Occupational licensing reform a growing concern for the CPA profession

美国注册188bet亚洲真人体育下载 State Regulation and Legislation team is closely watching legislative activity in several states that has a goal of easing licensing requirements for some occupations but could adversely affect CPA profession mobility.

Six western states have considered forming an interstate compact to create an 18-month temporary license for applicants awaiting occupational and professional licenses – including CPA licenses.  南达科他州的州长, 一个有问题的州, cited workforce development as one of the reasons for supporting the concept.

South Dakota, Arizona and Colorado introduced legislation. South Dakota’s bill died before the state legislature adjourned; Arizona’s bill is most likely to become a study bill if it passes; and Colorado’s bill hasn’t moved since introduction. Other states in the proposed compact are either not in legislative session or did not introduce legislation.  自今年1月以来, Missouri and New Hampshire also introduced legislation creating a temporary license for occupations and professions.

While sympathetic to the proposals’ stated goals, 188bet亚洲真人体育下载, 州注册188bet亚洲真人体育下载, 国家会计委员会 and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) are highlighting the CPA profession’s mobility and reciprocity laws to ensure that these proposals do not interfere with CPAs’ current ability to work across state lines.

188bet亚洲真人体育下载 Vice President for State Regulatory and Legislative Affairs, 斯基普·布拉齐尔说, “The message to policymakers is that any change in a state’s licensure laws should acknowledge the profession’s hard work by either including language that doesn’t conflict with mobility laws or exempts CPAs altogether.”

不幸的是, increasing workforce development and mobility may not be the only goals of the legislation. These temporary licensing bills are part of a larger legislative trend towards occupational deregulation. The 188bet亚洲真人体育下载 is currently tracking 50 bills that either alter, 限制, remove or decrease state regulatory board licensing authority.

到目前为止, there have been no direct challenges to whether CPAs should be regulated; however, there is concern that these bills in the aggregate opens the possibility of challenging professional licensing more broadly. “Such a proposition would threaten the decades long work of creating a seamless, yet responsible mobile regulatory framework for CPAs that both encourages movement and protects the public,Braziel评论道。.

为了消除这种威胁， 188bet亚洲真人体育下载 is working with 州注册188bet亚洲真人体育下载, 国家会计委员会, NASBA and other national and state stakeholders representing both boards and professions to educate policymakers on how smart, uniform and predictable licensure regulation promotes mobility and, 通过扩展, 经济活动.  The 188bet亚洲真人体育下载 encourages you to reach out and work with your state CPA society on this important effort.