Accounting standards

The board voted Wednesday to give private companies and not-for-profit organizations an extra year to comply with the revenue recognition and leases standards.

Europe’s top markets watchdog is warning companies against getting creative with financial statements that obscure the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on their bottom line.

The founder of U.K. discount retailer Matalan Plc is suing PricewaterhouseCoopers over claims he lost as much as 135 million pounds ($165 million) by relying on advice the accounting firm gave him when he moved to Monaco 20 years ago.

Members of the American Accounting Association's Financial Reporting Policy Committee denounce provisions in the CARES Act they see as threatening FASB’s independence and setting a dangerous precedent with serious potential to undermine confidence in corporate financial reporting.

China’s securities regulator blacklisted six executives for their role in a $4.2 billion accounting scandal at Kangmei Pharmaceutical Co., one of the country’s biggest drugmakers.

The Financial Accounting Foundation’s board of trustees is changing the process for assessing the effectiveness of standards.

The president acknowledged the move could prompt Chinese companies to move off of the NYSE and Nasdaq.

As the world grapples with the escalating impact of the pandemic, a stark realization is now sweeping over accounting and finance teams — they’re the ones who have to figure out how countless uncertainties fit into their reporting and GAAP.

As businesses and employers make the sudden shift to agile working from home, how does this change their approach to maintaining their accounts?

EY’s Dutch unit is asking its partners in the Netherlands to stump up funding to help it confront the blow to its business from COVID-19 measures.

Nations around the world face unexpected expenses and revenue shortfalls arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board is postponing the effective dates of many of its pronouncements and implementation guides for 12 to 18 months to provide some breathing room for accountants.

The American Institute of CPAs’ Professional Ethics Executive Committee has decided to postpone the effective dates for three of its ethics interpretations in its Code of Professional Conduct for one year, due to the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The international group has published a roadmap that focuses on four main areas of change.

The U.K.’s Financial Reporting Council has opened an investigation into Ernst & Young LLP’s auditing of NMC Health Plc, the Middle Eastern hospital operator facing fraud allegations.

An independent audit into Wirecard AG concluded that it was unable to obtain the data needed to confirm past revenues, and criticized the payment processor for internal “shortcomings” and unwillingness by its third-party partners to contribute to the report.

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board has released an exposure draft of a standard for improving the quality of audits of group financial statements.

Public companies are dealing with a variety of financial reporting difficulties in the face of the unpredictable COVID-19 pandemic and the impact it’s having on businesses of all sizes.