Top stories of the previous month from the world of accounting resellers

Odds have now turned against those hoping that the health care law passed in 2010 will "just go away."

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued a staff paper with recommendations on which criteria and circumstances should be used to determine when it is appropriate to adjust U.S. GAAP reporting requirements for private companies.

The American Institute of CPAs and the American Accounting Association released a report Tuesday charting a course for the future of accounting education.

Critics of fair value accounting have indicted it as being the cause, or at least having exacerbated, the global financial crisis of 2007-2008.

The Financial Accounting Foundation is seeking people who would like to participate in a post-implementation review survey of how well its business combinations standard has worked.

As we acknowledge the 10th anniversary of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, we are once again in a period of re-examination of the role, relevance, and reliability of financial audits in protecting investors and the public interest. This seems to be, in part, a reaction to the financial crisis of the past few years.

The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. has approved the organization's first-ever Sanction Guidelines, which will be used by the Disciplinary and Ethics Commission and staff when determining sanctions for particular CFP Board violations.

The International Accounting Education Standards Board has released a proposed revision of its professional development standard for educating accountants in values, ethics and attitudes.

A House subcommittee held a hearing to examine the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which marks its 10th anniversary this coming Sunday.

Top 100 Firm Weaver LLP promoted a half dozen employees to partner, with Jayna Bovre named partner-in-charge of the Fort Worth office.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued an accounting standards update intended to simplify the testing of indefinite-lived intangible assets, such as trademarks, licenses and distribution rights, for impairment.

Michael Bernstein succeeds Martin Greenberg

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The International Accounting Standards Board said Thursday that its staff will develop guidance to help “micro-sized entities” apply International Financial Reporting Standards for Small and Medium-sized Entities.

Elizabeth Hugh selected as the firm’s first chief operating officer

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has issued an updated guide to help people better understand the financial statements of state and local governments.

Staffing service Office Team identified five types of workplace "competitors" that take it too far and offered tips for working with them effectively.

XBRL US launched on Wednesday its second annual XBRL Challenge, a contest to discover the top open source analytical tools that can mine XBRL-formatted corporate financial data from the SEC’s EDGAR database.