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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).
February 15, 2017
Financial Advisors Upbeat on Equities
Although concerned, advisors appear poised to capitalize on the opportunities volatility presents, with 54% saying volatility should be both managed to avoid losses and harnessed to take advantage of opportunities. However, their clients had a ...
February 15, 2017
Xero Partners with Banks to Help Automate Customer Experience
Xero and Silicon Valley Bank customers will now benefit from a more automated banking experience for their mutual customers. This direct integration, with a seamless do-it-yourself set up process so entrepreneurs, startups and small business owners ...
February 15, 2017
2017 Readers’ Choice Awards
The accounting and tax profession relies on technology as much as almost any other (aside from rocket science, perhaps), which makes finding the right tech imperative to the productivity of a firm, and the small businesses that rely on it.
February 14, 2017
Petty Cash Tips & Tricks
The best way to determine the proper amount of petty cash is to look historically at what your business spends cash on and how often you have "emergency" needs. Most small businesses do well with around two hundred dollars as a good ...
February 14, 2017
Bank Reconciliation Made Fun With Xero
The foundation of the financial web, a network of organizations sharing financial data, is bank statement feeds. Small business owners, working in the cloud, now expect their bank transactions to arrive automatically loaded in their accounting ...
February 14, 2017
Report Helps Auditors Innovate and Transform Their Audit Services
Thomson Reuters has released a special report, Four Keys to the Future of Audit, which addresses the most pressing challenges facing the audit profession by grouping these issues into four main categories: quality, innovation, talent and relevance.
February 14, 2017
Intuit Plays Cupid, Helping Businesses Find Accounting Professional Match
The marketplace is now available to small businesses worldwide via these global websites: Australia, Canada, India, United Kingdom and United States. The marketplace first launched exclusively within QuickBooks Online last December.
February 14, 2017
Puente to Manage MACPA Sponsorships and Advertising
This marks Puente’s second stint with the MACPA. From 2007 to 2014, she served as a customized learning consultant with the MACPA and its affiliate, the Business Learning Institute.
February 14, 2017
AICPA President Discusses Trade, Taxation, and Trump
The AICPA leader discussed potential change in the form of workplace demographics (four generations in the workforce simultaneously!), cybersecurity (yes, companies should expect to be audited for their compliance in this area), and blockchain ...
February 13, 2017
Are You Over-Confident on Cyber Security Risks?
Every day, more than a million people become a victim of cybercrime, according to Microsoft. I the U.S. alone, $15 billion was stolen from 13.1 million American consumers in 2015, prompting the question of why are Americans so overconfident about ...
February 13, 2017
Wave Partners with Small Business Lender
Wave will now offer OnDeck business loans and lines of credit to its customers in the United States and Canada through an offering called “Lending by Wave.”
February 13, 2017
Women Adapt Better Financial Habits Than Men After Divorce
As marriages sour and couples divorce, there are stark differences in how men and women approach their finances as they prepare for retirement. The survey found they were equally as likely to experience a deterioration of their spending habits ...