While the coronavirus pandemic has accountants scrambling to safeguard their people and keep up with new client concerns and legislative updates, the crisis has also given the profession the ...

Scriptwriters generally don’t think of accounting when they sit down to brainstorm their latest juicy plotline. (Never mind the car chase. Watch out for that misplaced decimal point!) That’s why I ...

Every accountant knows that numbers tell a story. The narrative can be powerful and revealing. Sometimes, it can point to broader trends that change the way we see and conduct business, a fact ...

While plenty of businesses are still working to implement the new ASC 842 lease accounting standards, plenty of others are discovering that staying in compliance can be almost as difficult as getting ...

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--After evaluating recent SEC comment letters* on lease accounting disclosures, LeaseQuery, a recognized leader of purpose-built accounting software, announced the findings in ...

A GREAT delusion fostered by recent corporate scandals is that companies will now release results in a way that is comprehensible to more than the few people capable of reading between the lines. Had ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. As a result of Covid-19 and the changing landscape related to leases, private companies have ...

Since enacting the Securities Exchange Act in 1934, Congress has repeatedly expanded the arsenal of the SEC to protect investors through enforcement actions. As a result, the SEC—though constrained by ...

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