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AICPA announcs CPA Exam is changing earlier than expected
While the AICPA recently announced sweeping changes to the CPA Exam starting in 2017, they just announced that some of those changes could come in 2016!
FAR change alerts for Quarter 1 2016
Surgent CPA Review has summarized the Financial Accounting and Reporting standards that will become testable in quarter 1 of 2016.
Watch: AccountingFly interviews Jack Surgent about Surgent and competition
Jeff Phillips from AccountingFly.com interviewed Jack Surgent and discussed the Surgent CPA Review course, what makes it stand out from the competition.
SAS No. 130, Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting Update
As part of its Attestation Clarity Project, the Auditing Standards Board (ASB) has issued Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 130 - including several key changes.
CPA Exam 2017 and Bloom’s Taxonomy
What is the new, overhauled CPA exam going to look like in 2017? If you read the AICPA’s exposure draft, you’ll learn that the AICPA wants to follow what academicians follow: Bloom’s Taxonomy, which is a sort of “stair step” in the learning process.
ASU 2015-17 Income Taxes Update will be testable on CPA Exam in January 2017
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2015-17, Income Taxes (Topic 740). This will be testable on the CPA Exam beginning in January 2017.
CPA Exam policy on new pronouncements
The AICPA’s Board of Examiners (BOE) recently concluded that the existing Policy on New Pronouncements was no longer aligned with the needs of the CPA Exam. Learn how this conclusion directly impacts the exam.
FASB votes to move forward with final standard on leases
The FASB voted to proceed with an accounting standard that requires companies to include lease obligations on their balance sheets. The next step is a "ballot draft."