Accounting standards

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has published a draft version of the proposed 2017 U.S. GAAP financial reporting taxonomy, along with the related release notes.

Deloitte reported a revenue increase of 9.5 percent across its international network, for a total of US$36.8 billion in the fiscal year ending May 31, 2016.

Implementation guidance on FASB’s new NFP standards

Ron Baker dives into the new book, "The End of Accounting"

A consultant offers ugly truths and realistic remedies

How can key players in the financial reporting process stay on the good side of non-GAAP use?

Non-GAAP reporting: Yes, it’s bad, but it doesn’t have to be

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board released on exposure draft proposing guidance on extinguishing debt prior to maturity.

Nonprofit organizations and their accountants may want to adopt Financial Accounting Standards Board’s new standard for not-for-profits early before they have to begin adjusting to some of the other new standards coming out from FASB.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has released a quick overview of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s lease accounting standard.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has inked a cooperative agreement with the German Auditor Oversight Body, a new regulator for audit firms in Germany.

A review of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board’s 2006 standard for pollution remediation reporting found it generally achieved its goal of improving the disclosures of state and local governments’ obligations to control pollution.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board released its long-awaited accounting standards update for not-for-profit financial reporting, albeit with scaled back ambitions to keep the standards for nonprofit organizations aligned with standards for businesses.

Institute of Management Accountants president and CEO Jeff Thomson talks in this video about how he views the plans by the American Institute of CPAs and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants to form a new international association.

The Institute of Internal Auditors and the International Federation of Accountants have renewed an agreement to collaborate on advancing auditing and accounting practices around the world.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has released an exposure draft proposing changes in its conceptual framework related to how items are presented in a financial statement.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board is asking for feedback on its future agenda.

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board is seeing more desire from investors for improved sustainability reporting, as evidenced by a wave of comment letters to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board has published new guidance on how the public sector can account for employee benefits around the world and is also considering changes in how to account for financial instruments.

The new lease accounting standard will have an impact beyond the usual suspects of airlines and retailers, with even cloud computing providers taking a hit, thanks to their leases of computer servers.