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Republican senators consider $30K SALT cap in Trump tax bill

June 11, 2025

Republican senators are considering placing a $30,000 cap on the state and local tax deduction as a compromise between current law and the more generous limit in the House's version of President Donald Trump's tax bill, a key GOP negotiator said.

  • advocacy - federal

53 CPA societies back AICPA in PTET SALT deduction effort

June 06, 2025

Eliminating the state and local tax deduction for service-based passthrough entities would “result in a tax increase for accountants throughout the country,” according to a letter addressed to leaders of the Senate Finance Committee by the AICPA and CPA societies from 53 states and jurisdictions.

  • advocacy - federal
  • federal tax

AICPA publishes additional resources in push to preserve PTET SALT deduction

June 04, 2025

A follow-up letter to congressional finance leaders last week and a new “Fact or Fiction” analysis underscore the AICPA’s opposition to several tax provisions in the House-approved budget bill, most notably the limitation of the passthrough entity tax/state and local tax (PTET SALT) deduction for specified service trades or businesses (SSTBs).

  • advocacy - federal

AICPA Continues Opposition to Proposed Limitations on PTET SALT Deductions, Provides Recommendations

May 30, 2025

Following its continued opposition to the severe limitations on the deductibility of state and local tax (SALT) for specified service trades or businesses (SSTBs) included in recent tax legislation passed by the House of Representatives, the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) sent a second letter to leadership of the Senate Finance and House Ways & Means Committees urging modifications to troubling tax proposals in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed by the House and being considered by the Senate.

  • state tax
  • advocacy - federal
  • federal tax

Is private equity’s pushback on the CPA credential a regulatory issue?

May 30, 2025

The decision to make non-audit CPAs stop using the credential may be less of a private equity strategy and more of a compliance response to regulatory structures.

  • practice management
  • advocacy - federal
  • pipeline

IRS hotline questions resolved faster in 2025; concern grows about agency’s future

May 28, 2025

A higher percentage of AICPA members got questions answered quickly by the IRS Practitioner Priority Service (PPS) line during the 2025 tax filing season, according to an annual survey, but they have concerns about the future of the IRS.

  • advocacy - federal
  • federal tax

House passes budget reconciliation bill with changes to tax provisions

May 22, 2025

The House of Representatives approved an amended version of the budget reconciliation bill Thursday morning, sending it to the Senate for consideration. The bill, H.R. 1, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed by a vote of 215 in favor, 214 opposed, with one member voting present.

  • advocacy - federal

AICPA: Contingent fee provision in tax bill would help unscrupulous tax preparers

May 21, 2025

The AICPA outlined its concerns to Congress about provisions in the tax bill that could hurt the accounting profession, including a section that allows long-debated contingent fees that it described as “an open invitation to unscrupulous tax preparers.”

  • advocacy - federal

AICPA protests tax deduction changes for accounting firms

May 19, 2025

The American Institute of CPAs is asking accountants to reach out to their congressional representatives and protest the proposed elimination of the ability of pass-through entities such as accounting firms to deduct state and local taxes.

  • advocacy - federal

AICPA and NASBA Approve Model Legislation for New CPA Licensure Path

May 13, 2025

The boards of directors of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) have approved expansion of accountancy’s model legislation to include an additional path to CPA licensure. The optional path maintains public protection while providing added flexibility and options for CPA candidates.

  • career resources
  • advocacy - state
  • advocacy - federal

With Florida’s CPA oversight bill stalled, what’s next?

May 13, 2025

Though Florida’s House of Representatives passed a bill that would eliminate licensing boards like the state’s Board of Accountancy, the state Senate has rejected the move for now.

  • advocacy - federal

AI regulation ban tucked into GOP tax bill

May 12, 2025

A powerful House committee has tucked language preventing states from regulating artificial intelligence into President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending bill, a move that would benefit many of the U.S.'s largest tech and AI companies.

  • advocacy - federal

Trump seeks tax hike on wealthy earning $2.5M or more

May 09, 2025

President Donald Trump is pushing lawmakers to increase tax rates on some of the wealthiest Americans as a way to offset other cuts in his signature economic package.

  • advocacy - federal
  • federal tax

AICPA makes recommendation for updated Form 8971 instructions

May 02, 2025

The AICPA on Thursday sent a letter to the IRS with recommendations to two areas of new instructions to Form 8971, Information Regarding Beneficiaries Acquiring Property From a Decedent. The AICPA understands that Treasury and the IRS are considering updating the form instructions for the final regulations.

  • advocacy - federal
  • federal tax

CT headed for second-largest surplus in state history

April 30, 2025

But it’s unclear whether officials will tap $2.3 billion windfall to mitigate cuts in federal aid.

  • advocacy - state
  • advocacy - federal

House finance budget bill nixes PCAOB, curbs CFPB funding

April 30, 2025

The House Financial Services Committee passed a budget bill Wednesday that eliminates the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and caps the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's budget at roughly $249 million, a drastic reduction from its recent budgets.

  • advocacy - federal

AICPA monitoring proposed changes to public company auditing oversight

April 29, 2025

AICPA leadership is monitoring a legislative proposal that would defund the PCAOB, saying in a statement Monday that it “is committed to supporting the drivers of audit quality.”

  • accounting and auditing
  • advocacy - federal

CT Businesses, Health Departments Report Severe Impact of Tariffs, Federal Cuts

April 29, 2025

The Trump administration’s tariffs have directly impacted several Connecticut businesses relying on motors, batteries, magnets, and rubber goods imported from China, according to data submitted through the state’s Federal Impact Reporting portal launched earlier this month.

  • advocacy - state
  • advocacy - federal

CT, 18 states sue Trump administration over K-12 DEI guidance and threats to funding

April 25, 2025

CT’s William Tong joined coalition of state AGs to challenge Education Department’s interpretation of civil rights laws.

  • advocacy - state
  • advocacy - federal

Tong Joins Lawsuit Against Trump Tariffs

April 23, 2025

Connecticut will join 11 other states in suing the Trump administration to halt what Attorney General William Tong called the president’s “lawless” tariff policies, Tong announced Wednesday afternoon.

  • advocacy - federal