Welcome to the AICPA's new Financial Reporting Center

As an AICPA member you will find resources to assist you across the entire financial reporting process. Whether you are involved in accounting, preparing financial statements, or performing compilation, review, audit, attest, or assurance and advisory engagements, this new Center will support you in the execution of high-quality financial reporting by providing:

Financial reporting news and developments
Financial reporting guidance and resources such as articles, presentations, and frequently asked questions
Industry insights on important financial reporting topics
A Standards Tracker to help you stay current on recently issued FASB, ARSC, and ASB standards
Insight and guidance to help you avoid common financial reporting pitfalls

We welcome your feedback on the new Center.

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Accounting and Auditing Publications

Accounting professionals face ever-changing challenges in today’s increasingly complex financial and regulatory environment. AICPA Accounting and Auditing Publications provide professionals engaged in accounting, financial reporting, audit and attest, and compilation and review services the guidance and knowledge for accurate reporting. The AICPA publishes guidance in both electronic and print, designed to be useful wherever you are – in the office, in the field, or on the go.

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IFRS Accounting Trends & Techniques - Global Edition
This new publication is ideal for international companies that have adopted IFRS and would like to stay current with the latest IFRS reporting techniques. It presents carefully selected reporting examples from the audited annual reports of 170 international public companies across 43 industries and 38 countries to illustrate current reporting techniques and various presentation and disclosure practices. Also avaliable electronically.

Alert Compilation and Review Developments
This alert is intended to provide accountants with an update on common implementation issues regarding SSARS No. 19, Compilation and Review Engagements, and other current practice issues. This alert can also be used by an entity’s internal management to address areas of concern. The alert provides information on recently issued and proposed professional standards affecting practitioners providing compilation and review services and issues and developments affecting compilation and review engagements. Also available as an eBook.

Audit Risk Alert Financial Institutions Industry Developments
This Audit Risk Alert discusses important issues affecting the financial institutions industry, including the depository and lending institutions and brokers and dealers in securities industries, and how current developments affect auditing in these industries. This alert focuses on emerging practice issues and current economic, accounting, and auditing developments and also provides you with regulatory updates from the Federal Financial Institutions Regulators, SEC, and CFTC, among others. Also available as an eBook.

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Publication Release Schedule

See what is on the horizon with the AICPA's Publication Release Schedule. Stay up-to-date on the latest releases to ensure you have the most current accounting and auditing guidance.

Publication Authority

Curious about the authority level of the publication you're using? Visit our Authoritative Level of Audit, Attest, Compilation, and Review Publications page to learn about authoritative, interpretive, and other publications.

The AICPA is very proud to present eXacct: Financial Reporting Tools & Techniques, which takes the same indispensible Accounting Trends & Techniques content we have provided for more than 60 years and makes it interactive—ready to be searched, sorted, and used exactly how you need it.

Please visit cpa2Biz.com/eXacct for more information, including a 30 day free trial.

AICPA Professional Standards

In June 2011, the AICPA released our new editions of AICPA Professional Standards, AICPA Technical Practice Aids, and the AICPA Audit and Accounting Manual. These publications are also available in two sets, one containing Professional Standards and Technical Practice Aids, and the other set containing all three publications. All of the new editions are available at www.cpa2biz.com.

Compilation and Review Engagements

Available now, the Compilation and Review Engagements Guide provides the most updated guidance for accountants performing compilation and review engagements, including considerations related to newly issued Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARS) No. 19, Compilation and Review Engagements.

>> Read more about the new compilation and review standards or access the AICPA's SSARS No. 19 Toolkit.

Permission to Reuse Content

If you would like to reprint or reuse material from an AICPA publication, AICPA Rights and Permissions is available to assist you.

AICPA Publications Online

Offered in several formats, including online, the AICPA authoritative literature, many of our accounting and auditing publications, as well as the Management of an Accounting Practice Handbook, and Accountant’s Business Manual, are available through the AICPA Online Professional Library. The online version makes research easy with a powerful search engine, extensive linking within and between titles, and other new or enhanced tools and navigational aids. Plus, with the online version, you have the most current content at your fingertips.

Many subscription options are available including individual titles and several library options. Click here for additional details or to subscribe to the AICPA Online Professional Library offerings.

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Multiple User Licenses

We understand that your needs may extend beyond personal use of a publication. Many AICPA publications can be delivered in electronic form under multiple user licenses. Our Licensing Team is available to assist you with understanding available products and terms.