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Sustainability reports are an important tool in a CFO’s strategic communications arsenal that helps attract employees, customers, and capital.
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Why Cryptocurrency Transactions Matter
While it’s not for everyone, there are some circumstances where limited cryptocurrency involvement can make sense for traditional companies.
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Justin Wilcox
| July 14, 2021
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Revenue Recognition
FASB Launches Agenda Consultation Project
The first in five years, the project seeks comments about the Financial Accounting Standards Board's future standard-setting agenda.
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Vincent Ryan
| June 28, 2021
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GAAP and IFRS
The Importance of Accounting Comparability
Could deviating from industry norms and employing atypical accounting choices hurt companies and managers?
By
Vincent Ryan
| July 6, 2020
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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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Revenue Recognition
Companies Urged to Stay Abreast of Accounting Proposals
Not paying close attention to proposed accounting standards and not commenting when there are concerns can have important consequences, experts say.
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David McCann
| May 13, 2019
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Risk & Compliance
ADT Fined Over Reporting Failures
Security company ADT was hit with a $100,000 fine from the SEC over failure to report under GAAP when presenting its financial numbers.
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William Sprouse
| December 27, 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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Management Accounting
Study Finds Disturbing Evidence of Earnings Management
Not only companies but also stock analysts and earnings-data clearinghouses are linked to the deception.
By
David McCann
| August 2, 2018
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Working Capital
Controller Charged in Revenue Recognition Scheme
The SEC says a sales scheme that inflated financial results at Maxwell Technologies should have been detected by the former CEO and former controller.
By
Vincent Ryan
| March 27, 2018
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Risk & Compliance
Investors Speak: Down With GAAP!
Non-GAAP metrics command far more attention from investors than do the official numbers, new research shows.
By
David McCann
| December 18, 2017
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Growth Companies
Revenue Recognition: Here at Last
How much do you know about FASB's new rules on revenue recognition? Take our quiz to find out.
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CFO Staff
| December 5, 2017
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Global Business
Companies Get Help with Materiality Definition
The International Accounting Standards Board responds to companies’ call for help with materiality in financial statements.
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David Katz
| September 19, 2017
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Risk Management
New Hedging Rules Will Cut Reporting Costs: FASB
The new accounting standards update drops a requirement that companies must measure and report “hedge ineffectiveness.”
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David Katz
| August 29, 2017
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Risk & Compliance
SEC’s Non-GAAP Guidance Should Be Withdrawn
Sometimes, the commission’s metrics guidance works against the interests of financial-statement users, a capital markets expert says.
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Charles Lundelius
| May 19, 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.
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Matthew Heller
| January 19, 2017
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