Regulation and compliance
Regulation
-
The Financial Foundation and the Financial Accounting Standards Board that it oversees are marking their 40th anniversary by introducing redesigned logos, branding and Web sites.
April 29 -
Robert Herz, the former chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, has written a new book on his experiences leading FASB, with reflections on his experiences leading the board through the financial crisis and in its efforts to converge U.S. GAAP with International Financial Reporting Standards.
April 26 -
Some companies enhanced this or partnered with that, all well and good, but notable Sage family mergers and the fact that Microsoft may actually be going after accountants deserves more discussion.
April 26 -
A pair of influential senators have re-introduced legislation to make the Public Company Accounting Oversight Boards disciplinary proceedings against auditing and accounting firms public.
April 26 -
Barack and Michelle Obama may need some better financial planning advice.
April 26 -
The Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament voted Thursday to require public companies to change audit firms after up to 14 years, which could increase to 25 years if safeguards are put in place.
April 26 -
-
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Capital One Financial Corporation and two of its senior executives with understating millions of dollars in losses on auto loans in the months leading up to the financial crisis.
April 24 -
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has issued a formal policy statement in an effort to get more cooperation from public accounting firms in assisting with the PCAOBs investigations of their audits.
April 24 -
Free online accounting software maker Wave is now offering an iOS payroll tool as a companion app to their online payroll product.
April 24 -
Microsoft confirmed it is trying to establish a BPO program for accounting firms behind cloud versions of its Dynamics NAV and GP ERP products.
April 24 -
Top 20 Firm Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP is expanding its presence in the New York City market by merging with local Top 100 Firm Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP.
April 24 -
The Financial Accounting Foundation board of trustees has named Russell G. Golden as the next chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, succeeding Leslie Seidman, whose term will end on June 30.
April 23 -
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has approved a new standard that provides accounting and financial reporting guidance to state and local governments that offer nonexchange financial guarantees and governments that receive guarantees on their obligations.
April 23 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued an Accounting Standards Update aimed at improving financial reporting by clarifying when and how public and private companies and not-for-profit organizations should prepare statements using the liquidation basis of accounting.
April 22 -
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd. lost a bid to delay a lawsuit brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission seeking documents in an investigation of the auditors former client Longtop Financial Technologies Ltd.
April 22 -
CPA technology thought-leader James Bourke identifies three trends that every accounting firm needs to pay attention to.
April 22 -
Jeffrey Bolton, CPA, a partner and co-founder of Gulf Coast Regional Leader Daszkal Bolton LLP, died on April 19 in a swimming accident in the Bahamas.
April 22 -
The profession's confidence in the U.S. economy moderated somewhat last month, according to the April edition of Accounting Todays monthly Accountants Confidence Index.
April 19 -
There's a lot to try to make sense of this week, however I feel I'm better suited to offer insight into the moves companies and consultants in our space have made, rather than those of individuals in a certain Northeastern city.
April 19