NOVEMBER  Features

 

The CPA Journal Millennium Series

  Accounting in 2015

  By Michael Alles, Alexander Kogan, and Miklos A. Vasarhelyi

  The single greatest change agent facing accounting in the next 15 years is technology. The foundations of the profession will be eroded by the opposing demands of emerging services and established values. In the convergence of business and technology, CPAs will have to prove their value to a new economy. (Article) 

 

  Auditing E-business
  By Bruce H. Nearon  

  Auditing the financial statements of e-businesses according to GAAP presents a significant challenge for CPAs. Current GAAS has numerous standards relevant to e-business; the author brings them together into a single guide for applying GAAS to audits of e-businesses. (Article)      

 

  SysTrust and WebTrust: Technology Opportunities for CPAs

  By Anthony J. Pugliese and Ronald Halse 

  The technology trust gap provides a need for independent assurance of technology systems. The AICPA's SySTrust assures businesses of the reliability and integrity of their information technology systems. Under the new WebTrust, CPAs provide e-commerce assurance services in various areas, including privacy and security. (Article)  

 

   How XBRL Will Change Your Practice
  By Eric E. Cohen and Neal Hannon

  XBRL (extensible business language) is the emerging electronic communications technology that will make timely, quality financial reporting possible. Once XBRL becomes widespread, it will streamline business transactions from regulatory and tax compliance to internal performance measurements. The authors look in their crystal ball to see what XBRL has in store. (Article)        

 

  Voice Recognition Software 
  By Bobby E. Waldrup, Jeffrey Michelman, and Maxine L. Person

  Voice recognition software allows users to control their computer using their voice instead of a keyboard and a mouse. Although it promises to make computer applications more user-friendly, the authors report difficulties in adapting to the technology's limitations. Off-the-shelf packages are not necessarily ready for the demanding CPA user. (Article)    

 


  NOVEMBER Departments

   Accounting
  · AICPA Accounting and Review services Committee issues SSARS No. 8 (Article)
   Auditing

  · Report of the POB Panel on Audit Effectiveness: Changes in the final report (Article)  

   The CPA and Industry

  · The Internet: Business tool or toy?  (Article)

  Federal Taxation 
  · Entity choice comparisons (Article)  
   State and Local Taxation

  · New York State business tax changes enacted in the 2000/2001 Budget Act (Article)

   The CPA and the Computer

  · ASP-iring technology (Article)   

   Employee Benefit Plans
  · Employee staffing and plan design (Article)
    

  · The next generation of CPAs:  A message from CPA Journal Editor-in-Chief Robert Colson (Article)

  

NOVEMBER News & Views

 · Is the profession up to the challenges of the new economy?  
 · Putting portals in perspective as AICPA launches B2B website   
  · NABA honors NJSCPA executive director
 · A global professional credential--by whatever name--is no quick fix
 · IMA names Robert E. Bell presidentially
 · Three inducted into Accounting Hall of Fame 
 · IASC issues guidance on financial instruments
 · Website of the month: Electronic Accountant 
 · Book Review: Foundations for the Future: The AICPA from 1980 to 1995 
 · Book Review: Controllership: The Work of the Managerial Accountant, 6th ed. 
    


 Coming SOON

  · Preventing fraudulent financial reporting 
  · Giving and receiving performance evaluations

  · Alternative minimum tax MSSP 

The CPa in Industry 
 · Signs of fraud 
The CPA in Mediation and Arbitration 
 · In-house resolution of employment disputes
Auditing 
 · Auditing in a lean manufacturing environment 

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