Regulatory Alerts (All)
Treasury, IRS Relieves Regulatory Burden for Certain Tax-Exempt Organizations, Protects Personal Donor Information
AAFCPAs would like to make clients aware that the Treasury Department and IRS announced on July 16th, 2018 changes to donor disclosure requirements for certain tax-exempt organizations. This new revenue procedure does not affect the statutory reporting requirements that apply to tax-exempt groups organized under section 501(c)(3) or section 527, but it relieves other tax-exempt […]
Educational Podcast: 2018 Accounting Standards Update
Listen to Podcast Click here to listen to podcast or use the above media player. AAFCPAs Nonprofit Assurance Practice leader Matt Hutt, CPA, CGMA, Partner and Amanda Pelcher, CPA, provide attendees with specific implementation guidance for new major standards, including: The Nonprofit Financial Statement Framework, Revenue Recognition, and Lease Accounting. Matt and Amanda provide operational insights and best […]
OMB Clarifies Applicability Date for Micro-Purchase and Simplified Acquisition Thresholds Increase
The Uniform Guidance (UG) was issued in 2013 by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and effective on December 26, 2014 for all nonprofit entities. OMB granted a grace period of three full fiscal years for the implementation of the UG procurement standard. Nonprofit entities with a June 30th fiscal year end must […]
MTRS Issues Final GASB 68 Report, Providing Charter Schools with Their Portion of Pension Expense and Revenue
AAFCPAs would like to make Massachusetts Charter School clients aware that the Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement System (MTRS) has issued its GASB 68 “Schedule of Nonemployer Allocations and Schedule of Collective Pension Amounts” report for the year ended June 30, 2017. The Schedules are available here. >> AAFCPAs reminds clients, per Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) […]
FASB Issues Revenue and Expense Recognition Standard for Nonprofit Grants and Contributions
On June 21, 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2018-08, Not-for-Profit Entities (Topic 958): Clarifying the Scope and the Accounting Guidance for Contributions Received and Contribution Made intended to address the diversity in practice among not-for-profit organizations for grant and contribution accounting. ASU 2018-08 applies primarily to nonprofits, […]
South Dakota v. Wayfair, Supreme Court Rules States Can Require Online Sales Tax
AAFCPAs would like to make clients aware that the US Supreme Court on Thursday, June 21, 2018, in the case of “South Dakota v. Wayfair,” overturned its 1992 “Quill” decision, which had barred states from requiring internet and mail order vendors with no physical presence in a state from collecting sales tax on transactions involving […]
AAFCPAs Earns SOC for Cybersecurity Services Certificate
AAFCPAs’ Partners James Jumes, MBA, M.Ed. and Robin Kelley, CPA, CITP, CGMA, CSPM, CCSFP have earned the System and Organization Controls (SOC) for Cybersecurity Certificate issued by The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA). SOC for Cybersecurity is a new entity-wide cybersecurity audit that allows organizations to voluntarily report on their cybersecurity management programs […]
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rules Millionaire Tax Unconstitutional
AAFCPAs would like to make clients aware that a proposed ballot question seeking to impose a 4% surtax on Massachusetts individuals on the portion of taxable income exceeding $1 million has been ruled unconstitutional by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC). Individuals with income below this threshold were not to be affected. The proposed ballot […]
AAFCPAs Nonprofit Revenue Recognition Guidance Webinar Available OnDemand
AAFCPAs’ Matt Hutt, CPA, CGMA, Courtney McFarland, CPA, MSA and Emily Donnelly, CPA provide nonprofit finance executives with an understanding of how the new standards could impact revenue recognition and company policies, and what they should be doing now to prepare for adoption. This webinar was presented and recorded live, May 23rd, 2018 in AAFCPAs’ recording studio in […]