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).
August 9, 2021
AICPA Honors Three Professors with 2021 Accounting Education
The annual Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Education Award honors full-time college accounting educators who are distinguished for excellence in teaching and have achieved national prominence in the accounting profession.
August 9, 2021
Invoiced Named Leader in AR Automation for 6th Consecutive Quarter
Invoiced is also distinguished as both the overall "Highest Rated" and "Easiest to Use" solution in G2's A/R Automation software category across all business segments and regions.
August 9, 2021
Wolters Kluwer Launches New Accounts Receivable & Collections Dashboard
The Accounts Receivable & Collections Dashboard enables firms to leverage accounts receivable data from the CCH Axcess Practice flexible billing system to help them analyze payment activities and identify cashflow trends.
August 9, 2021
AICPA Awards 5 Ezzell Scholarships to Pursue Accounting PhDs
The William (Bill) Ezzell Scholarship program provides a one-time award of $10,000 to five outstanding accounting Ph.D. candidates who demonstrate significant potential to become mentors for the next generation of CPAs.
August 9, 2021
How Personality Traits Influence the Most Powerful Women in Accounting
Why do people do what they do? This question has kept me curious about people ever since I first figured, years and years ago, that twins behave so differently. That puzzled me to no end. My keen interest in human behavior sciences was born from ...
Accounting August 8, 2021
Automation and the Future of Auditing
Auditing has changed significantly over the last 50 years. During the days of paper general ledgers (the 1970’s and 1980’s), two auditors would work together to validate the posting of entries from the general journal to the general ledger using a method called “holler and tick”. The person with the general ledger book would call...…
August 6, 2021
The Importance of Internal Controls
Before any of the other components can be examined, the control environment must first be established. The control environment examines the behavior of top management and their ability to implement the necessary controls, looking at everything from ...
August 5, 2021
2021 Digital CPA Conference to be Held in Nashville, Dec. 5-8
The conference, hosted by CPA.com and AICPA & CIMA, is now in its 10th year. It will be held onsite at the Grand Hyatt Nashville from Dec. 5-8 and attendees also have the option of joining virtually.
August 5, 2021
AICPA Signals Strong Support for Fiscal State of the Nation Resolution
AICPA believes that the consolidated federal financial statements and the Government Accountability Office (GAO)’s audit report provide valuable information on the financial condition of the federal government and the policymakers should consider this ...
August 5, 2021
Fintech Zeni Raises $34 Million in Series B Funding in Wake of 550% Revenue Growth
Zeni manages more than $500 million in funds each month across more than 100 startup customers, which range from pre-revenue startups to businesses generating more than $100 million in annual revenue. Zeni will use the capital infusion to bring its ...
August 5, 2021
Illinois CPA Society Presents 2021 Lester H. McKeever Jr. Advancing Diversity Awards
Each year, these awards—which are named in honor of McKeever, the 61st Black CPA to be licensed in the United States and a passionate civic leader, advocate for greater diversity in the accounting profession, and a founding member of the CPA Endowment ...
August 4, 2021
Xero Launches New App Store
The Xero App Store is available at apps.xero.com and delivers on Xero’s aspiration for more customers to access and benefit from the power of Xero connected apps.