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).
September 30, 2013
Improving Business with a Virtual Office
When Bryce Forney, CPA realized he was duplicating many tasks and wasting countless hours simply checking email, he knew it was time for a change. He transitioned his email from Outlook to Gmail and began looking for other ways to eliminate waste and redundancy in his practice.
September 27, 2013
Intuit and Square Integrate to Offer a Simplified Payment Solution
Intuit and Square recently announced a seamless integration between Square and QuickBooks that will help small businesses streamline their operations.
September 26, 2013
Secure Communications Provider Ziptr to Cease Operations on September 27th
Secure communications provider Ziptr, who we covered in our April 2013 review of Client Portal Products, has notified customers that they will cease operations at noon on Friday, September 27th. Founder and CEO Firdaus Bhathena sent a message earlier this week to users, which included the following message:
September 26, 2013
Up to 18% of U.S. Workers Expected to Retire Within 5 Years
The Baby Boomers are about to retire en mass. A new report on age and retirement benchmarks in the U.S. shows that as much as 18% of the U.S. workforce could retire within the next five years.
September 25, 2013
Holiday Hiring Likely to Drop at Major Retailers
Retailers' annual surge of holiday hiring will be more muted this year, according to a new forecast.
September 25, 2013
Business Leaders Rapidly Adopting Cloud File Sharing Apps
Business Executives Look the Other Way When it comes to Data Security in the Cloud, Survey Shows
September 24, 2013
Commercial Logic Releases Updated Version of TrakTime Central for QuickBooks
Commercial Logic announced the release of a new version of TrakTime Central for QuickBooks. TrakTime Central 2013 features new reporting options and now supports QuickBooks Enterprise in addition to QuickBooks Pro and Premier.
September 24, 2013
Thousands of SMB Owners Advance to Next Round of Intuit Small Business Big Game
Round one of Intuit’s Small Business Big Game campaign ended Monday, Sept. 23 with more than 10,000 small businesses advancing to the next round.
September 24, 2013
Minnesota Vikings Owners Lose $84.5M Fraud Judgment
A New Jersey judge slapped the Minnesota Vikings owners Monday with an order to pay $84.5 million in damages to former partners they defrauded in a decades-old real estate deal.
September 24, 2013
Report Shows Slow Growth for Private Companies
Privately held companies are growing sales at an annual rate of less than 4 percent in 2013, according to financial statements, according to preliminary estimates in the latest Sageworks Private Company Report today, a quarterly update on the health and state of privately held U.S. companies.
September 24, 2013
The Rainmaker Alliances Announces 20th Annual SuperConference
The Rainmaker Alliances announced its 20th Annual SuperConference will be held May 28–30, 2014 at Disney World’s Contemporary Resort in Florida. The conference focuses on practice management and niche growth in the accounting industry.
September 23, 2013
WTP Advisors Merges with N.Y. Forensic Accounting Firm BSG
The New York-based forensic accounting and litigation support firm, Boucher Stickley Group (BSG), has merged with WTP Advisors, a global tax and business advisory firm. BSG is known for its pioneering systems used to perform complicated quantitative analysis related to controversy resolution.