Personal Financial Planning
With the Internet, you can have access to timely investment information whether you're on Wall Street or Main Street. View up-to-the-minute stock quotes, read what experts say and educate yourself without ever leaving your office.
Professional Issues
At the core of the CPA Vision Project is a process called visioning — working out different scenarios of the future, choosing the best and then striving to make it happen. Visioning is a rigorous, intellectual effort involving insight and analysis, but at the same time it's an exhilirating, creative process that empowers CPAs to dream the best dream they can and make it a reality. This article takes a closer look.
Education
The Uniform CPA Examination has undergone many changes in the last few years - and will undergo more. This article gives details on these changes and why they were made.
Business & Industry / Auditing
How can a company's accounting staff help make annual audits run as smoothly and as quickly as possible? This article provides step by step procedures including how to plan for the audit and communicate effectively with auditors.
Personal Financial Planning
In the face of client demand for an expanded array of services, more CPAs have begun to offer investment management as part of their financial planning practices. Three CPAs tell the Journal how they made the transition.
Technology
The Uniform CPA Examination has undergone many changes in the last few years - and will undergo more. This article gives details on these changes and why they were made.
Auditing
The AICPA has issued new auditing and attestation standards to provide guidance on establishing an understanding with your client. Although brief, the new standards affect every CPA, in large and small firms, performing audit and attest engagements.
Technology
What's ahead for high-end accounting software? The vendors are offering slimmed-down versions of their products at lower prices in an effort to penetrate the larger middle market. And within five years some vendors may be selling software the way utilities sell electricity — transmitting it from a central facility and metering its use. This articles examines these and other trends in the high-end market.