AICPA Adopts New Ethics Standard On Use Of Indemnification and Limitation of Liability Clauses

Press Release:  The AICPA adopted a new standard tightening ethics requirements for its members. Failure to comply with a regulator's requirements on the use of indemnification and limitation of liability provisions will be considered an act discreditable to...
Published on June 04, 2008

AICPA Tells IRS Tax Preparer ID Plan and Stricter Ethics Requirements Will Help Protect Taxpayers, But Warns Changes Cou...

Press Release:  The AICPA said today at an Internal Revenue Service hearing that a plan to require a unique identification number for all paid U.S. tax preparers with penalties and ethics requirements will improve the competence and ethics of non-CPA tax preparers but a proposal to provide an IRS exam risks confusing the
Published on May 08, 2010

CGMA Report Reveals Gap in Rhetoric, Reality on Business Ethics

Press Release:  Four out of five businesses worldwide have committed to ethical performance, but rhetoric does not always match reality, according to a new report from the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).
Published on May 21, 2012

AICPA Issues Proposed Content and Skill Specifications Update For Uniform CPA Examination

Press Release:  AICPA releases a draft outlining content updates for the CPA exam. Updates include increased emphasis on ethics and more in-depth descriptions of the skills necessary for entry-level CPAs and inclusion of the International Financial Reporting Standards for the first time
Published on May 06, 2008

AICPA Establishes Sidney Kess Award for Excellence in Continuing Education

Press Release:  ...Continuing Education to recognize individual CPAs who have made significant and outstanding contributions in tax and financial planning and whose public service exemplifies the CPA profession’s values and ethics
Published on May 12, 2010

AICPA National Audit Committee Forum June 21-22 at the Mandarin Oriental, Washington, D.C.

Media Advisory:  The AICPA National Audit Committee Forum will be held June 21-22 at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Washington, D.C.
Published on June 16, 2011

Joseph Walloch of Redlands, Calif., Receives 2011 Kess Award

Press Release:  The AICPA today named Joseph W. Walloch, chief executive of Walloch & Associates in Redlands, Calif., the 2011 recipient of the Sidney Kess Award for Excellence in Continuing Education.
Published on May 05, 2011

Martin Shenkman Honored with 2012 Kess Award for Excellence in Continuing Education

Press Release:  AICPA honored Martin Shenkman, principal at Martin Shenkman P.C., with the 2012 Sidney Kess Award for Excellence in Continuing Education at its Conference on Tax Strategies for the High-Income Individual in Las Vegas
Published on May 01, 2012

John Connors Honored with 2013 Kess Award for Excellence in Continuing Education

Press Release:  The American Institute of CPAs honored John J. Connors, PhD, CPA, president at Tax Educators' Network, with the 2013 Sidney Kess Award for Excellence in Continuing Education at its Conference on Tax Strategies for the High-Income Individual in Las Vegas.
Published on May 22, 2013

AICPA, NASBA, and Prometric Announce Successful Launch of New Uniform CPA Examination

Press Release:  The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, and Prometric today launched the new Uniform CPA Examination, called CBT-e, which includes for the first time questions on International Financial Reporting Standards among other sweeping and significant changes.
Published on January 05, 2011

AICPA to Host Inaugural National Audit Committee Forum

Press Release:  The AICPA will hold its first National Audit Committee Forum on July 29 - 30 in Washington, D.C.
Published on July 07, 2010

Sidney Kess and S. Scott Voynich Receive AICPA Gold Medal Award

Press Release:  The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) is pleased to announce that Sidney Kess, CPA,  J.D., LLM and S. Scott Voynich, CPA, are the recipients of the Institute’s  2011 Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Service.
Published on October 18, 2011

Richard I. Miller, AICPA General Counsel and Secretary, Announces Retirement

Press Release:  Richard I. Miller, general counsel and secretary of the American Institute of CPAs will retire effective July 31.
Published on May 04, 2011

AICPA Honors Alan R. Einhorn With Arthur J. Dixon Memorial Award

Press Release:  Alan R. Einhorn, CPA, is the recipient of the 2012 Arthur J. Dixon Memorial Award, the highest award given by the accounting profession in the area of taxation.
Published on November 06, 2012

U.S. CPA License Increases International Employment Options for Japanese Accountants

Press Release:  Results from an AICPA/NASBA survey of Japanese U.S. CPA candidates hows that the CPA license is perceived to empower people to better tap opportunities in an increasingly globalized Japan.
Published on January 30, 2013