Accounting standards

U.S. businesses face great risk in expansion to APAC without securing local knowledge and expertise to help comply with the region’s complex tax and compliance regulatory framework.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board made two changes to its conceptual framework and released a pair of accounting standards updates aimed at making disclosures in notes to financial statements more effective.

The retailer's former chief, Markus Jooste, has agreed to appear at a hearing next week in South Africa, provided it's not about his company's accounting scandal.

As Noble Group’s troubles mounted, the role of Singapore’s regulators has come under scrutiny.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s proposed changes to the credit loss standard promise to help private banks and credit unions deal with the transition on a more comfortable timeline.

Bankers preparing for the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s new current expected credit loss model have many questions about implementation.

PwC surveyed how public and private companies are handling the revenue recognition standard.

The Internal Revenue Service issued a revenue procedure Wednesday providing information on how companies can change their method of accounting if they have switched from being an S corporation to a C corporation in response to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

In an unusual event for an outsourced financial services firm, Consero earns a significant cash infusion from BV Investment Partners.

The trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation reappointed Candace Wright as chair for a second three-year term on Tuesday, while also reappointing two other members to another two-year term.

Steinhoff International Holdings NV suspended former Chief Financial Officer Ben La Grange and ex-director Stehan Grobler in the first action taken against current employees of the company following an accounting scandal.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board released a proposed accounting standards update Monday to amend the transition requirements and scope of the credit losses standard that it issued in 2016.

For KPMG, another week, another rebuke from U.K. accounting regulators.

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted Friday to simplify some of its disclosure requirements that have become outdated, duplicative or overlapping because of changes in the information environment or U.S. GAAP, or because of other SEC disclosure requirements.

Survey finds clients are more likely to refer their accountant if they offer client accounting services.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board released a long-awaited accounting standards update Wednesday to improve the financial reporting for insurance companies that issue long-duration contracts, such as life insurance, disability income, long-term care and annuities.

Ernst & Young is acquiring Riverview Law, a London-based provider of legal services, expanding the Big Four accounting firm’s global presence in the legal profession.

Compliance hours and costs for the Sarbanes-Oxley Act have risen in the past year for many companies, in part due to the new revenue recognition standard, according to a new survey.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board is proposing to make a number of narrow improvements in the lease accounting standard as public companies get ready for it to take effect at the end of the year.