AICPA to Host Financial Reporting Roundtable With SEC, Standard and Poor's, U.S....

AICPA to Host Financial Reporting Roundtable With SEC, Standard and Poor's,
U.S. and Canadian Standard Setters

NEW YORK, July 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today
by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants:

WHAT: The Heart of the Issue: Complexity in Financial Reporting, a Global
Accounting Alliance breakfast roundtable discussion, hosted by the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants

WHEN: Friday, July 17, 8 a.m. (continental breakfast), 8:45 a.m. (formal
program)

WHERE: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, 1211 Avenue of the
Americas - 19th Floor, New York, NY

WHO:
Neri Bukspan, managing director, chief quality officer and chief accountant,
Standard and Poor's
Wayne Carnall, chief accountant, Division of Corporation Finance, Securities
and Exchange Commission
Paul Cherry, chairman, Canadian Accounting Standards Board
Frank D'Andrea, director, corporate accounting and reporting, Hydro One Inc.
Robert Herz, chairman, Financial Accounting Standards Board
Arleen Thomas, AICPA senior vice president - member competency and development
(panel moderator)

This is the third of three Global Accounting Alliance roundtables for
financial reporting stakeholders, following similar panels in London and
Beijing. The GAA's goal is to develop a consensus on how best to meet the
challenges of financial reporting in the 21st century.

The panelists will address the findings of the GAA's report, Getting to the
Heart of the Issue: Can Financial Reporting Be Made Simpler and More Useful?
The complete report is available at www.globalaccountingalliance.com.

Media representatives who wish to attend may contact Joel Allegretti, AICPA
director - media relations, at jallegretti@aicpa.org or 212-596-6111.

Please RSVP by Wednesday, July 15.

About the AICPA
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (www.aicpa.org) is the
national, professional association of CPAs, with more than 350,000 CPA members
in business and industry, public practice, government, education, student
affiliates, and international associates. It sets ethical standards for the
profession and U.S. auditing standards for audits of private companies,
non-profit organizations, federal, state and local governments. It develops
and grades the Uniform CPA Examination.

The AICPA maintains offices in New York, N.Y., Washington, D.C., Durham, N.C.,
Ewing, N.J., and Lewisville, TX.

Media representatives are invited to visit the AICPA Online Media Center at
www.aicpa.org/mediacenter.

SOURCE American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Joel Allegretti of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants,
+1-212-596-6111, jallegretti@aicpa.org