September 2014 - Journal of Accountancy

Data collected by the AICPA Peer Review team can drive better audits by helping audit firms focus remedies on areas that frequently have been associated with accounting and auditing deficiencies.

Learn how CPAs in our annual survey assessed the performance, features, and technical support of eight major tax preparation software products.

This column addresses a CPA’s professional liability exposures as well as ethical and legal obligations related to the use of tax software.

Total user accounts or total number of posts are used to tout some companies’ success, but those statistics don’t necessarily indicate profitability.

Many businesses continue to underestimate cyberthreats. An urgent change of mindset is called for, says Florian Stahl, lead information security consultant at MSG Systems in Germany. He offers nine tips to bolster thinking around data security.

The AICPA assembled the Task Force on the Future of Learning to address critical issues in professional development as the workplace evolves. See the task force’s four major recommendations.

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The 40th anniversary of ERISA’s enactment is a good time to look back at the problems with pensions that the legislation was intended to solve, and the problems that face today’s and tomorrow’s retirees, who increasingly must provide for their own retirement.

In an exclusive interview with the JofA, PCAOB members Jay Hanson and Lewis Ferguson bring different perspectives as they talk about ways to improve auditing.

The AICPA’s new Enhancing Audit Quality initiative is using a holistic approach to align objectives of audit-related efforts and improve auditing of private entities. A discussion paper seeks comments by Nov. 7 in an exploration of the best ways to address quality issues related to financial statement audits of non-SEC registrants, including not-for-profits, employee benefit plans, and governmental entities.

Many QuickBooks users fail to take advantage of the accounting software’s full capabilities. This first article in a two-part series provides tips for efficiently creating, grouping, memorizing, and printing financial reports.