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Ethics

  • Report: Accountants Must Actively Pursue Sustainability and Social Justice Goals

    By:
    S.J. Steinhardt
    |
    Jun 21, 2023

    Accountants must be at the forefront of achieving sustainability and social equity, a report from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) stated.

  • New Oversight Body Launched to Strengthen International Audit and Ethics Standards

    By:
    S.J. Steinhardt
    |
    Mar 28, 2023
    The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) and the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESA) have launched the International Foundation for Ethics and Audit (IFEA), a new oversight body to give the two boards independence from the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC).
  • Ethics Board to Revise Code in Wake of Reported Tax Avoidance Schemes

    By:
    S.J. Steinhardt
    |
    Feb 22, 2023
    Responding to revelations by the publication of such investigative journalism as the Pandora Papers and the Paradise Papers, which exposed widespread tax avoidance by multinational corporation—aided by accounting firms, law firms and banks the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) released a proposal for revising the International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants  to address tax planning and related services.
  • No Change to Ethics CPE in January 2020

    By:
    Ruth Singleton
    |
    Nov 4, 2019
    The changes to ethics continuing professional education (CPE) that the New York State Board for Public Accountancy approved of in October 2018 will not go into effect in January 2020. That’s because the New York State Board of Regents has not yet approved of regulations to implement these changes. Even if the Board of Regents were to approve of the regulations at its December meeting, there would not be enough time for CPE providers to prepare for the change.
  • Ethics CPE Regulatory Changes Set to Take Effect in 2020

    By:
    Ruth Singleton
    |
    Dec 14, 2018

    While acknowledging that the NYSSCPA is opposed to the changes, the New York State Board for Public Accountancy has approved regulatory language implementing new ethics continuing professional education (CPE) requirements. New York-licensed CPAs will be required to complete two credits of ethics CPE every year, rather than the current four credits every three years. In addition, two out of six credits every three years will have to include a New York state-approved ethics course, while the other four can be in a variety of ethics topics, including behavioral ethics. The changes will apply to registrations ending on or after Jan. 2, 2020, but because of a delay in new regulations going before the Board of Regents for approval, there is a possibility that the changes will go into effect later than that. 

  • Ethics CPE Regs Unchanged for 2018

    By:
    Ruth Singleton
    |
    Feb 21, 2018

    New York state’s ethics continuing professional education (CPE) requirement will remain unchanged for the 2018 year because the State Board for Public Accountancy did not submit for approval proposed rule changes to the Board of Regents in 2017.

  • State Education Department Proposes Changes to Annual Professional Ethics CPE Requirement

    By:
    Ruth Singleton
    |
    Aug 8, 2017
    Beginning in 2018, New York-licensed CPAs will be required to earn six CPE credits in ethics every three years, up from the current four-credit requirement, if the New York State Board of Regents approves the measure this fall.
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