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  • CPA Dish featuring Lauren Duncan

    August 16, 2023

    Lauren Duncan, CPA, is a tax accountant and shares advice for those working towards a career as a CPA.

  • KyCPA Member Spotlight

    July 27, 2023

    Meet KyCPA Board Chair, Kayla Gremillion

  • Disallowed: A Tale of a Small Taxpayer and a Kentucky Tax Notice

    July 27, 2023

    The Kentucky Department of Revenue (KYDOR) frequently sends out notices to taxpayers that they owe additional taxes because a particular expense or itemized deduction has been disallowed, for example. This is a frustrating practice for tax professionals and taxpayers alike for many reasons; mainly because it is often more cost effective for our clients to pay the tax than pay our fees to protest or respond to these notices. It is the reality we all know and live by, as does the KYDOR.

  • Yoda inspired ethics rules for CPAs

    July 27, 2023

    When was the last time you reviewed the AICPA Principles of Professional Conduct? The Principles guide CPAs in their professional conduct. May some parallels be drawn between these Principles and the teachings of Master Yoda?

  • 2023-2024 KYCPA Board of Directors

    July 27, 2023

    Meet our 2023-2024 KyCPA Board members

  • CPA Dish featuring Nate Littles

    July 19, 2023

    Nate Littles, CPA, is a tax manager and shares advice for those working towards a career as a CPA.

  • CPA Dish featuring Gentiana Shabani

    June 28, 2023

    Gentiana Shabani, CPA, is an internal auditor and shares advice for those working towards a career as a CPA.

  • CPA Dish featuring Billy Ranney

    May 17, 2023

    Billy Ranney, CPA, is a client manager and shares advice for those working towards a career as a CPA.

  • What is the biggest challenge for CPAs in the United States? CHATGPT Answers

    April 28, 2023

    I am a curious person about new technology and how I may utilize it in my personal and professional life. I have heard and read news reports about ChatGPT and decided that I would try it out for the first time. I searched ChatGPT in my Google search and it directed me to openai.com. It asked me to create a login and then under the product tab I selected ChatGPT. I was working on The Kentucky CPA Journal so I decided to ask the question "What is the biggest challenge for CPAs in the United States for 2023?" Read on to see the answer it provided.

  • 2023 legislative review

    April 28, 2023

    Thursday, March 30, marked the end of the 30-day Legislative Session of the Kentucky General Assembly with the passage of significant policy reforms, technical corrections, and a new pass-through entity tax. With supermajorities in both Chambers of the General Assembly, Republicans passed overrides on multiple Gubernatorial vetoes. However, differences were not limited to party affiliation alone. Kentucky House of Representatives and Senate Republicans differed on various proposals, including sports wagering, medical cannabis, illegal gaming machines, education policies, and the phase out of the distilled spirits property tax. Political party differences aside, many bipartisan legislators and the Governor agreed upon many significant reforms in addition to an unemployment insurance cleanup, technical tax fixes, and a reduction of the individual income tax rate from 4.5 percent to 4 percent, effective January 1, 2024. Read on for a full review