Recent PCPS advocacy initiatives.

• Position: Update

The PCPS mission is "to make practicing CPAs and their firms successful through education and advocacy." The AICPA PCPS team and members of the PCPS Executive Committee have been very busy in recent months monitoring developments that could affect our members and ensuring that the small firm perspective is heard. For example, PCPS has been working with members of the AICPA Tax Division team in Washington to provide insights into the detrimental effects of Internal Revenue Code Section 7216, which requires tax preparers to receive written permission from taxpayers before disclosure of any tax information. This has hindered practitioners' ability to outsource tax return preparation, and PCPS will continue working with the AICPA's Tax Division to minimize the impact on CPAs. For more information, go to http://pcps.aicpa.org/NR/rdonly res/E608B409-1E33-4F82-BF7E-DDDC042184FA/0/Section7216RegulationsAA.doc.

PCPS also has taken the initiative to inform members about the effect of Statement on Quality Control Standards No. 7...