01.26.11

Arizona Accountancy Ethics With An Emphasis on Tax Practice (January 26, 2011)

Posted in Arizona at 6:32 am by Ed Zollars, CPA

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01.11.11

Arizona Accounting Ethics With Emphasis on Tax Practice Issues (January 11, 2011)

Posted in Arizona at 1:00 am by Ed Zollars, CPA

Some resources related to the Arizona Ethics presentation in Phoenix on January 11, 2011.

• AICPA New SSTS Standards – effective January 1, 2010
• SSTS Presentation Materials – from presentation to Phoenix Tax Workshop earlier in 2010
• Statements on Standards for Valuation Services – includes interpretation 1 dealing with tax matters
• Statements on Standards for Accounting & Review Services – AICPA page related to compilation & review standards
• AICPA Code of Conduct – current version of AICPA standards
• IRS Return Preparer Compliance and Enforcement Center – IRS issues for preparers
• Kaskey case - original decision and final decision on appeal
• Haddad Motor Group – CPA liability case
• Authoritative Support Presentation audio presentation and article from my podcast site that was posted in August 2008.

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01.10.11

Current Federal and Arizona Tax Developments (January 10, 2011)

Posted in Arizona at 1:00 am by Ed Zollars, CPA

Below are items discussed in the Current Federal Developments course given on January 10, 2011 in Tucson, Arizona:

• Revenue Procedure 2011-14 – Accounting Method Changes
• Findlaw Cases & Code – Links to Findlaw resources for US Code, Regulations & Court Cases.  Court pages contain option to sign up for email of new cases released each day.
• US Tax Court – Ruling posted Monday-Thursday at 1:30 pm Mountain time.
• IRS Rulings – “Drop” site for Revenue Rulings, Revenue Procedures, Notices and the like
• IRS Written Advice - Location for IRS postings on private letter rulings, technical advice memoranda, Chief Counsel Advice and similar “nonbinding” guidance that is issued by the IRS Chief Counsel’s office
• Recent Updates – New federal tax developments since the manual was printed
• Arizona Revised Statutes Title 42 – General Taxation Provisions of Arizona Law
• Arizona Revised Statutes Title 43 – Arizona Income Tax Provisions in Arizona Law
• Arizona Department of Revenue Rulings
• Arizona Department of Revenue Procedures
• Arizona Department of Revenue Decisions
• Arizona Board of Tax Appeals Opinions
• Arizona Tax Court Cases - Decisions of the Arizona Tax Court (a court in Maricopa County where tax cases for the state are heard)
• Arizona Court of Appeals Tax Cases – From Division One, where tax cases are heard
• Arizona Society of CPAs Blog – I post various tax update information on this blog.
• Federal Tax Update Podcast – ASCPA weekly update on federal tax developments, presented by E. Lynn Nichols, CPA and Edward K. Zollars, CPA
• Current Federal and Arizona Tax Developments – the corrected manual for the course

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08.06.10

Arizona Accounting Ethics With Emphasis on Tax Practice Issues – August 6, 2010

Posted in Arizona at 1:00 am by Ed Zollars, CPA

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11.03.09

Ethics Presentation (November 3, 2009)

Posted in Arizona at 12:00 pm by Ed Zollars, CPA

Some resources related to the Arizona Ethics course given on August 19, 2009 at the Doubletree in Phoenix for eCPAn:

• The IRS July 15, 2009 Tax Talk Today audio program that discussed the Office of Professional Responsibility is available (apparently available through December 31, 2009, does require setting up free account with TaxTalkToday.tv).
• AICPA Professional Ethics Exposure Drafts – Currently outstanding ethics exposure drafts.
• Authoritative Support Presentation audio presentation and article from my podcast site that was posted in August 2008.

The above are items will give you some additional information on items discussed in the course.

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