Audit & Accounting

Accounting organization leaders are meeting at the World Congress of Accountants in Rome this week to discuss issues such as the future of accounting, problems with government accounting and outsourced workforces, and the state of accounting research.

Two top officials with the International Accounting Standards Board and its parent organization, the IFRS Foundation, gave speeches this week in which they expressed the hope that the Securities and Exchange Commission will ultimately sanction the use of International Financial Reporting Standards by U.S. companies.

At just 17 years of age, Belicia Cespedes of Canyon Country, CA has earned her CPA license, in addition to earning her bachelor's degree and completing two years of part-time work experience under a licensed CPA, according to The Santa Clarita Valley Signal.

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Sageworks has struck a marketing partnership with the American Institute of CPAs, which will offer members of the AICPA’s Forensic & Valuation Services Section a discount on Sageworks Valuation Solution.

The Center for Audit Quality and the American Accounting Association have issued a request for proposals for a joint program to facilitate the ability of accounting and auditing academics to get access to audit firm personnel to participate in their research projects.

The American Institute of CPAs said Monday that it is working to secure a new .cpa domain extension on the Internet that could be used by CPAs as “a globally recognized calling card for CPAs in the digital world.”

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As record numbers of seasonal hires are expected this year in the U.S., fraud experts warn that the need to quickly add staff should not get in the way of properly screening employees.