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).
November 20, 2017
GASB Clarifies Guidance on Majority Equity Interests
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has proposed guidance that would clarify the accounting and financial reporting for a state or local government’s majority equity interest in an organization that remains legally separate after ...
November 20, 2017
Small Businesses Increase Hiring, but Face Challenges Finding Staff
Following the largest increase in a decade, small business optimism held steady in the fourth quarter, according to the latest Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index.
November 20, 2017
Small Business Revenues and Confidence Surge
The positive outlook on the economy bodes well for growth, as 92 percent of small business owners indicated that a positive economic environment is a critical factor to their ability to grow. Other growth factors include customer demand (93 percent), ...
November 20, 2017
Ranking the Best Cities for Veteran Business Owners
Veterans continue to do more than their fair share after leaving the military: More than one-in-four veterans in the workforce are running their own business, a rate that is 7.7 percentage points greater than the national average, according to the ...
November 20, 2017
Health Insurance Rates Skyrocket for Small Business
While growth rates in insurance premiums have slowed in recent years, from 10 percent in 2014 to 7 percent in 2017, typical small business owners still spend about $500 per month on premiums to cover themselves and/or their families.
November 20, 2017
Valuation of a Cannabis Business
The Internal Revenue Code is so vast, and the laws surrounding cannabis are so complicated, that you have to stay up to date on the pulse of the community. My license is a Federal License and I have about 75 cannabis clients all over the country.
November 20, 2017
Credit for the Past, Capital for the Future
Intuit introduces a new lending solution, QuickBooks Capital, to help small business owners grow their businesses
November 20, 2017
Free Online CPE Conference Dec. 7 – Earn 1-10 Hours of CPE in One Day
Thurs. Dec 7 - Tune in for an hour or two, or settle in and spend the entire day with us. Wear your pajamas if you like – we won’t judge. Starting at 9 a.m. Eastern time and for the next 10 hours you can collect up to 10 CPE credits, we’ll ...
November 20, 2017
Cyber Monday: 75% of Workers Admit Holiday Shopping During Work on Company Computer
Workers may be checking off shopping lists, not work tasks, this Cyber Monday, according to new research from staffing firm Robert Half Technology. Three-quarters (75 percent) of workers surveyed admitted to shopping during work hours on ...
November 17, 2017
Tesla Shows Off New Electric Semi Truck, and Car that Does 250 mph
Elon Musk unveiled the new Tesla Semi on Thursday night — and surprised everybody with working prototype of a new Roadster sports car whose purpose, he said, is to “give a hard core smackdown to gasoline cars.” Musk claims the car will rocket zero to 60 miles per hour in 1.9 seconds — which he...…
November 16, 2017
Technology Tools for Productivity
New technology tools are frequently showcased first at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas every January. While many innovative products have been initially introduced during CES, there have been a number of useful hardware and software ...
November 16, 2017
Effectively Calculating the True Cost of Sales
Generating sales can be a complex and sometimes expensive endeavor, with marketing campaigns, lead nurturing programs, solution demos, RFPs, on-site presentations and follow-up meetings all forming a part of the typical process. Even after the initial ...