June 30, 2014
AICPA Offers New Education Website
The American Institute of CPAs has launched a new website designed to spark a profession-wide reevaluation of how CPAs engage in lifelong learning and measure competency in a fast-changing world.
May 20, 2014
AICPA Urges New Professional Development for CPAs
CPAs need to embrace new ways of learning to thrive in a competitive, rapidly evolving global marketplace, according to the findings of an American Institute of CPAs task force. To help chart that path, the working group has issued an innovative report designed to spark a reinvention of career development within the CPA profession.
May 20, 2014
AICPA Supports Effort in Congress to Enhance Financial Transparency Act
The nation's largest association of accounting professionals, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), is commending Congress for recent efforts to strengthen the pending Federal Financial Statement Transparency Act.
May 19, 2014
AICPA Honors Professional for Public Service
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) awarded Diane Cornwell, CPA with its 2013 Public Service Award for Individuals. The annual award honors members of the AICPA who have made significant contributions to their communities. She received the award at the spring meeting of the Institute’s governing Council in Scottsdale, Ariz.
May 19, 2014
CPA2Biz Rebrands Itself as CPA.com
CPA2Biz, a subsidiary of the American Institute of CPAs, has changed it's name to CPA.com to more closely align the business with its mission of "empowering CPAs and businesses for the digital age."
May 19, 2014
AICPA Honors Non-Accountant with Highest Award
The AICPA Medal of Honor recognizes an individual who is not a CPA whose work has had a significant impact on the profession. The Medal of Honor is the highest AICPA award for a non-CPA.
May 11, 2014
AICPA Applauds Passage of DATA Act by Congress
“This is an important day for the American taxpayer,” said AICPA President and CEO Barry C. Melancon, CPA, CGMA. “By signing the DATA Act into law, President Obama has paved the way for implementation of a system that will allow each and every one of us to more easily track federal spending data.”
May 7, 2014
The Net Generation: A Look at the Future of CPAs
The next generation of CPAs, or *net* generation, will think differently, work differently and have a new and different set of expectations as they complete school and enter into the professional workforce as accountants. See what their employers will need to know to ensure their successful integration into the workplace of the future. This video…
May 1, 2014
AICPA Opposes Legislation That Would Limit Cash Accounting Methods
In a letter to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has voiced strong opposition to draft legislation that would limit the use of the cash method of accounting for pass-through entities and personal service corporations.
April 17, 2014
Sharyn Maggio Named Co-Chair of AICPA Divorce Practice Conference
A partner with the accounting firm Marcum LLP has been selected to co-chair the 2014 AICPA/AAML National Conference on Divorce. Sharyn Maggio, an Advisory Services Partner in the Roseland and Neptune, NJ, offices of Marcum will lead the the biennial conference of the leading organizations for CPAs and divorce law practitioners. The conference will take…
April 16, 2014
FASB Offers New Guidance for Reporting on Discontinued Operations
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued new guidance that improves U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) by more faithfully representing when a company or other organization discontinues its operations.
April 14, 2014
AICPA President Commends Senate Action on Government Spending
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants has announced its support for the bill, and the group's president and CEO, Barry C. Melancon, CPA, CGMA, issued a response commending them.