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HBS Working Knowledge July 18, 2005 Ann Cullen	Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System? Mihir A. Desai discusses new ways businesses are looking to shrink their tax obligations, how the commonly accepted dual-book system may ultimately harm shareholders, and the role boards of directors play in making sure their companies stay within the rules.
HBS Working Knowledge December 20, 2006 Mihir Desai	Investors Hurt by Dual-Track Tax Reporting What corporations report in profit to the IRS and what they report to shareholders are often two different numbers. That's why the IRS and Securities and Exchange Commission are proposing that companies publicly report taxes paid
Knowledge@Wharton	New Ways to Retain and Reward Employees (Hint: We're Not Talking Stock Options) A handful of technology companies are heading in alternative directions when it comes to giving employees incentives to stay and perform well.
Knowledge@Wharton	Will Expensing Stock Options Create New Problems? Even as politicians and the media vilify stock options, experts from Wharton and elsewhere are asking if the blame is being misdirected, and if the solutions being adopted might bring about new problems.
HBS Working Knowledge October 25, 2006 Desai & Margolis	Fixing Executive Options: The Veil of Ignorance The latest corporate governance crisis is buried in the details of executive compensation contracts, where the practice of backdating options for top executives is only part of the problem.
The Motley Fool November 23, 2004 Jim Schoettler	The Billion-Dollar Secret As the debate rages over whether or not companies should expense stock options, we take a look at some basic questions: Why should stock options be expensed?... What does it mean for the investor?... etc.
BusinessWeek April 26, 2004	How Expensive Will Expensing Options Be? A talk with accounting expert Pat McConnell on the impact of stock options on earnings
CFO August 1, 2003 Craig Schneider	Who Rules Accounting? Congress muscles in on FASB -- again.
The Motley Fool February 8, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Make the Most of Stock Options: The Basics Stock options can give employees of successful companies a huge incentive to work hard toward building shareholder value. Options can be a valuable part of compensation, but you have to manage them well.
Knowledge@Wharton	Re-examining Stock Options as a Way to Compensate Executives Now that an underperforming stock market and the excesses of Enron have focused new attention on the use and abuse of stock options as a way to incentivize senior managers, what changes, if any, should companies make in their design of compensation packages?
CFO October 1, 2003	Letters to the Editor CFOs should quit whining... can nontraditional CFOs succeed?... disagreement over the options debate.
IDB America June 2001 Daniel Drosdoff	What do you mean by "profitable"? Why Latin American companies and societies have much to gain from adopting a new set of international accounting standards
The Motley Fool December 28, 2004 Jim Schoettler	Uncovering the Billion-Dollar Secret Traditional stock option accounting practices lead companies to overstate their net income. Here is a look at how significant these overstatements are, who's responsible for fixing the problem, and what they're doing about it to place themselves and their investors in an advantageous position.
FDIC FYI July 24, 2002	Enhancing Financial Transparency Participants in the conference discussed the strengths and flaws inherent in the U.S. financial reporting process and suggested ways of modifying not only the reporting mechanism, but also the accounting standards that underlie financial statements, audit opinions, credit ratings and analyst reports.
Knowledge@Wharton	How Employee Stock Options Can Undermine the Value of Ordinary Shares What effect do options have on the number of stock shares a company has in circulation? The answer can make a big difference when a company computes its earnings per share, and when investors calculate the critical price-to-earnings ratio.
Knowledge@Wharton	Feeling Burned by Accounting Scams in the U.S.? Just Look Overseas Self-dealing and the misappropriation of profits at the expense of minority shareholders is much more common in other countries due to the weaker legal measures protecting such stockholders.
The Motley Fool April 2, 2004 Bill Mann	Intel's Red Herring Intel CEO spells doom and gloom if option expensing is mandatory. Please.
CFO August 1, 2002 Andrew Osterland	Pay for Nonperformance? Executive compensation practices won't change until accounting rules for options are fixed.
Knowledge@Wharton	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 August 1, 2007 Kate O'Sullivan	The SEC Rules Five years after Sarbanes-Oxley, the SEC is flexing its regulatory muscle as never before.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2004 Bill Mann	The Best Stock Options Model Are there perfect ways to value stock options? No. But anything is better than this. What's the sign that the Financial Accounting Standards Board is thinking about requiring stock options to be expensed? Lots of trips to Washington by Silicon Valley executives, and pre-emptive bills in Congress. Certainly, someone up there recognizes that accounting is best left to accountants.
CFO February 1, 2003 Tim Reason	Questions of Value Is fair-value accounting the best way to measure a company? The debate heats up.
Inc. March 2006 Amy Feldman	Inc.'s Annual Spectaxular From new deductions for manufacturers to how to pay yourself, here are 10 ways to cut your tax bill -- without raising the suspicions of the IRS.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 John Churchill	I Gotta Get Paid According to a 2005 study, revenue at independent financial advisory firms grew by 25% on average in 2004.
CFO November 1, 2002 Tim Reason	Align the Books? The gap between the numbers reported to shareholders and to the taxman is growing. Critics contend it's time to explain why.
AFP eWire August 16, 2004	IRS to Investigate Charity Salaries, Benefits The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced a new project to crack down on excessive compensation and benefits in the charitable sector.
Knowledge@Wharton January 29, 2003	Are Stock Options In Your Future? Given the recent turmoil surrounding stock options -- including well-publicized abuses of executive stock options, the depressed market, and anticipated new rules on the expensing of options -- has this once-popular form of compensation lost its appeal?
The Motley Fool April 12, 2004 Salim Haji	Higher Pay and Lower Taxes Results from two new studies: corporate CEOs continue to get pay raises, and most corporations pay little or no taxes.
HBS Working Knowledge May 12, 2008 Martha Lagace	Accounting Information as Political Currency Firms manage accounting numbers to avoid regulatory scrutiny. The implication is that firms manage accounting numbers to influence political decisions.
Knowledge@Wharton	Do Accountants Who Act as Consultants Take Greater Care or Cut Corners? New Wharton research challenges the idea that lucrative consulting contracts routinely lead auditors to look the other way when preparing financial audits, a key allegation in the scandals at WorldCom, Tyco and Enron.
CFO November 1, 2003	Sarbox's Unseen Costs "The crucial unseen cost is that of innovations foregone or delayed," says a reader. More letters to the editor: Microsoft on options... thoughts on Black-Scholes... expensing flaw... the root of the problem
CFO July 1, 2004 Don Durfee	Better Carrots? Big changes are under way in long-term incentive compensation, a new survey finds. But they may not be big enough.
InternetNews July 20, 2004 Roy Mark	House Votes to Block Stock Option Expensing The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation supported by the tech industry to pre-empt a proposed federal accounting regulation calling for corporations to deduct the cost of all employee stock options from their profits.
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2004 Scott Farb	The Trickle-Down Effect of Sarbanes-Oxley Real estate private equity funds are finding themselves in an overly regulated, ever-changing and immensely complex climate when it comes to financial reporting and accounting issues.
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.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2005 Richard Gibbons	Executive Compensation Evolves Why Omnicare's restricted stock compensation may become the standard.
The Motley Fool September 3, 2004 Chris Mallon	Optional No Longer Expense-free option grants are a thing of the past, thanks to the Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) new rule.
The Motley Fool June 25, 2004 Bill Mann	Valley's Intellectual Bankruptcy Yesterday, the Financial Accounting Standards Board held a contentious roundtable in Palo Alto, Calif., to discuss FASB's standing proposal to require American companies to treat stock options granted to employees as an expense.
The Motley Fool September 15, 2004 Bill Mann	Exhausting Every Option The International Employee Stock Option Coalition, a high tech industry lobbying group in Washington D.C., plays its latest gambit on trying to de-claw options expensing.
The Motley Fool July 7, 2004 Bill Mann	Buffett Rips Congress on Options Why just counting the options given to the top five execs is a dumb, dumb idea.
Registered Rep. November 15, 2011 David Trainer	Forensic Analysis Says Avoid Energy & Financial Stocks Calculating economic earnings takes a lot of work in the form of gathering necessary data from financial footnotes and some fairly complex modeling. I offer a complete guide on how to calculate economic earnings here.
Knowledge@Wharton	One Way to Settle the Controversy over Stock Options: Eliminate Them Some Wharton professors question this approach, warning that abandoning stock options altogether could ultimately hurt a company's performance. They say that despite recent allegations of abuse, stock options remain a valuable way to get managers to perform at their peak level.
Inc. October 2008	Develop a Tax Strategy Tips for developing a tax strategy for your business include staying on top of your books and income and expense shifting.
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.
HBS Working Knowledge April 7, 2008 Sean Silverthorne	The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits Harvard Business School professor Mihir Desai describes how the U.S. taxes corporations' foreign profits, and makes a case for exempting foreign profit from taxes if proper safeguards are put in place.
AFP eWire May 30, 2006	Numerous Charities in CFC Owe Millions in Payroll Taxes More than 1,000 charities involved in the Combined Federal Campaign have tax debts reaching nearly $36 million, according to an investigation by the General Accounting Office.
The Motley Fool December 17, 2004 Bill Mann	Yes, Options Really Are an Expense The Financial Accounting Standards Board stares down the tech lobby and mandates that employee stock options must be expensed.
CFO September 1, 2008 David M. Katz	Fair-Value Revolution Historical cost accounting is fading as Corporate America marches into a new era.
Salon.com July 17, 2002 Scott Rosenberg	When good options turn bad Sure, let's punish stock-option-scamming CEOs and tighten up options accounting. But when options benefit everyday employees, they're worth defending.
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.