All Accounting & Auditing articles – Page 87
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FASB rolls out more technical corrections to revenue recognition rule
After the Financial Accounting Standards Board spent months working through amendments to the revenue recognition standard that is set to take effect in 2018, it turns out there are still more small changes coming.
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Financial industry groups agree on cyber-security principles
A consortium of financial industry associations has published a set of common principles to promote effective global policymaking on cyber-security, data, and technology. The groups seek constructive cooperation with regulators on the principles by submitting them to the Financial Stability Board and the International Organization of Securities Commissions. Joe Mont ...
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FASB drops simplification idea around equity method
FASB’s proposal on simplifying equity accounting garnered 40 comment letters, nearly half from preparers. But while most expressed support for dropping the retroactive adoption requirement, responses to accounting for the basis difference were all over the map. Tammy Whitehouse reports.
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New PCAOB audit report raises the question: What exactly is a ‘critical audit matter’?
As the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board revises its standard, boilerplate audit report, providing a more narrow definition of “critical audit matters” should go a long way toward giving investors better insight into some of the more challenging, subjective, and complex aspects of financial statements. Tammy Whitehouse provides an in-depth ...
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Non-GAAP measures continue to draw attention
Companies are striving to limit non-GAAP measures, as investors have lately expressed concern over their volume and the number of coinciding adjustments. Columnist Scott Taub helps companies answer the difficult accounting question, “Can we non-GAAP this?”
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FASB proposes easier way to measure goodwill impairment
FASB is proposing a new, simpler way to measure any reduction in the value of goodwill that companies should recognize on the balance sheet. Under the proposal, companies would perform their annual or interim goodwill impairment testing as they do under current guidance. Tammy Whitehouse has more.
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PCAOB tries again for rule to expand audit report
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has issued a new proposal to expand the current pass-fail audit report in a way that would give investors more information about what auditors do and what they learn during the course of their work.
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SEC approves PCAOB rule on naming engagement partners
The SEC has given final approval to a PCAOB rule requiring audit firms to complete a new filing on Form AP to provide the name of the engagement partner on each audit engagement. Meanwhile, Tammy Whitehouse reports, the PCAOB is attempting once again to expand the audit report.
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New revenue recognition rules prompt wide variety of adoption strategies
With new revenue recognition rules fast approaching, public companies everywhere are preparing as best they can, but an uncertain future awaits everyone. Tammy Whitehouse looks at what’s behind implementation delays.
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FASB finishes revenue recognition amendments
FASB has issued final amendments to the revenue recognition standard to clarify such aspects as how to assess certain collectibility criteria, how to present sales tax collected from customers, how to reflect non-cash consideration, and more. Tammy Whitehouse reports.
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SEC scrutinizing revenue judgments under new and old rules, deputy warns
As new standards on revenue recognition, leases, and more will touch trillions of dollars on corporate balance sheets, SEC Deputy Chief Accountant Wesley Bricker advises companies to explain to investors what is changing, why it’s changing, how it will change, and when. Tammy Whitehouse has more.
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PCAOB ponders possible change in inspection approach
Word from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is that the inspections process could be changing. According to board member Jeanette Franzel, the agency is “exploring the potential for more random selection of audits and audit areas to inspect.” Tammy Whitehouse has more.
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Tipalti SuiteApp achieves ‘Built For NetSuite’ status
Tipalti, a supplier of payments automation solutions, announced that its Tipalti SuiteApp has achieved ‘Built for NetSuite’ status. The new SuiteApp, built using NetSuite’s SuiteCloud Platform, integrates with NetSuite OneWorld to provide one unified accounts payable automation solution, helping finance departments streamline their entire global supplier payment operation.
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Study asserts companies shop for internal control audit opinions
Audit opinion shopping—a not-uncommon practice believed to have been cut down in the post-Sarbanes-Oxley era—remains live and well in capital markets, and it’s most pervasive in the presence of competition among auditors, according to research from the American Accounting Association. More from Tammy Whitehouse.
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Internal audit: an unlikely driver for corporate culture
As regulators such as FINRA increasingly view culture as a factor when determining wrongdoing and punishment, building a strong culture is taking center stage. Jose Tabuena reports.
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The relentless growth of non-GAAP reporting is a problem
The use of non-GAAP reporting has ebbed and flowed over the years, but a recent increase in the practice is starting to raise questions as to whether or not the SEC will have to get involved before things get out of hand. Tammy Whitehouse reports.
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FASB floats one more change to cash flow classification rules
FASB is aiming to get companies on the same page when classifying changes in restricted cash. Currently, some firms reflect cash receipts and payments in bank accounts that hold restricted cash as cash inflows and outflows, while others designate those transactions as non-cash investing. Tammy Whitehouse reports.
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Trump’s non-GAAP was first to face SEC enforcement
Long before Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign, the entertainment giant he founded, Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, faced the wrath of the SEC, whose leadership he would shape if elected. Tammy Whitehouse looks back on Trump’s SEC enforcement action.
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Reval and SWIFT announce partnership
A new agreement reached between SWIFT and Reval means that corporate treasury teams using the Reval Cloud Platform for automated cash and liquidity management can now join the SWIFT messaging network to connect their bank accounts anywhere in the world.
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FASB extends planned effective date for new loan loss rules
FASB is delaying the implementation date of its “current expected credit loss” model for how entities should give investors some early warning that debt instruments are not performing as anticipated. The board expects to publish the finished rule in June.