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Segments, Taxes, SAB 74 and More

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The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) was quite active at the end of 2023 and published two notable Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs) that are expected to meaningfully affect public company disclosures regarding...more

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UK Primary Market Reforms Tracker - October 2023

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The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of the key developments around reforming the UK capital markets regime following Lord Hill’s UK Listings Review, launched on 19 November 2020 as part of the UK...more

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Accounting Firms Challenged on Reporting of Climate Risks in Company Financial Statements

Environmental law NGO ClientEarth has written to the Global Public Policy Committee (GPPC), which brings together representatives of the six large international accounting organizations, to request greater transparency and...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

International Accounting Standards Board to Explore Improvements to Climate-Related Disclosure in Financial Statements

On March 23, 2023, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) commenced a new “maintenance” project to “explore whether and how financial statements can better communicate information about climate-related risks.”...more

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U.S. and China Sign Statement of Protocol on China-Based Audit Firms Inspection

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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) announced on August 26, 2022, that it has signed a Statement of Protocol (SOP) Agreement with the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and China’s Ministry of...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The SEC’s Renewed Focus on Accounting Misconduct

Two recent enforcement actions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including a recent settled action against Kraft Heinz Co. (“Kraft”), underscore the agency’s renewed and continuing focus on accounting and...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing A Business Entity In Russia (Updated)

Russia is the largest country in the world in terms of size, having a vast territory of 17.1 million square kilometers. It shares borders with many European and Asian countries such as Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia,...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

High Quality Financial Reporting in an Unusual Year

The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA) hosted the 2020 AICPA Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments this past week at which a number of SEC accountants participated, either...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

FASB Considering Revising Interim Reporting Requirements

At its August 29, 2020 Board meeting, FASB Board discussed what changes should be made to the disclosure requirements for interim reporting....more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

President’s Working Group on Financial Markets Releases Report on Protecting U.S. Investors from Significant Risks from Chinese...

On August 6, 2020, the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (“Working Group”) released its Report on Protecting United States Investors from Significant Risks from Chinese Companies (“Report”)....more

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Global Accountants’ Liability Update – May 2020

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Recent court decisions - Germany - Cum/Ex-trades spark litigation - So called Cum/Ex-trades have become one of the hottest legal topics in Germany. A flood of claims dealing with those trades has reached German...more

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SEC Simplifies Accounting Disclosures for "Significant" M&A Transactions

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The SEC has adopted amendments to the financial disclosure requirements in Regulation S-X for acquisitions and dispositions of businesses. When a registrant acquires a significant business, other than a real estate operation,...more

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SEC Simplifies Accounting Disclosures for “Significant” M&A Transactions

The SEC has adopted amendments to the financial disclosure requirements in Regulation S-X for acquisitions and dispositions of businesses. When a registrant acquires a significant business, other than a real estate operation,...more

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EBITDA Adjustments for Lost Revenues Resulting from COVID-19

As many parts of the United States begin to focus on recovering from the profound impact caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, businesses are looking to minimize the pandemic’s toll on their financial performance....more

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SEC Chief Accountant Addresses COVID-19

In recent remarks, the Chief Accountant noted that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Chief Accountant (OCA) and other divisions within the SEC are monitoring the issues raised by COVID-19....more

Carlton Fields

A Forensic Accountant’s Take on Materiality

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In the accounting profession, the concept of materiality in financial reporting comes from two distinct areas: Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS). ...more

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AICPA Expands Permitted Situations for Agreed-Upon Procedures Engagements

In December 2019, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) revised its attestation standards to eliminate certain requirements for Agreed-Upon Procedures (AUP) engagements, thereby expanding the types of...more

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Bringing Goodwill & Asset Impairment Testing into Focus

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Find out why adequetely addressing year-end goodwill and long-lived asset impairment testing procedures improves financial audits, reviews and allows for greater transparency. Market equity prices and indices continued to...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Compliance and Ethics in Corporations

The United States has been the global leader in the enforcement of anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws for several decades. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) was enacted in the United States in 1977 in order to...more

Vedder Price

CECL Implementation Delayed for Qualifying Entities

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On October 16, 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) extended the implementation deadline for the current expected credit loss standard (“CECL”) for qualifying entities. The new implementation deadlines are...more

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Big 4 Audit Firm Issues First CAM

To my knowledge this 10-K includes the first critical audit matter, or CAM, issued by a Big 4 firm.  The CAM is straightforward and does not reflect negatively on the company or its audit committee or cast doubt on its...more

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Beany & CECL – Episode 2

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Just a few short months ago we took on the breathtakingly ill-conceived Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) standard that the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) proposed to implement starting in 2020. CECL will...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Hong Kong Regulatory Update - July 2019

This edition provides an overview of key regulatory developments in the past three months relevant to companies listed, or planning to list, on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx), and their advisers. In...more

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PCAOB Releases Preview of 2018 Inspection Observations

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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s Division of Registration and Inspections has recently released a Staff Preview of 2018 Inspection Observations (Preview), based on the PCAOB staff’s inspection of over 160 audit...more

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CAQ Expands CECL and ICFR Resources

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Last week, the Center for Audit Quality released two new resources—an updated Guide to Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR Guide) and a new Tool for Audit Committees: Preparing for the New Credit Losses Standard...more

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