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We are excited to announce that we have just migrated AICPA Insights to a new home at future.aicpa.org. The new website will offer a more dynamic, user-oriented experience, and allow you to choose what you will see based on your preferences. To maximize the benefits of the new platform, we recommend that you create an […]

A year has passed since COVID-19 began its worldwide disruption, but the full effects have not yet been realized. The anniversary prompts us to pause and consider where we’ve been and where we’re going. A recent Not-for-Profit Section webcast offered key takeaways to help not-for-profits (NFPs) manage current disruption and prepare for changes yet to […]

Millions of people lost their jobs and filed for unemployment benefits each week for the past year. There are10 million Americans still unemployed, according to the latest Labor Department statistics. After a hard year during the pandemic, many people couldn’t wait to get their taxes done to close the chapter on 2020 and start fresh […]

“When a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.” — Plato Well, here we are again — talking about tax busy season. It isn’t because it’s my favorite topic. But it might be one of the most important topics to tax […]

You made a New Year’s resolution: I will find that job that takes my career to the next level. Perhaps you want to earn that data analytics certificate since you keep hearing about the demand for data analytics skills and how data analytics is changing the profession. Or was your resolution to get through 2021 […]

International Women’s Day — March 8, 2021 — is a time to celebrate the achievements of women and acknowledge the valuable insights of women in the accounting profession. This year, we asked AICPA and CIMA members to share their perspective on the pandemic. How has the pandemic affected your work/life and how have you managed […]

Investors, customers and key stakeholders continue to seek reliable and transparent information on a variety of environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics. The accounting profession  has a key role to play. Accountants within organizations play an important role in integrating critical business information; implementing and maintaining relevant processes and controls; making and [...]

Now that 2020 has concluded, many owners of commercial real estate are contending with the coronavirus pandemic’s impacts on their financial performance. As auditors, you should recognize that the execution of financial statement audits for 2020 is going to be different from prior years, and the commercial real estate market brings with it a range […]

Cyber breaches have become more common threats for businesses. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the digitalization of many companies and a shift to remote working. That increased first-quarter cybercrime 273%  in 2020 compared to 2019. The new and innovative ways hackers found to steal company data cost U.S. businesses an average of $8.64 million per breach. […]

They say money can’t buy love, but it can buy heartbreak. Love and finances are exceedingly complex subjects, so it makes sense that it only gets more complicated when you combine them. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, the AICPA® Financial Literacy Commission encourages Americans to give their loved ones the gift of an […]