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4 Big Regulatory Issues Impacting CPAs

January 26, 2026

James Cox, the AICPA’s vice president of state advocacy, joins us to discuss four important issues: the movement to provide additional pathways to CPA licensure, sales tax on professional services, deregulation of state boards of accountancy, and the impact of AI and other fintech issues on CPAs and the business community.

 Topics discussed (all timestamps will need to be adjusted after the edits are made):

  • Additional pathways to CPA licensure
  • Sales tax on professional services
  • Deregulation of the profession
  • Impact of AI and other fintech issues

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James M. Cox

James M. Cox

James M. Cox is vice president of state advocacy and state society relations at the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants. In this role, he assists state CPA societies and state boards of accountancy on state-level policy issues impacting the accounting profession.
Jeffrey  Kaszerman

Jeffrey Kaszerman

Jeff Kaszerman is the vice president of Government Relations for the NJCPA and can be reached at jkaszerman@njcpa.org.

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