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Full Disclosure Edmund Jenkins reflects on his leadership of FASB through difficult times... |
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On the Same Page U.S. and international standard setters are coordinating their efforts to craft a common language for business... |
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Standing on Principles In a world with more regulation than ever, can the accounting rulebook be thrown away? |
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August 1, 2007
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The SEC Rules Five years after Sarbanes-Oxley, the SEC is flexing its regulatory muscle as never before. |
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August 1, 2003
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Who Rules Accounting? Congress muscles in on FASB -- again. |
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October 1, 2010
Stuart & Johnson |
Herz Closes the Books on FASB Tenure Finance executives look ahead with both hope and caution. |
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October 1, 2007
Michelle Leder |
Rewriting the Rules Everything you thought you knew about accounting is about to change. Is there any reason to smile? This is the third of a three-part series examining the state of accounting five years after passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. |
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February 1, 2008
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A New Vision for Accounting Robert Herz and FASB are preparing a radical new format for financial statements. |
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October 1, 2010
Leone & Stuart |
Keeping Cool on the Hot Seat Departing Financial Accounting Standards Board chairman Robert Herz takes a look back at his tenure. |
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February 1, 2003
Julia Homer |
Rule-makers The stage is set for a major shift in accounting practice. |
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March 1, 2004
A CFO Interview |
New World Order IASB chairman Sir David Tweedie says global accounting standards are within reach. |
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You Say IASB, I Say FASB, You Say... A description of efforts to harmonize U.S. and international accounting standards, and shifts in the accounting profession caused by recent scandals. |
CFO
July 1, 2005
Alix Nyberg Stuart |
A GAAP of Their Own Private companies seeking a wholesale exemption from FASB's accounting rules are likely to be disappointed. |
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February 1, 2003
Abe de Ramos |
Standards Bearer The chairman of the IASC, Paul Volcker, shares some caustic comments on stock options, corporate boards, and the relative merits of GAAP. |
Financial Advisor
March 2008
Alan Lavine |
Apples To Apples Expect a pop in equity valuations, increased liquidity and lower trading costs as foreign companies list stocks in the United States using International Financial Reporting Standards. |
CFO
May 1, 2003
Arthur Levitt |
You Are the Guardians Former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt offers some pointed advice on how to restore confidence in corporate accounting. |
CFO
January 1, 2008
Sarah Johnson |
Long Live the King? As international accounting standards close in on GAAP, the U.S. standard-setter considers its mortality. |
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August 1, 2002
Ronald Fink |
The Fear of All Sums To restore investor trust, many companies are disclosing more information, according to a CFO survey. But it may not be enough. |
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Special Issue 2005
Yungmann & Agarwal |
One World, One GAAP Global businesses and international investors are increasingly demanding accounting information that they can understand when running businesses and making investment decisions on a worldwide basis. |
CFO
January 1, 2009
Alix Stuart |
Which One When? A roundup of key accounting deadlines, developments, and detours to watch for in 2009. |
BusinessWeek
October 4, 2004
David Henry |
Fuzzy Numbers Despite the reforms, corporate profits can be as distorted and confusing as ever. Here's how the game is played. |
CFO
October 1, 2003 |
Letters to the Editor CFOs should quit whining... can nontraditional CFOs succeed?... disagreement over the options debate. |
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December 1, 2009
Marie Leone |
Convergence vs. Conversion The notion of U.S. companies switching to international financial reporting standards (IFRS) over the next few years might become moot if efforts to converge U.S. and international accounting standards are successful. |
CFO
August 1, 2005
Tim Reason |
Hidden in Plain Sight The Securities and Exchange Commission doesn't like lease accounting, and it's not going to take it any more. Leasing may soon have to be justified on economic terms alone. |
Knowledge@Wharton
February 12, 2003 |
A "Perfect Storm" of Circumstances Batters Corporate Pension Plans Questions raised about accounting for pension funds have prompted some Wharton faculty and other experts to ask if rules promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, as well as the Internal Revenue Code itself, may have played a significant part in the strife. |
CFO
April 1, 2009
Leibs & Leone |
The Blame Game Goes into Overtime The debate over the fairness and value of fair-value accounting intensified last month as lawmakers took accounting rule-setters to task for the role that fair value has allegedly played in the current economic crisis. |
CFO
April 1, 2008
Sarah Johnson |
Goodbye GAAP It's time to start preparing for the arrival of international accounting standards. |
BusinessWeek
December 9, 2010
Yalman Onaran |
An International Spat Over Bank Bookkeeping A dispute between the U.S. and international accounting standards boards is holding up a global agreement. |
CFO
August 1, 2004
Alix Nyberg |
Investment Insight Is Corporate America adequately managing employee pension funds? |
CFO
January 1, 2005 |
In the Same Language The rest of the world adopts international accounting standards... Grounded to a Halt?... Give It Back!... Go Directly to Cash... Where's the Coverage?... |
CFO
April 1, 2008
Alan Rappeport |
One Standard, Many Laws Accounting convergence could be derailed by countries making too many modifications. |
PHONE+
May 4, 2009
William Bosco |
Lease Accounting: Changes the IT Industry Should Know The FASB and its sister organization, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), are working jointly to develop a new model for the recognition of assets and liabilities arising under lease contracts. |
CFO
May 8, 2006
Linda Corman |
Lost in the Maze Problems with hedge accounting caused a wave of restatements in 2005. Are FASB's rules too hard to follow, or are companies simply too lax? |
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Pitt On The Spot Plus, trade-show taxes... split-dollar life insurance... our quarterly Global Confidence Survey... |
CFO
December 1, 2004
Kris Frieswick |
Is Fair Value Flawed? Some say FASB's reform proposals for merger-and-acquisition expense-reporting could stifle corporate management planning. |
CFO
September 1, 2002
Andrew Osterland |
No More Mr. Nice Guy A new CFO survey suggests why new rules for auditors may be a wise idea. |
Entrepreneur
August 2004
C.J. Prince |
Raise Your Voice A new Small Business Advisory Committee promises to give small businesses a say in accounting standards. But will it help? |
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November 1, 2010
Marie Leone |
Technical Difficulties As the pace of accounting-rule changes intensifies, can IT systems keep up? |
CFO
July 1, 2003
Tim Reason |
Goodwill to All Pieces Are companies properly valuing and assigning acquired intangibles to business units? |
CFO
August 1, 2006
Russ Banham |
Pension Dissension FASB is championing a two-phase project that would provide guidance for gauging annual pension expenses on the income statement and disclose plan assets and liabilities on the balance sheet and in footnotes. CFOs protest. |
CFO
October 1, 2004 |
Taxpayer Beware The IRS goes where the money is... More grim projections for the federal budget deficit... The SEC bulks up... The bottom line of giveaways... FASB's ambitious agenda... etc. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2002
John S. McClenahen |
Goodbye To GAAP? Probably not. But Enron's collapse makes changes in financial regulation likely... |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 23, 2006
Cynthia D. Churchwell |
Financial Reporting Goes Global As business goes global, pressure is increasing for adoption of a single set of accounting standards worldwide. Harvard professor Gregory Miller discusses this trend and India's unique position to be a leader in the international accounting environment. |
CFO
December 1, 2003 |
Dividends Bounce Back A record number of companies, including Microsoft, Best Buy, and RadioShack, issue dividends... FASB hands out a FIN 46 reprieve... bank-tying practices leave the GAO in a knot... tax attorneys exit the Big Four in droves... and more. |
CFO
November 1, 2003 |
Citi's New Stance After more than a year of scandal and public penance, Citigroup CFO Todd Thomson is determined to rebuild the reputation of the financial-services giant. |
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What Must Be Done? The experts weigh in on how to prevent future Enrons... |
CFO
September 1, 2008
Tim Reason |
International Accounting Standards Board Chairman Sir David Tweedie The overseer of a coming accounting revolution opines on U.S. companies' inevitable, eventual shift to IFRS. |
CFO
February 1, 2011
Kate O'Sullivan |
The Faces Are New, but the Agenda Is Not Just in time for The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, CFOs have some new names to learn as two major regulators welcome fresh leadership. |
