Financial Accounting Resources & News

Our expert team keeps up on the latest filings from the SEC, FINRA, and the IRS to ensure our clients can efficiently minimize costs and risks while simultaneously maximizing reporting accuracy.

Focused on Safety, ACI Pushes Office Return to September

June 29, 2020

Like many of you, ACI has been weighing when to return to the office as New York City approaches Phase 3.

Our original plan was to implement a partial return on July 6th. After discussing amongst our staff and weighing the consequences, we have decided to hold off until at least September.

As Economy Reopens, ACI Returns to Office with Safety at its Forefront

June 22, 2020

Like many of our clients and colleagues, ACI is looking forward to reopening our office. We are taking into consideration how to ensure our staff remains safe and healthy, while also providing the expected highest level of service.

SBA Provides More Guidance on How to Obtain Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness

May 29, 2020

The government continues to address the concerns of small businesses who have borrowed money through the SBA-backed Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

New guidance released over the holiday weekend offered more clarity about the conditions for loan forgiveness, while the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill to provide more flexibility for borrowers.

New Paycheck Protection Program Guidance Eases Concerns About Repayments

May 15, 2020

This week the SBA eased PPP loan concerns through much-needed guidance. The SBA stated it would trust borrowers of less than $2 million if they stated that they needed the funding as a result of the “current economic uncertainty.”

All ACI clients who applied for a PPP loan were below the $2 million threshold, so this should mitigate the immediate concern about the potential for an SBA audit on the horizon.

FINRA Notice 16-08

February 9, 2016/in Informational/by Jay Gettenberg

Summary Effective February, 2016. FINRA’s review of securities offering documents has revealed instances in which broker-dealers have not complied with the contingency offering requirements of Rules 10b-9 and 15c2-4 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (SEA). FINRA is publishing this Notice to provide guidance regarding the requirements of SEA Rules 10b-9 and 15c2-4 and […]

FINRA Notice 16-07

January 30, 2016/in Regulatory Updates/by Jay Gettenberg

Summary January, 2016 The SEC approved new FINRA Rule 4518 as part of FINRA’s proposal to establish the new Funding Portal Rules and related forms.1 This Notice provides further guidance on new Rule 4518, which applies to registered broker-dealer members of FINRA that contemplate acting as intermediaries in transactions involving the offer or sale of […]

FINRA Notice 16-05

January 26, 2016/in Informational/by Jay Gettenberg

Summary January, 2016 This Notice provides firms with information regarding a no-action letter1 issued by the staff of the Division of Trading and Markets of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC staff) regarding electronic filing of the annual and supplemental reports required under SEA Rules 17a-5 and 17a-12. See the attached pdf, for the […]

FINRA Notice 16-04

January 16, 2016/in Regulatory Updates/by Jay Gettenberg

Summary Effective December 20, 2015 The SEC recently approved FINRA’s proposal to merge its dispute resolution subsidiary, FINRA Dispute Resolution, Inc. into and with its regulatory subsidiary, FINRA Regulation, Inc.1 FINRA continues to operate its dispute resolution program, now as a separate department within FINRA Regulation under the name of the Office of Dispute Resolution. […]