Audit & Accounting

Toshiba Corp. is under investigation by the U.S. over allegations that it hid $1.3 billion in losses at its nuclear power operations, according to two people familiar with the matter. Shares plunged in Tokyo.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued an accounting standards update making it easier for companies to transition to the equity method of accounting.

Lee Klumpp of BDO USA describes in this video the trends in accounting standards that not-for-profit organizations are dealing with.

Mergers and acquisitions are prompting companies to take risky accounting maneuvers, warns a new report from Deloitte.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board announced settled disciplinary orders Tuesday sanctioning five audit firms for violating independence requirements in connection with audits of brokers and dealers.

Lee Klumpp of BDO USA discusses in this video the likely timing of FASB's proposed nonprofit accounting standards and how accountants and their clients can get ready for them.

Lee Klumpp of BDO USA talks in this video about the reaction to FASB's proposed changes in accounting standards for nonprofit organizations and some of the changes likely to be in the final standards.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Emerging Issues Task Force has issued an accounting standards update for contingent put and call options in debt instruments.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a 2016 budget for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board of $257.7 million, and an increase in the accounting support fee to $253.3 million.

The world’s largest banks are incorrectly accounting for their swaps trades, locking up money that could otherwise be paid out as dividends to their shareholders, according to a bold new academic paper.