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).
January 29, 2018
Consumers Expected to Spend $15.3 Billion During 2018 Super Bowl
Of the 76 percent of those surveyed who plan to watch the game, 82 percent say they will purchase food and beverages — up slightly from 80 percent last year — and the highest in the survey’s history. Another 11 percent will buy team apparel or ...
January 29, 2018
Small Business Owner Parents More Optimistic About Children’s Future
Parents who are small business owners are more optimistic about their children’s future than parents overall, according to a new survey from New York Life. More than 75 percent of small business owners with children under the age of 18 believe that ...
January 28, 2018
New Analytics System Gives CFOs Greater Insight
The Taxalytics solution from Deloitte is powered by Tableau. Deloitte worked closely with Tableau throughout the development process and successfully surpassed a series of benchmarking tests designed to ensure the data source extract compatibility ...
January 26, 2018
What are B-Corporations and L3C’s?
A B-Corporation, is short for a Benefit Corporation. These B Corps, are for-profit companies that have been certified by the non-profit B Lab. Some big companies like Ben & Jerry’s, Patagonia, Etsy, and others, have taken the plunge and become B-Corps.
January 24, 2018
Biz2Credit and AccountantsWorld Partner for SMB Lending
Biz2Credit’s online lending platform gives small business owners access to a network of prescreened lenders. Financing, which ranges from $5,000 to $5 million, can be arranged in as little as 24 hours for lines of credit, expansion loans, working ...
January 24, 2018
Expensify Announces 2017 Growth: Over 1 Million New Users and Double the Number of Partnerships
Throughout 2017, Expensify added new features such as an improved report approval workflow and automatic export of approved reports to the accounting software in realtime. Continuing to invest in its product, Expensify kicked off 2018 with a fresh new ...
January 24, 2018
App Shows Airport Security Waiting Times in Real-Time
The guessing game may be over, thanks to a new feature in the popular travel app TripIt Pro. The new feature works similar to traffic apps, letting users how long it they can expect the wait to be at their airport's security lines.
January 23, 2018
FloQast Adds New Visualizations to Close Analytics Offering
Close Analytics provides controllers at-a-glance, real-time snapshots of the status of their current close process along with tools to identify ways to improve future closes. The latest release adds new smart analytics capabilities including pace line ...
January 23, 2018
How to Measure the True Cost of Paper Checks
One of the reasons is that the only measure of success for the payments process at most companies is making sure all the bills get paid on time. It’s hard to make a case for change until you define and quantify the problem—and evaluate how much better ...
January 23, 2018
Market for Internet of Things Projected to Grow
The Internet of Things market is expected to grow from USD 170.57 Billion in 2017 to USD 561.04 Billion by 2022, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 26.9%, according to a report by Research and Markets.
January 23, 2018
Survey Shows Bright Outlook for Small to Medium Sized Businesses in 2018
Optimism is growing among small-to-medium sized businesses in 2018 in light of new tax reform legislation, according to a new survey of accounting professionals released today by Right Networks.
January 22, 2018
Insynq Partners with Service Fusion
The alliance is a natural fit for both Insynq, which specializes in QuickBooks hosting, and Service Fusion, whose software integrates seamlessly with QuickBooks’ online and desktop versions. Service Fusion software synchronizes customer and product ...