Accounting standards

The U.K.’s dominant accounting firms must separate their audit units from other operations by June 2024 as the country’s industry watchdog reacts to shortcomings that led to the collapse of several companies.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board are under new chairmen Wednesday after their long-serving leaders completed their second terms.

When Joel Black succeeds David Vaudt as chair on July 1, none of the board's seven members will have served as a state auditor or treasurer.

Luckin Coffee Inc.’s board will require Chairman Charles Zhengyao Lu to resign, adding to the fallout from an accounting scandal that has battered the onetime market darling.

Even before the outbreak of COVID-19, CFOs and finance leaders faced an increasingly complex landscape, driven by a multitude of social, political, and economic threats.

Wirecard auditors say ‘elaborate’ fraud led to missing billions

Wirecard AG filed for insolvency, the culmination of a stunning accounting scandal that led to the arrest of its CEO and left the German payment-processing firm unable to find over $2 billion missing from its balance sheet.

The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to lead to long-term consequences for organizations, according to a survey of accountants around the world by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Britain’s audit industry faces another dent to its reputation as the nation’s accounting watchdog ordered a probe into PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Ernst & Young and Oliver Clive & Co.’s work for defunct London Capital & Finance Plc.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board issued guidance Tuesday to improve the reporting of Section 457 deferred compensation plans for state and local government employees.

Wirecard AG’s former chief executive officer was detained by Munich prosecutors after 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) went missing from the digital-payment company, in a scandal that has rattled Germany’s financial industry.

Markus Braun’s almost two decades as Wirecard AG’s chief executive officer ended after accusations about the company’s accounting culminated in a shock disclosure that it was unable to locate 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion).

Wirecard suffered one of the worst stock slumps in the history of Germany’s benchmark index after revealing that about 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) in cash has gone missing, spooking investors who have endured years of allegations of wrongdoing at the payments company.

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As companies contend with the economic impact of the global pandemic and the related risks, management should be prepared for heightened auditor scrutiny.

A backlash is growing among regulators and participants against EBITDA — earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and coronavirus.

The firm admitted shortcomings in three years of work for a client, which had to restate its distributable reserves twice.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board released a proposed technical bulletin Thursday from its staff with application guidance on the CARES Act and outflows incurred by state and local governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The meeting was the last in chairman Russell Golden’s term.