According to the AICPA Insights blog, the history of the profession includes a long tradition of successfully overcoming challenges. “Throughout our nearly 125 years, we have been a proactive profession that seeks out opportunities for growth and improvement. The latest example is CPA Horizons 2025, a landmark project that continues the valuable work of the profession’s Vision Process in the late 1990s and charts a course for the profession over the next 15 years. Among other key areas, Horizons 2025 focused on the increasing impact that technology will have on our world and on our profession. Since technology can automate so many of the tasks that we perform, it has allowed us to raise our game and reinforce our roles as trusted business advisors.”
In celebration of its 125th anniversary, the AICPA will
highlight the CPA profession’s financial literacy expertise in a consumer-focused
book. The book content will be a collection of personal essays showcasing
the many ways CPAs transform financial lives. In this regard, the AICPA is
looking for real-world saving and spending stories and tales of both money
struggles and triumph to help families get a handle on their finances and teach
good habits to children. The goal is to publish the book in the same style as
the Chicken Soup for the Soul series
in Fall 2012. That will coincide with the AICPA’s 125th anniversary and take
advantage of the moment to highlight the CPA profession in the public. This
book will be the AICPA’s first consumer publication and the first book
published as part of the “360
Degrees of Financial Literacy” program.