AICPA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS for AICPA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS

Accounting ACC

Issues impacting the accounting and auditing profession; PCAOB matters, including disciplinary proceedings, legislation related to the Sarbanes Oxley Act and proposed amendments to Auditing Standards; Implementation of the Corporate Transparency Act; Digital assets attestation issues related to proof of reserves and specifically stablecoins legislation; Issues related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) accountability and attest; Single audit of nonfederal entities federal award money.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

General issues related to multiple areas of the tax law and code including: Legislative proposals on tax simplification, tax reform, and technical tax changes; One Big Beautiful Bill Act, P.L. 119-21; Individual, S corporation, partnership, trust and estate implementation and extension issues regarding the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, P.L.115-97, including SALT cap passthrough entity-level taxes; Virtual currency and digital assets reporting; Disaster relief, including the Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act, the Tax Fairness for Disaster Victims Act (H.R. 3975), Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act (H.R. 517 / S. 132), the Casualty Loss Deduction Restoration Act, the Federal Disaster Responsibility Act, and the Disaster Related Extension of Deadlines Act (H.R. 1491), and the Tax Relief for Victims of Crimes, Scams, and Disasters Act (H.R. 3469/S.1773); 529 plan expansion legislation, the Freedom to Invest in Tomorrows Workforce Act (H.R. 1151 / S. 756); IRS priority guidance plan; Tax administration issues, including IRS modernization, regulation of tax return preparers, Circular 230, credit and refund lookback period, mailbox rule for electronic submissions and payments, and the Electronic Filing and Payment Fairness Act (H.R. 1152), the Internal Revenue Service Math and Taxpayer Help Act (H.R. 998), the Taxpayer Assistance and Service (TAS) Act discussion draft, IRS strategic operating plan, contingency plan for possible government shutdown, extension simplification and the Simplify Automatic Filing Extensions (SAFE) Act (H.R. 990), filing flexibility, quarterly estimated payments, electronic payments and disbursements, collection due process hearing period; Trust and estate issues, including generation-skipping transfer taxes, basis reporting, Pease itemized deduction limitation impact on estates and trusts, income tax returns for estates and trusts, estate tax returns, and gift tax returns; Mobile workforce and state income tax simplification issues, including the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Tax Act (S. 1443); State remote sales tax issues; State income tax issues concerning P.L. 86-272, including the Interstate Commerce Simplification Act of 2025 (H.R. 427); Methods and periods issues, including section 174 research and experimentation expensing, and other expired and expiring provisions; Corporate taxation issues, including the corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT); Corporation taxation issues related to section 355, nonrecognition of gain or loss in corporate separations, incorporations, and reorganizations; Partnership taxation issues, basis-shifting transactions; Employee benefits tax issues, including implementation of SECURE 2.0, Federal income tax treatment of contributions and benefits, and paid benefits under state paid family and medical leave statute; Exempt organization issues, including foreign related filings; Guiding Principles of Good Tax Policy; International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (IESBA) rules on tax planning and related services; International tax issues, including transfer pricing, previously taxed earnings and profits, OECD Pillar One and Pillar Two issues, taxpayers abroad filing issues, and other expired and expiring provisions; Individual tax issues, including qualified business income section 199A, the Survivors Assistance for Fear-free and Easy Tax Filing Act of 2025 (SAFE Act) (S. 2129), and 2025 filing season issues; Accounting profession tax matters related to the 2025 budget reconciliation; Beneficial ownership information reporting issues.

Contacted: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Government Accountability Office (GAO); SENATE

Bills named: S. 1773 (119th), H.R. 3469 (119th), H.R. 1151 (119th), H.R. 3975 (119th), H.R. 1152 (119th), S. 756 (119th), H.R. 517 (119th), S. 132 (119th), H.R. 990 (119th), H.R. 427 (119th), S. 2129 (119th), H.R. 998 (119th), S. 1443 (119th), H.R. 1491 (119th)

Education EDU

Legislation adding accounting to STEM definition including H.R. 2911 the Accounting STEM Pursuit Act; Implementation of Sec. 81001. establishment of loan limits for graduate and professional students and parent borrowers in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, P.L. 119-21.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; White House Office; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2911 (119th)

Government Issues GOV

Federal government financial statements and the Fiscal State of the Nation.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Antitrust liability issues and occupational licensing reform.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES