FASB News More Bankers Push Regulators to Delay Credit Losses Standard The American Bankers Association and 50 state bank associations appealed to the Financial Stability…
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FASB News Banks Pressure Federal Regulators for Changes to Credit Losses Standard On October 17, a trade group representing large U.S. banks requested that financial…
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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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ICYMI | How Many Engagement Inspections Is Too Many?
Streamlining the Scope of Quality Control Inspections
The inspection process is a critical part of any audit firm's accounting and auditing quality control (QC) system. The lack of precise guidance in the…
Brown began the panel by talking about the PCAOB's current status and objectives following the installment of an entirely new board by the SEC at…
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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…
Much has changed since the PCAOB began its inspection program in 2004. In just the last 10 years, the number of auditing firms registered with…
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FASB/PCAOB/IASB News
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…
Financial Reporting: Entering Uncharted Waters
Highlights from the 17th Annual Baruch College Financial Reporting Conference
The 17th Annual Financial Reporting Conference, hosted by Baruch College this past May 3, once again brought together regulators, standards setters, preparers, auditors, and users…
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Tax & Accounting Update is provided by Thomson Reuters and based on material published on Checkpoint, its online news and research platform. The Update is…
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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…
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FASB News Disclosure Framework Slated for September Publication FASB’s planned concepts statement aimed at improving how the board writes disclosure requirements for U.S. GAAP is…
As noted by the PCAOB in its Release 2017-001: “there are situations in which an auditor may be required by law or regulation, or voluntarily…
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FASB News Meeting with Healthcare Professionals to Address Issues, Trends FASB is scheduled to meet with the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s Principles and Practices Board…
The June 2017 installment of this column covered “Reporting on Restatement Adjustments after an Auditor Change” (http://bit.ly/2pQMClB). This installment expands on that theme, providing guidance…
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FASB News Simplified Transition Method to New Lease Standard Still Requires Extensive Effort As the 2019 public company effective date for FASB’s lease accounting standard…
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Our article in the December 2017 issue of the Journal, “Alternative Dispute Resolution for Accounting and Related Services Disputes,” makes the following statement that needs to…
I was reading the December 2017 issue of The CPA Journal, and saw letters (“Continuing the Discussion on the Meaning of Fiduciary,” Vincent J. Love and…
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FASB News Proposal to Allow Greater Capitalization of Cloud Computing Costs FASB has released a proposed amendment to U.S. GAAP for public comment to clarify…
Auditors’ Increased Responsibilities Under the PCAOB’s New Audit Reporting Standards
Communicating Critical Audit Matters
In Brief For more than 70 years, the auditor's report has remained virtually the same, following a simple pass/fail template. Recent changes issued by the…
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FASB News Lease Standard’s Technical Corrections Head to Final Status FASB has approved a slate of minor technical corrections to the lease accounting standard that…
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FASB News Tax Law May Lead to Changes in U.S. GAAP At its upcoming meeting, FASB plans to discuss whether it needs to make a…
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FASB News First Standards-Setting Meetings of New Year Scheduled FASB is scheduled to hold its first meeting of the new year on January 10. The…
Much has changed since the PCAOB began its inspection program in 2004. In just the last 10 years, the number of auditing firms registered with…
How Many Engagement Inspections Is Too Many?
Streamlining the Scope of Quality Control Inspections
The inspection process is a critical part of any audit firm's accounting and auditing quality control (QC) system. The lack of precise guidance in the…