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).
March 6, 2018
CFOs Still Rely on Spreadsheets for Forecasting, Shows Survey
A recent survey sent to thousands of CFOs across the country yielded some interesting results for Centage Corporation (www.centage.com), a leading provider of cloud-based budgeting, forecasting, analytics and reporting software.
March 6, 2018
Ron Baker Inducted into CPA Practice Advisor Accounting Hall of Fame
Ron Baker Inducted into CPA Practice Advisor Accounting Hall of Fame.
March 6, 2018
Ron Baker, CPA, Inducted into Accounting Hall of Fame
Ron Baker, a CPA who has significantly shaped the accounting profession by developing and evangelizing the value pricing model of accounting firm management, has been inducted into CPA Practice Advisor's Accounting Hall of Fame.
March 5, 2018
Accounting Thought Leaders Focus on Disruption and Future of Profession
The Thought Leader Symposium invites select professionals from around the world who are engaged in helping shape the profession. They are all widely-respected and are frequent speakers at accounting conferences.
March 5, 2018
Xero Appoints Former Austrailian Microsoft and Apple Chief as New CEO
The Board of Xero Limited has appointed Steve Vamos as CEO to succeed founder Rod Drury, effective 1 April 2018. Drury will continue to focus on innovation and strategy as a non-executive director of Xero.
March 5, 2018
Host Analytics Launches Project Orion EPM System
Cloud-based enterprise performance management (EPM) solution provider Host Analytics has introduced Project Orion, a revolutionary offering aimed at disrupting the EPM market by introducing the world’s first EPM product specifically designed for ...
March 1, 2018
Business Leaders Getting More Serious About Security
One defense strategy in particular is gaining popularity: Two-thirds (66 percent) of CIOs reported using multifactor authentication processes, such as tokens and biometrics. This is up 25 percentage points from a similar survey in 2015.
February 28, 2018
CFOs Say Automation is Negating Need for Excel Skills
CFOs are embracing automation across various areas of finance, driven in large part by a requirement to be more strategic and provide better analyses. That's according to the latest global CFO Indicator report from Adaptive Insights, which explores ...
February 27, 2018
U.S. and E.U. Mandates Fail to Eliminate Ill Effect of Long Auditor Tenures
It is by applying their novel research methods to assess the U.S. and E.U. current rotation requirements that the professors discover the mandates’ serious shortcomings. Since their data extends from before Sarbanes-Oxley to well after its passage, ...
February 26, 2018
7 Questions to Gain More Business Valuation Engagements
Business owners have 80 to 90 percent of their financial wealth locked up within their businesses, according to the Exit Planning Institute, which trains and advises succession planning professionals. However, survey after survey by the institute ...
February 21, 2018
FreshBooks Reaches 65+ Integrations with Popular Business Apps
FreshBooks, which raised $43 million USD in July of 2017 to expand its platform, will continue to invest in partnerships that help meet the unique needs of self-employed professionals, the fastest growing segment of the global workforce.
February 20, 2018
Key Budget Tips for Small Businesses
Creating a budget is one of the more challenging chores you must undertake as a business owner.