American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA): The AICPA is the national association of CPAs and provides training, guidance and education for CPAs.
BEOnline - Library of Congress: A project of the Library of Congress' Bibliographic Enrichment Advisory Team, this site includes links to resources related to entrepreneurship, small business and career assistance.
Bureau of Economic Analysis: The Bureau of Economic Analysis (an agency of the US Department of Commerce) is a valuable resource for data on the economy, providing statistics on the US economy, regional data, information on industry and international economies as well.
Career Guide to Industries: Web resource from the Bureau of Labor Statistics providing information on industries including advice about occupations in those industries.
Currency converter - OANDA: Foreign exchange data, currency tools and a free currency converter.
Entrepreneurship Corner: Standford University's Entrepreneuship Corner is a collection of videos featuring some of the country's most inspiring business leaders and thinkers. Each video is approximately 5 minutes in length. The site itself contains 1600 such videos.
Federal Reserve Bulletin: This is the official peer-reviewed publication of the Federal Reserve.
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB): The web site of the organization that maintains standards knowns as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). These standards are recognized by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).
Internal Revenue Service (IRS): The IRS is the division of the US Department of Treasury which administers and collects federal tax. The site contains information and forms for completing tax returns.
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): This independent, not-for-profit organization is working to establish an internationally accepted set of financial reporting standards. This site provides links to some of the standards and information about developments in standards setting.
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB): The PCAOB is a non-profit corporation created to oversee the auditors of public companies. The site contains information about accounting and auditing as well as the Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) for auditors of public companies.
SBA.gov: This site, maintained by the US Small Business Administration, provides valuable information on legal requirements for small businesses and links to services offered to small business owners.
Securities and Exchange Committee (SEC): The SEC is "primary overseer and regulator of the US securities markets." (www.sec.gov) The site provides information about regulations, litigation and investigations as well as the forms and filings required of publicly traded companies (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml)
Simple Studies - Intro to Accounting: This site provides accounting tutorials, lectures, and practice tests.
Tax Policy Center is a joint venture of the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute provides an excellent overview of US tax policy.
UBS Dictionary of Banking: The edition of this online banking dictionary contains definitions for over 2,400 terms.