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).
April 14, 2017
Survey Says: 98% of People Believe Online Reviews are Reliable
Online reviews have increasingly developed the past few years and ReportLinker conducted a survey to answer three questions:
April 13, 2017
Growing Economy Spurs Expansion In Manufacturing Industry
According to the California Employment Development Department (EDD), "California's unemployment rate fell to 5.1 percent and the state's employers added 9,700…jobs in January."
April 13, 2017
Deloitte Foundation Helps Develop Next-Gen Audit and Accounting Talent
For more than 50 years, the annual seminars, hosted by the Deloitte Foundation and the American Accounting Association, have provided cutting-edge resources and hundreds of case studies that keep university faculty and their students connected to the ...
April 13, 2017
Tax Reform Tops List of Concerns for Small Businesses
Business owners were also asked about sales tax, payroll taxes and deficit reduction, and ranked the most problematic taxes as well as the most useful deductions.
April 12, 2017
New Version of CPA Exam Released
The next generation Exam, which began testing on April 1, has added additional assessment of higher-order cognitive skills that test a candidate’s critical thinking, problem solving and analytical ability. The Exam also makes greater use of task-based ...
April 12, 2017
Should Controllers and Accounting Depts Be More Involved in Corporate Strategy?
Nearly all organizations (91.2 percent) expect the controllership function — corporate controllers, chief accounting officers (CAO) and their teams — to more actively shape and execute strategic priorities, according to a recent Deloitte poll of over ...
April 10, 2017
Wolters Kluwer Enters Exclusive Agreement with Validis
Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting announced today that it has signed an exclusive and strategic license with Validis Holdings Limited, a UK and US-based company known for its data extraction and analytics software used in the accounting and lending ...
April 10, 2017
Credit Cards Gaining on Debit Cards for Small Purchases
Credit cardholders turn to their credit cards more often for large purchases. Nearly 3 in 5 report that they prefer to charge a purchase totaling over $500 (excluding a house or a car), compared to 24% who swipe a debit card, 10% who pay with cash and ...
April 10, 2017
Retail Imports Continue Growth
Imports at the nation’s major retail container ports should continue to see strong increases throughout the spring and summer as the nation’s economy improves, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail ...
April 7, 2017
AuditFile Offers Integration with Microsoft Office Online
The enhancement empowers AuditFile users to dynamically create and edit files with the .xlsx and .docx extensions from within AuditFile’s cloud environment, without the need to download or use desktop Office tools. Additionally, multiple users can work...
April 6, 2017
Payment Fraud Hit Record Number of Businesses in 2016
Nearly three quarters of corporate treasury and finance professionals said their companies were victims of payments fraud last year, according to the 2017 AFP Payments Fraud Survey, underwritten by J.P. Morgan.
April 5, 2017
3 Reasons Small Businesses Must Innovate or Perish
While it’s true that many individuals and businesses have gone a long way on the strength of a lone idea, plenty of others prospered even further because they are constantly innovating – coming up with one good idea after another.