Publications & Newsletters
Publications / Newsletters of Interest to Future CPAs
One very important aspect of being a CPA is the need to stay informed of key business and accounting issues and concerns. The following publications and newspapers are recommended reading for potential CPAs.
Accounting Technology
Faulkner & Gray
11 Penn Plaza
New York, NY 10001
800.535.8403
Profile: Accounting Technology is for the professional accountant who is either a computer user, a prospective computer user, or an advisor to clients and companies that use or will use computers in financial management capabilities.
Accounting Today
Faulkner & Gray
11 Penn Plaza
New York, NY 10001
800.535.8403
Profile: Accounting Today is the newspaper of record for the nation's tax and accounting professionals. Emphasis is on people, organizations, technology and emerging issues.
Barrons - The Dow Jones Business and Financial Weekly
200 Burnett Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
800.544.0442
(student subscription rates available)
Profile: Barrons is a weekly publication geared for private investors, money managers, and corporate executives. Article provide investment opportunities and industrial developments affecting the businessman's major customers and/or suppliers as well as provide commodities and options reports.
Business Week
The McGrawHill Companies Building
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
800.635.1200
Profile: Business Week keeps readers informed of important news that affects the business community in the U.S. and abroad, and to interpret, analyze and evaluate these news events for business management.
CFO Magazine
P.O. Box 530
Mt. Morris, IL 61054-0530
800.877.5416
Profile: CFO Magazine is written for the senior financial executive. Feature stories spotlight unusual dilemmas faced by financial officers at companies and profiles of Americas prominent financial strategists.
Spectrum
National Association of Black Accountants
7249-A Hanover Parkway
Greenbelt, MD 20770
301.474.NABA (6222)
Profile: Spectrum is the official publication of the National Association of Black Accountants.
Controller Magazine
Duke Communications
221 East 29th Street
Loveland, CO 80538
800.621.1544
Profile: Controller explores the ever-changing role of the controller within any company. Articles cover such topics as technology, legal concerns, interpersonal communications and education. Includes case studies from businesses of all types.
Fast Company
P.O. Box 52760
Boulder, CO 80321-2760
800.688.1545
Profile: Fast Company was created as the handbook for the business revolution. Designed to chronicle the changes underway in how business competes, highlights practices that shape how work gets done, showcases the people, teams, products and ideas that define the emerging world of business, and equip readers with the tools, techniques, maps and mindsets for success.
Fortune
Time and Life Building
Rockefeller Center
New York, NY 10020
800.621.8000
Profile: Fortune is written for members of the upper-level business world and those striving to become part of it. Editorial content attempts to present guidelines of how to be better at business management and personal management.
Forbes
60 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10011-8802
212.620.2200
Profile: Forbes is edited for management of U.S. companies, professional and private investors involved in stocks and securities markets. Provides a continuous review of market trends, analyses of trading developments and corporate profiles and comparisons.
Journal of Government Financial Management
Association of Government Accountants
2200 Mount Vernon Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22301
800.AGA.721
Profile: Journal of Government Financial Management is tailored to federal, state and local government accountants and financial professionals. Examines budgeting, accounting, auditing, and data processing developments, and governmental regulations and legislations.
Harvard Business Review
P.O. Box 52621
Boulder, CO 80321-2621
800.274.3214;
Profile: Harvard Business Review is a journal of management thought and practice written by authorities in business and business education. Articles set forth terms for discussion and debate on agenda-setting issues of both national and international significance and challenge the conventional wisdom of best management practice.
InformationWeek
600 Community Drive
Manhasset, NY 11030
800.292.3642
Profile: InformationWeek was created as a news resource for people working in the information management field. Editorial materials are geared to the executives and managers responsible for information management in their individual organizations. Coverage includes computer industry products, technology and management news and issues.
InfoWorld
InfoWorld Publishing Co.
155 Bovet Road, Suite 800
San Mateo, CA 94402
847.647.7925
Profile: InfoWorld offers highly reliable product information to corporate volume buyers who are purchasing for client-server environments. Content explores new product developments, innovations in computers and peripherals, programs and general industry news.
Industry Week
Penton Publishing, Inc.
1100 Superior Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44114-2543
216.696.7000
Profile: Industry Week is written for executives and key decision-makers in industrial management throughout America and industrial support service organizations. Industry Week presents information that covers three broad management areas: the on-going development of people and organizations; technological developments that create new products and services; and political, economic and social issues that impact industry management.
Internal Auditor
Institute of Internal Auditors
249 Maitland Avenue
Altamonte Springs, FL 32701-4201
407 830.7600
Profile: Internal Auditor is for those in the internal auditing profession, business executives, and managers. Articles deal with various aspects of internal control, operational auditing, managerial auditing, internal audit practice, and the practical application of principles and techniques.
Journal of Accountancy
AICPA Subscription Department
P.O. Box 2208
Jersey City, NJ 07303-2208,
800.862.4272
Profile: Journal of Accountancy is the AICPA's valued monthly magazine. It is for those involved with the accounting responsibilities of their companies and clients. Editorial coverage includes reports on developments in accounting, auditing, assurance services, taxation, technology and consulting services.
Journal of Cost Management
Warren Gorham Lamont
395 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10014-3669
212.367.6376
Profile: Journal of Cost Management provides in-depth analysis of cost management techniques and advanced manufacturing technology. Each issue provides essays and/or research papers by learned professionals and educators. New research is applied to modern accounting problems.
Journal of Taxation
Warren Gorham Lamont
31 St. James Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
800.950.1228
Profile: Journal of Taxation is tailored to the tax specialist. Contains analysis of tax developments and trends, court decisions, revenue rulings and legislative and administrative actions of significance.
Management Accounting
Institute of Management Accountants
10 Paragon Drive
Montvale, NJ 07645-1760
800.638.4427
Profile: Management Accounting is the official publication of the Institute of Management Accountants. Regular issue features include articles on software, insurance, risk management, and other accounting matters.
National Public Accountant
National Society of Accountants
1010 N. Fairfax Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-1574
800.966.6679
Profile: National Public Accountant is for practicing accountants and business managers. Regular features include general accounting, practice management and taxation as well as news and information on legislation and issues affecting the industry.
New Accountant
Subscription Department
3525 W. Peterson
Chicago, IL 60659
312.866.9900
Profile: New Accountant helps new accounting personnel become adjusted with their professional environments. Included are news and features on career management.
New York Times
229 W.43rd St.
New York, NY 10036
Student Subscriptions
800.631.1222
Profile: New York Times is one of the premier daily newspapers in the United States for general and business information. It's "all the news that's fit to print".
PC Week
P.O. Box 1770
Riverton, NJ 08077-7370
609.786.8230
Profile: PC Week includes information on industry news, buyers' guides, product reviews and features on strategies being used by a variety of companies in the implementation of multiple PCs.
Practical Accountant
Faulkner & Gray
11 Penn Plaza
New York, NY 10001
800.535.8403
Profile: Practical Accountant is for the professional accountant in public practice as well as private industry. Covers all facets of the accounting arena, including practice management, accounting, auditing and tax developments, technology updates, and news from the tax profession.
Tax Adviser
AICPA, Harborside Financial Center
201 Plaza III
Jersey City, NJ 07311
800.862.4272
Profile: Tax Adviser is the AICPA Tax Division's magazine. It is for CPAs, tax practitioners, attorneys and financial executives. Editorial coverage includes technical analysis and commentary on U.S. federal taxation.
Wall Street Journal
200 Burnett Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
800.568.7625
(student subscription rates available)
Profile: Wall Street Journal is one of the premier business newspapers in the country. It is published Monday through Friday only.