Accounting Sites & Standards
AccountingWEB
AccountingWEB provides accounting news, information, tools, and resources for CPAs and accountants.
AICPA Home Page
Official page for
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
American Accounting Association
The official home page.
Careers in Accounting.com
This is a great introduction to Accounting career resources.
CPA Exam Home Page
Not the actual
exam, of course, but it does provide answers to old exams, lists of examination
dates, addresses of state accounting boards, etc.
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
Contains the Statements for Federal Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) and GAAP.
Financial Accounting Standards
Board
The place to go for recent FASB statements, announcements,
exposure drafts, etc.
Governmental Accounting Standards Board
Seeks to improve state and local governmental standards for accounting and financial reporting.
IAS Plus
Deloitte Touche
Tohmatsu's International Accounting Standards Board site. Includes links to
accounting standards bodies worldwide.
Institute of Internal Auditors
IIA
home page.
International Accounting Standards Board
The official site of the IASB. The full-text of the standards is restricted
to members only, but summaries are available.
The Public Accounting Oversight Board
The PCAOB is a private sector, non-profit corporation, created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Its mission is to oversee the auditors of public companies in order to protect the interests of investors and promote the public interest in the preparation of fair and independent audit reports.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
This is the government's official site for the SEC. Click on the Information
for Accountants section for a shortcut to the the website's pertinent
accounting and auditing sites, including the Staff Accounting Bulletin.