THANK YOU members for getting your dues paid. If you haven't been able to pay your dues yet, please do so, because suspension notices go out mid-month. Click here to get this done: www.idcpa.org/my-iscpa/pay-dues

If you paid your dues early and earned the CPE bonus, watch your inbox! Registrations for this bonus series will be emailed to all ISCPA members who paid their dues by 2.14.20 this week. PLEASE remember, these self-study courses need to be finished by 11.31.20

The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) is currently seeking a new volunteer for Idaho. The mission of TAP is to listen to taxpayers, identify taxpayers’ issues, and make recommendations for improving IRS service and customer satisfaction. The TAP serves as an advisory body to the Secretary of the Treasury, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, the National Taxpayer Advocate, and IRS Division Commissioners to improve IRS service and customer satisfaction. Panel members serve a three-year appointment. Click here for more information!

The Idaho State Tax Commission appreciated ISCPA member responses to its customer service survey last fall. Here is a follow up questionnaire about communication with tax practitioners and other stakeholders. The agency wants to keep improving its communication with ISCPA members and their clients. Please take just a moment to let our friends at the Tax Commission know how they can make their messaging clearer and easier to understand. Thanks! Click here for the survey !

Lease accounting standard requires new auditor judgments Employers pressured to get more information from health insurers Tactics for minimizing burnout in the workplace Four Ways Small Business Technology Can Yield Profit... An Interview with Idaho State Tax Commission Chair Tom Harris How to Use Secure Score to Improve Office 365 Security IRS says - no need to report some transactions in video game currency Quiz: Auditor independence and FASB’s revenue recognition standard FASB to propose expedient for share-based payment accounting Depression and the CPA Webinar on the Joint Employer Final Rule Proposed CPA licensure model... If you haven't read this, you should! Want more news? Check www.idcpa.org/news

ISCPA's 2020 Member-Only Ethics Payment of your 2020 dues opens the opportunity for you to register for "Creating an Ethical Organizational Culture." Be sure to take advantage of this great member benefit - 2 complimentary ethics credits! Idaho General Ethics - this is what most ISPCA Members take. Idaho CPAs must report a minimum of 4 ethics credits every 2-year period. If you take ISCPA's member-only ethics 2 credit course every year, you are covered. Idaho State Specific Ethics - for those CPAs that become licensed in Idaho this year. REGISTER NOW Don't forget - complete this ethics webinar by 10.1.20 to be entered into the 2021 complimentary dues drawing - (the winner be announced in the Monday Takeaway!)

This is an extremely valuable member benefit - FULL of great tax information! Do you get ISCPA's Complimentary Weekly Federal Tax Podcast?  Update your communication preferences here to take advantage of this great benefit!  Scroll down to the COMMUNICATION OPTIONS section and sure Weekly Federal Tax Podcast is selected. Don't miss out.

Have you registered yet? Idaho Society of CPAs Professional Issues Updates June 2    Coeur d'Alene Best Western CDA June 3   Moscow Best Western University Inn June 4    Lewiston Red Lion June 9    Idaho Falls Hampton Inn June 10   Pocatello Fairfield Inn June 11   Twin Falls Hilton Garden Inn June 19   Boise Oxford Suites

The legislative process is well underway. The ISCPA Advocacy Page is a great place to start if you are interested in what's going on at the Capitol. You can find information and links to numerous services. The Idaho Society works very hard to advocate for you - our members - and the Idaho Taxpayers you represent. Check out our ISCPA Advocacy Page to read our letter of Support for HB 550 & 551. If you have an issue you'd like the Idaho Society to support, please email me and we will run it through our legislative team.

Don't Forget - Our 2020 Need to Know page on the idcpa.org website is real-time news and information you should keep up on, including ISCPA Member alerts, bulletins and updates.

If you have ANY ideas, thoughts, suggestions or even need review on a specific topic - REACH OUT! We work for you and always look forward to helping our members succeed. Laura Lantz, Executive Director Email me or call me at 208-344-6261

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