All Accounting & Auditing articles – Page 57
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Auditor tenure is ‘reference point,’ SEC's Bricker says
Auditor tenures are beginning to appear in public company filings, giving investors new insight into how embedded firms are at their various public company clients.
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Revenue judgments about to go under the microscope
As they file their first 10-Qs under new revenue rules, companies may find their judgments will face a whole new round of scrutiny in the very next quarter.
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Responding to setbacks, KPMG adds outside directors
After some serious blows to its reputation, KPMG has decided to add outside directors to its board.
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Panasonic must pay $280M to resolve FCPA charges
Panasonic Avionics has agreed to pay more than $280 million to resolve civil and criminal charges arising out of a scheme to retain consultants for improper purposes and conceal payments to third-party sales agents.
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Investors show strong response to partner IDs
Investors react when they know the name of an engagement partner on an audit, research suggests, but the reaction may be stronger than expected.
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Global body reboots ethics rules for accountants
Accountants globally have some revised ethics rules to follow, which should prompt an examination in the United States over whether there are new thresholds to meet.
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Early disclosures point to material effect of lease rules
Of the 100 largest lessees in U.S. capital markets, 76 percent say new lease accounting rules will be material to the balance sheet; 20 percent are still assessing.
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Global aspects of tax reform prove particularly difficult
Elation morphed into confusion in the first quarter as companies celebrated tax reform, then dug in to figure out what it all means and how to comply.
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Understanding Beneficial Ownership Structures
This guide will help you better understand beneficial ownership legal structures and their complexities. It will also demonstrate how data and analytics can help improve the speed and accuracy of UBO identification, in addition to offering wider organisational benefits from enhanced knowledge management to resource redeployment.
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Celanese appoints chief accounting officer
Celanese, a global technology and specialty materials company, has appointed Benita Casey as chief accounting officer.
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What will be the cost to KPMG for South Africa failures?
The unraveling of KPMG in South Africa drives home a key point for any company that has done business in the country during the Zuma presidency.
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Aegion chief accounting officer resigns
Aegion announced that Michael White, senior vice president, controller, and chief accounting officer, has submitted his resignation to accept a new position. Kenneth Young, currently Aegion’s SVP and treasurer, will become interim controller and chief accounting officer, effective May 4.
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Supervalu appoints chief accounting officer
Whole-sale retail operator, Supervalu, has appointed David Johnson as chief accounting officer, effective immediately.
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New PCAOB seeks input on new strategic plan
A brand new slate of audit regulators is looking for some direction as it takes the helm at the PCAOB and establishes a new strategic plan.
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Going concern opinions drop in 2016, study shows
Corporate filings flagging doubt over a company’s ability to continue as a going concern reached a low in 2016, according to the newest research.
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McClatchy names controller and chief accounting officer
The McClatchy Company, an American publishing company, has appointed Peter Farr as corporate controller and chief accounting officer.
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American Midstream appoints chief accounting officer
American Midstream Partners has hired industry veteran Karen Acree as vice president and chief accounting officer.
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Filing problems? SEC invites companies to ask for help
Where one entity’s financial statements get impossibly tangled with another’s, the SEC is inviting companies to reach out and ask for some relief.
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Banking regulators propose new capital rules under CECL
Banking regulators are proposing changes to regulatory capital requirements to address forward-looking credit losses under a new accounting standard.
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SWIFT introduces universal real-time payment tracking
SWIFT recently announced the extension of its gpi Tracker to cover all payment instructions sent across the network, enabling gpi banks to track all their SWIFT payment instructions at all times, and giving them full visibility over all their payments activity.