Accounting Standards

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Physically protecting data – the forgotten IT security problem?

12/05/2014(0)
The innovative collection and use of data is developing rapidly and has the potential to be highly beneficial, helping businesses to better understand their markets, identify where to make ... Read More
pancompany

No Company Too Small to Pursue Finance Operations Excellence

09/05/2014(0)
The biggest barriers to optimized performance tend to be self-imposed, such as permitting unnecessary complexity in finance processes and systems. Size equals scale equals efficiency, right? Yes, but there ... Read More
CFO Innovation

Four traits for growth-conscious CFOs

06/05/2014(0)
The time for accepting flat revenue numbers has passed, say the CFOs with whom Nick Araco has spoken in the past six months. And the era in which CFOs ... Read More
onestopbrokers-Accounting

A look on FASB’s new standards

30/04/2014(0)
In December 2002, five months after he became chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, Robert Herz told a conference of auditors that FASB had set a “very ambitious” ... Read More
data protection

Cyber Risk: Are Boards the New ‘Target’?

22/04/2014(0)
Directors and officers need to understand how to improve their insurance policy’s response to cyber risk. For any public company, a large data breach, such as the latest Target ... Read More
QUALITY audit

Regulators Fear Big Data Threatens Audit Quality

16/04/2014(0)
Does audit firms’ emphasis on data analytics mean that audits themselves are suffering? Regulators around the world are worried that a rise in audit firms’ consulting business and a ... Read More
performance accounting

Corporate Performance Isn’t All about Financial Results

15/04/2014(0)
Integrated reporting that includes measures of sustainability and social performance point to a better corporate future. A look into the crystal ball of global sustainability issues for the next ... Read More
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To Be Results Focused, Stop Focusing On Results

14/04/2014(0)
For many entrepreneurs, success is measured by profitability and achieved by increasing revenue and decreasing expenses. But just focusing on those desired outcomes is a mistake that will yield ... Read More
New-Guidance

FASB Provides Guidance on Reporting Discontinued Operations

11/04/2014(0)
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued new guidance on representing when a company or organization discontinues its operations. Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-08, Presentation of Financial Statements (Topic ... Read More
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HMRC unable to disclose figures for civil fraud investigations

10/04/2014(0)
Only six taxpayers a month voluntarily acknowledge that they have committed fraud using a disclosure facility set up by HMRC at the beginning of 2012 The facility, which encourages ... Read More
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