Regulatory Alerts (All)
Social Security Benefits to Increase by 1.6% in 2020
AAFCPAs Wealth Management would like to make clients aware that the Social Security Administration announced today that Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for nearly 69 million Americans will increase 1.6 percent in 2020. Cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) have averaged 1.4 percent in the past decade. The 1.6 percent adjustment will begin in January […]
IRS Automatically Waives Estimated Tax Penalty for Eligible 2018 Tax Filers
AAFCPAs would like to make clients aware that the IRS is automatically waiving the estimated tax penalty for eligible taxpayers who already filed their 2018 federal income tax returns but did not claim the waiver. Again, this is an automatic waiver, so there is no need to contact the IRS to apply for or request […]
2019 UFR Update: AAFCPAs Outlines Significant Changes
The Operational Services Division (OSD) of the Executive Office for Administration and Finance just released its FY 2019 UFR Audit and Preparation Manual, FY 2019 UFR Auditor’s Compliance Supplement, and FY 2019 Excel UFR Templates. The FY 2019 Manual is effective July 1, 2018 for the UFRs to be filed for FY 2019. Visit Mass.gov […]
FASB Delays Effective Dates for Four Major Accounting Standards
AAFCPAs is excited to inform you that the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) voted to extend the effective dates of four key accounting standards at their latest July 17, 2019 meeting. The proposed delay to the effective dates for certain companies affects accounting for leases, credit losses, hedging, and long-duration insurance contracts. This is FASB’s […]
Bill to Retroactively Repeal Nonprofit Transportation Fringe Benefit Tax Passed by House Ways and Means Committee
On Thursday, June 20, 2019, the House Ways and Means Committee passed H.R. 3300, officially called the “Economic Mobility Act of 2019” (the “Bill”). The Bill, among other things, repeals the unrelated business income tax (UBIT) on nonprofits providing employees with qualified transportation fringe benefits. AAFCPAs is also pleased to report that the Bill states […]
Update Debt Disclosures in Compliance with GASB-88
AAFCPAs would like to remind clients and friends that, in April 2018 the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) issued Statement No. 88, Certain Disclosures Related to Debt, including Direct Borrowings and Direct Placements. This standard is applicable for entities following governmental accounting standards, including AAFCPAs’ Charter School clients in Massachusetts and New Jersey, as well […]
Regulatory Update: Accounting Standards 2019
AAFCPAs’ Nonprofit Audit Leaders Matt Hutt, Katie Belanger, and Olga Yasinnik provide key considerations and best practice recommendations related to the implementation of new accounting standards, including: Presentation of Financial Statements of Not-for-Profit Entities (ASU 2016-14, Topic 958): Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASU 2014-09, Topic 606), and Clarifying the Scope and the Accounting […]
How the Wayfair Decision Impacts Nonprofits
On June 21, 2018, in a 5 to 4 vote, the United States Supreme Court, in South Dakota v. Wayfair, ruled that states were no longer bound by the physical presence test and could require out of state sellers to collect and remit sales tax based on economic nexus as long as certain criteria were met. AAFCPAs would […]
AICPA Issues SAS No. 134 to Enhance Communicative Value of Auditors’ Reports
AAFCPAs would like to make our privately-held commercial clients and nonprofits aware that on May 08, the AICPA Auditing Standards Board (ASB) issued Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 134, designed to enhance the communicative value of the auditor’s report and align generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS) with the standards issued by the International Auditing […]