Accounting

December 30, 2019 

Most businesses with a website and customers in California — which is to say most large businesses in the nation — must follow the new regime, which is supposed to make online life more transparent and less creepy for users.

December 30, 2019 

The Exposure Draft incorporates feedback from 80 AICPA volunteer subject matter experts in addition to input from more than 130 CPAs who directly supervise the newly licensed. The resulting Draft details major themes from the research along with ...

December 27, 2019 

Local sales and use tax rates often change in many states at the start of each year. On January 1, 2020, rates will change in close to 25 states.

December 27, 2019 

In manufacturers’ dealings with suppliers, trust is important. Contracts can enforce basic rules and expectations, but the relationships work most effectively when each side has a basic level of trust in the other.

December 27, 2019 

Annual home value growth has now slowed in each of the past 19 months, but it has been a gradual slowdown, not slamming on the brakes. The drop in year-over-year growth has not exceeded 0.3 percentage points from one month to the next during this period.

December 23, 2019 

Many of your clients may be wondering about incorporating their businesses in a different state from where they are based. It’s true that doing so may save new businesses a bit of precious startup capital when it comes to filing fees.

Nellie Akalp

December 2, 2019 

Recently, I had the privilege of sitting on a panel at Ensuring Success 2019. The session focused on the future of audit. I prepared for the session, listened to my fellow panelists throughout our talk, then reflected on what I had learned along the way.

Garrett Wagner

December 20, 2019 

Changing tastes as Millennials make up a growing share of home buyers will impact the market. Homes will get smaller, bold colors and prints will return to home designs and demand will stay high as more and more people reach typical homebuying age.

December 19, 2019 

Published jointly by NASBA and the AICPA, the Standards provide the framework for the development, presentation, measurement and reporting of CPE programs. The Standards reference the NASBA Fields of Study document, which was reviewed and evaluated ...

December 19, 2019 

Organized retail crime affects almost all merchants and more than two-thirds of those surveyed have seen an increase in the past year, according to the 15th annual ORC study released today by the National Retail Federation.

December 19, 2019 

The new feature release offers the ability for accountants and clients to preview PDF and Office documents in the portal, saving the time normally required to download a document for review. Also included are enhancements to the PBC ...

December 18, 2019 

AICPA News is a roundup of recent announcements from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Mary Girsch-Bock