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).
February 14, 2018
How a 100-Year-Old Unbreakable Cipher Will Transform Digital Security
Today’s security protocols perform cryptography in all kinds of electronic networks, from sound to SMS texting to Internet web pages: but none of them use Gilbert’s OTP! So why doesn’t cryptography use this perfect Unbreakable cipher?
February 14, 2018
Using Industry Data to Help Restaurant Owners
Like other business owners, restaurateurs have more work than can typically be done in a day, so they often “can’t see the forest for the trees.” They are setting schedules for cooks and wait-staff, ordering supplies, processing payments and worrying ...
February 14, 2018
Why Businesses Fail to Sell
A business might not trade hands because the owner is not willing to sell at a price that is lower than his perceived value. On the flip side, a buyer might not be willing to purchase a business at its selling price because they have reasonable ...
February 13, 2018
The Gig Economy and Accountants
Bankers driving Lyft. Software engineers launching businesses on Amazon. Marketing professionals picking up consulting projects. Welcome to the gig economy. Where employees have a side hustle, or three, and others have left the paycheck-to-paycheck lifestyle of Corporate America for the project-to-project grind. According to Investopedia, the gig economy is defined as an economy where temporary,...…
February 13, 2018
Every Cloud Company Should Rebate Instead of Discounting
Discounting. There is nothing worse for customer service in the world of SaaS than offering a discount, and yet every salesperson at every software and SaaS provider does it.
February 12, 2018
How to Hand Off Your Bookkeeping to a New Employee
Whether you’re hiring a new worker whose responsibilities will include bookkeeping or you’re tapping an existing employee to take over the job, you have to find a way to transfer all your knowledge about your customers and vendors, your products or ...
February 12, 2018
ResultsCRM Unveils Brand Redesign and New Software Innovations
The latest version of ResultsCRM is optimized for the cloud and brings with it a redesign of the user interface based on an adaptive framework that delivers a consistent user experience across desktop, web, and mobile applications.
February 12, 2018
Businesses Not Assessing Risks of Adopting Emerging Technologies
While businesses across the U.S. are increasing their focus on emerging technologies to help transform how they work and serve clients and customers, many are not assessing the risks that come with their adoption, according to KPMG LLP’s Tech Risk ...
February 12, 2018
Online and Non-Store Retail Sales Expected to Increase 10-12% in 2018
Retail industry sales as defined by NRF include most traditional retail categories including non-store sales, discounters, department stores, grocery stores, specialty stores, and auto parts and accessories stores but exclude sales at automotive ...
February 9, 2018
3 Ways CFOs Can Accelerate Payback from New Technology
Though many recognize that implementing a modern cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is an obvious answer — many that take start the transition are surprised by marginal improvements, slow user adoption, and unchanged processes that still ...
February 9, 2018
Georgia CPAs Unite at State Capitol for 7th Annual CPA Day
More than 100 members of The Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants (GSCPA) recently met at the state Capitol to share their thoughts on important issues facing the accounting profession with their elected officials.
February 9, 2018
Excel Users: The Haves and the Have-Nots
Historically once a version of Excel was released then it's feature set was locked for the typically three-year lifespan of that version. Conversely, the Office 365 version of Excel 2016 has been receiving periodic updates, sometimes as frequently as ...