All Accounting & Auditing articles – Page 55
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Guidance trickles on how to comply with tax reform rules
More than half a year after sweeping tax reform was enacted, companies are still trying to understand how to comply with new tax rules going forward.
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AICPA proposes papers on credit losses interpretations
The AICPA is digging into new rules on credit losses and suggesting some implementation approaches with two draft documents open for public comment.
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Tesla names new chief accounting officer
Tesla on July 30 appointed Dave Morton as its new chief accounting officer.
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KPMG, SAS alliance helps banks prepare for CECL
KPMG recently announced an alliance with SAS to help banks transition to a new accounting standard—current expected credit loss (CECL)—which will drastically change how financial institutions estimate, reserve, and report on losses.
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ArticleAs technology evolves, so do accounting and finance leaders
A new study from Robert Half and the Financial Executives Research Foundation reveals how evolving technology is rapidly enhancing the accounting and finance functions.
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FASB seeks preparer input on segment reporting ideas
To help figure out what to do to improve segment reporting, FASB is looking for public companies to participate in a study.
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ArticleCompanies shift gears in final push to adopt lease rules
The countdown to new lease accounting is causing some companies to shift gears, concerned they can’t make the deadline following their original adoption plans.
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IRS, Treasury float rules on foreign earnings under tax reform
The IRS and Treasury have issued proposed regulations on how they envision implementing tax reform rules around repatriation of foreign earnings.
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Angst over lease accounting grows, new polls say
A pair of new poll results suggest anxiety is growing at public companies that have five months remaining until new lease accounting rules take effect.
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FASB approves huge simplification to lease rules
FASB has finalized an enormous simplification of the pending new lease accounting standard, permitting companies to forego historic presentations.
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Non-GAAP reporting smooths currency-driven volatility
As trade and tariff wars wage on, companies use non-GAAP accounting to try to explain the resulting currency volatility in reported financial results.
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GM chief accounting officer leaving for GE
Thomas Timko, chief accounting officer at General Motors, will be leaving GM to join General Electric in the same role.
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Audit leaders issue statement to new audit recruits
As a new crop of college graduates joins the audit profession, U.S. audit leaders issued a joint statement to sell them on the viability of their career path.
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Global accountants get new ethics rule on incentive payments
Accountants globally have new rules to follow around offering or accepting inducements, and they’re a little more explicitly stated than those for U.S. accountants.
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Bank of England probe latest blow to KPMG’s reputation
Accounting firm KPMG has taken some serious reputational hits over the past several months ... and they just keep on coming.
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CAQ: Control deficiencies not CAMs, but could be tied to one
A significant deficiency in internal control over financial reporting will not automatically constitute a critical audit matter that auditors will have to disclose under a new auditing standard, but it could suggest auditors will disclose a CAM related to the underlying accounting, said the Center for Audit Quality.
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CECL readiness spans the full spectrum, new poll shows
Banks appear all over the spectrum in terms of their readiness for CECL, with equal numbers implementing the new model or still in the early stages, a new poll says.
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Revenue 2.0: Work continues to adapt to new rules
Even after calendar-yer companies have filed their first-quarter reports reflecting a new way to recognize revenue, work continues to adapt to the new rules.
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MiMedx makes leadership changes amid accounting probe
MiMedx Group, a developer and marketer of regenerative and therapeutic biologics, has appointed Mark Graves as chief compliance officer. The company also is conducting a formal search to fill the newly established positions of chief accounting officer and internal auditor, amid an ongoing investigation into accounting violations.
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FASB approves tweaks to lease accounting standard
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has finalized a number of improvements to its new guidance on lease accounting, which public companies are working to adopt in 2019.