AICPA Council Approves New International Designation
In a unanimous vote on May 23, the AICPA Council approved a motion to partner with the London-based Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) to create a new international management...
View ArticleJuly Trusted Professional: QROC, the NYSSCPA Annual Election Meeting & More
Have you seen the latest issue of The Trusted Professional? Stay on top of Society news and the key legislative, regulatory and administrative issues that affect you.read more
View ArticleCPA Exam Scores to be Released Earlier
Advances in computer testing for the CPA exam have brought about changes in the timing of when the scores are released, according to the AICPA. Starting fourth quarter, 2011, those whose test results...
View ArticleFake Notice from AICPA is a Scam
CPAs--and even members of the general public--have been receiving emails claiming to be from the AICPA that say that the Institute has received complaints about the recipient and as a result their...
View ArticleSecurity Is Top IT Priority
Technology may be an enormous boon to CPAs, but it also comes with a lot of worries. According to a recent survey conducted by the AICPA, "securing the IT environment" is the top technology...
View ArticleThree New Yorkers Win Sells Award
Each year, the American Institute of CPAs grants the Elijah Watt Sells Award to those CPA candidates who obtained a cumulative average score above 95.50 across all four sections of the Uniform CPA...
View ArticleFake Threat Not Coming from AICPA
An email notice purportedly coming from the AICPA, threatening CPAs with imminent loss of license, has been finding its way into inboxes. At least one version of this notice states that the recipient...
View ArticleAICPA's Phil Chenok Dead at 77
Barry Melancon, president of the AICPA, has announced the death of his predecessor, Phil Chenok, who served as president from 1980 to 1995. Although he lived in Tucson, he died at Columbia University...
View ArticleAICPA, NASBA Continue with Prometric
In a joint announcement, the AICPA and NASBA said they have extended their agreement with Prometric to deliver the Uniform CPA Examination through 2019, using the company’s global computer-based...
View ArticleBylaws and Code of Conduct Changed
At NYSSCPA's 116th Annual Election Meeting and Dinner on May 16, Society members voted overwhelming to approve changes to the Society bylaws and to adopt the AICPA Code of Conduct to replace its own...
View ArticleAICPA Elects Balhoff as Chair
The AICPA has selected William E. Balhoff, a Lousiana CPA with a long tenure at the firm Postlethwaite and Netterville, as its new chair on Oct. 22.read more
View ArticleAICPA: Post-DOMA Guidance Needed
The AICPA has asked in an open letter that the IRS provide additional guidance for same-sex married couples now that the Defense of Marriage Act has been overturned by the Supreme Court.read more
View ArticleCPAs Have Mixed Feelings on Economy
While CPAs in industry are optimistic about prospects for their own businesses, they're generally less sanguine about the U.S. economy as a whole, according to a survey conducted by the AICPA.read more
View ArticleAICPA Recommends Smoothies
It's important to stay healthy during tax season, and what better way to do that than with a delicious, healthful smoothie recommended by the AICPA on its Pinterest page (also: the AICPA has a...
View ArticleStudy: CPAs Cautiously Optimistic
A survey conducted by the AICPA has shown that CPAs in industry who hold executive positions, while not exuberantly over the moon about the economy, none the lessread more
View ArticleAICPA Offers Conflict Mineral Guidance
The SEC's conflict minerals requirements, which mandate that companies disclose whether their products utilize materials sourced from conflict-ridden regions in central Africa, have proven to be...
View ArticleComputer CPA Exams Deemed Success
The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, the AICPA, and computer testing firm Prometric, reflecting 10 years after the introduction of computerized CPA exam testing, said that the move...
View ArticleAICPA Hails DATA Act Vote
In a move praised by the AICPA, the House of Representatives passed the DATA Act, which mandates that the federal government, specifically the Department of the Treasury and the Office of Management...
View ArticleKnow Your Regulatory Acronyms: a Primer
There are a lot of acronyms in the accounting world, and they seem to change every couple of years. Financial Executives Daily has written a primer on who does what in the accounting regulatory world,...
View ArticleAICPA Decries IRS Program as "Unlawful" and "Improper"
The AICPA has come out strongly against a voluntary tax preparer registration program run through the IRS, saying that the service has no statutory authority to run the program and that it will only...
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