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Hi Walter, Thanks for sharing this information. This topic was briefly discussed on the Estate Planning & Trust and Estate Administration joint committee meeting last week, but there doesn't seem to be much information out there regarding these changes. If anyone has additional information or insight ...

Client has office outside of NYC, but represents clients before the NYC courts via zoom. Are they subject to NYC UBT? Would obtaining a virtual mailbox in NYC change the answer. Appreciate any thoughts on this. ------------------------------ Hugh Jacobson The opinions expressed are the views ...

I am a third generation New York State CPA. My grandfather, Charles Hecht received New York State license #310 in 1907. My father, Charles M. Hecht became a CPA in 1932 and joined his father in the form Charles Hecht & Company. I became a New York State CPA (#27282) in 1972 and joined Charles Hecht ...

I watched the James Talarico interview with Stephen Colbert and rate it as excellent. His message was spot on. Now I am going to watch his interview with Lawrence O'Donnell on YouTube. Sent from my iPhone

Thanks Louis, I appreciate you sharing the article with me. Tim

As many of you know, I started (after Elliot Hendler's memory tribute was posted on the Exchange) the campaign to bring back 'committee'. Thank you to all of you who posted your agreement and to the Board who voted to reverse the 'community'. Alan ------------------------------ Alan E. Weiner CPA, ...

Hello everyone, I am excited to share the Society's February 2026 event calendar . There's lots of great happenings this month and I hope to see many of you there either via Zoom or in person as your schedules permit. Here's an item I'd like to highlight -- the Brooklyn Nets versus San ...

After a great deal of respectful discussion and exchange of viewpoints at today's NYSSCPA Board of Directors meeting, I am very pleased to announce that the Society Board of Directors voted today (February 4, 2026) to reinstate the use of the nomenclature " committees " in lieu of " communities of ...

My Dear Fellow Society Members, I hope you will join both Society CEO Calvin Harris and me this Thursday, January 22nd at 4:30 p.m. for our next Society Town Hall Meeting . There are several important matters to be shared and discussed with you, including a series of recent significant ...

Hello everyone, I am excited to share the Society's January 2026 event calendar . There's lots of great happenings this month and I hope to see many of you there either via Zoom or in person as your schedules permit. Here's the link (with a cut and paste set forth below). NYSSCPA Event ...

Yes, the only "employees" would have been the husband and wife. I believe the payments to both were transfers that went to a shared personal account. So, yes, I would feel comfortable treating them as distributions.

Was he the only "employee"? were personal returns filed, W-2's prepared? Could the payments simply be distributions ------------------------------ Gerald Cohen Retired (no firm) The opinions expressed are the views of the author alone and should not be attributed to any other individual or entity ...

Yes, the only "employees" would have been the husband and wife. I believe the payments to both were transfers that went to a shared personal account. So, yes, I would feel comfortable treating them as distributions.

Was he the only "employee"? were personal returns filed, W-2's prepared? Could the payments simply be distributions ------------------------------ Gerald Cohen Retired (no firm) The opinions expressed are the views of the author alone and should not be attributed to any other individual or entity ...