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Strategic Acquisitions: Their Mistake Could Be Your Next Opportunity
During this interest rate and inflation cycle, make your M&A shopping list early but be selective.
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| June 27, 2022
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Risk & Compliance
Fraud Prevention Firm’s Ex-CEO Charged With Fraud
Adam Rogas, a co-founder of NS8, was "the proverbial fox guarding the henhouse," a prosecutor says in announcing his arrest.
By
Matthew Heller
| September 18, 2020
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Risk & Compliance
Luckin Coffee Crashes After Company Admits COO ‘Fabricated Transactions’
Those involved in the scheme allegedly fabricated $310 million in total sales and inflated certain costs and expenses.
By
Lauren Muskett
| April 2, 2020
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Tax
Do Clawback Policies Accomplish Their Desired Purpose?
They may, but new research surprisingly suggests that clawbacks may also prompt managers to drive down their companies' effective tax rates.
By
David McCann
| December 16, 2019
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GAAP and IFRS
Bridging the Gaps in GAAP
Here are eight critical considerations for combating the creativity crisis in accounting.
By
David McCann
| October 16, 2019
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Risk & Compliance
Are Women CFOs Less Prone to Financial Misreporting?
In a study of thousands of U.S. companies over 11 years, those with female CFOs were much less likely to file financial reports containing misstatements.
By
David McCann
| July 2, 2019
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Retirement Plans
Why Terminating a Pension Plan May Be Unaffordable
Not only is it expensive to buy annuities to fund existing retiree benefits, but financial statement issues also may stymie plan terminations.
By
David McCann
| May 29, 2019
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Risk & Compliance
Private Companies: Beware of SEC Scrutiny
The Securities and Exchange Commission is bringing case after case charging private companies and their executives with fraud.
By
David McCann
| April 22, 2019
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Retirement Plans
AICPA Issues New Benefit Plan Audit Rules
The institute has been seeking to improve the quality of plan audits since a critical government report in 2015.
By
Matthew Heller
| December 4, 2018
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Risk & Compliance
Internal Controls Violations in Cyber-Fraud Cases?
The SEC takes the position that public companies must assess and calibrate internal accounting controls for the risk of cyber frauds.
By
Howard Scheck
| November 15, 2018
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Risk & Compliance
SEC Intensifies Focus on Non-GAAP Metrics
While the number of comment letters the commission sends to filers has waned drastically, the proportion of letters focused on non-GAAP metrics has shot up.
By
David McCann
| October 23, 2018
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Risk & Compliance
Five Firms Fined for Filing Incomplete 10-Qs
The SEC says the companies included financial statements in reports that had not been reviewed by an independent external auditor.
By
Matthew Heller
| September 24, 2018
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Risk & Compliance
Ex-Autonomy CFO Convicted of Massive Fraud
A U.S. jury finds Sushovan Hussain "misused his special skills in accounting" to inflate the U.K. software firm's revenues before it was acquired by HP.
By
Matthew Heller
| May 1, 2018
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Financial Reporting
What’s Behind Financial Statement Placement Order?
The order in which a company presents financial statements may present clues about how it wants to be viewed by investors and analysts.
By
David McCann
| March 13, 2017
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Tax
Oil Shipper and Its Former CFO Fined for Understating Tax
Overseas Shipholding Group and its ex-CFO allegedly failed to recognize $512 million in tax liabilities over a 12-year period.
By
Matthew Heller
| January 24, 2017
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Risk & Compliance
SEC Fines GM $1M Over Accounting for Recall
A defect in GM's internal controls allegedly prevented its accountants from learning about a safety issue for 18 months.
By
Matthew Heller
| January 19, 2017
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