Financial statement disclosures provide internal and external business stakeholders with additional information regarding a company's financial operations. Small businesses do not usually have ...

The SEC recently amended its disclosure requirements for historical and pro forma financial statements arising from acquisitions and dispositions. [1] While the revisions are fairly technical, overall ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board is making progress on its disclosure framework project, which aims to establish an overarching framework to help the board establish requirements for ...

A proposed concepts statement issued Friday by GASB would establish new criteria for state and local governments to follow in developing their disclosures for notes to financial statements. The ...

IN CERTAIN INSTANCES CPAs SHOULD CONSIDER preparing and reporting on financial statements using an “other comprehensive basis of accounting” (OCBOA). Tax-basis and cash-basis, including ...

There is a long-running debate among legal scholars regarding the propriety and enforceability of SEC attempts to mandate disclosures of antisocial or illegal corporate activities that do not ...

The Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and members of the SEC Staff have recently made statements concerning upcoming disclosures that public companies will be making ...

Discover the hidden details in financial footnotes essential for interpreting income statements, balance sheets, and cash ...

The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation has published a set of near-final examples showing how companies can improve the reporting of uncertainties in their financial statements ...

Effective October 1, 2019, except where exempted below, vendor disclosure statements shall be required from all vendors in an effort to eliminate potential conflicts of interest, regardless of ...

Learn 12 essential things about financial statements that investors need to know. These insights can guide smarter investment ...