Out of the AICPA and CPA ESG Virtual Symposium Update, Barry Melancon, president and CEO, AICPA, Ami Beers, senior director–Assurance & Advisory Innovation, AICPA, and Andries Verschelden, co-founder and CEO, Good.Lab, discuss how shifting sustainability regulations are creating significant opportunities for CPAs in assurance services in this Journal of Accountancy article.
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Kacee Johnson, CPA.com VP of Strategy & Innovation, shares insights on AI in accounting, discussing CPA.com’s generative AI toolkit, practical use cases, initial steps for CPAs, and potential challenges in adopting AI tech in this podcast from the Maryland Association of CPAs (MACPA).
Article source: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/ffdea564-7b69-4ca6-93f0-fcca21e5aedb
CPA.com leaders were recently recognized by Accounting Today as 2023 Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting, which identifies the thought leaders, change-makers, regulators and other leaders who are shaping the profession, and the issues that they face as they chart the future of accounting.
CPA.com has been a major vector of change: Under Asgeirsson, it led the charge in getting accountants to embrace the cloud, and laid the groundwork for the phenomenal success of CAS. Now he has it focused on building the future of the audit with the Dynamic Audit Solution, helping customize AI for accounting, and preparing the field for the massive opportunities of ESG.
Article source: https://www.accountingtoday.com/the-top-100-most-influential-people-in-accounting
Mere hours after the California legislature passed a bill requiring public and private companies making more than $1 billion annually who do business in California to report climate-related disclosures, 60 representatives from firms and companies in the environmental, social, and governance space gathered for the second annual AICPA and CPA.com ESG Symposium.
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The path to real, sustained growth in accounting firms runs directly through advisory-level relationships. One low-hurdle opportunity that firms can embrace to start quickly making the shift into CAS is expense and spend management advisory.
https://www.accountingtoday.com/opinion/spend-management-an-approachable-cas-opportunity
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