Financial reporting

More than 80 percent of nonprofits anticipate growth and increased revenues in 2016, according to a new survey.

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."

Mergers and acquisitions are prompting companies to take risky accounting maneuvers, warns a new report from Deloitte.

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.

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.”

The Securities and Exchange Commission has accepted the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s 2016 GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy.

Two professors argue that financial reporting and accounting standards are increasingly irrelevant.

It’s generally accepted that a lot of accounting isn’t, well, generally accepted.

Financial reporting economics: It’s a good idea to supply what’s demanded

High tax rates and cybersecurity are among the most pressing concerns of CFOs at technology companies, according to a new survey by BDO USA.

The American Institute of CPAs’ Accounting and Review Services Committee has issued an interpretation on reviews of financial statements.

International Integrated Reporting Council CEO Paul Druckman plans to step down this year.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether Boeing Co. properly accounted for the costs and expected sales of two of its best known jetliners, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Brixmor Property Group Inc. shares plunged after Chief Executive Officer Michael Carroll and two other executives resigned following a discovery by the company’s audit committee that employees were “smoothing” income to make quarterly results more consistent.

Nearly a third of financial reporting executives in a new poll said internal control over financial reporting was their highest concern beyond their financial reporting responsibilities.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants have released a new report on how accountants can play a key role in the trend toward integrated reporting.

Everyone can agree that better financial analysis is a good thing for business leaders.

(Bloomberg) It’s too early to tell whether Star Wars: The Force Awakens will become the biggest grossing film of all time, but the really interesting question is whether the movie will ever go into profit.

Financial reporting is increasingly complex, and many companies find it challenging to comply with the disclosure requirements of the standards while providing readers with information that is meaningful and understandable.