AT Think

The Institute of Management Accountants has recently allied with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, but according to IMA president and CEO Jeff Thomson, it is not doing so to counter the alliance between the American Institute for CPAs and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

The American Institute of CPAs has expanded their website, ThisWaytoCPA.com, to allow international student membership.

One of the proposals that drew comments at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s roundtable meeting last Thursday on mandatory audit firm rotation was the idea of allowing the PCAOB to share its inspection reports directly with the audit committees.

When a marlin chomps down on your bait and you don’t set the hook immediately, you have lost that marlin forever. Why?

Convicted fraudster Sam Antar, who acted as CFO for the electronics chain Crazy Eddie in the 1980s, told a group of accountants Friday that the potential for fraud has been growing worse in recent years, despite Sarbanes-Oxley.

I recently returned from the Association for Accounting Marketing’s Annual Summit, which this year was in tandem with the AICPA Practitioners Symposium, AICPA Tech+ Conference at the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

Opportunity was a key word during a Career Opportunities in the Accounting Profession session Wednesday morning at the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants office, voiced by distinguished students of the program and echoed by former New York Governor David Paterson in his guest speech.

The House Ways and Means Human Resources and Select Revenue Measures Subcommittees held a joint hearing to discuss how welfare and tax benefits can discourage work.

When was the last time you bought a car? Do you remember your process?

IASB chairman Hans Hoogervorst reportedly expects to see the Securities and Exchange Commission take a position in the next month on whether or not to support International Financial Reporting Standards.