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11 CPAs Honored by AICPA and CIMA

CPA Practice

The American Institute of CPAs and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants honored eleven CPAs during AICPA & CIMA ENGAGE 2023 in Las Vegas this week. Thomas Austin Personal Financial Planning Scholarship Joseph Gutierrez, CPA/PFS, Total Wealth Group, Agoura Hills, CA, was awarded the 2023 P.

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Dual Certifications Mean Big Bucks for Accountants

CPA Practice

Accountants in the U.S. who earned the CMA and CPA designations make more than $38,000 than their noncertified counterparts, according to the 2023 Global Salary Survey from the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA). Accountants who are CPAs only earn a median base salary of $126,274, according to the survey.

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CPAs: Make Direct Indexing Your Estate Planning Secret Weapon

Going Concern

Traditionally, the role of accounting professionals in estate planning has been tertiary at best, with clients consulting CPAs only on the tax implications of select decisions—or simply leaving them out of the process altogether. . How CPAs can take estate planning to the next level.

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AICPA Forms Advisory Group to Create Strategy to Address CPA Talent Shortage

CPA Practice

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has formed an advisory group representing a broad spectrum of the accounting profession that will help shape a national strategy to address the profession’s talent shortage, including accounting students who go on to obtain a CPA license.

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CPAs: 3 Ways Direct Indexing Can Help Your Clients Level Up Their Charitable Gifting

Going Concern

In the first, we explored some fun ways CPAs can explain the tax advantages of direct indexing to their clients. Then, we talked about how CPAs can make direct indexing their estate planning secret weapon. . What is direct indexing, and why does it matter to CPAs? Pictured: Steve, probably. Ready to learn more?

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New SEC Climate Rule Gets a Thumbs Up From the AICPA

CPA Practice

We believe CPAs are best suited to undertake these engagements, especially when making connections back to a company’s financial statements. Our ongoing research with the International Federation of Accountants underscores the detrimental impact of inconsistent, fragmented reporting on climate-related disclosures.

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Melancon looks to build accounting pipeline amid tax changes

Accounting Today

American Institute of CPAs president and CEO Barry Melancon discussed the new tax extenders bill that's working its way through Congress, along with a variety of issues affecting the accounting profession, during a wide-ranging talk Thursday at the Accountants Club of America in New York.

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