[Boainactive] Comment Opportunity: Oregon Board of Accountancy Proposed Rules

[FAST Kimberly * BOA]

Dear Licensees, Applicants for Licensure, Exam candidates, and Other Interested Parties,

Today the Oregon State Board of Accountancy is inviting all of you to review and comment on proposed rule amendments.  Please use the following links to the specific rule proposals, and feel free to submit any written comments by e-mail, fax or regular mail no later than December 10, 2014 (receipt by 5:00 p.m. at the Board Office).  You also have an opportunity to provide oral comment should you prefer, at the Rulemaking hearing scheduled for Thursday, December 11, 2014, at 1:00 p.m. at the Board office. [3218 Pringle Road SE, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Salem, OR 97302]

Link to the formal Notice of Rulemaking Hearing and Statement of Need / Fiscal Impact: http://www.oregon.gov/boa/docs/Notice_Fiscal_2015_web.pdf

Link to the proposed rule changes showing tracked edits, with a separate column explaining the changes: http://www.oregon.gov/boa/docs/Prop_Tracked_Explanations_2015.pdf

Link to the proposed rule changes, clean text: http://www.oregon.gov/boa/docs/Prop_Clean_Explanations_2015.pdf


We especially invite your review of the document showing proposed rules with tracked changes and the explanations for the proposed changes.  The proposed changes range from updates to ethics and professional standards, to the proposal to move Oregon closer to national standards for examination and licensure by modification of the educational requirements.  There is also far greater detail in these proposals on how applicants for licensure in the audit, tax and industry tracks can meet the existing competency standards for licensure.

Please rest assured these proposals are the product of very careful development and vetting over the past year, led by Board member John Lauseng as Chair of the Laws and Rules Task Force (LRTF).  Board member Roger Graham and the Qualifications Committee also helped enormously with respect to the proposed changes to licensure and examination standards.  Professional associations such as OSCPA and OAIA contributed very generously to the LRTF with ideas, language and guidance.  Beyond that, I also want to thank those single practitioners who over the past two years since I came to the Board raised concerns about, and suggested amendments for Board rules.

Now it is your turn.  Our work is not complete without hearing your views and feedback, Please use the opportunity to submit your comments on these proposals to us.  We welcome them and will review them carefully.

Thank you for taking the time to review this, and what you do every day that keeps the trust in this profession alive.

Martin Pittioni                            Kimberly Fast
Executive Director                   Licensing Program and Rules Coordinator

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