The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board released a standard to help entities consistently report ...

What are some of the most important recent changes in U.S. GAAP Accounting Standards? Why is it important for public and ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has voted to add a project to its technical agenda on market-return cash balance ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is taking aim at how market-based cash balance plans measure liabilities for accounting purposes, potentially eliminating a long-standing cause of risk ...

Nonprofit organizations are entities that perform charitable services by accepting funds from the general public. To help regulate activities and encourage the proper use of funds, accounting ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board, FASB, is a private, independent organization that since 1973 has been given the authority by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, to establish ...

We take accounting standards for granted — whether it is the U.S.’s generally accepted accounting principles or the International Financial Reporting Standards. We shouldn’t. In the U.S., accounting ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has extended the implementation deadline for several accounting standards, giving many U.S. companies additional time to prepare. The accounting ...

Learn about accounting interpretations, why they matter, and how they clarify standards, prevent errors, and provide consistency in financial reporting.

In a prior article, I wrote about the appeal of counting the Federal Government as a customer, because of the size of the government’s budget, as well as its creditworthiness. In that article, I ...

A recent meeting of minds in the scenic beach town of Norwalk, Connecticut, may boost the future value of your investment portfolio. And Chicago Booth’s formidable accounting faculty helped bring it ...

Many companies and accounting firms have been focusing on new standards on revenue recognition and accounting for leases, hedging, and credit losses. But another new FASB standard — on cloud computing ...