{"id":4691,"date":"2009-10-16t08:57:45","date_gmt":"2009-10-16t12:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=4691"},"modified":"2009-10-16t08:58:54","modified_gmt":"2009-10-16t12:58:54","slug":"oklahoma-cpas-start-voting-today-on-non-cpa-ownership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2009\/10\/16\/oklahoma-cpas-start-voting-today-on-non-cpa-ownership\/","title":{"rendered":"oklahoma cpas start voting today on non-cpa ownership"},"content":{"rendered":"
you might have thought this was settled in the 1990’s.<\/strong><\/p>\n but oklahoma remains one of six states left in the u.s. that still (technically, at least) bans non-cpas from owning a piece of a cpa firm.<\/p>\n today the oklahoma society of cpas will be emailing a survey to members to see if they want to bring their state’s rules into the mainstream. in a straw poll of directors and committee chairs, 40 out of 45 voted in favor of lifting the ban.<\/p>\n under the proposed change:<\/p>\n the state society says small to mid-sized firms will benefit from the change because it will allow them to “increase the scope of services to their clients” and “offer attractive partnership positions to non-cpa specialists in areas such as information technology or estate planning.”<\/p>\n but it’s always been the small and mid-sized firms who have traditionally opposed opening up cpa firms to non-cpas, fearing larger firms were more able to take advantage of the strategy.<\/p>\n only alaska, hawaii, new york, connecticut and delaware remain in oklahoma’s camp.<\/p>\n\n