AICPA annual report for 2005-2006 posted to Web site.

The AICPA's annual report for the fiscal year Aug. 1, 2005, through July 31, 2006, has been posted to our Web site in PDF format (www.aicpa.org/About+the+AICPA/Understanding+the+Organization/ AICPA+Annual+Report.htm). "Strengthening Our Core" focuses on the CPA profession's hallmarks of integrity, objectivity, competence and public service mission and the initiatives, programs and services derived from those core values. It includes:

* A letter to members from former AICPA Chair Leslie Murphy and President & CEO Barry Melancon.

* A "Year in Review" highlighting some of the year's significant developments and efforts regarding technical and professional standards, the faces and ideas of accounting's future, CPAs' knowledge and skills and the profession's public service efforts.

* The AICPA's financial statements. Members who wish to obtain a printed copy should send a 9"x12" self-addressed envelope affixed with $1.83 in postage to: AICPA, Communications Team, Annual Report 05-06, 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036-8775 (available while supplies last).