CPA Resources

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Online Disaster Recovery Resource Center

The AICPA has established a central, online Disaster Recovery Resource Center.

It includes resources for members to use to assist their employers and clients, as well as practice management guidance for firms directly affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma. Visit this site frequently for up-to-date information, useful links to other Web sites and a wide range of practical tools on this topic. The site will be updated regularly, check back often.

Questions and Answers on How to Prepare for a Disaster includes useful information about disaster preparation that offers answers to many common questions.

AICPA/Red Cross/NEFE Disasters and Financial Planning: A Guide for Preparedness is a comprehensive guide about disaster preparedness

Tax Forms and Reference Sections for Federal and State includes links to specific tax codes, news about any tax filing extensions that have been granted and links to forms needed to claim casualty losses.

Listing of Disaster Areas by County is a link to FEMA’s Web page that offers an updated list of areas declared federal disaster areas.

Business Disaster Loans, Handbooks and Resources includes links to Small Business Administration disaster loans and a business-recovery handbook specifically written for the industry.

AICPA’s Technical Practice Aid, Consideration of Impact of Losses From Natural Disasters Occurring After Completion of Audit Field Work and Signing of the Auditor’s Report But Before Issuance of the Auditor’s Report and Related Financial Statements.

News links and other Hurricane Resource Pages provides important business disaster-recovery resources.