Managerial Accounting Magazines and Journals Key Terms

Find the right managerial accounting publication for your needs

By Kimberly Huber

Managerial accounting requires professionals with experience and expertise to make major financial decisions. To do this, accounting professionals must keep their skills up to date with the latest industry news and information. Reading managerial accounting magazines and journalsis an inexpensive and easily accessible means of acquiring and maintaining the necessary expertise.

Managerial accounting publications are great resources for industry news and trends, ratings and tutorials for accounting tools or software and industry regulation changes. The following terms will help you find the right managerial accounting publication to fit your needs.

WebCPA

Accounting Today and Practical Accountant are both publications from WebCPA, an Accountant Media Group news site. These management accounting magazines help you stay in compliance by keeping you up to date on federal regulations.
Try: The Accountants Media Group publishes several accounting magazines and offers online accounting news.

Management Accounting Quarterly

Management Accounting Quarterly is a scholarly journal offered online by the Institute of Management Accountants. The journal includes research and articles by and for academics and professionals who work in management accounting or financial management. The topics can range from techniques in cost/management accounting and new ways to improve industry education, to new theories involving finance and accounting.
Try: See the Institute of Management Accountants for details on the Management Accounting Quarterly.

Accounting Review

The Accounting Review is the journal of the American Accounting Association. The journal offers industry news and debates from the higher education community.
Try: For more information, see the American Accounting Association.

The Compass

The American Society of Women Accountants publishes "The Compass," an online magazine. Four areas are addressed in each issue, including Accounting & Auditing, Controllership, Leadership and Tax. There are many interactive features, including a monthly online poll, e-newsletters and back issue search capabilities.
Try: See further information about "The Compass" on the American Society of Women Accountants.

Journal of Management Accounting Research

This is strictly a research publication focused on managerial accounting. New trends and steps in the areas of budgeting, incentives and performance evaluating are just some of the topics covered.
Try: For more information, visit the website of the Journal of Management Accounting Research.

CFO Magazine

CFO Magazine is a subscription-only magazine that caters to high level financial industry professionals. The magazine features articles and industry trends and news from top industry leaders.
Try: CFO Magazine is one of the publications put out by CFO Publishing.