Accounting Topics of Interest - Resources for Your Expertise
Make every aspect of your work the best it can be. Whether you have decades of experience in a specialization or are just starting out, we have you covered.
Financial Reporting
Deliver financial reporting that meets the highest scrutiny. Whether you are a financial statement preparer or a member in public practice, our center provides resources for the entire process. That means you have the information you need to know when you need it.
Tax
Our Tax Section is the edge you need to achieve success for yourself and your clients. Section members find exclusive support in our practice tools, news and best-practice guidance. Use our information to assert your role as the most trusted provider of professional tax services.
Personal Financial Planning
Estate, tax, retirement, risk management, investment planning and more. Our Personal Financial Planning Section covers the range of advisory needs, so you can be a premier provider of information, tools and guidance for your clients.
Firm Practice Management
The everyday intricacies of running your CPA firm -- that's where our Private Companies Practice Section (PCPS) can help. We support firms of all sizes, which means you can access customizable resources, broaden your network and join a collective voice within the CPA profession.
Government Audit Quality
You know the importance of quality governmental audits, and so do we. Our Governmental Audit Quality Center (GAQC) promotes your quality work and the value of such audits to purchasers of governmental audit services.
Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality
EBP audits take "unique and complex" to the next level. When you're facing the related challenges, our Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center has resources and tools to guide you.
Not for Profit
Your not-for-profit has a mission to serve and a story to tell. The resources in our Not-for-Profit Section will help you do both better.
Forensic and Valuation Services
The demand for forensic accounting and business valuation services is only growing. Keep up with the pace using our Forensic and Valuation Services Center. Our vast array of resources, tools and information also includes exclusive benefits for FVS Section members and ABV/CFF credential holders.
Information Technology
Technology affects each of us every day in all facets of life and business. What does that mean for your firm and your clients? We have the answers with the latest accounting tech guidance and resources for firm services, operations integration and advising clients.
Professional Ethics
If you're an AICPA member, then yes, ethics apply to you. Our Professional Ethics Executive Committee is in charge of interpreting and enforcing the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct.
Plain English Accounting
When you just need a straightforward A&A answer, the Center for Plain English Accounting (CPEA) delivers. CPEA covers your accounting, auditing, attest, review and compilation issues with technical advice and guidance from our team of experts.
Business, Industry and Government
Public or private. Federal, state or local. Financial managers and executives of all sectors and service can find essential guidance to move your organization forward.
Center for Audit Quality
Investor confidence and public trust make the global markets go round. Our part? The Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) is here to support high-quality work by public company auditors; collaborate with stakeholders to track critical issues requiring action and intervention; and advocate policies and standards that promote public company auditors’ objectivity, effectiveness and responsiveness to dynamic market conditions.
Fair Value Measurement
More competence, more quality, more consistency, more transparency. That's just the beginning with our new Certified in Entity and Intangible Valuations™ (CEIV™) credential. CPAs and finance professionals, this is your chance to demonstrate your commitment to enhancing audit quality, consistency and transparency in fair value measurements for financial reporting purposes.