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 Finance Committee - Please Support HB 2058, Printer No. 2365 - Local Tax Enabling Act - Feb. 7, 2022
Email to full 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 full 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
Memo to Senate Finance Committee - Please Support House Bill 17 - Oct. 21, 2019

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 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 Full 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 HB 2408 - April 29, 2020
Letter to House Professional Licensure Committee - Please Consider House Bill 1566 - Dec. 18, 2019
Email to Full House - Please Support House Bill 706 - Amendment A00529 - April 15, 2019
Memo Email to House Finance - Please Support House Bill 706 - March 25, 2019

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 Department of State

PICPA Comments re: Reg 16A-60 Expungement - July 22, 2019

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
Requesting Support of Select Members of the Pa. House - Please Cosponsor Fiscal State of the Nation Resolution - Oct. 10, 2019

Internal Revenue Service

Concerns Regarding K-2 and K-3 Reporting - Feb. 24, 2022
Recommendations for 2019-2020 Guidance Priority List (Notice 2019-30) - June 7, 2019
Comments on Parking Expenses for Qualified Transportation Fringes under Section 274( a)(4) and Section 512 (a)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code - Feb. 22, 2019

Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)

Project No. 24-16f - Implementation Guidance Update-2021 - Feb. 12, 2021
Technical Bulletin 2020-a - June 23, 2020
Project No. 3-34 Communication Methods in General Purpose External Financial Reports - June 16, 2020
Subscription-Based Information Technology Arrangements – Project No. 38 and Public-Private and Public-Public Partnerships & Availability Payment Arrangements - Project No. 30-1 - Aug. 15, 2019
Omnibus 20XX - Project No. 37-1 and Internal Revenue Code Section 457 - Deferred Compensation Plans That Meet the Definition of a Pension Plan & Supersession of GASB Statement 32 - Project No. 3-33 - Aug. 15, 2019
Proposed Implementation Guide on Leases - Project 3-24 - April 29, 2019
Financial Reporting Model Improvements - Project 3-25 - Feb. 13, 2019
Recognition of Elements of Financial Statements - Project 3-20 - Feb. 13, 2019
Implementation Guidance Update - Project No. 24-16d - Jan. 30, 2019

AICPA Auditing Standards Board (ASB)

Auditing Standards Board Proposed Quality Management Standards - Aug. 26, 2021

Pennsylvania Institute Of Certified Public Accountants

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