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AICPA News – January 2025
AICPA News is a round-up of recent announcements and alerts from the American Institute of CPAs and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
January 29, 2014
Illinois CPA Society Hosts Internship Prep Program for Minority Students
Program prepares minority students interested in the CPA profession for successful internships at Illinois accounting firms.
January 28, 2014
AICPA Commends FAF for Funding IASB
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) issued the following statement by President and CEO Barry C. Melancon, CPA, CGMA, in response to the Financial Accounting Foundation’s announcement that it will provide funding to the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation to support the completion of international convergence projects:
January 27, 2014
AICPA Accepting Applications for Accounting Scholars Workshop
Applications for the AICPA's Accounting Scholars Leadership Workshop are now being accepted. Now in their 20th year, the Workshops are an annual invitational program for minority accounting students who plan to pursue the CPA designation.
January 21, 2014
AICPA Honors CPA for Contributions to Financial Planning
The American Institute of CPAs today recognized Steven Levey, CPA/PFS, CGMA, with the AICPA Special Recognition Award for 2014. The Institute presents the award to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to a particular area of the profession.
January 16, 2014
AICPA Supports Tax Administration Reform and Simplification
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) said in a letter today to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Baucus and Ranking Member Hatch that it “strongly supports the efforts by the Senate Committee on Finance on tax administration reform and simplification.”
January 14, 2014
Stanley Baiman, Ph.D., Receives Lifetime Contribution Award from AAA
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and the Management Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association (AAA) have announced that Stanley Baiman, Ph.D., has been awarded the 2014 Lifetime Contribution Award. Professor Baiman was honored for his 30 plus years of research and teaching of key management accounting issues, including those relevant in inter-firm contracting…
December 18, 2013
Teddy Roosevelt Welcome CPAs Back to Wall Street
Former New York City Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt, who later served as the 26th President of the United States, was a special guest of honor Wednesday evening at an open house for the state’s largest association of professional accountants.
November 20, 2013
How Analytical Procedures Help Evaluation of Financial Data
Analytical procedures are used by accountants in multiple levels of service, and they are critical to evaluating financial data and variations that occur in financial data. But selecting and documenting analytical procedures are subjective processes, so the area of analytical procedures is one that can cause frustration for accountants.
November 13, 2013
AICPA Awards 10 Scholarships – John L. Carey Awards
$50,000 in Total Scholarships Help Students with Liberal Arts and Other Non-Traditional Business Backgrounds Pursue Graduate Accounting Degrees
November 7, 2013
Annette Nellen Honored by AICPA
Recognized as recipient of the 2013 Arthur J. Dixon Memorial Award, the highest honor bestowed by the accounting profession in the area of taxation.
September 6, 2013
AICPA to Congress: Provide IRS with Sufficient Funds to Perform Its Duties
The American Institute of CPAs is urging Congress to provide the Internal Revenue Service with “sufficient” funds to perform its duties.
August 21, 2013
AICPA recognizes City of South Miami CFO as an outstanding CPA in government
The chief financial officer for the City of South Miami has been recognized by the American Institute of CPAs.