Comment Letters
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
- 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
- Email to Senate - Please Support House Bill 766, Printer's No. 1283 - April 21, 2021
- Email to Senate Finance Committee - Please Support House Bill 2497 - Oct. 5, 2020
- Coalition letter to Senate - Please Support COVID-19 Legal Safe Harbor - Sept. 15, 2020
- Email to Senate Finance Committee - Please Support House Bills 2408, Printer's No. 3676 - May 11, 2020
- Email to Senate Finance Committee - Please Support House Bill 1796 - April 6, 2020
Pennsylvania Governor
- Letter to Gov. Tom Wolf - Local Tax Implications from Telework - Nov. 18, 2020
- Email to Gov. Tom Wolf - State Taxation of Paycheck Protection Program Funds - April 22, 2020
- Email to Gov. Tom Wolf - PICPA Membership as a Resource - March 30, 2020
- Email to Gov. Tom Wolf - State‐level 2019 Tax Filing and Payment Extension - March 19, 2020
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- 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
- PICPA Comments on Draft Entity Level Tax Proposal - May 27, 2021
- Email to the House - Please Support HB 766 - Pa. Corporate Tax Return Due Date - April 6, 2021
- Email to the House - Please Support HB 325 - Advisory Opinions from Licensing Boards - March 22, 2021
- Email to House Finance Committee - Please Support PPP Loan Forgiveness House Bill 385 - Feb. 3, 2021
- Coalition Letter to House - Please Support COVID-19 Legal Safe Harbor - Sept. 15, 2020
- Email to House Finance Committee - Please Support House Bill 2288 - CPA Law Amendments - June 3, 2020
- Email to House Finance Committee - Please Support House Bill 2497 - May 18, 2020
- Email to House Leadership - Please Support Amendment A05336 to House Bill 2408 - April 29, 2020
Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
- PICPA Comment Letter to DOR on Proposed Broker Registration Guidelines - Jan. 10, 2022
- PICPA Comment Letter to DOR on Proposed Market-Based Sourcing Regulations - Nov. 30, 2020
- PICPA Comment Letter to DOR on Repeal of Statement of Policy 61 PA Code Section 9.11 - Sept. 30, 2020
- PICPA Comment Letter to DOR on Draft PIT Bulletins 2020-02 and 2020-03 - Aug. 7, 2020
- PICPA Comment Letter to DOR on Business/Nonbusiness Income Regulation - Feb. 24, 2020
- PICPA Comments to DOR on Proposed Insurance Premiums Tax Bulletin - Jan. 15, 2020
Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development
- DCED Letter to PICPA on Local Tax Implications of Telework During COVID - Nov. 23, 2020
- Local Earned Income Tax Issues Letter - May 28, 2020
Pennsylvania Department of Treasury
- Funding State Treasury Board of Finance and Revenue - March 12, 2020
Pennsylvania Independent Regulatory Review Commission
U.S. Senate
- Request to Pa. Congressional Delegation to Support IRS Estimated Tax Payments Deadline Extension - March 24, 2021
- Request to Pa. Congressional Delegation to Extend Tax Deadline - March 8, 2021
- Coalition Letter to U.S. Senate Leadership - PPP & Tax Deductibility - Dec. 3, 2020
- Coalition Letter to U.S. Senate Leadership - PPP Loan Forgiveness - Dec. 3, 2020
- Coalition Letter to U.S. Senate - PPP Funding & Forgiveness - Sept. 30, 2020
- PICPA Urges Relief for 501(c) Organizations Amidst COVID-19 Crisis - March 24, 2020
- Letter Urging Support for Fiscal State of the Nation Resolution - U.S. Sen. Casey - March 4, 2020
- Letter Urging Support for Fiscal State of the Nation Resolution - U.S. Sen. Toomey - March 4, 2020
U.S. House of Representatives
- Request to Pa. Congressional Delegation to Support IRS Estimated Tax Payments Deadline Extension - March 24, 2021
- Request to U.S. House of Representatives to Extend Tax Deadline - March 12, 2021
- Request to Pa. Congressional Delegation to Extend Tax Deadline - March 8, 2021
- Coalition Letter to U.S. House Leadership - PPP Loan Forgiveness - Dec. 3, 2020
- Coalition Letter to U.S. House Leadership - PPP & Tax Deductibility - Dec. 3, 2020
- Rep. Dan Meuser's Letter to Rep. Nancy Pelosi - PPP Deductibility - Dec. 1, 2020
- Requesting Support of Pa. Congressional Delegation - SBA PPP Loan Forgiveness for Loans under $150,000 - Sept. 18, 2020
- Email to U.S. Rep. Meuser - Request Release of Key PPP Guidance - May 4, 2020
- PICPA Supports AICPA Initiative on Payroll Processing - March 22, 2020
Internal Revenue Service
- Concerns Regarding K-2 and K-3 Reporting - Feb. 24, 2022
Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)
- Project No. 24-16g - Implementation Guidance Update-2023 - Jan. 10, 2023
- Project No. 24-16f - Implementation Guidance Update-2021 - Feb. 12, 2021
AICPA
- PICPA Comment Letter to AICPA on SSTS Exposure Draft - Jan. 9, 2023
- Auditing Standards Board Proposed Quality Management Standards - Aug. 26, 2021
