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The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants is the national, professional association for CPAs, with approximately 350,000 members, including CPAs in business and industry, public practice, government, and education. For more than 120 years, the AICPA has supported CPAs through every regulatory shift and new development and has earned the reputation of being the most trusted and influential organization in the profession.

The AICPA provides guidance to its members as a means to helping them enhance their services and competency, no matter where they practice or where they are employed.  Headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, with offices in Texas, New Jersey and New York, AICPA serves its membership through advocacy, recruiting and education, communications, certification and licensing, and standards and performance. 

One of the most important services offered by the AICPA is training.  AICPA Learning is the group training arm of the AICPA, offering affordable and effective on-site and online training opportunities for finance and accounting professionals.  With over 200 courses offered, AICPA Learning’s on-site training evolves continually to offer a wide range of innovative and effective professional development opportunities.  Online learning is available through Firm Access and Customized CPExpress, offering hundreds of hours of credit in one and two hour modules.  

In addition to on-site and online training, AICPA Learning offers a Competency Assessment Tool, a web-based process that enables financial professionals to assess their proficiencies and compare them against the highest and most valued in their specific area.  Also, to ease the organization and implementation of a training plan, AICPA Learning has developed the Learning Ladder, a complimentary curriculum planning tool to help firms build a comprehensive financial and managerial training program for all levels of their staff. 

If you would like more information on AICPA Learning programs and courses, visit aicpalearning.org or call 1.800.634.6780.