State CPA Societies July 11, 2026
State CPA Society News & Updates – July 2026
State CPA Society News & Updates is a selection of recent announcements and initiatives by CPA associations in the United States and its territories.
June 2, 2020
How Tech-Oriented Investments Can Benefit Your Small Business Clients
When it comes to advising your clients on where money is best spent to advance their company, point them toward the right tools. Technology can provide small businesses with a competitive edge. Whether it’s time to invest in a website, dip into ...
June 1, 2020
Accounting Firm Goes Virtual for Annual Giving Event
For the first time, the 2020 event was managed entirely remotely, with volunteers helping organizations with projects from home. The Armanino Foundation also received donations through the #HatsOff movement to acquire much-needed personal protection ...
June 1, 2020
Use of Automation and Advanced Technology for SOX Compliance is Trending Down
The new survey revealed that the number of hours devoted to the SOX compliance process continues to rise, despite regulatory requirements remaining the same year-on-year. Among companies that saw an increase in their SOX compliance hours, 67 percent ...
June 1, 2020
Businesses Can Now Automate Their Use Tax Compliance
Avalara Consumer Use offers businesses a solution that addresses every step of the consumer use tax self-assessment process, including user-defined rules, tax calculation, review, allocation, accrual, and documentation.
June 1, 2020
By the Numbers: Can 5 Minutes a Day Make or Break Profitability?
What inefficient processes are undermining your firm profits? As experts in document management and accounting firm workflow, we see a number of common “time leaks” related to managing, sharing and storing information and client files.
June 1, 2020
Covid-Normal: Worker Stress, Work/Life Balance and Productivity Start to Stabilize
As with all aspects of day-to-day life during the pandemic, employees indicated a substantial amount of uncertainty — as well as a bit of optimism — regarding their overall outlook. Following an initial decline in employee job confidence, the research ...
June 1, 2020
IRS Adds E-Filing for Form 1040-X Amended Tax Returns
Making the 1040-X an electronically filed form has been a goal of the IRS for a number of years. It's also been an ongoing request from the nation's tax professional community and has been a continuing recommendation from the Internal Revenue Service ...
June 1, 2020
New Jersey Society of CPAs Names Alan D. Sobel, CPA, CGMA, as President for 2020-2021
The New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJCPA) has named Alan D. Sobel, CPA, CGMA, managing member of the firm SobelCo, LLC, in Livingston, president for the 2020/21 term. Sobel replaces Kyle M. Sell, CPA, MBA, audit partner at ...
May 29, 2020
New Website P3 Gives CPAs Easy Tool to Manage PPP Loan Forgiveness
P3 is an easy-to-use online portal and tool that gives CPA firm clients one central location to upload all of their supporting documentation and see the percentage of forgiveness in real time. As their advisors, you can review this information and add ...
May 29, 2020
Xero Partners with K-Coe Isom
K·Coe and its clients will have access to Xero’s cloud-based accounting and practice management platform as well as Xero’s ecosystem of more than 800 third-party applications to help boost efficiency and performance.
May 29, 2020
Are You Accessing Clients’ Information From Home?
Protect your firm’s files and your clients’ information today. Learn how cloud technology bolstered with multifactor authentication secures remote employees’ devices in 2 quick steps.
May 28, 2020
Do MBAs or CPAs Make Better CFOs?
CEOs have turned the CFO into their advisor and second-in-command. The CFO is like the Hand of the King in Game of Thrones, the one person who has the courage and knowledge to question the ruler.