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Blog: Auditors address non-GAAP financial measures in the context of COVID-19

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Is EBITDAC a thing? Yes, according to the FT. This article describes the use of a new non-GAAP metric: “earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation—and coronavirus.” Applying the new metric, a few companies...more

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SEC Leadership Statement on Audit Committee Responsibilities

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Just before the new year, top leadership of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provided guidance to public company audit committees as to those areas that they believe need special focus during the upcoming...more

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Blog: New Statement on Key Reminders for Audit Committees

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Yesterday, SEC Chair Jay Clayton, SEC Chief Accountant Sagar Teotia and Corp Fin Director William Hinman posted a “Statement on Role of Audit Committees in Financial Reporting and Key Reminders Regarding Oversight...more

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Blog: CAQ issues new roadmap for audit committees on non-GAAP measures

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The Center for Audit Quality has issued a new guide for audit committees related to non-GAAP financial measures. Based on information gained from a series of roundtables held in 2017, Non-GAAP Measures: A Roadmap for Audit...more

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Financial Reporting for Foreign Private Issuers Before the SEC

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Under the current rules of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), foreign issuers are allowed to use International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) financial statements in their registration statements and...more

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Blog: Are “Other Key Operating Metrics” The New Non-GAAP Financial Measures?

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As reported by BNA, the top accounting staff at the SEC are quite satisfied with companies’ responses to the SEC’s assault on abuses of non-GAAP financial measures. The staff’s concern was that companies’ reporting was often...more

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"Key Takeaways: Corporate Governance Series — Key SEC Financial Reporting, Accounting and Enforcement Matters"

On February 2, 2017, Skadden hosted a webinar titled “Key SEC Financial Reporting, Accounting and Enforcement Matters,” the third installment of our four-part Corporate Governance Series focused on trends in corporate...more

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Blog: Center for Audit Quality provides tool to help audit committees assess non-GAAP financial measures

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The Center for Audit Quality has released a new tool, Questions on Non-GAAP Measures: A Tool for Audit Committees, to help audit committees cope with non-GAAP financial measures (NGFMs). Rather than provide a checklist, the...more

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CAQ Issues Non-GAAP Tool for Audit Committees

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As has been widely reported, in recent months the Securities and Exchange Commission has raised concerns about the use of non-GAAP measures by public reporting companies, through public speeches, revised compliance guidance...more

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Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume XI, Issue 20

SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Division of Corporation Finance Issues 12 New and Revised C&DIs Regarding Non-GAAP Measures - As noted in the May 13 edition of Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest, SEC Chair Mary Joe White,...more

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