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Accounting professionals are facing rapid transformation, including shifting professional standards, demographic change, technology disruption, practice consolidation, and changing expectations for advisory services. Our coverage surfaces these strategic dynamics and provides insights and analysis for firms, leaders, and the accounting profession.
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Former central bank governor Mark Carney said the time has come for sustainability reporting to leave voluntary disclosure behind.
February 17
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The new standard requiring all leases longer than 12 months to be recorded on balance sheets is now in effect for nonpublic companies with a fiscal year beginning after Dec. 15, 2021. Are you prepared?
February 16
LeaseCrunch -
The board voted to provide a practical expedient for when companies have related-party arrangements between entities under their common control.
February 16
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Americanas sought bankruptcy protection after its shares tumbled 77% in one day and dollar bonds sank to 15 cents on the dollar following the reporting of the massive accounting hole.
February 16
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Markus Braun insisted he acted properly when he told markets two months before the company's spectacular demise that a KPMG probe found no wrongdoing — even though the auditor didn't have access to the documents it needed.
February 16
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The IIA's president and CEO sees the proposed confirmation standard as an 'unnecessary swipe' at internal auditors.
February 15
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The international network of audit, tax and advisory firms reached €2.45 billion ($2.6 billion) in total fee income.
February 14
