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Wall Street & Technology
January 6, 2006
Paul Allen |
Is EDGAR Headed for XBRL? The SEC released a draft request for proposals for a new contract to overhaul its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) system and enable it to embrace interactive data formats such as eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL).   |
CFO
March 15, 2004
Craig Schneider |
A World of Trouble Even with an extended deadline for Sarbox compliance, questions about offshoring have companies on edge. |
CFO
May 1, 2004
Lori Calabro |
Looking Under the Hood New attestation standards for internal controls put more power in the hands of auditors. |
CFO
October 1, 2009
Alix Stuart |
X Marks the Spot, for Errors Early results indicate that filing financial statements to fulfill the Securities and Exchange Commission's new XBRL requirement is far from simple. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Jul/Aug 2005
Andras Kosaras |
Thinking About an Audit? Read This First What kinds of grantmakers get audits and how should a foundation choose an auditor if it opts for this process? |
CFO
July 1, 2006
Linda Corman |
(Don't) Look Deep into My Lease Terms can be mesmerizing, but companies get a rude awakening when leasing's real cost is revealed. |
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
July 1, 2007
Scott Leibs |
Five Years and Accounting This story is Part 1 in a three-part series on how corporate finance has changed since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed. |
Financial Advisor
December 2005
Leo J. Pusateri |
Conducting The Real Value Audit A grave mistake many financial advisors make is to assume that their clients really understand the real value being delivered. This audit is insurance that your client and you have an aligned vision on the value of the relationship. |
CFO
August 1, 2004 |
The Enforcer If audit firms don't voluntarily improve their processes, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) chairman William McDonough promises he'll make them. |
Information Today
August 21, 2008 |
SEC Announces a New IDEA--The Successor to EDGAR Based on a completely new architecture being built from the ground up, it will at first supplement and then eventually replace the EDGAR system. |
CFO
August 1, 2006
Alix Nyberg Stuart |
XBR-What? Even as SEC chairman Cox champions "interactive data," few CFOs seem impressed. Is that because too few of the benefits accrue to them? |
Information Today
January 5, 2009 |
SEC Approves Requirement of Interactive Data for Financial Reporting With interactive data, all of the facts in a financial statement are labeled with unique computer-readable "tags," which function like bar codes to make financial information more searchable on the internet. |
HRO Today
Heller & Della Torre |
Audits of Outsourced Retirement Plans Relying on CPAs to turn up potential issues now is a better alternative than for plan participants or the IRS to discover shortcomings. |
CFO
November 1, 2010
David McCann |
18,000 Errors and Counting The number of mistakes in XBRL-tagged financial statements continues to pile up, but results are actually better than expected so far. |
CFO
March 15, 2006
David M. Katz |
A Tough Act to Follow What CFOs really think about Sarbox -- and how they would fix it. Included are the results of an exclusive survey of finance executives on the topic. |
CFO
September 1, 2006 |
The Spring-loaded Options Trap Spring-loading vs. bullet dodging; why SAS-70 audits are so different; gauging your financial style; more bondholder backlash; the return of the travel agent; why companies still have so much cash; and more. |
CFO
September 1, 2002
David M. Katz |
The Insiders Do internal auditors have a bigger role to play in ensuring the integrity of financial reports? |
CFO
March 1, 2009
Marie Leone |
It's Here (Seriously) The SEC mandates the use of data-tagging for public company financial results. |
CFO
October 1, 2011
Sarah Johnson |
Making Audits More Audible New rules would require auditors to speak up about possible problems, and describe in more detail what they do and don't look at. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2006
Ralph Casale |
Dueling Fools: Dividends Investing is generally fraught with future promise. Dividends can be an island of stability in a turbulent market, helping investors achieve long-term outsized gains. |
Information Today
October 16, 2006
Marydee Ojala |
The SEC's Plans to Reinvent EDGAR In its ongoing quest to modernize its EDGAR system, the SEC has awarded three contracts worth a total of $54 million to upgrade the system into a dynamic real-time search tool with interactive capabilities. |
CFO
December 1, 2010
Marie Leone |
Taking the "Ease" Out of "Lease"? By doing away with operating leases, new accounting rules could bring billions of dollars back onto company balance sheets. |
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. |
CFO
July 1, 2003
Kris Frieswick |
How Audits Must Change Auditors face more pressure to find fraud. |
CFO
April 1, 2010
Tim Reason |
Auditing Your Auditor After nearly a decade of turmoil, companies have gained the advantage in negotiating with their auditors. |
National Real Estate Investor
May 1, 2007
Todd Davis |
Leasing Changes Afoot Spurred on by the SEC, the FASB is evaluating lease accounting standards with the intent to revise them. The key issue lies in the distinction between capital leases and operating leases. |
Wall Street & Technology
September 21, 2004
Beth Bacheldor |
Looking for Trouble Under new IT leadership, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is upgrading technology to become a better watchdog and maintain market confidence. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Mar/Apr 2002
Ray Milnes |
Audit Committees -- A Perspective on Utilizing Internal Audit Resources A brisk current of regulatory change is sweeping through America's corporate boardrooms aimed at strengthening the independence and effectiveness of corporate audit committees, including those of REITs and other publicly traded real estate companies... |
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
March 1, 2003
Tim Reason |
Two Weeks in January The SEC put much of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act into effect by passing a slew of new rules. Here's what was proposed and what was disposed. |
Knowledge@Wharton
June 18, 2003 |
Board Members Feeling the Heat of Public Scrutiny Should Bone Up on Finance, Accounting What you don't know can't hurt you. That old adage may be true some of the time, but not for people serving on boards of directors and audit committees in the wake of recent scandals that have tarnished the reputation of corporate America. |
