January 30, 2020
Regulators Getting Bad Vibes From Goodwill
The balance sheets of public companies currently hold $5.5 trillion in assets lumped under the headi...
Category: Accounting
December 17, 2019
The Year in Review: Accounting and Auditing
What a year. In 2019, we cheered as the U.S. captured another title in the women’s World Cup, watc...
December 10, 2019
Companies Less Likely to Do “Big R” Financial Restatements
Back in the early 2000s, seemingly mild-mannered corporate executives such as Kenneth Lay and Bernie...
December 5, 2019
Research Says Disclosure Offers Cover for Questionable Accounting
Public financial reporting involves an inherent tension between accurately portraying the condition ...
November 21, 2019
FASB Aims to Ease LIBOR Phaseout
With the London Inter-bank Offered Rate (aka LIBOR) on its way out, U.S. companies are searching for...
October 24, 2019
Is “Transformation” Breeding Suspicion at PCAOB?
We’re hearing quite a bit lately about whistleblowers in the world of politics. Who’s ready for ...