The CPA Journal, published by the New York State Society of CPAs, announced winners of its Max Block Distinguished Article Awards, chosen by the magazine’s editorial and editorial review board members. Winners are: Howard Levy, principal and director of technical services at Piercy Bowler Taylor & Kern, Las Vegas, for Outstanding Article in the Area of In Focus/Feature for his article, “Unsolved Problems in Auditing: A Half-Century Retrospective and Update;” Sridhar Ramamoorti, an associate professor in the department of accounting at the School of Business Administration at the University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, and Barry Epstein, a principal with Epstein + Nach LLC, Chicago, for Outstanding Article in the Area of News & Views/Opinion for “When Reckless Executives Become Dangerous Fraudsters: Reward Structures and Auditing Procedures Need to Be Reformed to Deter ‘Dark Triad’ Personalities;” Allan Afterman, author of numerous treatises on financial reporting and SEC practice and a former adjunct professor in the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago, for Outstanding Article in the Area of Departments/Columns for “FASB's Proposal to Change the Definition of Materiality: The Unexpected Uproar.”
The Bonadio Group, Rochester, was one of 12 CPA firms named on the list of the 2017 Best CPA Firms for Women by the Accounting & Financial Women’s Alliance and the American Women’s Society of Certified Public Accountants through the Accounting MOVE Project.
The American Institute of CPAs announced that 98 students graduated from 2017 Accounting Scholars Leadership Workshop program, a three-day program, held this May in Houston, designed to strengthen the students' professional and networking skills, and help them prepare for the CPA Exam.