Associations, Societies and Accounting Firms

Regulators
Accounting Associations
Top 100 Accounting Firms
Associations of Accounting Firms
State CPA Societies
Student Associations

Regulators

• Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
• Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB)
• Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
• Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)
• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
  

Accounting Associations

• Academy of Accounting Historians
• Accreditation Council for Accountancy and Taxation
• American Accounting Association (AAA) 
• American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
• American Woman's Society of CPAs
• Association for Accounting Administration
• Association for Financial Professionals 
• Association for Management Information in Financial Services 
• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners 
• Association of Chartered Accountants in the U.S. 
• Association of College and University Auditors 
• Association of Credit Union Internal Auditors
• Association of Government Accountants
• Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting
• Association of Practicing CPAs
• Association of Public Pension Fund Auditors
• Bank Administration Institute
• Beta Alpha Psi
• California CPA Education Foundation 
• California State University, Northridge Accounting Association 
• Committee on State Taxation / Cost Online Information Network
• Federation of Schools of Accountancy
• Federation of Tax Administrators
• Financial Accounting Standards Board
• Financial Executives Institute 
• Financial Managers Society
• Government Finance Officers Association 
• Healthcare Financial Management Association 
• Information Systems Audit and Control Association 
• Information Technology Alliance
• Institute for Professionals in Taxation
• Institute of Internal Auditors
• Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
• IS Financial Management Association 
• Multistate Tax Commission
• National Association of Black Accountants
• National Association of Computerized Tax Processors 
• National Association of Enrolled Agents 
• National Association of Local Government Auditors
• National Association of Personal Financial Planners 
• National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers
• National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)
• National Association of State Budget Officers
• National Association of Tax Practitioners
• National Society of Accountants
• National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives
• National Tax Association
• PAAK - The Public Accountants Association of Kansas, Inc.
• PKF North American Network
• Society of California Accountants
• Society of Financial Examiners
• Tax Executives Institute (TEI)

Top 100 Accounting Firms - 2009
Ranking is based on the INSIDE Public Accounting: The Nation's Top 100 Accounting Firms 2009 

1.  Deloitte
2.  Ernst & Young 
3.  PricewaterhouseCoopers
4.  KPMG
5.  RSM/McGladrey & Pullen
6.  Grant Thornton
7.  BDO Seidman
8.  CBiz/Mayer Hoffman McCann
9.  Crowe Horwath
10.  BKD
11.  Moss Adams
12.  Plante & Moran
13.  Reznick Group
14.  Clifton Gunderson
15.   J.H. Cohn
16.  UHY Advisors
17.  Baker Tilly Virchow Krause
18.  Dixon Hughes
19.  LarsonAllen
20.  Marcum & Kliegman
21.  Rothstein, Kass & Co.
22.  Eide Bailly
23.  Eisner
24.  Weiser
25.  Amper, Politziner & Mattia
26.  Wipfli 
27.  Smart
28. Cherry, Bekaert & Holland
29.  Anchin, Block & Anchin
30.  Berdon
31.  Marks Paneth & Shron
32.  Goodman & Co. 
33.  Citrin Cooperman & Co.
34.  Carr, Riggs & Ingram
35.  BMC
36.  Parente Randolph
37.  Armanino McKenna
38.  WithumSmith+Brown
39.  The Siegfried Group
40.  Caturano & Co.
41.  Rehmann
42.  Schenck Business Solutions
43.  Beers & Cutler
44.  Friedman
45.  Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra
46.  Habif, Arogeti & Wynne
47.  Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt
48.  Horne
49.  Aronson & Co.
50.  Weaver and Tidwell
51.  SS&G Financial Services
52.  Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain
53.  Burr, Pilger & Mayer
54.  Novogradac & Co.
55.  Elliot Davis
56.  RubinBrown
57.  Blackman Kallick 
58.  Schneider Downs
59.  Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman
60.  Hein & Associates
61.  SC&H Group
62.  Suby, Von Haden & Associates
63.  Kearney & Co.
64.  Kaufman Rossin Group
65.  Frank Rimerman & Co.
66.  O'Connor Davies Munns & Dobbins
67.  Katz, Sapper & Miller
68.  Sikich
69.  Clark, Schaefer, Hackett & Co.
70.  Hill, Barth & King
71.  Margolin, Winer & Evens
72.  Blum, Shapiro & Co.
73.  Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin & Co.
74.  Argy, Wiltse & Robinson
75.  Watkins Meegan
76.  LeMaster & Daniels
77.  Joseph Decosimo & Co.
78.  Warren, Averett, Kimbrough & Marino
79.  Holtz Rubenstein Reminick
80.  Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Co.
81.  Blue & Co.
82.  Squar, Milner, Peterson, Miranda & Williamson
83.  Mohler Nixon & Williams
84.  SingerLewak
85.  The Bonadio Group
86.  Postlethwaite & Netterville
87.  Doeren Mayhew
88.  Alpern Rosenthal
89.  Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Co.
90.  Whitley Penn
91.  Seiler
92.  Kemper CPA Group
93.  Frazier & Deeter
94.  CCR
95.  Freed Maxick & Battaglia
96.  Stonefield Josephson
97.  Rea & Associates
98.  Mauldin & Jenkins
99.  Raffa
100.  Berkowitz Dick Pollack & Brant

Associations of Accounting Firms

• ACPA International
• AGN International - North America
• Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors
• American Association of Finance and Accounting
• Construction Industry CPAs/Consultants Association
• CPA Associates International, Inc
• CPA Network, Inc
• CPAmerica International
• CPAresults.net
• CPASNET.COM
• DFK International
• Enterprise Network Worldwide
• EuroAsPa International
• HLB International
• Horwath International
• Independent Accountants International
• Inpact Americas
• Integra International Inc.
• International Association of Practising Accountants
• International Federation of Accountants
• International Group of Accounting Firms
• International Network of Accountants and Auditors
• Jeffreys Henry International
• Kingston Sorel International
• Kreston International
• MSI Legal & Accounting Network Worldwide
• MGI
• Moores Rowland International
• National Associated CPA Firms
• National CPA Health Care Advisors Association
• Nexia International
• PKF International
• Polaris International Network
• Russell Bedford International
• SC International
  

State CPA Societies

• Alabama Society of CPAs
• Alaska Society of CPAs
• Arizona Society of CPAs
• Arkansas Society of CPAs
• California Society of CPAs
• Colorado Society of CPAs
• Connecticut Society of CPAs
• Greater Washington Society of CPAs (District of Columbia)
• Delaware Society of CPAs
• Florida Institute of CPAs
• Georgia Society of CPAs
• Hawaii Society of CPAs
• Idaho Society of CPAs
• Illinois CPA Society
• Indiana Society of CPAs
• Iowa Society of CPAs
• Kansas Society of CPAs
• Kentucky Society of CPAs
• Society of Louisiana CPAs
• Maine Society of CPAs
• Maryland Association of CPAs
• Massachusetts Society of CPAs
• Michigan Association of CPAs
• Minnesota Society of CPAs
• Mississippi Society of CPAs
• Missouri Society of CPAs
• Montana Society of CPAs
• Nebraska Society of CPAs
• Nevada Society of CPAs
• New Hampshire Society of CPAs
• New Jersey Society of CPAs
• New Mexico Society of CPAs
• New York State Society of CPAs
• North Carolina Association of CPAs
• North Dakota Society of CPAs
• The Ohio Society of CPAs
• Oklahoma Society of CPAs
• Oregon Society of CPAs
• Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs
• Puerto Rico - Colegio de Contadores Publicos Autorizados de Puerto Rico
• Rhode Island Society of CPAs
• South Carolina Association of CPAs
• South Dakota CPA Society
• Tennessee Society of CPAs
• Texas Society of CPAs
• Utah Association of CPAs
• Vermont Society of CPAs
• Virginia Society of CPAs
• Washington Society of CPAs
• West Virginia Society of CPAs
• Wisconsin Institute of CPAs
• Wyoming Society of CPAs
  

Student Associations

• Beta Alpha Psi
• Delta Sigma Pi
• FBLA - Phi Beta Lambda
• Tau Alpha Chi
• Also refer to the state CPA societies (above); most have student membership.

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