Professional Issues Update & Arizona Ethics - Prescott
1.0 Credits
Pricing Varies
Overview
Stay Informed. Stay Engaged.
Join us for the ASCPA’s annual Professional Issues Update —an in-person-only event where you’ll hear directly from ASCPA President & CEO Oliver Yandle and a guest co-presenter from ASCPA leadership, which may include an ASCPA Board member or a member of our advocacy team.
This year's update is paired with the live course, Arizona Accounting Ethics w/Emphasis on Tax Practice Issues, presented by Edward K. Zollars, CPA. You're welcome to attend the one-hour session on its own or make an afternoon of it by registering for both sessions and earning up to 5 CPE.
The one-hour Professional Issues Update session (free to members & nonmembers) will include:
• The ASCPA’s current advocacy work and policy priorities
• Updates from the Arizona State Board of Accountancy
• A look at the evolving landscape of the accounting profession
• Highlights from the ASCPA initiatives, including student engagement and workforce development
• A chance to ask questions and share your perspective in a lively, interactive format
Options:
• Update only 1:50 - 2:50 p.m. Free to attend, includes afternoon snack and beverages, earn one hour of free CPE.
• Half-day (Ethics + Professional Issues Update) 12:00 - 4:40 p.m. Includes both sessions, lunch, and additional fee for the Ethics course, earn up to 5 hours of CPE. Lunch to be served at 11:30 a.m. You must select the ethics option at checkout in order to register for the half-day.
Whether you’re joining for the insights, the Ethics credit, or both, this is a great opportunity to connect with your profession and your peers.
Highlights
Ethics Major Subjects
- Final Circular 230 rules for CPAs who prepare returns or provide tax opinions.
- State law governing the practice of accounting. - State Board of Accountancy rules.
- AICPA Code of Professional Conduct.
- AICPA Statements on Standards for Tax Services.
- Preparer penalties.
- Professional liability in tax practice.
- Current practice and ethics issues.
Prerequisites
None
Designed For
CPAs in public practice.
Objectives
Ethics Objectives:
- Apply state accountancy laws and regulations to a tax practice.
- Consider the implication of Circular 230 as it is referenced under Arizona state rules and its interaction with Arizona law, rules and the AICPA standards.
- Avoid unnecessary exposure to penalties and malpractice claims in your tax practice.
Notice
Registration cancellation fee applies on or after 05/01/2025. This fee only applies to the optional ethics course.
Friday, October 17
Optional Session
- Arizona Accounting Ethics w/Emphasis on Tax Practice Issues (Noon - 4:40 p.m.)
Planning to attend ethics along with Professional Issues Update? Add the event to your cart, then click to add the session at checkout.
Credits: 4 - Ethics (meets Arizona's R4-1-453(C)(4)
This session is available to registrants only.
- Member Price
- $186.00
- Non-Member Price
- $236.00
Session Pricing:
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Edward K. Zollars, CPA, Thomas, Zollars & Lynch, Ltd.
Edward K. Zollars, CPA, is in public practice in Phoenix, Arizona as a partner with the firm of Thomas, Zollars & Lynch, Ltd. He has been in practice for more than 35 years, specializing in tax issues for closely held businesses and individuals. Zollars has been professionally involved with both tax and technology issues, combining the two disciplines in producing the Current Federal Tax Development Update Podcast and website, dealing with current tax issues. He has been a member of AICPA Tax Division Committees focusing on tax and technology issues and was the Tax Section’s representative on three occasions to the AICPA’s Top Ten Technologies project. He is also a member of the Phoenix Tax Workshop’s Advisory Committee and currently serves on the Tax Legislation Liaison Committee for the Arizona Society of CPAs. Zollars was selected as a Life Member by the Arizona Society of CPAs in May, 2010. Along with writing, editing and presenting courses for Loscalzo Institute, Zollars has written articles published in Practical Tax Strategies and the Tax Adviser. He has been a frequent contributor to a number of professional tax discussion groups, and served as systems operator on the AICPA’s Accountants Forum in the mid-1990s. He has spoken regularly on tax and technology topics since 1996, speaking before conferences sponsored by the AICPA and a number of state societies of CPAs.
Oliver P. Yandle, Arizona Society of CPAs
Oliver Yandle, JD, CAE is the President & CEO of the ASCPA. Yandle previously served as Executive Director of the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA), the largest international organization providing support to people in the legal management profession. He has held CEO-level positions for a number of other professional service and trade associations. He is active in both the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) where he holds the Certified Association Executive designation, and the Association Forum of Chicagoland, where he served as Chair of the Board of Directors. He has been recognized by Crain’s Chicago Business as a member of the first class of Chicago’s Notable LGBTQ Executives. Yandle is a native of Louisiana and holds a BA in journalism from Loyola University of the South in New Orleans, and a JD from Washington College of Law at The American University in Washington, D.C.
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