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Accounting Today delivers news, rankings, thought leadership, and analysis for accounting professionals so they can navigate change in standards, firm strategy, technology adoption, talent, and the overall business environment.
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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The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued a discussion paper to solicit input on how to improve, simplify, and converge the financial reporting requirements for hedging activities, as it foresees the possibility of increasing divergence from international standards.
February 10 -
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Like others, we're watching the trumpeted "Blue Ribbon Panel" on accounting standards for private companies. Unlike others, our expectations are very low because we aren't confident this group understands what reforms are needed.
February 1 -
CFA Institute has released the Compensation Discussion and Analysis Template, a report that provides guidance for public companies wishing to improve the CD&A portion of their proxy statement.
January 31 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board have published a joint set of proposals to account for the impairment of financial assets such as loans managed in an open portfolio.
January 31 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board have published a proposal to establish a common approach to offsetting financial assets and liabilities on the balance sheet.
January 28 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has taken a step back on previous plans to require companies to report all of their financial instruments at fair value.
January 25