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).
May 27, 2015
Accounting Group Urges Better Safeguards to Protect Clients from Taxpayer Identity Theft
As the debate goes on about how to curb the increasing incidence of taxpayer identity theft in the U.S., members of BKR International discussed their experiences during the recent tax filing season, as well as ways to mitigate future risk and help clients
May 27, 2015
Report Shows Which U.S. Retailers Are Stuggling to Move Inventory
Despite positive expectations for consumer spending to pick up after the cold and long winter, retail sales in April proved to be relatively flat and disappointing. But for those sounding the alarm that the tepid April numbers may reflect overall ...
May 26, 2015
U.S. Institutional Investors Pump Billions Into Europe
North American institutions are planning long-term investments in foreign infrastructure and are pumping billions of pounds into Europe, a report from Armstrong International shows.
May 25, 2015
Brick & Mortar Retailers See $2.2 Billion in Digital-Influenced Sales
Digital interactions are expected to influence 64 cents of every dollar spent in retail stores by the end of 2015, or $2.2 trillion, according to Deloitte Digital’s latest study, “Navigating the New Digital Divide.” This figure has grown considerably ...
May 25, 2015
App Building Contest Focuses On Small Businesses
The company behind the app-building system Appsbar has created the Small Business App Challenge to inspire small business owners and operators to bring their products and services to mobile platforms.
May 20, 2015
QuickBooks, NetSuite, Intacct, Xero and FreshBooks Earn High Marks in Accounting Software Rankings
Four platforms earn Leader status while Intacct tops overall satisfaction rankings in crowdsourced report
May 19, 2015
NASBA and AICPA Propose Revisions to CPE Standards
The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) and the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) today issue proposed revisions to the Statement on Standards for Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Programs (Standards) for public comment. Pu
May 19, 2015
2Checkout and FreshBooks Partnership Delivers New Online Payment Options to Small Business Owners
2Checkout, global payment provider, today announced it will partner with cloud-based account software FreshBooks to provide FreshBooks’ customers with an option to seamlessly accept international payments from both Asia-Pacific and emerging markets.
May 19, 2015
CPAs Tell IRS to Improve Service, Provide Permanent Disaster Tax Relief and Preserve Cash Accounting Method
Concerned about the impact of IRS service reductions on taxpayers and tax practitioners, the AICPA Council on May 17 adopted a resolution urging policy makers to create a bi-partisan forum to “make recommendations that enable the IRS to achieve its ...
May 19, 2015
Free App for QuickBooks Offers Sync with PayPal
A new app allows small businesses to simplify complex, time-consuming by automatically integrating sales data with QuickBooks Online. Sync with PayPal was developed as a result of the company’s collaboration with PayPal, the free app automatically imports
May 19, 2015
CCH IntelliConnect Browser Search Feature Named a Finalist for 2015 American Business Awards
CCH IntelliConnect Browser Search is the latest addition to the award-winning CCH IntelliConnect research platform.
May 19, 2015
WSG Launches New Cloud Version of Professional Services Software Suite
WSG Systems Corp. has launched the latest cloud version of its Empire SUITE, which includes systems for CRM, project management, time & expense management, resource scheduling and financial management.