NASBA and AICPA propose draft “Core + Discipline” CPA licensure model designed to future-proof the profession. The draft model reflects the rapidly changing skills and competencies required for today’s accounting profession.

The AICPA Peer Review Program is committed to support and enhance audit quality of firms on an ongoing basis, not just during the formal process of peer review. As such, starting in mid-2020 the AICPA Peer Review Board will require annual submission of peer review information from all firms enrolled in the Program.

Busy season is just around the corner! Use the PCPS Busy Season Fun Calendar for ideas to help your team know that you appreciate their hard work. Add your firm/company logo and brighten some days in the busy months ahead.

Your public accounting firm may be asked for the status of their peer review by a state board of accountancy. If you receive such a request and need assistance, you can give your peer review administering entity (AE)—the Washington Society of CPAs—permission to provide certain objective information about your peer review.

From the perspective of data security, today’s world is an extremely dangerous one. It is hard to go a single day without hearing about yet another data breach, a phishing incident, or some other form of security nightmare. Yet, virtually all of us have a simple and highly effective security option available in the form of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). We will explore MFA and how and why you should implement it to improve the security of your data.