October 23, 2014
AICPA Names Troy Lewis as Chair of Tax Executive Committee
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has named Troy K. Lewis, CPA, CGMA chairman of its Tax Executive Committee.
October 23, 2014
Thomson Reuters Releases Updated Audit Solution for New COSO Framework
Thomson Reuters has updated its patented, award-winning PPC’s SMART Practice Aids Audit Suite to provide customers with a focused, integrated, and efficient internal control evaluation tool that is fully compliant with COSO’s new Internal Control Framewor
October 21, 2014
AICPA Modernizes Non-Audit Standards for Accountants in Public Practice
AICPA to introduce Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services No. 21 (SSARS No. 21), which is one of the most significant revisions in non-audit standards in the last 35 years.
October 21, 2014
Tommye Barie Elected to Serve as Chair of AICPA
Tommye Barie, CPA, is the new chair of the board of directors of the American Institute of CPAs, the world’s largest member organization representing the accounting profession.
October 20, 2014
AICPA Urges EEOC to Stop Investigating Accounting Partnership Retirement Practices
In a letter to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has asked commissioners to reject staff appeals to investigate and litigate against accounting firms regarding partner retirement provisions ...
October 20, 2014
AICPA Announces 2014 Leadership Academy Class
The American Institute of CPAs has announced the 2014 Leadership Academy graduating class. These 37 future leaders of the accounting profession participated in an intensive four day program in Durham, N.C., which concluded earlier this month.
October 20, 2014
James Brown, CPA, Honored for Long Service to Accounting Profession
Indiana Certified Public Accountant (CPA) James L. Brown has been named the winner of this year's Sustained Contribution Award by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA). The award recognizes members who have contributed measurably to the AICPA ...
October 20, 2014
AICPA Names Recipient of Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Service
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has presented Frank K. Ross, CPA, the Institute’s 2014 Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Service.
October 9, 2014
AICPA Asks IRS to Change Tangible Property Regulations for SMBs
The AICPA is urging the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to act quickly to relieve the administrative burden imposed on small business taxpayers by the tangible property regulations
October 1, 2014
CPAs in Canada Now Unified Under One Professional Body
The Certified General Accountants Association of Canada (CGA-Canada) has joined the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada), completing the integration of the country's national accounting bodies.
September 24, 2014
AICPA Asks IRS for Improved Guidance on Estate and Trust Taxation, Net Investment Income Tax
The American Institute of CPAs has submitted comments to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of the Treasury relating to the issue of material participation by a trust or estate in a trade or business for purposes of section 469 of the Internal Revenue Code. The AICPA explained that section 469, which was enacted...…
September 16, 2014
AICPA Urges Congress to Act on Tax Extenders
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) is urging Congress “to immediately address the fifty-seven tax provisions that expired at the end of 2013 and the six tax provisions that expire at the end of 2014.” Congress began consideration of extenders legislation earlier this year, the AICPA wrote in its September 15 letter, but “America’s businesses...…