IASB News Conference to Focus on Future Accounting Rules This year’s World Standard-setters Conference—the meeting of accounting rulemakers from various nations that use IFRS—will hold…
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IASB News Joint Discussion on Future of Financial Reporting IASB Chairman Hans Hoogervorst and FASB Chairman Russell Golden will participate in a panel discussion, being…
The Once and Future Worker
A Vision for the Renewal of Work in America
The Once and Future Worker by Oren Cass will be of interest to CPAs on at least three important fronts. First, in running CPA firms, a…
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FASB News Recognition of Acquired Liabilities in Customer Contracts Moved to Research Agenda On July 31, FASB removed a project from the Emerging Issues Task…
Changing the Conversation
Redefining How Companies Engage Investors on Sustainability
In 2010, when Ceres released The Ceres Roadmap for Sustainability (https://www.ceres.org/roadmap), sustainable business leaders were easily identified and few in number. Now it is commonplace to find…
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FASB News Simplifications to Share-based Payments and Debt Accounting Considered Standards setters plan to tweak narrow areas of the stock compensation and debt accounting guidance,…
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FASB News Proposal to Include Credit Loss Rules in 2020 GAAP Taxonomy Published On July 10, FASB published a proposed update of its 2020 GAAP…
Recently, The CPA Journal interviewed Joseph DioGuardi, the first practicing CPA elected to Congress, representing New York's 20th Congressional district from 1985 to 1989. DioGuardi is currently…
I enjoyed Michael Doron's article in the February CPA Journal (“The PCAOB as Third-party Payer”). The PCAOB as a third-party payer is—as the article correctly puts it—an…
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FASB News Chief Accountants: Proposed Revisions to Income Tax Disclosure Rules Too Costly to Prepare Chief accountants and controllers from some of the nation’s largest…
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FASB News Most Private Companies Have Not Adopted New Revenue Rules, Are Unlikely to Adopt Lease Rules on Time A majority of private companies have…
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FASB News Bless: Audit Firms Need Guidance from PCAOB About Credit Loss Standard The PCAOB should provide guidance to audit firms about the new credit…
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FASB News Three New Members Appointed to EITF FASB has added three new members to its Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF). The board said on…
Outsourced finance and accounting is one of the fastest growing areas for CPA firms and one of the leading values firms can offer their clients.…
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IASB News IFRS Taxonomy to become Mandatory, EC Says Companies that use international financial reporting standards to prepare their financial statements need to tag them…
Reviewing Contracts with Customers
How CPAs Can Advise Business Owners
CPAs do not review contracts or practice law, but if they fail to pose common sense legal questions to their business clients, those clients may…
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FASB News CPAs, Companies Pushing for Accounting and Disclosure Rules for Cryptocurrencies U.S. GAAP does not have specific guidance on how to account for and…
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FASB News U.S. Chamber of Commerce Asks for Revision of Implementation Process The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has asked FASB to follow a process that…
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FASB News Private Companies, Nonprofits to Get Update on Major New Accounting Rules FASB will hold a webcast on June 17 for private companies and…
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AICPA News ASB Publishes New Auditor Reporting Standards On May 8, the AICPA’s Auditing Standards Board (ASB) published a set of standards intended to improve…
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FASB News FASB Tries to Align with IFRS when Possible, Golden Says According to Chairman Russell Golden, FASB has endeavored—when possible—to align U.S. GAAP with…
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FASB News Financial Accounting Foundation President and CEO Polley Resigns On April 26, Teresa Polley, president and CEO of the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF), resigned…
I often ask myself whether we are doing enough to be good stewards for America's future. How will future generations be impacted by the actions…
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FASB News Noski Reappointed Chairman of Financial Accounting Foundation Former senior banking executive Charles Noski has been reappointed to an additional term as chairman of…
Not-for-profit organizations continue to face an ever-evolving and challenging landscape. Executives and audit committees must deal with concerns ranging from attracting and retaining donors and…
The advantages of evidence-based decision making are clear, but there are several reasons why data-driven decision making is a relatively new concept for many notfor-profit…
Should CPA Firms Be Worried about Data Breach Claims?
Hurdles to Establishing Standing and Demonstrating Economic Viability
Driven by unceasing news reports, CPA firms are growing increasingly concerned that data breaches are increasing in both frequency and severity. With this deluge of…
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FASB News FASB Approves Simpler Option for Reporting Some Intangible Assets of Nonprofit Hospitals As mergers and acquisitions (M&A) surge in the healthcare sector, not-for-profit…
When I served as Commissioner of Internal Revenue from 2003 through 2007, the two fears that kept me up at night were of a botched…
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FASB News Income Tax Accounting Rules May Be Simplified FASB may simplify income tax accounting rules—one of the more complex topics in financial reporting—in targeted…