Accounting standards

The board has endorsed a recommendation from its Private Company Council that would align accounting rules with the tax treatment of the awards.

A string of high-profile scandals have pushed the work of the world’s biggest auditors back into the spotlight.

If you want to grow income from your CAS practice, you may need to rethink your entire strategy.

Implementing CAS is a really great way for accountants adapt and evolve with where the market is going.

The Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board released a standard for accounting and financial reporting on government-owned land and delayed the effective date due to the pandemic.

The International Accounting Standards Board proposed to reduce the disclosure requirements for eligible subsidiaries under International Financial Reporting Standards.

Even as Mike Lynch faces potential extradition to the U.S. on fraud charges, those who have stayed loyal to him are reaping the rewards.

FASB's proposed update could help companies with their risk management, but they will probably need sophisticated hedging expertise to benefit.

The U.K.’s industry regulator said it was “unacceptable” that for the third year running the accounting firm’s work wasn’t up to scratch.

The hospital operator’s founder said the firm enjoyed a “deep and cozy” relationship with executives at the troubled company.

As businesses downsize office space and renegotiate leases, they need to look at how they’re accounting for the leases under the new rules.

We need to measure the amounts of greenhouse gases that are emitted and removed from the atmosphere, and get them to 'net zero.'

NYU accounting professor Baruch Lev on three ways standard-setters can significantly improve their agendas.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board released a proposed concepts statement to guide GASB when establishing note disclosure requirements for state and local governments.

The exposure draft covers various accounting and financial reporting issues that were identified during implementation, application, and due process on GASB standards.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board released an accounting standards update Monday to help lessors account for leases with variable lease payments.

The Institute of Management Accountants officially appointed J. Stephen McNally as chair of the IMA’s global board of directors, and he plans to focus on the organization’s growing presence internationally.

It's crucial not to overlook relational accounting.

Accounting firms are restricting corporations from holding the cryptocurrency as assets even as they give free rein to venture capital firms to invest in equally risky and volatile unicorns.

With two rounds of implementation behind us, it’s time to reflect on what we’ve learned so far from the required disclosures of critical audit matters.