Audit

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants has introduced ACCA-X, a set of online learning courses for accountants and financial professionals.

Check out the digital edition of the April 2015 issue of Accounting Today.

Toshiba Corp. fell the most in more than a year after the company said it would appoint a committee to investigate possible problems with its accounting.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board is planning to propose two new projects as part of its initiative to simplify accounting standards, along with two new projects for FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has voted to propose to defer the effective date of the new revenue recognition standard by one year after hearing feedback from constituents.

You manage what gets measured: Penny-wise but pound-foolish financial reporting

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has approved the reorganization of its auditing standards to help users navigate the standards more easily.

Filings of securities class actions with accounting-related allegations increased 47 percent in 2014, according to a new study.

Privately held U.S. companies are growing sales this year so far at the fastest rate in three years, according to the financial information company Sageworks.

Kara Stein, a commissioner with the Securities and Exchange Commission, appeared to reject the need for convergence with International Financial Reporting Standards in a speech last week.

The Cleveland-based CPA firm Skoda Minotti is facing a lawsuit from a group of depositors who lost their money after the collapse of a credit union that the firm had been auditing.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board is getting ready to unveil a set of proposals that could have a major impact on the way nonprofit organizations present their financial statements.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has scheduled a meeting for next Tuesday where it will vote on adopting a reorganization of auditing standards.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants has produced a new series of reports in collaboration with the Economic and Social Research Council investigating the dynamics between corporate culture and regulations and the link to dysfunctional behavior in organizations.

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board has released a set of provisional sustainability accounting standards for “resource transformation” industries such as aerospace and chemicals.

Investors should pay closer attention to the Other Comprehensive Income statement on financial reports, suggests a new study.

The Institute of Internal Auditors has released an updated look at continuous auditing, providing guidance to chief audit executives on what technologies are available for continuous auditing, and how continuous auditing relates to management’s risk management, risk assessment and monitoring activities.

For the second year running, national firm BDO USA has racked up the most new SEC audit clients.

More accountants like to solve problems than crunch numbers, according to a new survey.

Wake Forest University School of Business announced on Monday that they will hold an informative lecture on March 24, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. The lecture will be focused on the challenges of creating global accounting standards.