Accounting standards

If you’re a bookkeeper, it’s time to embrace evolution.

Auditing firms cannot be expected to root out evil, or to conduct full forensic investigations.

RSM partner Rich Stuart dives into the potential impact of FASB’s incoming standard for leases.

Shares of Steinhoff International Holdings NV rose after the South African retail giant said it will restate financial results going back as far as 2015 amid a probe into accounting irregularities.

The board’s staff are offering additional information on determining auditor tenure.

Special guest columnist Dr. Tom Selling remembers the extraordinary contributions of the former SEC chief accountant.

The AICPA’s framework for financial reporting could save the audit.

Thomson Reuters’ Checkpoint Catalyst research service has added guidance on the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s new impairment rules requiring companies to recognize estimated credit losses sooner.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has made available the 2018 GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy along with the 2018 SEC Reporting Taxonomy, pending final acceptance by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board said Wednesday it has imposed a $1.5 million civil penalty against Grant Thornton LLP and censure the firm for violations of quality control standards and for audit failures.

The payroll provider’s new tool includes a single dashboard for accountants to manage multiple clients.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has released a new Implementation Guide with questions and answers about GASB’s new standards on accounting and financial reporting for postemployment benefits other than pensions, such as retiree health care.

Steinhoff International Holdings NV assembled a crisis team of insiders to try to rescue the global retailer amid a crunch meeting with bankers that may determine the company’s future.

It looked like Steinhoff International Holdings NV had reached escape velocity from South Africa’s deepening economic gloom: A furniture retailer emulating Ikea’s model and global ambitions, built by men with their own compelling rags-to-riches stories.

Two years ago, the Financial Accounting Standards Board decided to defer the effective date of the revenue recognition standard for a year until Dec. 15, 2017 for public companies to give them more time to adjust to the new standard and to work out some kinks in the far-reaching rules. The deferred effective date arrived Friday, and many companies still aren’t ready.

Christo Wiese’s grip on his global furniture retailing empire is slipping after the South African billionaire resigned from the board of troubled Steinhoff International Holdings NV and creditors forced a sale of part of his stake.

The International Federation of Accountants is expressing alarm about recent proposals from a group of global financial regulators to separate its standard-setting boards for auditing and ethics.

KPMG International reported Thursday its worldwide revenue grew 5 percent in local currency terms to a record level of $26.4 billion the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2017.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed William Duhnke to succeed James Doty at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

Steinhoff International Holdings NV Chairman Christo Wiese, seeking to stabilize the embattled retailer, is negotiating a standstill agreement on a 1.5 billion-euro ($1.8 billion) margin loan under which banks would suspend the sale of stock until next year, according to people with knowledge of the discussions.