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).
June 6, 2019
Business Execs Lower Their Performance Expectations for Coming Year
Some 57 percent of survey takers expressed optimism about the U.S. economy’s outlook over the next 12 months, the third straight quarter it’s held at that level since dropping from 79% at the start of 2018. U.S. executives also continue to hold a dim ...
June 5, 2019
Comdata Launches Fintwist Solution
Fintwist also provides financial management tools that give employees insight into where they spend their money and allow them to make informed financial and budgeting decisions. Taking advantage of the Fintwist solution, employers can help employees ...
June 5, 2019
99 Students Graduate from AICPA’s 25th Annual Minority Accounting Scholars Leadership Workshop
The ASLW program is an annual, all-expenses-paid event for racial and ethnic minority students anticipating a career in accounting. The three-day, invitational program is designed to strengthen students’ professional and networking skills, while ...
June 5, 2019
UCLA Forecast Shows Chances of Recession Increasing
Concurrently, Shulman warns that “when the economy slows to 1% growth, the risk of a recession becomes very real, with the second half of 2020 being most problematic.
June 5, 2019
Indiana CPA Society Members Visit Lawmakers in Washington, D.C.
Members of the Indiana CPA Society (INCPAS) visited Indiana lawmakers in Washington, D.C. to discuss the accounting profession’s advocacy agenda. They were attending the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) Spring Meeting of Council and ...
June 5, 2019
Do Clawback Penalties Spur Misreporting?
Which is the better way to spur achievement – by rewarding employees for attaining goals or by penalizing them for failing to do so? While the question has remained a perennial matter of debate, a new scholarly paper observes that "given the financial ...
June 3, 2019
Home Values in U.S. Fall for the First Time in Seven Years
U.S. home values fell from March to April, the first month-over-month decline since February 2012, according to the April Zillow Real Estate Market Report.
June 3, 2019
Father’s Day Spending Forecast to Hit New High of $16 Billion
Americans are expected to spend more than ever on gifts for Father’s Day this year, according to the National Retail Federation’s annual survey conducted by Prosper Insight & Analytics. Total spending for the holiday is estimated to reach $16 billion, up from last year’s $15.3 billion. “Fathers, husbands and sons can expect to feel the...…
June 3, 2019
GSCPA Members Visit Lawmakers to Discuss Issues Important to the Accounting Profession
Members of the Georgia Society of CPAs (GSCPA) visited Georgia lawmakers in Washington, DC to discuss the accounting profession’s advocacy agenda. The CPAs were attending the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) Spring Meeting of Council and Annual ...
June 3, 2019
Top CFO Skills: Business Development, HR and Tech
The CFOs had an average of nine years of accounting and finance experience earlier in their career, but only 14 percent said they had worked exclusively in accounting and finance. They also worked at three different companies, on average.
June 3, 2019
EY Completes Acquisition of Legal Managed Services Firm
The acquisition significantly grows the existing EY Law service offerings. With Pangea3, more than 1,100 legal project managers, services professionals and technologists join EY, bringing the total number of EY Law professionals across the globe to 3,500.
May 31, 2019
Vertex Announces Salesforce Commerce Cloud Integration
Commerce Cloud enables brands to provide personalized experiences for shoppers that span web, mobile, social and in-store. As a part of Salesforce, the world’s #1 CRM platform, Salesforce Commerce Cloud customers ...