Financial reporting

Medbox founder agrees to disgorge $12M and banning

The SEC has been increasingly focused on their use, fearing they may be painting a rosier picture than GAAP-based metrics.

The International Integrated Reporting Council is asking for comments on how companies are using the framework it issued three years ago for reporting on matters beyond simply a company’s financials.

Overall, smaller firms gained by far the most new and net engagements for the year.

Multiple risks lurk in the way accountants deliver their business clients’ information. CPA.com CEO Erik Asgeirsson and Confirmation.com founder Brian Fox discuss how a new information clearinghouse may solve the problem.

Implementation of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s current expected credit loss standard is well underway at major banks, according to a survey by Deloitte, though the new standard could show how risky many of the loans really are.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s guidance on the definition of a business could be of special benefit to the real estate, pharmaceutical, biotech and financial services industries, but doesn’t go as far as some had hoped.

Japanese electronics giant posts massive writedown and chairman resigns on the heels of accounting scandal, providing hours of chaos that shook investor confidence.

Natural-food supplier that began a probe of its accounting practices last year, fell as much 15 percent after saying the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has opened a formal investigation into the matter.

Ex-American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Maurice “Hank” Greenberg admitted to taking part in two deals to make the insurer’s financial condition look better than it was as part of a $9.9 million settlement with New York that has dragged out for almost a dozen years, the state’s top lawyer said.

Chris Henkel of Moody's Analytics discusses in this video how FASB's new standard on current expected credit losses could affect the assets and loans on a company's financial statements.

A wide range of accounting and financial executives are tasked with evaluating what adjustments will need to be made and what new procedures will need to be put in place to handle the change.

FASB's current expected credit loss standard represents a major challenge for financial institutions -- and other businesses, too. Moody's Analytics' Chris Henkel discusses what it means.

Five more misconception find themselves in the crosshairs of Profs. Miller and Bahnson.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has released a new standard that promises to simplify the goodwill impairment test, allowing many companies that don’t already apply the private company accounting alternative for goodwill to skip an extra step.

The American Institute of CPAs has been producing guidance for how different industries can deal with the new rev rec standard that will be taking effect at the end of the year.

The CFA Institute has published a two-part report examining the controversy over non-GAAP financial measures from an investor perspective.

Seattle-based financial services company agrees to pay a $500,000 penalty to settle charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it improperly performed hedge accounting and later took steps to impede potential whistleblowers.

Accounting students have the arduous task of learning how to prepare and analyze financial reports. Like other users of financial data, they may wonder if the numbers alone are enough to evaluate a firm.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued a pair of proposed accounting standards updates.