Accounting February 6, 2026
AICPA News – Feb. 2026
AICPA News is a round-up of recent announcements from the American Institute of CPAs, the Association of International CPAs, and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).
August 29, 2012
Outsourced Accounting Services: Improving the Profession & Strengthening Businesses
Client accounting services. Outsourced accounting department. Whatever name you want to call it, is going to change the way entrepreneurs handle their accounting initiatives in the next two to three years because of the benefits it brings to the table. So what are they and how is it going to affect those who are involved?...…
August 28, 2012
Xero Offers Discount for Nonprofits
Xero will offer a 25 percent discount on its Business Edition accounting software to nonprofit organizations.
August 22, 2012
New Hiring on the Horizon, but SMBs still Concerned about the Economy, the Election and Legal Issues
A new survey of small business owners show that many are planning to hire new employees before the end of the year, but most are still concerned about the economy, the 2012 election and various legal issues.
August 21, 2012
3 Basics of Financial Checkups
Sageworks CEO Brian Hamilton suggests a few steps for helping clients understand their financial situation: Through simply sitting down with clients and reviewing financial statements, you can build a bridge from the past to the future.
August 21, 2012
FreshBooks Moves Strategy from Online Invoicing to Cloud Accounting
The online accounting system now has more paying users than others except for QuickBooks Online.
August 15, 2012
Mixed News on Small Business Credit
The New York Federal Reserve (NY Fed), has released the results of a survey of 544 small businesses that shows that, in its region, nearly two thirds of the small businesses seeking credit in the second quarter of 2012, received some form of financing. That may sound like good news, but it may be tempered...…
August 7, 2012
Murray State & Texas A&M Professors Write the Book on Financial Accounting & Reporting
Two professors in the Bauernfeind College of Business at Murray State University, L. Murphy Smith, DBA (Doctor of Business Administration), and Katherine Taken Smith, DBA, along with Shannon Knight, CPA, a business professor at Texas A&M University, collaborated on a new financial accounting textbook. The book, Financial Accounting and Reporting, is published by CCH.
August 3, 2012
Nationwide Hiring Remains Flat, According to Latest SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard
Hiring remained flat across the nation showed data from the July 2012 SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard.
July 27, 2012
How to Find the Right Point-of-Sale System for Any Small Business
Like all technology, POS/Retail Systems change faster than many business owners are prepared for.
July 26, 2012
Xero Takes Big Bite of Cloud Accounting Market: Hits 100,000 Paying Users
Cloud-based accounting is taking off as small businesses and their public accountants, see the benefits of simplifying workflow, invoicing, payroll and other functions. One of the most rapidly growing companies in the space is Xero, which announced today they now have more than 100,000 paying customers. About 50,000 of those were added just in the...…
July 17, 2012
SEC Stalls on IFRS, Some Companies May Adopt Anyway
U.S companies will not be required to meet a mid-2013 deadline for adopting IFRS accounting standards. At least not anytime soon.
July 12, 2012
Sage Introduces Cloud-Based Nonprofit Accounting Suite
The nonprofit solution provides full-featured accounting, fundraising and grant management solutions with subscription payment options.