Business Definition for: American Accounting Association
a voluntary organization for those with an interest in accounting research and best practice. Its mission is "to foster worldwide excellence in the creation, dissemination and application of accounting knowledge and skills." The AAA was founded in 1916.
* American Accounting Association - http://aaahq.org/ The home page for the American Accounting Association offers some good links, and lets you access AAA news, publications and more. * Association of College and University Auditors - www.acua.org/ The ACUA is an international professional...
Chee Chow, accounting professor at the San Diego State University College of Business Administration, gained the Outstanding International Accounting Educator Award for 2006 from the American Accounting Association. The award is presented to individuals who have made a substantial contribution to international accounting education through research and teaching.
Abstract: This study reexamines the accounting profession's response to opportunities and incentives given it during three unique periods in its history to foster reliable accounting, reporting and auditing practices. By profession, we mean the auditors of publicly held companies as represented by the American Institute of Accountants and its predecessor,...
The American Accounting Association AAA elected Gary John Previts to become its 93rd president His term begins in August 2007. Previts is a past chair of The Ohio Society of CPAs and professor at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Previts is...
Among the organized mental health professions, only the reactionary American Psychoanalytic Association continues officially to consider homosexuality a disorder that needs to be -and can be -- cured. At its annual meeting in New York in December 1998, the association once again failed to adopt the position taken by the...
LOS ANGELES--BUSINESS WIRE--July 23, 1999-- Victor Covarrubias, Chief Accounting Officer for Jones Naughton Entertainment, Inc. (OTC BB: JNNE), announced today that Jones Naughton has retained the CPA firm American Accounting Services to create the necessary financial materials for the preparation and submission of the company's Form...
New Reins. Guidelines In The Works CASTLE HARBOUR, Bermuda--The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Financial Accounting Standards Board and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants are separately producing strict new reinsurance accounting and risk transfer guidelines which will radically alter the presentation of...
European sanctimony over American accounting scandals is misplaced EVER since the bankruptcy of Enron, European accountants have been quietly congratulating themselves. It couldn't have happened here, they say. American rules on accounting and auditing are clearly not all they were cracked up to be....
William Ferrara, Professor of Accounting Emeritus at Stetson and Pennsylvania State Universities, has received the AICPA-sponsored Lifetime Contribution Award from the Management Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association for 2007. The LifeWilliam Ferrara, Professor of Accounting Emeritus at Stetson and Pennsylvania State Universities, has received the AICPA-sponsored Lifetime Contribution...
Financial Watch The Chairman of ELA's Accounting Committee reports on a recent FASB conference. As Chairman of the ELA Accounting Committee, I was invited to attend the 2000 Financial Reporting Issues Conference of the FASB/American Accounting Association held on December 8 and 9, 2000....
Two leading bank insurance associations have tentatively agreed to combine. The Association of Banks-in-Insurance and the American Bankers Association Insurance Association said that they plan to form a new, full-service insurance association operating under the umbrella of the Washington-based American Bankers Association. ...
SAN JOSE, Calif.--Mar. 9--In a stepped-up attack against a controversial proposed change in accounting rules, the American Electronics Association on Tuesday unveiled a study that concludes the change would slash the earnings of high-tech companies by SAN JOSE, Calif.--Mar. 9--In a stepped-up attack against a controversial...
Historical cost-based financial reporting has traditionally served as the scorecard of business performance. FASB, however, has recently signaled its intention to force American companies to employ "fair value accounting." The direction is not toward the commonly understood notion of "fair market value." In her keynote address to the annual meeting...
From the executive summary: ‘Several studies in the past established an association between market and accounting betas. Most of the previous studies are performed using a sample of large established firms for which both accounting and market betas can be computed. In the contemporary era, market betas cannot be computed...
Robert S. Kaplan, Baker Foundation Professor at the Harvard Business School, has received the 2006 Lifetime Contribution Award from the Management Accounting section of the American Accounting Association. The AICPA sponsors the award.The Lifetime Contribution Award recognizes individuals who have made a significant mark on management accounting education, research and...
Accounting Ronald F. Martino has been named partner at WithumSmith+Brown, certified public accountants. Martino has more than 12 years of public accounting experience, providing attest, tax and consulting services to companies ranging from closely-held businesses to multinational corporations. He is a member of the Utility and Transportation Contractors Association and...
Speaking at an April meeting of the northeast region of the American Accounting Association, Craig Olinger, deputy chief accountant of the SEC's Division of Corporate Finance, noted the types of questionable accounting practices that are showing up in recent SEC filings. It is his division, consisting of about 100 accountants...
