Accounting

"Big 4" Public Accounting Firms:

Deloitte & Touche LLP: This site is especially strong in resources for the financial services industry and taxation. http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/home/0%2C1044%2Csid%25253D1000%2C00.html

Ernst & Young LLP: This site has a very valuable "Issues and Perspectives" covers topics such as economics, financial services, insurance, personal finance, performance management, and real estate. These resources are worth reviewing. http://www.ey.com/global/content.nsf/International/Home

KPMG Peat Marwick LLP: This site is especially strong in financial industry publications that can be downloaded. The state of the banking and investment management industries provides valuable updates of current conditions. There are also valuable resources for real estate and insurance. Check out the "Financial Services" feature. http://www.us.kpmg.com/index.asp

PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP: The best part of this site is the library. Here will you find an eclectic array of up-to-date information on a variety of topics. Especially interesting was information on the year 2000 problem, international events, and venture capital. Some regular features include hr insight, covering human resources, and Trendsetter, about small companies. This site also describes the services of the firm. It also includes brief summaries of recent publications covering the financial services business. http://www.pwcglobal.com/

General Accounting:

Accounting Terminology Guide: This site provides an indexed glossary of accounting terms from the New York State Society of CPA's. http://www.nysscpa.org/prof_library/guide.htm

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA): This site of the professional accounting society is for accounting professionals and provides information on major accounting issues, courses for accountants, news and legislative issues of importance to the profession. http://www.aicpa.org/index.htm

American Accounting Association: The Official Web Site of the American Accounting Association. http://aaahq.org/index.cfm

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners: This site of Certified Fraud Examiners is for people employed both by government and the private sector who resolve allegations of fraud, as well as assist in its prevention and detection. This site provides membership information. http://www.cfenet.com/home.asp

Association of Government Accountants: AGA serves government accountability professionals by providing quality education, fostering professional development and certification, and supporting standards and research to advance government accountability. http://www.agacgfm.org/homepage.aspx

California CPA Education Foundation: This site provides access to hundreds of courses offered for training in accounting. You can learn about what’s available. http://www.educationfoundation.org/

CCH Business Owner’s Toolkit: This very valuable site provides a course full of information on all facets of business management. http://www.toolkit.cch.com It includes financial tools such as excellent discussions of financial statements and analysis of them, business ratios, and cost/volume/profit analysis.

Directory of CPA Firms: This is probably the most comprehensive site linking to over 1100 accounting firms worldwide and to accounting societies. The site also has a useful CPA News feature. http://www.cpafirms.com

Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) / Government Accounting Standards Board: This site provides all proposed and historical rulings by FASB and GASB regarding how to handle specific financial transactions. http://www.fasb.org/

Financial Ratios Calculator (University of Washington Foster Business Library): This site provides a very useful financial ratio calculator and useful explanations of "What are financial ratios;" "How do I use the Financial Ratio Calculator;" "What ratios will it give me?;" "What do the ratios mean?;" and "Where can I get more information about financial ratios?" http://www.lib.washington.edu/business/researchtools.html

Grant Thorton: This accounting firm's site provides posting from various newsletters, reports and research studies that Grant Thornton sponsors on the topics of assurance and governance, taxes and benefits, technology, industries and international. http://www.grantthornton.com/

IMA: The IMA is the leading professional organization devoted exclusively to management accounting and financial management. http://www.imanet.org/ima/index.asp

International Federation of Accountants (IFA): This global organization IFAC works to develop the profession and develop standards worldwide. This huge site provides information on standards on a variety of subjects, new, press releases, membership information, articles, and information about committee activities. http://www.ifac.org

PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP: The best part of this site is the library. Here will you find an eclectic array of up-to-date information on a variety of topics. Especially interesting was information on the year 2000 problem, international events, and venture capital. Some regular features include hr insight, covering human resources, and Trendsetter, about small companies. This site also describes the services of the firm. It also includes brief summaries of recent publications covering the financial services business. http://www.pwcglobal.com/

Rutgers Accounting Web (RAW): The strong site also provides information on accounting issues, Rutgers accounting programs and many links. http://accounting.rutgers.edu/