I enjoyed the joint interview with Tony Menendez and Steven Mintz, “The Ethical State of the CPA Profession” (December 2016). I would like to expand…
I was delighted to see Edward A. Weinstein's articulate and insightful account of his struggle to deactivate his New York CPA license in his letter,…
I enjoyed Joanne Barry's column, “New York's Seven-Year Itch” (September 2016). She wrote that the staff and leadership of the NYSSCPA are considering other initiatives…
Everyone has seen the ubiquitous advertisements sponsored by New York State to promote doing business in the state, using the slogan, “In New York State,…
Congratulations to Howard Levy and Julian Jacoby on such a well-written and timely article in the July issue of The CPA Journal (“The Materiality Mystery:…
Jacoby and Levy's probing article “The Materiality Mystery” (July 2016, p. 14) raises perhaps the most important question in auditing: What does “material” really mean?…
I just read the article by Arthur Radin and Miriam Katowitz, “Have Audits Become Too Inefficient and Expensive?” Both of them are absolutely correct. Performing…
In their article, “Have Audits Become Too Inefficient and Expensive?” (The CPA Journal, February 2016, pp. 18-23), Arthur Radin and Miriam Katowitz have explored an…
Overtime Pay for Staff Accountants I read with interest the article regarding overtime pay for staff accountants (The CPA Journal, December 2015, pp. 52–56). My…
My article was not meant as a “put-down,” but rather the exact opposite. For the past 60 years, Integrity Advisors Pension Consultants has been working…
I found it puzzling The CPA Journal would publish a guest editorial like the one in the November 2015 issue (“It's Amazing What CPAs Can Do: Pension…