Audit & Accounting

The American Institute of CPAs has given its Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Education Award to Dale Flesher, a professor at the University of Mississippi.

The AICPA Council voted Monday to approve a joint venture with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants to create a new credential for management accountants internationally.

You can follow Accounting Today’s and Accounting Tomorrow’s coverage of the American Institute of CPAs Spring Meeting of Council conference in Washington, D.C. on our Twitter pages: @Accounting Today, @ATomorrow and @WebCPAtweets, with tweeting by editors Danielle Lee and Michael Cohn.

The American Institute of CPAs kicked off its 2011 Spring Meeting of Council on Sunday with a discussion of the Institute’s legislative priorities.

The Financial Accounting Foundation said Wednesday that, as part of its oversight of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, it has commissioned an independent academic study of the purposes of financial accounting and reporting of state and local governments.

ParenteBeard LLC has launched a sustainability practice to work with clients on establishing sustainability initiatives at their organizations.

Not all of the state legislation drawing attention from accountants this year involves taxes (see States Enact Flurry of Tax Changes). Indeed, some of the most closely watched bills hit even closer to home for the profession.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants is firing back as government regulators worldwide are proposing changes in the way the audit profession works.

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board has released a new consultation paper seeking views on how to enhance the quality, relevance and value of auditor reporting on an international basis.

Capital Confirmation Inc. has added a self-registration feature for companies and financial institutions to respond to audit confirmation requests through its Web site, Confirmation.com.