Deadline is Friday- Don't miss your SWEET reward! Pay your dues by Valentine's - February 14, 2020 and you’ll get access to a five-part series and earn up to 3 CPE credits as our thank you for your continued support . All ISCPA members who qualify for this special offer will receive an email with access instructions in March. The self-study series will be available for viewing March 17 through November 30, 2020. - MEMBERSHIP has BENEFITS -

Legislative Update - We held off our newsletter to include this new update! H0380 - Idaho's conformity bill passed the Senate Local Government & Taxation Committee last Thursday with a do pass recommendation and passed the Senate this afternoon with a 33-2 vote. Here are the specifics it covers: Medical expense threshold reduced back to 7.5% of AGI on Schedule A Mortgage insurance deduction Mortgage debt relief excluded from income Tuition expense deduction Energy efficient commercial building Support contractors for armed forces Investment Tax Credit for energy property Foreign subsidiary expense deductions 5-year cost recovery for energy property Increase age of mandatory distributions 70.5 to 72 years Payment of student loans are now a qualified 529 withdrawal   This bill updates Idaho Code section 63-3004 , to January 1, 2020. It is on its way to the Governor's desk for signing. We will send out a Member Alert when it becomes law. Our ISCPA Advocacy Page is a great place to start if you are interested in what's going on at the Capitol. There are a lot of interesting bills being introduced, especially relating to property tax. If you are interested, you can watch/listen via Public TV. All committee meetings are streamed, but two favorites are House Revenue & Taxation and Senate Local Government & Taxation . You can even download the archives . And then - contact your legislator - your opinion DOES matter, so share it! You can even give remote testimony on a bill. Give me a call if you need help ~ LL

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.

Creating Resiliency & Self Care

Last Friday at the ISCPA Lunch Series, we had a great speaker talking about resiliency and how self care is a necessity. It made me think about tax season starting and month-end looming... and what you can do to stay healthy, both physically and mentally. Here are some tips that I took from that great CPE opportunity.

Pause for Purple A visual cue is a great way to remind yourself to slow down and take a few deep breaths. At St. Luke’s, they have placed purple dots around the hospital to remind employees to pause. Take three deep breaths- it’s proven to help you relax.

Self Care Taking a 5 minute break from your desk after working 60-90 minutes results in increased work productivity throughout the day.  Another option is positively reinforcing your goals by changing your password... I did: DrinkMoreWater!

Company Health Program Idea ISCPA Member Shanna Wheeler shared her company's Health Nut Program. It helps associates participate in a regular fitness and wellness lifestyle.  Want all the info? Click here .

SECURE Act & Other 2019 Tax Legislation webinar now available This 1 Hour On-Demand Webinar is designed to quickly get you up to speed

Depression and the CPA The Proliferation of Ransomware and What You Can Do About It IRS, Treasury issue proposed regulations New threats to CPA licensing posed in 2020 legislative year New GASB standard addresses lease accounting, OPEB, other issues 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

Mark Your Calendars! 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

SUCCESS at ISCPA's Business & Industry Networking Night with Beta Alpha Psi. Last Wednesday, Feb. 5th, nine companies joined students for a great networking night.

MWI Animal Health

Northwest Mutual

Lamb Weston

State Tax Commission

Armanino

St. Alphonsus Hospital

Kount

Pavement Solutions

IRS - Criminal Investigation

THANK YOU Business & Industry members - your participation was much appreciated and the students are still talking about how much they learned and how excited they were to meet you. MANY MANY thanks.

If you have 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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