OSCPA on Nov. 13 held its fifth-annual Legislative Leadership in Action day. This is an invitation-only event for young CPAs who are interested in learning how to help advance the profession and the state of business in Ohio.

The Ohio House on Oct. 30 unanimously passed an OSCPA-supported bill to correct errors in the Ohio tax code.

OSCPA Senior Technical Reviewer Glenn Roberts, CPA, CGMA, this week was appointed to the State Audit Committee.

You might not think often about what goes on at the Ohio Statehouse every day and how it impacts the accounting profession, but The Ohio Society of CPAs government relations team does.

The Ohio Senate on Oct. 23 voted nearly unanimously to concur with House amendments to tax omnibus bill SB26, which allows lobbyists and attorneys to apply for the business income tax deduction.

The ABO announced its incoming officers who would be assuming their roles in December, including Maggie Gilmore, CPA, CGMA, MT, as chair, Kenya Watts, CPA, as vice chair, and Jim Redmond, CPA, as secretary.

Lawyers and lobbyists are close to once again being eligible in 2020 to collect the small business deduction after the Ohio House on Oct. 10 approved a budget cleanup measure.

In Corporation Tax Bulletin 2019-04, issued Sept. 30, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue announced it is adopting an economic nexus standard for corporate net income tax purposes for tax years beginning on or after Jan. 1.

A big reason: The efforts of OSCPA and others to create and maintain positive tort laws in the state.

While Ohio and Kentucky aren’t the only states with city and county taxes on business income, they do have far more taxing districts.