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).
July 5, 2018
A.I., Machine Learning, Cognitive Computing As Profession’s Top Technology Hard Trends For 2018 – Part 2
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cognitive computing in audit and tax are the top trends that will impact the accounting and finance world over the next three years, according to research conducted by the Maryland Association of CPAs, ...
July 5, 2018
How One Accounting Firm Created An Industry Niche
Michael Bohinc is a CPA, a baseball nut and the son of a plumber, so he combined these parts of his background as he developed an industry niche focused on plumbing and HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) contractors.
July 3, 2018
Finance Professionals Increasingly Challenged by Digital Transformation
Over half of the financial executives surveyed in the United States (59 percent) and Canada (52 percent) said they will maintain their current staffing levels due to digital transformation. Seventeen percent of U.S. respondents and 22 percent of ...
July 3, 2018
Deep Dive Analysis of the Supreme Court’s Sales Tax Ruling
The Court explicitly rejected the requirement that a remote seller must have a physical presence in a state before that state or its localities could require sales tax collection. A majority of the Court swept aside the rules that guided this area of ...
June 28, 2018
UNLV Business Students Win Accounting Competition
The Student Case Competition gives students an opportunity to analyze a relevant case study and develop a solution. Teams submit videos to present their case analysis and from there the finalists present to an audience at the IMA’s Annual Conference ...
June 28, 2018
AICPA Welcomes SEC Adoption of Rule Requiring Use of Inline XBRL
The iXBRL specification is used by millions of companies around the world to report their financial information. Based on discussions with companies implementing and using iXBRL, the AICPA believes that the use of iXBRL by filers will ...
June 28, 2018
65% of Small Businesses Fail to Act Following Cyber Security Attack
Once bitten, twice (thrice or more) shy? Unfortunately, of the businesses that reported having a cyber attack, 44% of them said they "had been attacked two, three or four times."
June 28, 2018
Are You Replaceable at Work?
Michigan Ross Professor Maxim Sytch walks you through a quick “Personal Power Audit” that measures just how replaceable you are on the job. And if find yourself a little alarmed about your results, don’t worry: Sytch offers five concrete steps to take that can help improve your job security. Subscribe for more: http://bit.ly/RossSubscribe
June 28, 2018
FinancialForce Announces Advanced PSA Analytics and Next-generation Financial Reporting with Salesforce Einstein Analytics
In today’s customer-centric services economy, organizations are challenged to interpret the overwhelming amount of captured customer and financial data, and adapt to changing market and customer demands at speed. To help tackle these challenges, ...
June 28, 2018
Illinois CPA Society Awards Accounting Students with Scholarships
Supported by contributions to the CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois, the Society’s Scholarship Program recognizes accounting students who demonstrate strong academic performance, leadership qualities and financial need.
June 26, 2018
CFO 2.0: Going Beyond the Finance Function
Assuming roles outside of the finance function is of increasing importance for CFOs. From reporting tools to automation opportunities, CFOs are learning to roll with the punches with a host of new technologies coming online.
June 25, 2018
What’s the Future for Financial Statements in the Digital World?
Audited financial statements are a key underpinning of our financial markets. But are they still relevant in a digital world in which reams of information can be synthesized and analyzed for insight?