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PICPA committees and the Professional and Technical Standards team work hard to ensure regulatory bodies understand how their decisions affect the accounting profession. View recent comment letters below.
Pennsylvania Senate
- Letter to Senate Finance Committee RE: Support for Senate Bills 659 and 1051 – March 18, 2024
- Email to State House and Senate Leadership on PICPA's 2024 Tax Policies - Feb. 27, 2024
- Email to State Senate - Please Support Senate Bill 815 - Grantor Trust - Sept. 19, 2023
- Email to Senate Appropriations Committee Chairs - Optional Pass-Through Entity Tax Legislation and Map of States that Have Passed PTE Legislation - July 18, 2023
- Email to Senate Judiciary Committee - Please Support Senate Bill 815 Grantor Trust - June 21, 2023
- Email to Senate Finance Committee - Please Support Senate Bill 742 on Goodwill Exemption for the Bank and Trust Company Share Tax - June 6, 2023
- Email to Senate - State Taxability of Federal Student Loan Programs - Aug. 30, 2022
- Email to Senate Finance Committee - Please Support House Bill 2058, Printer No. 2365 - Local Tax Enabling Act - Feb. 7, 2022
Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Letter to House State Government Committee - Support RE: House Bill 1824, legislation amending the Solicitation of Funds for Charitable Purposes (SFCP) Act – March 4, 2024
- Email to State House and Senate Leadership on PICPA's 2024 Tax Policies - Feb. 27, 2024
- Email to House Majority Leader Rep. Matt Bradford and Full House - Please Support Senate Bill 815 - Grantor Trust - Dec. 6, 2023
- Email to House Judiciary Committee Chairs - Please Support Senate Bill 815 - Grantor Trust - Nov. 9, 2023
- Email to House Appropriations Committee Chairs - Optional Pass-Through Entity Tax Legislation and Map of States that Have Passed PTE legislation - July 18, 2023
- Email to House Finance Committee - House Bill 1462 and Combined Reporting - June 26, 2023
- Email to House - State Taxability of Federal Student Loan Programs - Aug. 30, 2022
- Email to House Finance Committee - Please Support House Bill 1709 and the Accompanying Amendment - June 6, 2022
- Email to the House - Please Support House Bill 1328, Printer’s No. 2641 - Feb. 3, 2022
Pennsylvania Independent Regulatory Review Commission
State Board of Accountancy
U.S. Senate
- Request to Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate Delegation RE: S. 1705 - Requesting Cosponsorship Support for STEM Legislation - Oct. 10, 2023
- PICPA Request to Pa. Senate Delegation to Cosponsor S. 2623 RE Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements - Aug. 25, 2023
- PICPA Request to Sen. Bob Casey: Please Sponsor the Simplify Automatic Filing Extensions (SAFE) Act Legislation - July 26, 2023
U.S. House of Representatives
- Request to Pennsylvania's U.S. Congressional Delegation RE: HR 3541– Requesting Cosponsorship Support for STEM Legislation - Oct. 10, 2023
- Request to Pa. Congressional Delegation to Cosponsor H.R. 4305 RE Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements - Aug. 25, 2023
U.S. Treasury Department
- AICPA & PICPA Comment Letter to the U.S. Department of Treasury on the push to implement FinCEN's BOI Requirements - April 3, 2024
AICPA
- PICPA Request to Sen. Bob Casey: Please Sponsor the Simplify Automatic Filing Extentions (SAFE) Act Legislation - July 26, 2023
- PICPA Comment Letter on AICPA Professional Ethics Executive Committee Exposure Document - New and Revised Interpretations Related to Fees - May 26, 2023
- PICPA Comment Letter to AICPA on SSTS Exposure Draft - Jan. 9, 2023
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
- File Reference No. 2023-ED500 - Proposed Accounting Standards Update, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40) - Oct. 30, 2023
- File Reference No. 2023-ED - Proposed Accounting Standards Update, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Purchased Financial Assets - Aug. 28, 2023
- File Reference No. 2023-ED200 – Proposed Accounting Standards Update, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other Crypto Assets (Subtopic 350-60): Accounting for and Disclosure of Crypto Assets - June 6, 2023
- File Reference No. 2023-ED100 - Proposed Accounting Standards Update, Income Taxes (Topics 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures - May 30, 2023
Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)
- Project No. 39 - Disclosure and Classification of Certain Capital Assets - Nov. 13, 2023
- Project No. 24-16g - Implementation Guidance Update-2023 - Jan. 10, 2023
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- Concerns Regarding K-2 and K-3 Reporting - Feb. 24, 2022
International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA)
International Standard on Sustainability Assurance Engagements (ISSA)
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)
- PICPA Comment Letter on PCAOB Rulemaking Docket Matter No. 051 - March 18, 2024
- PICPA Comment Letter on PCAOB Rulemaking Docket Matter No. 053 - Nov. 2, 2023
- PICPA Comment Letter on PCAOB Rulemaking Docket Matter No. 052 - Aug. 28, 2023
- PICPA Comment Letter on PCAOB Rulemaking Docket Matter No. 051 - Aug. 4, 2023
