Just as the number of young students entering the profession has been shrinking, increasing numbers of older CPAs have been leaving due to forced retirement.…
Just as the number of young students entering the profession has been shrinking, increasing numbers of older CPAs have been leaving due to forced retirement.…
It has been almost a year since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed into law. This complex legislation was the most significant change…
Having read Richard Kravitz's article in the April 2017 CPA Journal (“Serving the Public Interest,” http://bit.ly/2mrlWsk), Sam Gunther's response in the June 2017 issue (“Independent Auditors Are Not…
I am disappointed in Samuel P. Gunther's critique (“Independent Auditors Are Not Fiduciaries,” June 2017, http://bit.ly/2uJWYYF) of Richard Kravitz's April 2017 article, “Serving the Public Interest:…
This article orginally appeared in our July 2016 issue. This issue features our annual coverage of Baruch College's Financial Reporting Conference. Each year, leading regulators,…
Serving the Public Interest
Improving Government Reporting and Promoting Sustainable Corporate Governance
When discussing accounting and financial reporting for governments, we need to acknowledge that corporations dominate the global economy. Fifty-two of the world's largest 100 economies…
Serving Two Masters
A Challenge for the Profession and Planners
At the American Accounting Association's recent 100th annual meeting and conference, I addressed a topic familiar to CPA Journal readers: Can CPAs serve two masters,…
It’s Amazing What CPAs Can Do
Made to Measure
This issue features our annual coverage of Baruch College's Financial Reporting Conference. Each year, leading regulators, issuers, auditors, and users discuss the most pressing issues…
On May 6, preeminent thought leaders, global standards setters, practitioners, auditors, issuers, and investors gathered in New York for the First Annual Sustainability Investment Leadership…
As CPAs, our raison d'être is to protect the public, to help instill trust and confidence in our corporate and public institutions. We are the…