CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES. April 19, 2016 at 1:30 P.M.

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1 ARIZONA STATE BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY 100 North 15 th Avenue, Suite 165 Phoenix, Arizona Phone (602) Fax (602) CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES April 19, 2016 at 1:30 P.M. Members of the met on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 in the Board s conference room at 100 North 15 th Avenue, Suite 165, Phoenix, Arizona. The attendance at the Committee meeting is listed below: Committee Members Todd Jason, CPA... Chairperson Freddy Bedoya, CPA... Member X Anne Cornelius, CPA... Member John Cotton, CPA... Member Sean Kindell, CPA... Member o A. Carter Smitherman, CPA... Member Matthew J. Waller, CPA... Member Left at 3:15 p.m. o Left at 4:29 p.m. X Absent Staff Members Jacki Hancock... Assistant Director of Registration and Operations Mariela Jaramillo... Programs and Projects Specialist II Assistant Attorney General Sabrina Kahn... Assistant Attorney General 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 1:31 p.m. by Todd Jason. 2. CALL TO THE PUBLIC Pursuant to A.R.S (H), the Committee made an open call to the public, to allow individuals to address the public body on any issue within the jurisdiction of the public body. There were no individuals present nor wishing to speak at this time. April 19, 2016 Page 1

2 3. DISCUSS, AMEND AND APPROVE MINUTES A motion was made by Matthew J. Waller and seconded by A. Carter Smitherman to approve the minutes as drafted from the February 16, 2016 Committee meeting. The motion passed unanimously, with John Cotton abstaining, as he was not at the February meeting. 4. ITEMS FOR COMMITTEE REVIEW, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CPE AUDITS The Committee discussed increasing the number of CPE audits per month. Committee Chair, Todd Jason, reported a conversation he had with a statistician from Glendale Community College, who opined that increasing the number of random CPE audits by a few each month would not prove to be statistically significant in increasing compliance overall. The Committee decided to not increase the number of monthly random audits. Jacki Hancock recommended that one approach to increasing CPE audits in a more meaningful way is to make use of the CPE Overage Report that is generated through the Board database. This report specifies which registrants reported CPE over maximum allowable amounts that can be credited for various methods. By manually reviewing the reported hours on this report, staff can discern whether or not the registrant has ultimately met the total required hours of CPE. If not, the identified registrant would be a prime candidate to have the reported CPE audited by the Committee. John Cotton motioned that any registrant with CPE identified by this CPE Overage Report be added to the list of CPE audits. This motion died for lack of a second. Per the Committee s request, Board staff then provided an example of the CPE Overage Report to the Committee and explained the particulars of staff involvement in identifying CPE that would appear to be subject to audit. After further discussion, John Cotton motioned that, going forward, the CPE Advisory Committee would audit all CPE identified by staff through the use of this report. Todd Jason seconded this motion. The motion passed A third way that CPE audits might be increased was discussed as well, which is to simply select those renewals where reported CPE appears on face value to be questionable. Concern was expressed that this approach might be subject to bias, so the approach was not selected by Committee members. 5. ITEMS FOR COMMITTEE REVIEW, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON REQUESTS FOR REINSTATEMENT A motion was made by Todd Jason and seconded by John Cotton to recommend that the Board approve the following requests for reinstatement. The motion passed Harris, Annie M E Lavin, Elise M E Riggs, Charl W. Jr E April 19, 2016 Page 2

3 Following significant review and discussion, a motion was made by Todd Jason and seconded by Sean Kindell to recommend that the Board approve the following request for reinstatement. The motion passed Broshears, Robert Scott 7764-E A motion was made by Todd Jason and seconded by A. Carter Smitherman to refer the following request for reinstatement to the Board with a recommendation of denial for not meeting requirements. The motion passed Kinzey, Scott Kent 4801-E 6. ITEMS FOR COMMITTEE REVIEW, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON REINSTATEMENTS DEFERRED BACK TO THE COMMITTEE FROM THE BOARD A motion was made by Todd Jason and seconded by Matthew J. Waller to recommend that the Board approve the following request for reinstatement. The motion passed Swayda, Michael W E 7. ITEMS FOR COMMITTEE REVIEW, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON CPE AUDITS A motion was made by Todd Jason and seconded by John Cotton to recommend that the Board approve the CPE audits for the following registrants. The motion passed Bachani, Maryalice E Donaldson, Millard L. 715-E Everroad, Matthew O E Fischer, Brian Keith 7952-E Goldberg, William Allen 1334-E Kamienski, Kelly Paige E Kennedy, Alyson P E Kovatcheva, Gergana A E Lepird, Jack E Maney, Patrick T E Mullane, Terence P R Packard, Robert Lawrence 2414-E A motion was made by Todd Jason and seconded by Sean Kindell to recommend that the CPE audits for the following registrants be continued to request additional documentation. The motion passed Ryan, John David 9966-E Smith, Kristen E A motion was made by Todd Jason and seconded by Matthew J. Waller to recommend that the following registrants be referred to the Board for non-compliance with CPE requirements. The motion passed Bell, Deborah K E Ray, Theodore R E Rusinski, Susan D E April 19, 2016 Page 3

4 The Committee discussed whether a CPA who audits a college class can be credited with CPE as part of a renewal. Pursuant to R1-453(A)(2), each semester system credit hour is worth 15 CPE credit hours. However, since an audited class is not graded, nor credited with system credit hours, the Committee determined that CPE cannot be deemed as having been earned, either. After significant discussion by the Committee about how the registrant misclassified CPE, a separate motion was made by Todd Jason to refer Susan D. Rusinski to the Board for making a false or misleading statement on a form required by the Board, pursuant to A.R.S (A)(14)(a). This motion died for lack of a second to the motion. 8. ITEMS FOR COMMITTEE REVIEW, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON CPE AUDITS THAT WERE DEFERRED BACK TO THE COMMITTEE FROM THE BOARD A motion was made by John Cotton and seconded by Todd Jason to recommend that the following registrant be referred to the Board for non-compliance with CPE requirements. The motion passed Stinnett, Melinda F E 9. REVIEW, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP The Committee discussed upcoming committee membership terms that will be expiring June 30, Matthew J. Waller stated that he will not be renewing his term in June, but acknowledged a recommendation to fill this position from his firm. Board staff provided Mr. Waller with the information for this applicant as well as any applicant who shows interest in this committee member role. Furthermore, Board staff notified the Committee of Mr. Freddy Bedoya s letter of interest in pursuing another term. A motion was made by John Cotton to recommend to the Board that Mr. Freddy Bedoya serve another term. Sean Kindell seconded this motion. The motion passed 10. UPDATE ON COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS Board staff apprised Committee members of the status of the following files of interest that were acted upon by the Board during its meeting on March 28, 2016: Corrine R. Werner E Dean S. Briggs 8237-E Aaron Blau E 11. SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS There were no current events to discuss at this meeting. 12. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS The Committee requested that the following items to be placed on the May 17, 2016 Committee agenda: Review of Committee membership letters of interest and resumes, if any, for possible recommendation to the Board April 19, 2016 Page 4

5 Selection of a new Committee chair to the Board Review and possible adoption of a revised CPE coversheet for Committee use during file reviews 13. ADJOURNMENT The Committee adjourned at 4:42 p.m. April 19, 2016 Page 5