Financial reporting

Multiple risks lurk in the way accountants deliver their business clients’ information. CPA.com CEO Erik Asgeirsson and Confirmation.com founder Brian Fox discuss how a new information clearinghouse may solve the problem.

Implementation of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s current expected credit loss standard is well underway at major banks, according to a survey by Deloitte, though the new standard could show how risky many of the loans really are.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s guidance on the definition of a business could be of special benefit to the real estate, pharmaceutical, biotech and financial services industries, but doesn’t go as far as some had hoped.

Japanese electronics giant posts massive writedown and chairman resigns on the heels of accounting scandal, providing hours of chaos that shook investor confidence.

Natural-food supplier that began a probe of its accounting practices last year, fell as much 15 percent after saying the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has opened a formal investigation into the matter.

Ex-American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Maurice “Hank” Greenberg admitted to taking part in two deals to make the insurer’s financial condition look better than it was as part of a $9.9 million settlement with New York that has dragged out for almost a dozen years, the state’s top lawyer said.

Chris Henkel of Moody's Analytics discusses in this video how FASB's new standard on current expected credit losses could affect the assets and loans on a company's financial statements.

A wide range of accounting and financial executives are tasked with evaluating what adjustments will need to be made and what new procedures will need to be put in place to handle the change.

FASB's current expected credit loss standard represents a major challenge for financial institutions -- and other businesses, too. Moody's Analytics' Chris Henkel discusses what it means.

Five more misconception find themselves in the crosshairs of Profs. Miller and Bahnson.