NCCPAP will be hosting its next session on June 12, 2023 at 10 AM ET. This session will start off with NCCPAP’s National President, Frank E. Sands, CPA who will give an update on various issues and topics affecting practitioners. Next, attendees will hear from NCCPAP’s IRS liaison and tax committee co-chair, Stephen F. Mankowski, CPA, CGMA, regarding specifics on the status of IRS Notices, Congressional legislation, and pending laws affecting attendees’ practices and clients, based on NCCPAP’s recent visits with various legislators in Washington, D.C. After that, guest speaker Melanie Lauridsen, Director of Tax Practice & Ethics at AICPA, will be speaking about the new Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Regulations that take effect on January 1, 2024, and how they will affect taxpayers.

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NCCPAP has released its monthly Tax Update. Highlighted topics of this month’s report include IRA/RMD Updates, Collection Notices, Dirty Dozen Tax Evasion Schemes, Tax Pro Account’s Interactive Experience, and more.

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NCCPAP has released its February 2023 Tax Update. Highlighted topics of this month’s report include the 2022 filing season at a glance, an update on ERC relative to third-party misconduct, delinquent tax debt affecting passports, and more.

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NCCPAP has released its January 2022 Tax Update. Highlighted topics of this month’s report include an update on the Inflation Reduction Act Report, the necessity for Electronic Deposits, EITC Awareness Day, and a new Director of the RPO.

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The most recent NCCPAP NOW webinar was held on January 30, 2022 at 10AM ET with over 100 people in attendance. This event, the first NCCPAP NOW of the year, included a variety of topics. This session covered the latest happenings in the profession, a tax update, and a featured presentation on Engagement Letters Designed to Protect You and Your Clients.

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NCCPAP will be hosting its next session on January 30, 2023 at 10 AM ET. This session, Engagement Letters Designed to Protect You and Your Clients, will include how to improve your practice and protect yourself by instituting a policy of sending engagement letters annually. The featured speaker will share details regarding each party’s responsibilities and what should be included in this type of letter.

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NCCPAP’s new President, Frank Sands, CPA, releases his first President’s Message, covering challenges that CPAs are facing and how they will affect the NCCPAP Members’ practices.

In the letter, Frank says, “The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the new Statements on Standards for Tax Services are just a couple of examples of challenges we face. The current hot topic in the accounting profession is Client Advisory Services (CAS). The talk is that this is new, but I am not so sure. It seems to be an expansion of a very old service called ‘write up’. This service was changed with the advent of Clarified Preparation, Compilation and Review Standards. Now we have Advisory Services which are a combination of helping clients with their bookkeeping and providing analytics and other professional advice. In addition, we need to add the new Written Information Security Plan (WISP) to this mix.”

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NCCPAP has released its September 2022 Tax Update. Highlighted topics of this month’s report include the Information Return Intake System (IRIS) portal and important updates regarding Transmitter Codes and access to the Filing Information Returns Electronically (FIRE) system.

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Congratulations to Stephen Mankowski, CPA, CGMA, NCCPAP’s Tax Co-Chair, for being recognized by Accounting Today in its popular annual industry publication: Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting—for the fourth time! Steve was selected by the publication for being “a crucial conduit between small tax and accounting practitioners and the federal government, bringing the concerns of the members of the National Conference of CPA Practitioners to the IRS and Congress, and bringing back important intelligence on tax laws, regulations and the legislative environment.”

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