Accounting standards

Three international standard-setting boards for auditing, accounting ethics and accounting education issued a new publication Monday in the hopes of making accountants and auditors more skeptical of management assertions.

The advice is aimed at helping professional accounting organizations work more effectively with governments and regulators.

The proposed ASU would apply to more than just nonprofit organizations.

The Justice Department has closed an investigation into how the driller accounts for oil and natural gas assets.

Nearly half of corporate executives are concerned about their ability to implement the lease accounting standards, according to a survey by Deloitte.

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board has released its 2017 Technical Agenda, listing the priorities and research areas that SASB plans to pursues this year.