American Accounting Association

American Accounting Association
Formation
  • 1916; 108 years ago (1916) as the American Association of University Instructors in Accounting
  • 1936; 88 years ago (1936) as the American Accounting Association
HeadquartersLakewood Ranch, Florida
Websiteaaahq.org

The American Accounting Association (AAA) promotes accounting education, research and practice.[1] The Association mission is to further the discipline and profession of accounting through education, research and service.[2]

The organization is the largest association of accountants in academia.[3] AAA also focuses on: information systems, artificial intelligence/expert systems, public interest, auditing, taxation (the American Taxation Association is a Section of the AAA), international accounting, teaching, and curriculum.[4]

AAA publishes The Accounting Review,[5] Accounting Horizons and Issues in Accounting Education.

  1. ^ Flesher, Dale L. The Third-Quarter Century of the American Accounting Association, 1966-1991. Sarasota, Fla: American Accounting Association, 1991.
  2. ^ American Accounting AssociationVision and Mission Statements
  3. ^ "AAA > About". aaahq.org. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  4. ^ "American Accounting Association on JSTOR". www.jstor.org. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  5. ^ "AAA > Research > Journals > The Accounting Review". aaahq.org. Retrieved 2017-10-24.