FASB News Private Companies Rush to Meet Revenue Recognition Effective Date With the 2019 effective date of FASB’s revenue recognition standard rapidly approaching, private companies…
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IASB News Insurance Standard May Face Two-Year Delay The IASB is ready to debate delaying the effective date of its insurance accounting standard when it…
Tax & Accounting Update is provided by Thomson Reuters and based on material published on Checkpoint, its online news and research platform. The Update is…
SEC Chief Accountant Wesley Bricker addressed the importance of objective financial reporting and the role of accountants and auditors in his speech before the Baruch…
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FASB News Banking Regulators to Finalize Rule Offering Capital Relief On September 18, federal banking regulators said they plan to finalize a rule to ease…
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FASB News National Standards Setters Decry European Plan for Local Changes to IFRS National accounting standards setters, accounting organizations, and professional groups oppose a European…
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In 1990, William Weiss wrote “What's Going On in Business Schools?” (Management Accounting, May 1990), a critical look at a business and accounting academic environment that did…
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FASB News FASB to Study Cost of Options in Accounting Standards To help auditors and companies save money, FASB often gives private companies the option…
I read with interest “First Look at the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Impact on Individual Charitable Giving” by Mark A. Nickerson in the April…
SEC Chief Accountant Wesley Bricker addressed the importance of objective financial reporting and the role of accountants and auditors in his speech before the Baruch…
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FASB News Proposal to Tweak Credit Losses Standard Expected in November FASB will propose a package of minor clarifications to the board’s sweeping new credit…
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FASB News Final Version of Amended Debt Classification Guidance Approved At its August 22 meeting, FASB agreed to publish a final version of its amended…
ICYMI | Accounting for Leases Under the New Standard, Part 2
Lessor Accounting, Changes in Lease Terms, Practical Expedients, and Preparation Tips
In contrast to the lessee model, the lessor model under FASB's new lease accounting standard has three different types of leases: operating, sales-type, and direct…
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FASB News Debt Classification Guidance Moves Closer to Final Status FASB plans to settle some of the lingering issues with its upcoming guidance for classifying…
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FASB News Effective Date for Insurance Accounting Amendments still 2021 Despite the complaints of U.S. insurance companies that they will not be ready to meet…
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FASB News Banks Seek Extended Phase-In Period for Credit Loss Standard Banks want federal banking regulators to make it easier to adopt FASB’s proposed credit…
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FASB News EITF Effort to Clarify Business Combinations Guidance Delayed FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) recently determined that it needs to further revise a…
The Profession’s Role in Sustainability Advocacy
Challenging CFOs to Join the Movement
For the past 15 years of my 40-year career in the hospitality sector, I have been advocating for hotel companies, and the tourism industry at…
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FASB News Minor Technical Corrections Published for Lease Standard FASB has published an update to U.S. GAAP with 16 technical corrections for its much-watched lease…
State and Local Tax Roundup
Current Developments in New Jersey and Connecticut
CPAs need to be aware of current tax developments in key states to properly advise clients that are doing business in multiple jurisdictions. Below is…
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FASB News Effort to Refine U.S. GAAP’s Definition of a ‘Liability’ Continues. FASB’s latest effort to update its Conceptual Framework is focusing on the building…
The article “The Potential Impact of Lease Accounting on Equity Valuation” (Matthew A. Stallings, November 2017, http://bit.ly/2ktNGIR) provides an example of the effect of the leasing…
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FASB News Quarterly Disclosure Project to Resume After a more than three-year hiatus, FASB resolved at its July 11 meeting to resume its project to…
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FASB News Effort to Refine U.S. GAAP Definition of a Liability Continues FASB’s latest effort to update its Conceptual Framework is focusing on financial statement…
ICYMI | Managing Risk at the Speed of Change
A New Risk Vocabulary and a Call to the Profession
Electronic commerce has changed the pace of business activity. One McKinsey estimate speculates that the current rate of change is 10 times that of the…
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FASB News FASB Clarifies Accounting Guidance for Contributions FASB has updated U.S. GAAP to determine when a contribution to a not-for-profit organization should be accounted…
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FASB News Proposed Amendments for Collaborative Arrangements Leave Many Questions Unanswered Some financial reporting professionals doubt that a recent FASB proposal will solve the accounting…