Financial Accounting

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) – The SEC is an independent, nonpartisan, quasijudicial regulatory agency with responsibility for administering the federal securities laws.

Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) – The mission of the Financial Accounting Standards Board is to establish and improve standards of financial accounting and reporting for the guidance and education of the public, including issuers, auditors, and users of financial information

Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) – The mission of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board is to establish
and improve standards of state and local governmental accounting and financial reporting that will result in useful information for users of financial reports and guide and educate the public, including issuers, auditors, and users of those financial reports.

Sarbanes-Oxley – Public company accounting reform and investor protection act.  This is an AICPA summary.

CPA Exam Site (AICPA)

National Association of State Boards of Accountancy) – NASBA serves as a forum for the nation’s state boards of accountancy which administer the Uniform CPA Examination, license certified public accountants, and regulate the practice of public accountancy in the United States.

Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA)

Code of Professional Conduct (AICPA) – These Principles of the Code of Professional Conduct of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants express the profession’s recognition of its responsibilities to the public, to clients, and to colleagues.

Online Publications (AICPA)

Business Finance Magazine – An online magazine for financial managers.

Strategic Finance Magazine (IMA) – An editorial focus directed toward leadership strategies in accounting, finance, and information management.

Management Accounting Quarterly (IMA) – This publication is designed to help bridge the gap between the academic world and the business world.

Edgar – SEC Corporate Filing Database

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