Shaun Prince's List: Accounting Resources

The organization of this site is the Institure of Management Accountants Inc. IMA is the world's leading organization for management accounting and finance professionals. Its members include todays leaders, managers and decision makers of accounting and finance. Consistantly updates the most current news releases and changes to the industry. Their intended audience is the worlds accountants and finance professionals. It seeks to develope, certify, connect and support the leading proffesionals.

The organization of this site is the Financial Accounting Standards Board. FASB is a well known accounting organization that sets the standards according to the Securities Exchange Commision. They set the rules and guidlines accounts must follow in accordance to the Generally Accepted Accounting Principals (GAAP). The site displays the most current accounting information, with new information as early as February 5, 2010. Their goal is to inform accountants with new rules, changes, and guidlines that all accountants should follow. Their intended audience is accounting professionals. The organization sets the rules, so their informational is useful, accurate and up to date.

Deloitte has 107 firms located in the United States. They have approximately 169,000 proffesionals that provide services in auditing, consulting, financial advisory, risk management and tax. They were recently honored as the best place to launch a career in the 2009, BusinessWeek magazine. Also in 2009 they were recognized as 16th in the Top 100 Businesses to Work For.

AccountingWEB is an online shift media publication for accountants. They provide practical, topical online resources for solving business issues, locate suppliers and networking with peers. The site provides news updates, frequently asked questions and answers, tax, CFO and technology info., education and career help, and a bloggers page. Some of the worlds leading professionals have posted their personal knowledge and experiences to help individuals overcome there own problems. There is current information updated nearly every day. The information is very useful because it covers topics from multiple situations that may help in various different problems.

WetFeet was founded in 1994 by Gary Alpert and Steve Polllock, whom both have MBA's from Stanford. They provide company profiles and helpful insights on the top careers and industries. They aim to help any individual in search of a career change or already in their desired career, understand more about the industry. This article was written by the editors in 2008.

Everybody's ABC of Accounting language was written by the request of students to assit with their studies. It was written by Jayne Smith, however it was published in 1997; therefore it is a little out of date but I do not believe much has changed. Jayne is currently a principal lecturer at Staffordshire University Business School and head of accounting and finance division. This site is very useful for studying because it lists many common terms used by accountants and gives the rules and regulations, definition, and examples. Targeted toward college students pursuing an accounting degree.

The CPA Journal Online is a publication of the New York state society CPA's. The journal is highly recognized among accountants all over the nation. Their goal is to provide information and analysis on developments in the areas of accounting, auditing, taxation, finance, management, technology and professional ethics. The publication is targeted toward practitioners, educators, regulators and other financial professionals. The editors publish a new magazine every month, so the most up to date information will be provided.

The changing atmosphere of the accounting profession has resulted in a more demanding curriculum, but allows for many diverse job options in accounting. Sean Lowery is the author of this article wich was published on October 25, 2009. Sean targets individuals seeking to learn more about the accounting industry and how it has changed over the years.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics presents the Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition. It was last modified on December 17, 2009 and show the most accurate description of what to expect now and in the near future for accounting prefessionals. They cover the nature of the work, types of work, experiences needed, salraies and job outlook.