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November 2, 2021 

AICPA News is a round-up of recent announcements from the AICPA.

Mary Girsch-Bock

November 2, 2021 

The National Association of Tax Professionals (NATP) and Drake Software are hosting “Taxes Today,” a virtual roundtable discussion that is free and open to tax professionals of all levels of experience. The first discussion will focus heavily on the ...

Isaac M. O'Bannon

November 2, 2021 

The Audit Fee Study looks at various factors affecting financial reporting and the external audit. This includes public company preparer opportunities to reduce audit effort, COVID-19’s impact, value derived from external audits, auditor insights, and ...

Isaac M. O'Bannon

November 2, 2021 

In new research from Beanworks on the State of Accounts Payable, we found that a whopping 61% of finance professionals said their department has encountered employee expense abuse. Today, employers are faced with the challenge of providing a ...

November 2, 2021 

The Internal Revenue Service recently sent approximately 430,000 additional tax refunds totaling more than $510 million to taxpayers who paid taxes on unemployment compensation excluded from income for tax year 2020.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

November 2, 2021 

Effective November 1, 2021, BA, Inc. (formerly Burke & Associates CPAs, Inc.) and Flynn Accounting Solutions have joined forces!  For the past 20 years, both firms have shared a common mission to proactively help small and medium size businesses thrive. The firm’s combined operations in Rockland and Woburn, MA, will provide greater geographic coverage and...…

November 2, 2021 

The Credit Card Acceptance feature provides Canadian and American customers with an additional stream to secure their payments. SMBs can now collect payments as fast as two business days compared to slow and inefficient traditional check payments that ...

November 2, 2021 

Rachel Byers, Ph.D, CPA – 2021 40 Under 40 Honoree Partner and Graduate Accounting ProfessorByers, Byers, & Associates PC and Purdue University Globalwww.byerscpa.com Career highlights:  My career has taken many twists and turns in the past few years, however, some career highlights are: PhD at the young age of 27 Has contributed to growing firm...…

November 2, 2021 

The restricted web domain, administered by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and its business and technology arm, CPA.com, officially launches in Canada this morning at 11 Eastern time. To be eligible, Canadian CPAs and CPA firms must be licensed.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

November 2, 2021 

Getting hitched is an exciting milestone. This means even more major life changes – perhaps a four-legged friend, a sleek car, a new home, or children are all things that you might share and experience. And what do all of these things have in common? A price tag and potentially some different financial points of...…

November 2, 2021 

Global tax software provider Sovos has expanded its customer base 164% through acquisitions and organic growth since the beginning of its fiscal year in July. While the digitization of tax and continuous transaction controls (CTCs), like e-invoicing, ...

November 2, 2021 

One of the many ways to build a diverse accounting profession and work toward increasing the number of Black CPAs is to recognize and create awareness of the numerous Black CPAs who are making a difference. Among those are young leaders who inspire ...