Firms terminated from peer review program.

• Position: Disciplinary actions

Effective Aug. 9, 2004, the following firm was terminated from the AICPA peer review program for failure to cooperate with the AICPA Peer Review Board. Hearing panels deemed that the firm of Bruce M. Butchen CPA, PC, East Brunswick, N.J., failed to submit documentation evidencing completion of the corrective or monitoring actions as a result of its most recent peer review.

Effective Aug. 24, 2004, the firm of Thomas W. Hatfield, CPA, North Richland Hills, Tex., was terminated from the AICPA peer review program for not cooperating with the AICPA Peer Review Board regarding the firm's failure to correct material deficiencies noted during its peer review. The firm waived its right to a hearing.

Effective Dec. 14 2004, the firm of Business Services Systems, St. Petersburg, Fla., was terminated from the AICPA peer review program for not cooperating with the AICPA Peer Review Board regarding the firm's failure to submit acknowledgment of its agreement to take the corrective or monitoring actions as a result of its most recent peer...