Audit

More than half of companies in India are not yet ready for new Indian Accounting Standards, according to a new survey.

The crazy news out of Valeant continued this morning with a wild press release announcing, among other things, that Chief Executive Officer J. Michael Pearson is going to leave, but not yet, and that the board asked former Chief Financial Officer Howard Schiller to resign from the board, "but Mr. Schiller has not done so."

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has amended the converged revenue recognition standard it developed with the International Accounting Standards Board to add more guidance about principal versus agent considerations.

Audit firm policies designed to protect whistleblowers against retaliation for reporting wrongdoing could backfire and make potential tipsters even more fearful of the possible consequences, according to a new academic study.

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.

Lee Klumpp of BDO USA discusses in this video some of FASB's proposed changes in not-for-profit accounting standards.

The Institute of Internal Auditors Research Foundation has issued a new report offering strategies for motivating internal audit staff, including dealing with generational differences.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Emerging Issues Task Force has issued an accounting standards update to address the extinguishment of liabilities and recognition of breakage for prepaid stored-value products, such as gift cards, telephone cards and traveler’s checks.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Emerging Issues Task Force has issued an accounting standards update on the effect of derivative contract novations on existing hedge accounting relationships.

A former accounting manager at air conditioning maker Carrier Corporation was sentenced to 12 months in prison for his role in an insider embezzlement scheme.

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged California’s largest agricultural water district Wednesday with misleading investors about its financial condition as it issued a $77 million bond offering, with one of its managers bragging about using “a little Enron accounting.”