that will provide links and downloadable clips of NYSSCPA members' interviews and contributions to articles in newspapers and magazines, as well as television news segments.

In this, our inaugural post, we have two members highlighted in various media.

This morning, representatives from each of the NYSSCPA’s Tax Division committees came together via a conference call to organize a new “rapid response” subcommittee that will respond to urgent taxation-related legislative and regulatory matters.

The New York State Education Department has issued the proposed regulations that, if approved, will implement the quality review provisions of the accounting reform law, and would go into effect Jan. 1, 2012. These regulations are now open to public comment. The public has until Sept. 11, 2010 to respond to these proposed regulations.

The NYSSCPA website is back online after its servers were downed by a daylong network outage. Tecommunications company Verizon told the Wall Street Journal that the outage was a result of equipment failure caused by recent storms. AT&T service in a limited area in east midtown was also affected.

As of approximately 4:30 p.m., the issue appears to have been resolved.

NYSSCPA leaders and members who attended the three-day annual Leadership Conference in Verona, N.Y., came together to discuss ways to improve the NYSSCPA’s service to different segments of its membership and advocate for the important issues facing the profession.

A number of new task forces were introduced by NYSSCPA President Margaret A. Wood and approved by the NYSSCPA’s Board of Directors at its meeting July 13, and the leadership discussed a number of new initiatives focused on increasing membership and member participation.

The NYSSCPA has launched its very own YouTube channel featuring videos and interviews on interesting topics for CPAs in New York and nationwide.