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Odds have now turned against those hoping that the health care law passed in 2010 will "just go away."

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued a staff paper with recommendations on which criteria and circumstances should be used to determine when it is appropriate to adjust U.S. GAAP reporting requirements for private companies.

The American Institute of CPAs and the American Accounting Association released a report Tuesday charting a course for the future of accounting education.

Critics of fair value accounting have indicted it as being the cause, or at least having exacerbated, the global financial crisis of 2007-2008.

The Financial Accounting Foundation is seeking people who would like to participate in a post-implementation review survey of how well its business combinations standard has worked.

As we acknowledge the 10th anniversary of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, we are once again in a period of re-examination of the role, relevance, and reliability of financial audits in protecting investors and the public interest. This seems to be, in part, a reaction to the financial crisis of the past few years.

The International Accounting Education Standards Board has released a proposed revision of its professional development standard for educating accountants in values, ethics and attitudes.

A House subcommittee held a hearing to examine the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which marks its 10th anniversary this coming Sunday.