October 15, 2007
The Newspaper of the NYSSCPA
Vol. 10, No.18

What's Inside

New York's SEC Chief Likes Doing the 'Right
Thing'

Call for Nominations for AICPA Council

Fiscal Year 2006 - 2007 NYSSCPA Annual Report

Cox: Work on U.S. GAAP Tags Completed for XBRL

Cox: Work on U.S. GAAP Tags Completed for XBRL

PCAOB Board member Charles D. Neimeier gave attendees at FAE’s Current Developments Under Sarbanes-Oxley, the SEC, and the PCAOB Conference a regulator’s perspective on the future of auditing regulation, at the New York Marriott Marquis Times Square on Sept. 18.

By Colleen Lutolf and Melissa Hoffmann Lajara

NEW YORK—Accountants and executives unfamiliar with Extensible Business Reporting Language may want to consider learning more about the software code now that Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox recently announced that work on data tags for the entire system of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles has been completed. Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) is a language for the electronic communication of business and financial data which Cox called “part of the overall global effort to revolutionize the way the planet exchanges financial information,” at
a Sept. 25 press conference at the SEC’s New York regional offices in downtown Manhattan.
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Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rate

By Dana A. Dillehunt

NEW YORK—The Federal Reserve cut the federal funds interest rate Sept. 18, the first rate cut in four years, in an effort to keep the U.S. economy stable after disruptions in the financial markets. Continue...

Conference Offers SOX, SEC, PCAOB Developments

By Melissa Hoffmann Lajara

In the field of auditing, staying on top of regulations can be, by itself, a full-time job. Continue...

NYSSCPA Banking Committee Discusses Impact of Subprime Crisis on CPAs

By Howard Gluckman, Chair, NYSSCPA Banking Committee

Members of the Society’s Banking Committee recently discussed the impact of the widely reported subprime mortgage lending and nontraditional mortgage lending crisis on CPAs working for financial institutions. Continue...

Chapter Newsletters

BROOKLYN
Message from the President
MANHATTAN/BRONX

Message from the President

MID HUDSON
Message from the President
NORTHEAST
Building Relationships with Bankers
ROCKLAND
Rockland Chapter Events
SUFFOLK

Message from the President

SYRACUSE
Syracuse Chapter YCPA Committee
WESTCHESTER
Message from the President
UPFRONT ARTICLE
Liquid Assets

 


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