General
Information Sites
CPA2BIZ is
the premier source for products and services that
CPAs use to fulfill their professional needs and
the needs of their business clients and employers.
CPA
Financial Literacy Resource Center - Information
and resources to help CPAs educate the American
public on financial topics.
CPA
FIRMS WITH WEB PAGES is a directory created
and maintained by Bowling Green State University.It
claims to have the largest accounting firm directory
on the Internet.
CPAnet is
an online community and Web site resource for accounting
professionals. It includes numerous links to accounting-related
Web sites and is a valuable Internet information
and navagation resource.
MAPQUEST's online
interactive atlas lets you locate businesses and
event locations anywhere in the United States and
provides detailed direction.
OTHER
STATE CPA ASSOCIATIONS
Find links to other state CPA societies.
SUPER
PAGES is essentially a nationwide Yellow Pages
directory. It contains a list of businesses in
the United States. You can conduct multidimensional
searches by company name, address, business category,
city, state and zip code.
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Tax
Sites
1040.COM provides
tax information including federal and state forms,
regulations, the latest federal or state rulings,
plus links to the IRS.
CCH FEDERAL
AND STATE TAX NEWS contains free highlights
of daily tax news items, such as IRS letter rulings,
court opinions and legislative updates.
CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICERS COUNCIL This is the Internet's home
page for public financial management worldwide.
The site links government financial management
administrators, educators and taxpayers worldwide
to catalyze continuous improvements in the productivity
of government personnel and in stewardship and
accountability for taxpayer resources.
CODE
OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS is operated by the House
of Representatives Internet Law Library.
DENNIS
SCHMIDT'S TAX SITE is an excellent resource
of hyperlinks to many primary sites, including
several federal court sites, state tax sites, articles
and international tax sites.
GOVERNMENT
PRINTING OFFICE is a searchable database that
also provides the latest information on pending
legislation, the congressional directory and the
Supreme Court calendar.
INTEREST
RATE INFORMATION for tax calculations (applicable
federal rate) is maintained by Pillsbury Winthrop
LLP.
INTERNAL
REVENUE SERVICE maintains a library of current
forms and publications, in addition to old forms.
To read the forms, you need the latest Adobe Acrobat
application.
IRS
PRACTITIONER PRIORITY SERVICE is a toll-free,
accounts-related service for practitioners. Your
first point of contact for assistance regarding
taxpayers' account-related issues.
RIA
HOT WEEKLY NEWS is a page that includes several
brief news items on federal, state and international
tax issues as well as on benefits and estate planning.
SOCIAL
SECURITY RESOURCES includes information about
Social Security taxes, rates and legislation. It
also features an online benefits calculator.
TAX
ANALYSTS is a daily service available by subscription.
The site contains news items, as well as proposed
regulations, comments on proposed regulations,
letter rulings, internal revenue bulletins, court
opinions, Treasury tax correspondence and other
timely information.
TAX
CODE ONLINE is run by Cornell University. The
Web page begins with a table of contents that is
hyperlinked to take you anywhere in the code; however,
the text is not searchable by word.
THOMAS site
includes the status of current federal legislation
as well as other congressional documents. This is
of value to CPAs seeking the latest information on
pending bills.
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Accounting
and Auditing Sites
ASSOCIATION
OF CERTIFIED FRAUD EXAMINERS is an international
organization dedicated to fighting fraud and white-collar
crime. The Association is networked to respond
to the needs of anti-fraud professionals everywhere.
Sign up to receive fraud-related news, tips, links,
and much more via our free e-mail report.
FINANCIAL
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD establishes standards
of financial accounting and reporting includes
FASB's publications price list as well as summaries
of its pronouncements.
GOVERNMENTAL
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD's home page includes
general information about the activities of the
GASB.
INTERNATIONAL
FEDERATION OF ACCOUNTANTS communicates its
major international initiatives, on-going projects
and member body information.
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF STATE BOARDS OF ACCOUNTANCY
PUBLIC
COMPANY ACCOUNTING OVERSIGHT BOARD is a private-sector,
non-profit corporation, created by the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, to oversee the auditors of public
companies.
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Practice
Management Sites
AICPA
DAILY NEWS FLASH includes news releases on
financial, tax, accounting and membership matters.
AICPA
ONLINE contains a wide assortment of accounting
information including selected articles from the Journal
of Accountancy monthly magazine, the CPA
Letter and the Practicing CPA newsletters.
CENTER
FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT - A
clearinghouse for information and ideas for CPAs,
especially those in Business and Industry. Operated
by the American Institute of CPAs.
ELDERWEB is
the oldest and largest eldercare sourcebook
on the Web. It is a research site for professionals
and family members, with thousands ofÜon-site
and off-site articles about eldercare and
long term care, including legal, financial,
medical, and housing issues, as well as policy,
research, and statistics. Sign up for free
ElderCare online newsletter.
ELECTRONIC
ACCOUNTANT is a comprehensive online magazine
and resource guide for tax and accounting professionals.
Offerings include a daily newswire, product exhibit
halls, interviews with industry leaders, selected
features from sister publications Accounting
Today, The Practical Accountant and Accounting
Technology, and much more. Also available:
A free e-newsletter tracking the latest news and
industry trends.
INVESTMENT
ADVISORY SERVICES RESOURCE CENTER is a cluster
of resources that enables AICPA members and their
firms to get the tools, training, resources and
relationships they need in order to provide investment
advisory services to clients.
LAWDOG
Credit and Collection Center provides a free
summary of laws for accounts receivable professionals.In
addition to federal debt collection and credit
reporting laws, this site includes state-by-state
summaries, with links to state statutes, case law,
and regulatory agencies.
STRAFFORD
PUBLICATIONS includes the oldest and most widely
circulated newsletter of the accounting profession,
a family of practice management titles, and the
definitive database on SEC auditor changes, as
well as a series of exclusive reports and annual
surveys and rankings. Sample recent issues of Sales
and Use Tax Monitor and Tax Incentives Alert.
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Stock
Quotes, Graphs and Analysis Sites
AMERICAN
STOCK EXCHANGE is a comprehensive resource
for investors and issuers.
BLOOMBERG offers
a wide variety of financial tools and market news.
CHARLES SCHWAB provides
a free service for stock quotes and stock market
charts.
NEW YORK
STOCK EXCHANGE is the world's foremost securities
marketplace.
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Web page contains corporate
SEC filings, in electronic form. The database is
called EDGAR - for electronic data gathering, analysis
and retrieval system - and is word searchable.
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Financial
Planning, Insurance
AICPA
Personal Financial Planning Community provides
resources that CPAs need for professional and ethical
financial planning.
CALCULATORS
ONLINE CENTER is a collection of thousands
of online calculators covering every subject including
interest payments.
INSURANCE
INFORMATION INSTITUTE
Offers online information to consumers and includes
a special section on the insurance implications of
hurricane damage.
ROTH
IRA WEB SITE
Provides technical and planning information on Roth
IRAs to practitioners and consumers.
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Staffing/Recruiting
PERSONNEL
CONSULTING GROUP is dedicated to the search
and placement of Accounting, Financial, Information
Systems, IT, and Human Resources professionals.
PCG has both executive search division and temporary/contract
placement division.
McCARTHY
ASSOCIATES NATION BANCSEARCH, LLC Conducts
local and national search assignments across the
entire range of functional disciplines within the
Banking/Financial Services industries, including
CPAs.
