In Brief The seventh annual 2021 NYSSCPA–Rosenberg Survey identifies trends from the national 23rd Annual Practice Management Survey and provides profitability and growth data of…
State of the Profession
Analyzing the Results of the 2021 Practice Management Survey
In Brief The seventh annual 2021 NYSSCPA–Rosenberg Survey identifies trends from the national 23rd Annual Practice Management Survey and provides profitability and growth data of…
Forté Capital's Selected Statistics Non-Farm Payroll The recent non-farm payroll data rose by 235,000 jobs in August, but this shows a break from the rising…
Voices of the Profession: Reflecting on the State of the Profession
Panel Discussion Marking the Journal’s 90th Anniversary
Editor's Note: On the occasion of the CPA Journal's 90th anniversary, Editorial Review Board Member and NYSSCPA Director-at-Large Orumé Hays convened a panel of distinguished CPAs from around the…
Index of Help Wanted On Line (HWOL) Ads The chart above illustrates the magnitude of the difference between the unemployment rate and help wanted ads…
U.S. Treasury Yield Curve The bond market began to exhibit concern about future inflation, as signs of an improving economy and higher prices began to…
Ensuring Integrity: Litigation and Enforcement Update
Highlights from the 15th Annual Baruch College Auditing Conference
The final session of the conference featured a discussion of litigation and enforcement issues relevant to auditors. The panelists included Ben Campbell, General Counsel, Deloitte;…
Ensuring Integrity: COVID-19 and Client Risk Profile
Highlights from the 15th Annual Baruch College Auditing Conference
The second session of the second day of the conference focused on the impact of COVID-19 on companies' evaluation of risk. The panelists were: Jim…
Ensuring Integrity: Critical Audit Matters
Highlights from the 15th Annual Baruch College Auditing Conference
The second session, “Critical Audit Matters” (CAM), addressed this recently implemented requirement, which represents the most significant change to audit reports in decades. The participants…
Ensuring Integrity: Regulators and Standards Setters Update
Highlights from the 15th Annual Baruch College Auditing Conference
The first session, “Regulators and Standard Setters Updates and Panel Discussion” focused on current regulatory issues facing the auditing profession. The participants included Tracy Harding,…
The 15th Annual Audit Conference, hosted virtually by Baruch College on December 1 and 2, 2020, once again brought together auditors, regulators, standards setters, and…
Forté Capital's Selected Statistics Chart 1 Non-Farm Payroll The November labor market data was mixed: the unemployment rate dropped 0.2%, to 4.2%. But there were…
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Profession
An NYSSCPA Member Survey
In Brief Between May 2020 and July 2020, the NYSSCPA surveyed a random sample of NYSSCPA members and asked them about the impact of the…
The State of the Profession
Analyzing the Results of the 2020 Practice Management Survey
In Brief The sixth annual 2020 NYSSCPA–Rosenberg Survey identifies trends from the national 22nd Annual Practice Management Survey and provides profitability and growth data of…
Non-Farm Payroll Recent employment data indicates an improving labor market, with 531,000 new jobs filled in October. In addition, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.6%,…
ISM Manufacturing Index After a strong rebound in the second quarter, the momentum in the industrial sector is showing signs of slowing. While still in…
The Social Security Act of 1935 (SSA) was enacted by the 74th United States Congress and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Part…
Forté Capital's Selected Statistics Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index The Federal Reserve recently affirmed its commitment to a long-term inflation target of…
Quarterly Real U.S. GDP Growth The estimates for second quarter GDP growth range from −20% to −51%, with the average from the Blue Chip consensus…
U.S. Treasury Yield Curve The financial turmoil caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic extended into the bond market, as investors drove yields down and raised…
U.S. Treasury Yield Curve The U.S. Treasury yield curve is inverted from 30 days to 3 years, reflecting the fear of an economic slowdown due…
The Social Security Act of 1935 (SSA) was enacted by the 74th United States Congress and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Part…
Non-farm payroll The U.S. economy continues its modest growth trajectory, with non-farm payroll growing by 195,000 per month on average. The overall labor market remains…
Editor's Note: This article is the first in an occasional series planned for this, our 90th year of publication, wherein the editors will look in the Journal's past…
ICYMI | Leading the Way on Sustainable Development
An Exclusive Interview with the UN’s Chantal Line Carpentier
In Brief In the past decade, sustainability has moved from the periphery to become central in the global efforts to promote economic development, foster trade,…
About the Panelists Beverly Bahlmann, CA(SA), deputy director at the IAASB; Bob Dohrer, CPA, CGMA, chief auditor at the AICPA; Shawn P. O'Brien, CPA, senior consultant for business development in…
Ensuring Integrity: A New Strategic Vision for Improving Audit Quality
Annual Auditing Conference at Baruch
The 14th Annual Audit Conference, hosted by Baruch College on December 3, 2019, once again brought together auditors, regulators, standards setters, and preparers to discuss…
Industrial Production Index Industrial production improved in the latest report, due largely to better output of automobiles and parts following the settlement of the GM…
Voices of the Profession: Interview with the UN’s Chantal Line Carpentier
Leading the Way on Sustainable Development
In the past decade, sustainability has moved from the periphery to become central in the global efforts to promote economic development, foster trade, and lift…
Leading the Way on Sustainable Development
An Exclusive Interview with the UN’s Chantal Line Carpentier
In Brief In the past decade, sustainability has moved from the periphery to become central in the global efforts to promote economic development, foster trade,…