Boyd Busby

The regular meeting of the Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy was called to order by the Chair. Key actions included the approval of the agenda for the meeting. The minutes from the September 16, 2025 meeting were also approved.

The meeting agenda includes several key administrative and professional matters. Discussions are scheduled for disciplinary hearings, show of cause hearings, and several reinstatement requests for individuals including Sarah Lynne Cook, Karen Coulson Simmons, Hannah Woods Bourgeois, Richard Maurice Byerly, Jr., Cawen Lee, and Matthew Ryan Woody. The board plans to review and approve the CPA examination grades for October-December 2025 and approve new CPA certificates issued in that period. Other significant topics include addressing an opinion request from the Alabama Attorney General, reviewing statute updates and proposed rules, receiving professional issues updates from the ASCPA leadership, receiving an update from NASBA, reviewing an AICPA PEEC Exposure Draft on ethics rules, examining Alabama CPA exam statistics, discussing the CPE audit, analyzing the current year's annual registration, and reviewing complaints and the licensee count.

The Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy convened to discuss several key items, including a presentation on NASBA's plans for piloting remote testing of the CPA Exam. The board addressed a disciplinary case involving Thomas Wayne Tankesley, CPA, and considered requests for reinstatement from Kenneth Tobias, Jr., and Gavin Glen McKinney. The board also approved the waiver of application fees for the CPA Exam, Reciprocal Certificates, and Transfer of Grades, and approved new CPA Certificates. Additionally, the board reviewed analyses of the current year's annual registration and CPE extensions, and received a complaints update.

The meeting addressed disciplinary cases, including actions against Jeremy Ray Carter and licensees with delinquent annual registrations. The board considered requests for reinstatement, including one from Jonathan Paul Speegle. The Executive Director provided updates on office renovations, new employees, the scanning project, CPE due dates, peer review extensions, CPA exam NTS and credit extensions, CPE audit changes, and a new database. The board discussed and approved rule changes, reviewed a UAA model rule proposal, and approved CPA examination grades and new CPA certificates. Additionally, the operating calendar for FY2020-2021 and the annual budget for FY2021-2022 were approved. The board also reviewed a draft letter to NASBA/AICPA on exam fee increases and discussed Alabama CPA examination statistics, new certificates by transfer of grades, and peer review delinquencies.

The meeting addressed disciplinary cases, including consent agreements for Daniel O. Anyanwu, Macarov Underwood, and Randell G. Nichols, involving censures, fines, ethical leadership courses, and certificate revocation. Disciplinary hearings were held for licensees with delinquent annual registrations, resulting in revocations, fines, and certificate returns. Brenda Brill Rimmer's request for reinstatement to inactive status was approved. Final approval was given to rule changes in Chapter 30-X-5 and Section 30-X-4-.04. Updates were provided on legislation, online CPA exam applications, enforcement actions, scanning projects, collections attorney contracts, CPE audit tools, social media, and funds sweep discussions. The board also discussed artificial intelligence in auditing, approved CPA examination grades and new certificates, and reviewed the FY 2019-2020 Operations Plan, CPA examination statistics, new certificates by transfer of grades, peer review delinquencies, complaints, CPE audits, licensee counts, and the Examiners of Public Accounts Report to the Sunset Committee.