Letter From the Editor

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/jcaf.22260
• Published date: 01 March 2017
• Date: 01 March 2017

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© 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com).

DOI 10.1002/jcaf.22260

Letter From the Editor

Dear JCAF Reader,

The American Institute of

Certified Public Accountants

(AICPA) has entered into an

agreement with John Wiley &

Sons, Inc., the owner of JCAF,

to publish its full catalog of 200

finance and accounting publi-

cations, giving this authorita-

tive material increased visibility

and accessibility in the global

marketplace. Wiley is a leading

provider of professional and

academic content, and JCAF is

a key part of Wiley’s efforts to

provide finance and accounting

content to both academia and

business executives. This broad

publishing agreement will make

AICPA finance and accounting

content more accessible.

The first 65 publications

were scheduled for release

in November 2016 and will

be made available globally

in print and eBook formats.

Wiley will pursue new licens-

ing opportunities and include

AICPA-branded content on its

digital subscription platform,

Wiley Online Library (includes

JCAF). Wiley also will make

the content available to stu-

dents via its Education arm,

which serves the academic and

higher education markets.

“Wiley’s distribution chan-

nels are a great fit for our

highly regarded educational

and professional content,” said

Clar Rosso, the AICPA’s vice

president of member learning

and competency. “We believe

their dedicated academic sales

force and international reach

will bolster awareness of

AICPA resources outside of

our traditional markets.”

Titles covered by the agree-

ment include major AICPA

references such as U.S. GAAP

Financial Statements—Best

Practices in Presentation and

Disclosure, as well as notable

books such as Understanding

Business Valuation by Gary

Trugman and Essentials of

Forensic Accounting by Michael

A. Crain, William S. Hopwood,

Carl Pacini, and George R.

Young.

The list of publications

covers core finance and

accounting topic areas such

as tax, auditing, business

valuation, fraud, and forensics,

which complement Wiley’s

strength in these fields.

“This publishing relation-

ship is an exciting first step in

a new partnership to further

expand AICPA’s footprint to

accounting and finance profes-

sionals and students globally,”

said Joan O’Neil, executive

vice president of knowledge

and learning at Wiley. “We

look forward to cultivating our

relationship with the AICPA,

working to discover new ways

we can better educate and serve

the accounting and finance

community together.”

Hopefully, the real-time

linkage created by this rela-

tionship will enable JCAF to

provide relevant “alerts” to

developments at the AICPA.

ABOUT THE AICPA

The AICPA is the world’s

largest member association rep-

resenting the accounting pro-

fession, with more than 418,000

members in 143 countries and

a history of serving the public

interest since 1887. AICPA

members represent many areas

of practice, including business

and industry, public practice,

government, education, and

consulting.

The AICPA sets ethical

standards for the profession

and U.S. auditing standards for

private companies; nonprofit

organizations; and federal,

state, and local governments.

It develops and grades the

Uniform CPA Examination,

and offers specialty credentials

for CPAs who concentrate on

personal financial planning,

forensic accounting, business

valuation, and information

management and technology

assurance. Through a joint

venture with the Chartered