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).
August 15, 2017
Withum Sees Success in Advising IPO Clients
According to Audit Analytics, there were a total of 64 IPOs in U.S. markets between April 1st and June 30th, of which 27 were non-Big Four clients. Thus far in 2017, the overall amount raised has surpassed all of 2016 by $3 billion and the total ...
August 15, 2017
BKR Awards Scholarships to Accounting Students
This distinctive program, unique among global accounting associations, awards $3,000 per student toward the cost of obtaining a professional accounting credential in their country. Since its inception in 2012, the scholarship program has awarded ...
August 15, 2017
Four Tips for Maximizing Your Clients’ Education Benefits
If you have clients with college age children, now may be a good time to refresh your knowledge about the various tax education benefits that are available and the strategies for making the most of them. Here are four tips that can help you determine ...
August 14, 2017
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of the Accounting Profession
The relentless advance of technology. You are aware of it. Whether you are boomer, a millennial, or even Gen Z (some call them the “iGeneration”). We can’t deny it. We live in a time of technological marvels. And the velocity of development related to technology is only accelerating. “Moore’s Law”, first predicted in...…
August 11, 2017
4 Marketing Tips to Keep Your Accounting Firm Top of Mind with Contractors
Contractors are unique when it comes to location. Their office often changes based on the project location. Knowing that, what can you do to maximize your efforts to reach these nomadic business pros?
August 11, 2017
4 Tips to Boost Efficiency in Finance Teams
For business leaders, increasing profits holds a permanent spot at the top of the priority list. And with a constant focus on the bottom line, there’s no room for flawed revenue and expense tracking. Sure, you may have accurate records and a finance ...
August 11, 2017
Accounting and Reporting for Business Combinations
From reaching new geographic markets to expanding product offerings, mergers, acquisitions, and other types of business combinations offer many benefits to the parties involved. However, the initial accounting for the business combination can be ...
August 11, 2017
How Fintechs are Redefining International Supplier Payments
In today’s connected world, it’s much easier for companies to do business with global suppliers—and more companies are doing so. Fortunately, there’s a simple way to pay suppliers in a foreign country: You send the money by wire. Problem solved. Or is it?
August 10, 2017
Baker Tilly to Host Second Annual Insurance Hot Topics Seminar in Philadelphia
The national accounting and advisory firm Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP (Baker Tilly) will host its second annual Insurance Hot Topics Seminar on September 20 at the Clarion Hotel in Exton, Pa.
August 10, 2017
FloQast Named Best Place to Work
FloQast, Inc., a provider of close management software created by accountants for accountants to close the books faster and more accurately, was reecntly ranked 18th on the 2017 Best Places to Work in Los Angeles list by The Los Angeles Business Journal.
August 8, 2017
AICPA Young CPA Award Presented to Lindsay Stevenson
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has named Lindsay Stevenson, CPA, CGMA, Vice President of Finance & Tax at 1st Financial Bank USA, winner of the 2017 AICPA Outstanding Young CPA Award in Honor of Maximo Mukelabai. Stevenson was recognized for ...
August 8, 2017
California CPA Society Awards 3 for Service to Profession and Public
The California Society of CPAs (CalCPA.org) recently presented awards to three individuals and a Sacramento accounting firm in recognition of their services to the profession or to the public.