Financial reporting

The Financial Accounting Standards Board released a proposed accounting standards update Thursday to help organizations reclassify some of the stranded income tax effects in accumulated other comprehensive income resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that President Trump signed into law last month.

Internal controls, the new lease accounting standard and cybersecurity are just some of the issues keeping financial executives up at night, according to a new survey by KPMG.

With 2018 now upon us, the new revenue recognition standard could have a big impact on your company and your finance team.

Steinhoff International Holdings NV’s accounting scandal is getting costly for U.S. banks.

The four-month trial of three former Tesco Plc U.K. executives accused of fraud and false accounting over a 250 million-pound ($341 million) profit black hole at the grocer is nearly at an end.

Marisa Garcia, managing director of CohnReznick Advisory, explains why so many industries are still dragging their heels on adjusting to the new revenue rules.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a one-page Q&A document Thursday from its staff letting private companies and nonprofits apply recent staff guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission on the tax accounting implications of the recently passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and plans future Q&A documents, along with an accounting standards update.

Revenue recognition is one of the accounting topics most examined by investors and regulators.

Marisa Garcia, managing director of CohnReznick Advisory, discusses what companies should be doing to prepare for the new revenue recognition standard.

Marisa Garcia, managing director of CohnReznick Advisory, discusses what companies need to know about FASB's new revenue recognition standard and what they should do about it.

The changes would simplify some of the transition requirements and offer lessors a practical expedient for separating nonlease from lease components.

Steinhoff International Holdings NV, the South African retail giant consumed by an accounting scandal, said some of its business units need “significant near-term liquidity” as its chief financial officer stepped down to focus on rescue efforts.

If you have reservations about the new expected credit loss model for financial instruments, let’s take a high-level look at the guidance and try to answer some immediate questions.

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.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said the U.S. tax reform will cut profit this year by about $5 billion, mainly because of a tax targeting earnings held abroad.

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

The drop in corporate rates could causes issues with deferred tax assets and liabilities.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is giving companies some leeway as they prepare their quarterly financial statements after passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.