Flipping the Switch The landscape changed quickly for CPA firms after the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hit. Managing partners had to deal with massive changes to…
Additional Coronavirus Relief in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021
Provisions Affecting Individual Taxpayers
On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA 2021) to fund the government for the balance of the fiscal…
ICYMI | Do Professional Standards Account for Pandemic Risks?
Sustainability Reporting and COVID-19
COSO's Enterprise Risk Management Framework. The GRI Standards. The SASB Standards. The Integrated Reporting Framework. The Sustainable Development Goals. These are the models and metrics…
In Brief The accounting academic and practitioner communities are closely intertwined, making the developments in one discipline of paramount importance to the other. As such,…
ICYMI | The Future of Accounting Education
In-Demand Skills, Workplace Readiness, the 150-Hour Requirement, MAcc Programs, and the CPA Exam
In Brief Changing educational requirements to sit for the CPA Exam are throwing the future of accounting education into doubt. In the years since the…
Accountants have once again been proving that America does indeed count on CPAs, as they have entered uncharted waters to assist both individuals and small…
ICYMI | Managing the Going Concern Risk in an Uncertain Environment
An Analysis of Regulatory Guidance and Financial Relief for the COVID-19 Pandemic
In Brief The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has affected businesses of every size in every country, and the United States has been hit particularly hard. Many…
The CPA Exam Should Adopt Remote Testing
An Imperfect Solution for Unprecedented Times
The CPA exam and certification it leads to remains the premier certification for accountants in public practice. And while passing the exam still confers the…
Maintaining student engagement—particularly in technical subjects such as accounting—presents a challenge to educators under the best of circumstances. Achieving high levels of student engagement has…
Before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, change was evolving in accounting firms. CPA firms were already seeing a movement away from time-based billing, an increase in…
The Future of Accounting Education
In-Demand Skills, Workplace Readiness, the 150-Hour Requirement, MAcc Programs, and the CPA Exam
In Brief Changing educational requirements to sit for the CPA Exam are throwing the future of accounting education into doubt. In the years since the…
Do Professional Standards Account for Pandemic Risks?
Sustainability Reporting and COVID-19
COSO's Enterprise Risk Management Framework. The GRI Standards. The SASB Standards. The Integrated Reporting Framework. The Sustainable Development Goals. These are the models and metrics…
In Brief The accounting academic and practitioner communities are closely intertwined, making the developments in one discipline of paramount importance to the other. As such,…
ICYMI | Eleven Ways to Reboot Business Momentum in the Midst of COVID-19
Taking Stock and Optimizing Opportunities
For CPAs, the past three months have seen a wide mix of consequences affecting clients, employers, and colleagues. One thing has been clear: Every business…
ICYMI | Goal Conflict or Goal Confluence?
The Paradigm Shift to Remote Working in the Wake of COVID-19
This article reviews the paradigm of office work, as the traditional form has been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic that has required most employees to…
COVID-19 and the ‘Great Lockdown’
Telework Multistate Tax Considerations
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on, well, nearly everything, including businesses, individuals, and CPAs grappling with its effects upon state and local…
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised many questions about charitable giving and on the timing of required filings for many exempt organizations. Many of those questions…
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruption throughout the world and tragic loss of life. This difficult and uncertain time has produced significant negative impacts on…
It is no secret that CPAs have faced an increasing level of cyber-security threats, even under normal conditions. Audit Analytics reports in its June 2020…
Goal Conflict or Goal Confluence?
The Paradigm Shift to Remote Working in the Wake of COVID-19
This article reviews the paradigm of office work, as the traditional form has been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic that has required most employees to…
Eleven Ways to Reboot Business Momentum in the Midst of COVID-19
Taking Stock and Optimizing Opportunities
For CPAs, the past three months have seen a wide mix of consequences affecting clients, employers, and colleagues. One thing has been clear: Every business…
Preparing for Peer Review in a Pandemic
Tailoring Internal Quality Control Inspections for New Risks
In this author's article in the May 2020 CPA Journal (“Financial Reporting and Auditing Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Some Practical Guidance,” pp. 26-33, https://www.cpajournal.com/2020/06/08/financial-reporting-and-auditing-implications-of-the-covid-19-pandemic/), many new…
CECL Encounters a ‘Perfect Storm’
Complexity, Crisis, and Uncertainty
In Brief After years of deliberation and comment, FASB's long-awaited standard on accounting for credit losses, in the form of ASU 2016-13, was finally issued…
The pandemic has put many people and businesses in need of help. The federal government has responded by enacting Economic Impact Payments, Paycheck Protection Program…
In Brief Information security and cybersecurity have been major concerns of business managers for many years. The ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has introduced new challenges…
FASB News Accounting Principle for Identifying Benchmark Interest Rates Expected An accounting principle to aid banks and other corporations in identifying permissible benchmark interest rates…
ICYMI | 401(k) Plan Issues in the Current Environment
Practical and Legal Considerations
This article is intended to address 401(k) plan issues and concerns that develop during periods of economic uncertainty and market volatility, such as the current…
FASB News Simpler Rules Issued for Convertible Instruments, Own Equity On August 5, FASB issued new rules to simplify the accounting for convertible instruments and…
In the early 2000s, as the business world began to return to a more normal mode of operations after the events of September 11, 2001,…
ICYMI | Financial Reporting and Auditing Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Some Practical Guidance
In Brief The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life around the world, but business, in altered fashion, goes on. Companies will have to report on their…