The CPA Journal - The Voice of the Accounting Profession
WEBThe CPA Journal is a publication of the New York State Society of CPAs, and is internationally recognized as an outstanding, technical-refereed publication for accounting practitioners, educators, and other financial professionals all over the globe.Edited by CPAs for CPAs, it aims to provide accounting and other financial professionals with the information and analysis they need to succeed in ...
Tax Treatment of Liquidations of Partnership Interests
WEBFeb 9, 2021 · Redemption of a Partnership Interest. Redemptions of a partner’s entire partnership interests are governed by IRC section 736. That section does not affect the amount of income, gain, or loss that will be reported by the retiring partner; instead, it determines whether the income will be a capital gain (or loss) or ordinary income, and whether the remaining partners will be able to deduct a ...
Tax Consequences of Settlement and Litigation Award Payments ...
WEBNov 20, 2018 · When an individual receives a settlement or litigation award payment, the likely first question is whether the payment is taxable. While CPAs may know that the answer will depend upon the claim underlying the lawsuit, several other questions can arise that will likewise depend on the facts and circumstances.
Accounting Ethics Education - The CPA Journal
WEBOct 19, 2021 · McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2000). The CPA Journal has contributed to the discussion about teaching ethics to accounting students, including a paper by this author that explores the role of the “Giving Voice to Values” (GVV) methodology discussed below (Steven Mintz: “Reimaging Ethics Education,” September 2017, pp. 98-102).
An Introduction to Structured Installment Sales - The CPA Journal
WEBDec 31, 2021 · Background. Structured installment sales evolved as an outgrowth of IRC section 453, which governs the selling of qualifying appreciated assets using the installment method where sellers can spread out recognition of capital gains over several years according to an agreed-upon schedule. As originally conceived, installment sales function as …
Depreciable Asset Lives - The CPA Journal
WEBSep 8, 2016 · FASB currently emphasizes that depreciation accounting “is a process of allocation, not of valuation” and describes it as the expense that results from the systematic and rational allocation of the cost of a productive facility or other tangible capital asset, less salvage (if any), as equitably as possible to the periods during which ...
The Past, Present, and Future of Forensic Accounting
WEBApr 10, 2020 · The Origins of Forensic Accounting. The world of forensic accounting has been developing for the past 70 years. Some credit the beginning of the understanding of fraud as a subject of scientific study to the 1934 work of Donald Cressey and Edwin Southland, who coauthored Principles of Criminology. This authoritative text defined and described the fraud triangle, which made its way to the ...
History of the Auditing World, Part 1 - The CPA Journal
WEBNov 25, 2020 · The history of modern auditing coincides conveniently with the history of The CPA Journal. The 1930s not only saw the NYSSCPA begin publication of what would become the Journal—it also witnessed the establishment of public company auditing, of the recognition of the central role of generally accepted accounting principles, and the beginning and slow evolution of auditing standards and the ...
Managing Data as an Asset - The CPA Journal
WEBJun 24, 2019 · Managing data as an asset starts the process of valuing it as one. Best practices require that the asset comply with global regulatory requirements; achieve the organization’s goal; and meet reliability, accuracy, completeness, validity, and timeliness attributes. Data users in the organization will not use data if its quality does not meet ...
Major Revisions to the Auditor's Report - The CPA Journal
WEBApr 7, 2021 · Overview of Changes to Audit Reports. The ASB’s changes greatly impact auditor reports. Briefly, the changes included: 1) moving the opinion to the first part of the report; 2) adding more titles; 3) disclosing management’s and the auditor’s responsibility for going concern issues; 4) introducing key audit matters (KAM); and 5) expanding the disclosure of auditor responsibilities.