According to a Goldman Sachs study, cloud computing will grow at a rate of 30 percent through 2018, a trend that started back in 2013. With the penetration of cloud computing, questions of how to properly recognize revenues from cloud computing arrangements have been raised. The Financial Accounting Standards Board on April 15 decided to…
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The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) poses challenges to industries, said S Narasimhan, Chairman, CII Puducherry State Council & Director, Sattva Logistics Pvt Ltd here. Referring to the Finance Ministry’s proposal on new tax accounting standards related to income computation and disclosures and the agreement with the G20 countries to adopt the IFRS, following which…
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The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued enhanced disclosure requirements for property and casualty insurance contracts that are already well known to insurance companies. These disclosures provide investors with a clearer picture of an insurance company’s claim-related liabilities on the balance sheet. Although new in Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), insurance companies have always…
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The EU accounting directive brings a much-changed small company accounting regime, added complexity and confusion. Liz Loxton investigates The new EU Accounting Directive brings sweeping changes to the small company reporting regime. However, while European Commission (EC) policymakers seemed to have had the laudable aim of reducing the need for smaller entities to produce overly…
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It’s been 10 years since the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) by listed companies across the EU, and we believe that Europe’s positive experience offers useful lessons for countries contemplating a move to IFRS reporting. Our Financial Reporting Faculty has published a major new report detailing Seven Lessons Learned from the European Experience. The…
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For most of the past decade businesses that decided not to pay attention to proposed changes in revenue recognition rules have saved themselves time and frustration as the proponents’ timetables have slipped and roadmaps have changed. The new rules are the result of a convergence of US-GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles – the accounting standard used…
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In Belgium, small- and medium-sized entities (SMEs) represent 97% of companies and 55% of jobs. An acquisition of an SME is a true challenge, and approximately 320,000 enterprises are expected to be taken over between now and 2020. If barriers—in particular those of a fiscal, financial, and psychological nature—can constitute obstacles, it seems that hiring…
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The following requirements are excerpted from AU-C Section 320 (the complete section should be read for a thorough understanding of materiality concepts): 10 When establishing the overall audit strategy, the auditor should determine materiality for the financial statements as a whole. If, in the specific circumstances of the entity, one or more particular classes of transactions, account…
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El Proyecto de Ley de Auditoría se encuentra en una fase muy avanzada de su tramitación y confiamos que su entrada en el Senado permita introducir algunas mejoras técnicas que no han podido consensuarse a su paso por el Congreso. Recordemos que esta iniciativa es consecuencia de la adaptación de nuestra legislación interna a los…
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· Getting the right balance between rigorous oversight of audit bodies and protection of their independence is a big challenge A good governance structure is fundamental to the effectiveness of public audit organisations. It is something that must apply to all, without exception. This is particularly true for what are known as supreme audit institutions.…
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