The CPA Journal - The Voice of the Accounting Profession
The CPA Journal is a publication of the New York State Society of CPAs, and is internationally recognized as an outstanding, technical-refereed publication for accounting practitioners, educators, and other financial professionals all over the globe.Edited by CPAs for CPAs, it aims to provide accounting and other financial professionals with the information and analysis they …
Asset Acquisition Accounting - The CPA Journal
Apr 4, 2022 · The key consideration when classifying a transaction as an asset acquisition or a business combination is the definition of a business. In January 2017, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2017-01, Clarifying the Definition of a Business.This ASU provides a new framework for determining whether a transaction is an asset acquisition or a business …
The Accounting Profession Is in Crisis - The CPA Journal
Dec 1, 2023 · The 150-hour requirement was intended to better prepare students for the profession and enhance the profession’s image. Advocates of the requirement expected that students would become better critical thinkers and thus better prepared for the evolving profession through a fifth year of education.
Tax Treatment of Liquidations of Partnership Interests
Feb 9, 2021 · Redemption of a Partnership Interest. Redemptions of a partner’s entire partnership interests are governed by IRC section 736. That section does not affect the amount of income, gain, or loss that will be reported by the retiring partner; instead, it determines whether the income will be a capital gain (or loss) or ordinary income, and whether the remaining partners will be …
Government Accounting and Auditing - The CPA Journal
Jun 1, 2022 · Among the series of Technical Questions and Answers (TQA) released in 2017 containing nonauthoritative guidance (discussed in further detail below), the AICPA effectively declared that the above definition of government is to be viewed as a definition of “state and local government,” as that term is used by GASB, that is, “entities are governmental or …
Accounting Ethics Education - The CPA Journal
Oct 19, 2021 · Ethical Decision-Making Model. An eight-step ethical decision-making model was first developed by William May at the University of Southern California and included in his book Ethics in the Accounting Curriculum: Cases & Readings (American Accounting Association, 1990).It served as a resource for the Langenderfer and Rockness ethical decision-making model.
Fiduciary Duty, Due Care, and the Public Interest
Apr 3, 2020 · Fiduciary duty. Fiduciary duty is a legal concept established by law, not by any accounting, auditing, or other related professional standard. Black’s Law Dictionary defines fiduciary duty as “a duty of utmost good faith, trust, confidence, and candor owed by a fiduciary (such as a lawyer or corporate officer) to the beneficiary (such as a lawyer’s client or a …
Major Revisions to the Auditor's Report - The CPA Journal
Apr 7, 2021 · Overview of Changes to Audit Reports. The ASB’s changes greatly impact auditor reports. Briefly, the changes included: 1) moving the opinion to the first part of the report; 2) adding more titles; 3) disclosing management’s and the auditor’s responsibility for going concern issues; 4) introducing key audit matters (KAM); and 5) expanding the disclosure of auditor …
The Future of Business Data Analytics and Accounting Automation
Jan 31, 2024 · The Value of Business Data Analytics. Michael Parrinello, CPA, is a partner at the Bonadio Group, a mid-sized accounting firm with offices in New York, Texas, and Vermont that was named among the Top 100 Public Accounting Firms in 2020 by Inside Public Accounting. Parrinello (2021) stated that many of the Bonadio Group’s small- to mid-sized clients pushed …
Professional Independence Resources - The CPA Journal
Apr 30, 2024 · Professional independence is required for CPAs performing financial statement attest services, whether the client company is privately held or publicly traded.