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5 essential skills redefining finance in the digital age

January 06, 2025

Forward-thinking CFOs should focus on these essential skills to build a future-proof, high-performing finance team.

  • business and industry
  • career resources

CT’s 2025 legislative session begins this week. Here’s what to expect

January 06, 2025

On Wednesday, the Connecticut General Assembly will convene for its 2025 legislative session, which will run through June 4 at midnight.

  • advocacy - state

FASB Clarifies Interim Effective Date for New Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses Standard for Non-Calendar Year-End Entities

January 06, 2025

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) today published an Accounting Standards Update that clarifies for non-calendar year-end entities the interim effective date of Accounting Standards Update No. 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. Public business entities are required to adopt the guidance in Update 2024-03 in annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027.

  • accounting and auditing

Jay Civitollo, Christopher Nardone Elected to Partner at CohnReznick

January 06, 2025

Jay Civitollo and Christopher Nardone were both elected partner at CohnReznick LLP, effected February 1, 2025. Both Jay and Christopher work in the Assurance division.

  • member news

DOJ asks Supreme Court to block injunction on BOI reporting

January 03, 2025

The Justice Department (DOJ) filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court asking it to stay the district court injunction that is preventing the government from enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act and its requirements to report beneficial ownership information (BOI).

  • accounting and auditing
  • business and industry
  • practice management
  • advocacy - federal
  • boi

5 cybersecurity threats CFOs should look out for

January 02, 2025

Here are the most prominent and potentially damaging threats businesses face and how CFOs can prepare to mitigate them.

  • business and industry
  • technology and cybersecurity

Critics, backers of CT’s budget ‘guardrails’ want transparent debate

January 02, 2025

Reforms to the state’s savings program are expected in the new year.

  • advocacy - state

FASB Stakeholders Invited to Share Their Views on Future Agenda Priorities

January 02, 2025

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) today published an Invitation to Comment (ITC) that gives stakeholders the opportunity to provide feedback on its future standard-setting agenda. Stakeholders are asked to review and provide comment on the ITC by June 30, 2025.

  • accounting and auditing
  • advocacy - federal

Connecticut’s New Laws Taking Effect Jan. 1

January 01, 2025

More than a dozen new laws will take effect Jan. 1 in Connecticut, including changes to absentee ballots, mandatory paid sick leave, and expanded protections for home health care workers.

  • advocacy - state

Major Changes to Connecticut Paid Sick Leave Begin January 1, 2025

January 01, 2025

The new Connecticut Paid Sick Leave Act is shaking things up significantly. If you’re an employer in Connecticut, here’s what you need to know – including a few potential pitfalls to avoid.

  • business and industry
  • practice management
  • advocacy - state

Tax season 2025 preview

January 01, 2025

Address tax law changes and focus on practice management.

  • state tax
  • federal tax

BREAKING: Appeals court reinstates injunction that halts BOI enforcement

December 27, 2024

A federal appeals court on Thursday reinstated a nationwide injunction halting enforcement of beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements, reversing an order the same court issued earlier this week. In its latest order, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said it was reinstating a lower court's injunction "in order to preserve the constitutional status quo while the merits panel considers the parties' weighty substantive arguments," referring to the panel of judges who will decide the appeal.

Report: $9 Million In Flood Relief Helped 500-Plus Hartford Residents

December 24, 2024

More than 500 property owners, renters, and business owners have benefitted from the Hartford Flood Relief and Compensation Programs, but more money is needed, officials said this week.

  • advocacy - state
  • emergency assistance and practice continuation

Connecticut CPA Magazine Excerpt: Finance Transformation - Fostering greater efficiency, higher quality, and stronger controls

December 23, 2024

Finance transformation has taken accounting departments by storm in the past decade as more and more organizations are asked to do more with less – but it isn’t always easy to know where to start on the finance transformation journey. There are specific actions you can take to move forward in terms of people, process, and technology to create efficiencies, reduce cost, and improve employee morale all while maintaining proper controls.

  • business and industry
  • technology and cybersecurity

Final Version of New AICPA Peer Review Standards Update Now Available

December 23, 2024

The AICPA Peer Review Board voted in November to approve Peer Review Standards Update (PRSU) No. 2, which aligns peer review standards with new quality management standards that go into effect late next year. The update also clarifies and improves existing technical guidance.

  • accounting and auditing
  • practice management

Bond Commission Approves $400 Million In Borrowing

December 20, 2024

The State Bond Commission approved over $400 million in new state borrowing at its final meeting of the year Friday before saying goodbye to two of its members, who were attending their final meeting.

  • advocacy - state

Burnout: What athletes can teach companies about performance, sustainability

December 20, 2024

A wellbeing expert explains the lessons business leaders can learn from athletes and highlights the importance of open conversations around mental health.

  • business and industry
  • career resources
  • practice management

How CFOs can navigate DEI, its pullback and any legal repercussions in 2025

December 20, 2024

As companies pull back their DEI policies, thought leaders on all sides of the political and legal spectrum are advising CFOs to review their DEI policies for potential legal risks.

  • business and industry
  • diversity

2025 Advocacy Snapshot

December 18, 2024

With the start of the new year comes Connecticut’s General Assembly session. This year, CTCPA has a range of topics that we will be pushing, as well as some other initiatives we plan to be involved in. Here's a snapshot of some of our initiatives:

  • advocacy - state

BOI reporting deadline extension proposed in House draft budget bill

December 18, 2024

The Jan. 1, 2025, deadline for reporting companies to file beneficial ownership information (BOI) reports could be extended by one year, based on a draft continuing resolution proposed in the House of Representatives. The 1,500-page short-term funding bill, which would keep the government funded until March 14, 2025, could be voted on today by the House and shortly thereafter by the Senate.

  • accounting and auditing
  • advocacy - federal
  • boi