By Daniel Hood Published June 01 2017 At a meeting on Thursday, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board approved a new standard that will significantly change the auditor’s report. The new standard, The Auditor’s Report on an Audit of Financial Statements When the Auditor Expresses an Unqualified Opinion, will, among other things, require auditors to […]
Chief Value Officer: Accountants Can Save The Planet | The CPA Journal
/in Blog, Members in the News, News/by CherylBy Edward Mendlowitz, CPA/PFS, ABV News & Views, Featured, July 2017 Issue | August 2017 This short book addresses the very important topic of how to save the planet, and it presents the ways in which progress on that goal is compatible with businesses creating value for themselves. The book also highlights the importance of companies issuing […]
Vincent J. Love – The Authors Respond Response to Howard Levy
/in Members in the News, News/by CherylBy Vincent J. Love, CPA/CFF, CFE and Thomas R. Manisero, JD July 2017 Issue, Letters to the Editor | August 2017 We would like to thank Howard Levy for his complimentary and complementary letter on our article. We initially included most of the “plain paper” financial statement’s history in our article including quotes from the standards, […]
ACA at the Princeton Club on the Terrace
/in Events, Past Events/by CherylThis was fun opportunity to spend time with each other and also introduce a guest to the Club.
Is audit ready for blockchain? | Accounting Today
/in Blog/by CherylBy Jeanne Boillet Published July 26 2017, 11:51am EDT The audit profession is eyeing blockchain. With capital markets and investors constantly demanding more information about businesses, it’s no surprise that the audit profession is looking at blockchain with interest. It could fundamentally change the nature of auditing by revolutionizing supply chains, payments and revenue streams […]
Art of Accounting: First-time partner, part 2 | Accounting Today
/in Blog, Members in the News, News/by CherylBy Edward Mendlowitz Published July 24 2017, 1:11pm EDT You may or may not feel different the first day you wake up as a partner, but you will be different. People’s perceptions of you will have changed. You will now be a partner and as such an owner, a prestigious person within the profession and […]
Introducing the NYSSCPA’ s New 501(c)(3): The Moynihan Scholarship Fund | CPA Journal
/in Blog, Members in the News, News/by CherylBy Joanne S. Barry, CAE July 2017 Issue, Publisher’s Column, Featured July 2017 In 2015, the NYSSCPA leadership established the Moynihan Fund as a way to recognize the contributions of recently deceased past president David J. Moynihan. The fund would be composed of the two education-based initiatives that since their inception have been programs of the Society’s […]
CPA Trendlines: 22 Ways Blockchain Will Change the Accounting Profession Forever
/in Blog/by CherylWill you be ready? By Hitendra Patil Accountaneur: The Entrepreneurial Accountant Stock exchanges and banking systems have worked on similar fundamentals in handling and creating what are known as “non-repudiable” transaction records: straight-through processing (STP), electronically connected networks of intermediaries in their “ecosystem,” etc. But unlike bitcoin, the stock exchange and banking systems are highly […]
Walt Frazier meets the accountants | Accounting Today
/in Blog/by CherylWith the incredible support of our co sponsor, Ed Sirlin and Signature Bank the Accountants Club of America Walt Frazier Event was a huge success! By Michael Cohn Published June 21 2017, 5:12pm EDT Basketball legend Walt “Clyde” Frazier told a group of accountants about his experiences playing for the New York Knicks™ championship teams […]
Amanda Wilkie – At AICPA Engage, blockchain is on the brain | Accounting Today
/in Members in the News/by CherylBy Ranica Arrowsmith Published June 16 2017 Amanda Wilkie, chief information officer at WithumSmith+Brown, went one step further and told attendees that blockchain would “change the world” — especially the accounting world. She recalled PCMag’s claim that 2017 would be the “year of the smart contract.” Blockchain was a favored subject during the 2017 […]
Accounting Today | PCAOB makes major changes to auditor’s report
/in News/by CherylBy Daniel Hood Published June 01 2017 At a meeting on Thursday, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board approved a new standard that will significantly change the auditor’s report. The new standard, The Auditor’s Report on an Audit of Financial Statements When the Auditor Expresses an Unqualified Opinion, will, among other things, require auditors to […]