VSCPA Positions and Past Issues

2009

• 2009 Tax Amnesty Program guidelines: VSCPA letter to Virginia Department of Taxation
• Bill to repeal economics education and financial literacy requirement in middle and high schools; VSCPA letter to Sen. W. Roscoe Reynolds
• Bill to establish alternative financial reporting for OPEB: VSCPA issue summary; VSCPA letter to Del. Adam P. Ebbin
• Changes to 150-hour requirement: current status; VSCPA letter to Gov. Tim Kaine

2008

• Study on single-sales factor: bill passed by General Assembly; VSCPA letter to joint subcommittee
• Financial literacy graduation requirement: VSCPA comment letter to the Virginia Board of Education
• Washington, D.C., practice mobility status: VSCPA letter of encouragement
• Intangible holding company draft regulation: VSCPA Task Force letter to Virginia Tax Commissioner Janie E. Bowen
• Exposure draft, Proposed Content and Skill Specifications for the Uniform CPA Examination: VSCPA Task Force letter to AICPA Board of Examiners
• Changes in requirements to sit for CPA Exam: current status, VSCPA Executive Committee letter to Virginia Board of Accountancy
• Drafts of pass-through entity withholding tax forms: VSCPA Task Force letter to Virginia Tax Commissioner Janie E. Bowen
• Virginia Board of Accountancy to file regulatory package increasing licensing fees
• Tax patents:
  • VSCPA urges senators to co-sponsor tax patent legislation, VSCPA letter to Sens. Warner and Webb
  • VSCPA urges senators to co-sponsor tax patent legislation, VSCPA letter to Sens. Warner and Webb
  • VSCPA urges congressmen to stand strong against tax patents, VSCPA letter to Reps. Boucher and Goodlatte
• TAX's proposal on its regulatory process: current status; VSCPA Task Force comments
• California practice mobility legislation: current status; VSCPA letter of support
• HUD proposal on Independent Public Accountant Roster: current status; VSCPA comments to HUD; members urged to comment
• E-filing required for large tax return preparers: current status
• Virginia Supreme Court rules vehicle repair and labor tax unconstitutional
• 2008 filing season tax conformity legislation: current status
• Financial literacy graduation requirement bill: current status, VSCPA letter to Del. Lionel Spruill Sr.

2007

• "More likely than not" standard: VSCPA follow-up letter to Rep. Cantor (December 2007), VSCPA letter to Rep. Cantor (August 2007)
• Draft Form 990: VSCPA comment letter to the IRS
• Tax patents: House passes bill to prohibit tax strategy patents, Tax strategy patent amendment added to House legislation, Virginia Congressmen introduce tax patent legislation, AICPA urges Congress to restrict tax patents
• VSCPA statement on practice mobility
• VSCPA Endorses Walter A. Stosch, CPA, for Virginia 12th District Senate Seat
• UAA draft on practice mobility: VSCPA letter to NASBA
• Problems arise with federal excise tax refund and some long-distance customers, VSCPA reports
• Require financial literacy topics in Virginia public colleges and universities: current status
• 2007 filing season tax conformity legislation: current status
• VSCPA monitors, takes positions on Virginia General Assembly action

2006

• Tax patents: current status, VSCPA letter to AICPA and state societies, AICPA update
• Illinois, California requirements for out-of-state CPAs to file returns and/or practice in those states: current status
• Enterprise Zone Program permanent regulations: comment period open until October 7, 2006
• Private company financial reporting: VSCPA response to FASB and AICPA
• VSCPA Tax Appeals Task Force makes tax appeals recommendations to Virginia Department of Taxation; VSCPA letter to Virginia Tax Commissioner Janie E. Bowen
• Small business relief: current status, VSCPA letter to Rep. Eric Cantor
• Land conservation bill contains restrictive provisions: VSCPA letter to Gov. Tim Kaine
• Sharing taxpayer information: AICPA urges IRS to protect taxpayer information
• DHCD to issue revisions to "Enterprise Zone Grant Instruction Manual": current status
• California Board of Accountancy practice privilege requirements: current status, VSCPA letter to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Requiring personal finance course in Virginia high schools: current status, VSCPA letter to Virginia Board of Education
• 2006 filing season tax conformity legislation: current status, VSCPA letter to legislators

2005

• 2005 filing season tax conformity legislation: VSCPA letter to legislators, outcome
• Automatic paperless extensions: VSCPA letter to legislators, outcome
• Felony tax preparer legislation
• Financial literacy legislation: VSCPA letter to legislators, outcome
• VSCPA comments on National Association of State Boards of Accountancy exposure draft to make changes to the Uniform Accountancy Act related to peer review
• VSCPA opposes National Association of State Boards of Accountancy exposure draft revising the courses required for students to take prior to sitting for the CPA Exam proposal
• VSCPA Tax Appeals Task Force works to develop equitable tax appeals process

2004

• Emergency Board of Accountancy regulations signed by Gov. Warner; CPAs must take ethics course
• Legislation requires tax return e-filing requirement: VSCPA statement, VSCPA role in legislation, outcome
• 2004 filing season tax conformity legislation: issue alert and outcome
• Lawmakers introduce bill for pass-through entities' information returns to be filed with the Virginia Department of Taxation

2003

• Board of Accountancy firm ownership
• Master business license in Washington, D.C.

• Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 "cascade effect" and resources
• VSCPA Statement on Corporate Reform
• Virginia Department of Taxation (TAX) proposal for an Independent Hearing Officer in an Office of Tax Appeals: VSCPA statement, TAX proposal (.PDF)