Unraveling the Complexity of Capital Gain and Loss Transactions

2004 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-134
Author(s):  
Nancy B. Nichols ◽  
Cherie J. O'Neil ◽  
John O. Everett
Keyword(s):  
Capital Gains ◽  
Capital Gain ◽  
Certified Public Accountants ◽  
Planning Tool ◽  
American Institute ◽  
Comprehensive Planning ◽  
Tax Relief ◽  
Gain And Loss ◽  
Business Property ◽  
Gains And Losses

The current capital gain and loss provisions, especially when combined with the casualty and theft and sale or exchange of business property provisions, are very challenging from both a planning and reporting perspective. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Joint Committee on Taxation recently identified individual capital gains and losses as an area requiring simplification. This article explores how the complexity of capital gain and loss provisions arose by first tracing the evolution of the capital gains provisions from the Revenue Act of 1913 through changes made by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. Tables, figures, and a spreadsheet are used to illustrate this complexity. The spreadsheet also serves as a comprehensive planning tool for taxpayers considering additional property transactions during the tax year. A modest proposal for simplifying the capital gain and loss provisions is compared to recent simplification proposals.

ALVIN R. JENNINGS: MANAGING PARTNER, POLICY-MAKER, AND INSTITUTE PRESIDENT

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin E. Persson ◽  
Vaughan S. Radcliffe ◽  
Mitchell Stein
Keyword(s):  
Policy Maker ◽  
Certified Public Accountants ◽  
American Institute ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
Accounting Research ◽  
Public Accountants

Alvin R. Jennings (1905–1990) was a rare breed of an accountant. He was trained as a practitioner and rose to become a managing partner at Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery, but he kept a constant watch on the academic field of accounting research. Jennings served on the influential American Institute of Accountants' Committee on Auditing Procedure (1946–49) and later as the president of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (1957–58). This paper explores these activities and Jennings' contribution to the professional, academic, and institution discourse of the accounting discipline.

DIGITIZING THE ACCOUNTING HISTORIANS JOURNAL: A SHORT HISTORY

2006 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Royce D. Kurtz ◽  
David K. Herrera ◽  
Stephanie D. Moussalli
Keyword(s):  
Full Text ◽  
Certified Public Accountants ◽  
University Of Mississippi ◽  
Short History ◽  
American Institute ◽  
Federal Grant ◽  
Public Accountants ◽  
The University ◽  
Copyright Permission

The University of Mississippi Library has digitized the Accounting Historians Journal from 1974 through 1992, cover-to-cover. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' gift of their library to the University of Mississippi was, fortuitously, the impetus for the AHJ digitizing project. A complicated chain of events followed which included discussions with the Academy of Accounting Historians for copyright permission, an application for a federal grant, negotiations with software vendors, and decisions about search capabilities and display formats. Each article in AHJ is now full-text searchable with accompanying PDF page images.

EARLY ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN CPAs AND THE SEC*

1979 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
John L. Carey
Keyword(s):  
Vice President ◽  
Gold Medal ◽  
Certified Public Accountants ◽  
American Institute ◽  
Public Accountants

The recollections of John L. Carey about the policies and politics in professional circles during the very important period when the Securities Exchange Commission first came into being. Mr. Carey served the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants in various capacities from 1925 to 1969, including editor of The Journal of Accountancy and Administrative Vice-president, and received the Institute's gold medal for distinguished service to the profession.

Audit Practices of PricewaterhouseCoopers

2000 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry N. Winograd ◽  
James S. Gerson ◽  
Barbara L. Berlin
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
International Federation ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Certified Public Accountants ◽  
American Institute ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
International Firms ◽  
New Development ◽  
Auditing Standards ◽  
Audit Approach

This paper discusses the development of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit Approach (PwCAA), identifies distinctive features of this approach, and provides information on new development areas. The discussion will provide a summary of each of these items and will focus on the distinctive features of the PwCAA. The article will not cover elements that appear to be consistent with other firm methodologies. Significant consistencies exist since all of the major international firms essentially operate under generally accepted auditing standards, i.e., the International Standards on Auditing (ISA) as established by the International Federation of Accountants. In the United States, they also comply with generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS) as established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

scholarly journals Teoria da Entidade versus Teoria dos Fundos: uma análise da evidenciação das demonstrações financeiras de uma organização sem fins lucrativos

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 4-21
Author(s):  
Gislaine Aparecida Santana ◽  
Romualdo Douglas Colauto ◽  
Cleberson Luiz Santos de Paula ◽  
Gideão José Pinto Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Certified Public Accountants ◽  
American Institute ◽  
Public Accountants

As associações sem finalidade lucrativa não possuem legislação específica para evidenciação de suas Demonstrações Financeiras (DFs) e por isso, são obrigadas a prepará-las conforme as normas para as organizações com finalidades lucrativas. Como a totalidade das rendas arrecadas pelas organizações sem fins lucrativos possui destinação específica, a utilização da teoria dos fundos para evidenciação das DFs pode tornar-se a mais adequada para este tipo de entidade. Assim, objetivou-se com este artigo demonstrar a evidenciação do Patrimônio Líquido em uma organização sem fins lucrativos sob a ótica da Teoria dos Fundos. A pesquisa caracterizada como exploratória, buscou converter as DFs de uma organização sem finalidade lucrativa, elaboradas de acordo com a Teoria da Entidade, em DFs elaboradas segundo os princípios da Teoria dos Fundos. O modelo de DFs utilizado no estudo encontra respaldo no Pronunciamento SFAS 117 do American Institute of Certified Public Accountants de 1993, o qual identifica se os recursos arrecadados apresentam restrições temporárias, permanentes ou nenhum tipo de restrição de uso pela organização. Os resultados mostram que a conversão permite ao usuário das informações contábeis identificar o patrimônio da organização de acordo com a sua finalidade e/ou restrição. Desse modo, a organização em estudo apresentou um patrimônio quase em sua totalidade com característica de restrição de uso. Além de revelar um superávit consolidado no Resultado do Exercício pelo modelo da Teoria da Entidade e um déficit quando segregado por fundos.

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