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Secretary of State Announces Temporary Waiver of Franchise Tax Late Fees and Interest Charges Tax Deadline is May 1st; Late Fees and Interest Waived Until July 15th.

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, GASB is considering postponing all statement and implementation guide provisions with an effective date that begins on or after reporting periods beginning after June 15, 2018.

In a press conference on Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced that individuals and corporations can delay their tax payments for 90 days due to the coronavirus pandemic. Individuals can defer up to $1 million in payments for 90 days from the April 15 deadline. Corporations can defer up to $10 million in payments for 90 days. During that time, the IRS will not charge interest or penalties.

President Donald Trump has instructed the Treasury Department and IRS to extend the April 15, 2020 deadline for filing federal income tax returns for those affected by Coronavirus. The change is only for this year.

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) today called for the Treasury Department and the IRS to provide relief to all taxpayers in light of the uncertainty and challenges caused by the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Specifically, we request that Treasury and the IRS consider the following recommendations, which will provide extensive relief to millions of individuals and businesses:

Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration recently released updated Withholding Tax Tables. Beginning January 1, 2020, the Employer’s Income Tax Withholding Tax Tables have been adjusted with an effective date of March 1, 2020 as a result of Income Tax reductions enacted by the AR General Assembly.

ARCPA Holds Second CPA Day of Service

Arkansas CPAs, Boards of Accountancy and Others Unite to Maintain Public Protection as Licensing Standards Put at Risk

Almost one-third (31%) of new graduate hires in public accounting in 2018 were nonaccounting graduates, an AICPA survey shows. While enrollments and graduates are down, the 208,000 students projected to be enrolled in undergraduate accounting programs in 2017 to 2018 marked the second-highest total ever, and the 76,542 projected total of bachelor's and master's degrees earned remained above prerecession levels.