Joseph Master & Company, LLP; The Notice of Petition for Declaratory Statement was published in Volume 40, No. 148, of the July 31, 2014, Florida Administrative Register. Petitioner sought the Board’s interpretation of Rule 61H1-26.001, F.A.C., ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

Board of Accountancy

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

61H1-26.001Form of Practice and Name-Shared Office Space

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Accountancy has issued an order disposing of the petition for declaratory statement filed by Joseph Master & Company, LLP on July 25, 2014. The following is a summary of the agency's disposition of the petition:

The Notice of Petition for Declaratory Statement was published in Volume 40, No. 148, of the July 31, 2014, Florida Administrative Register. Petitioner sought the Board’s interpretation of Rule 61H1-26.001, F.A.C., entitled “Form of Practice and Name-Shared Office Space,” regarding whether changing the name of the CPA firm to “Florida Wealth Counseling, LLP” would be misleading or deceptive as to the legal form of the firm as to persons who are partners, or shareholders of the firm or as to any other matter. The Board of Accountancy considered the Petition at a duly-noticed public meeting held on October 10, 2014, in Miramar, Florida. The Board in an Order, filed on December 18, 2014, answered the question in the negative based upon the following: A. [T]hat all members of Florida Wealth Counseling, LLP, are Florida licensed CPAs; and B. [T]hat Petitioner remain in compliance with the requirements of subsection 61H1-26.001(3), F.A.C., regarding name-shared office space.

A copy of the Order Disposing of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Veloria Kelly, Division Director, Board of Accountancy, 240 NW 76th Dr., Suite A, Gainesville, Florida 32607.