The Accountancy Board of Ohio (ABO), the state government entity charged with licensing, regulating, and when necessary, disciplining CPAs, can significantly affect the practice of all CPAs. That is why OSCPA represents the profession at every ABO meeting and advocates for best-practice rulemaking. This meeting included a variety of topics.

Last week in House session, the Democrats selected Rep. Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati) as their new minority whip, following the departure of Rep. Jessica Miranda to become Hamilton County auditor in the wake of former Rep. Brigid Kelly’s death.

Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik Wednesday announced the awarding of more than $154 million in grants to fund economic development projects in Ohio's Appalachian region as they made stops in McArthur and Chillicothe.

OSCPA reached out directly last week to Ohio’s 15 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and two U.S. senators to ask them to support legislation that incorporates accounting education into the STEM curricula for K-12 students. This effort is part of OSCPA’s broader goal of increasing the pipeline of future Ohio CPAs.

After 35 hours of listening to testimony from more than 200 witnesses across Ohio, the Senate Select Committee on Housing announced April 24 its findings and provided 23 recommendations the General Assembly should look at to fix the current housing crisis in Ohio.

The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued its final rule altering the overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

The House Republican Caucus voted 63-0 on April 24 to appoint primary election winner New Franklin Councilman Jack Daniels to replace former Rep. Bob Young in the 32nd House District.

Auditor of State Keith Faber issued a warning to state and local government employees about reviewing requests to redirect payments from public accounts, saying that at least 23 government offices in Ohio have been affected by such scam attacks in the past 12 months.

The Ohio Department of Taxation (ODT) this week explained why some taxpayers may have received 2023 non-payment notices prior to April 15.

The share of taxpayers who get money back at tax time is slowly and, a little mysteriously, shrinking. At the same time, the number of people having to cut a check to the government has been rising. Some tax vets wonder what a decline in refunds will mean for tax compliance.