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SEPA 101: The Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) is now in full swing in Europe and showing every sign of success, but US companies by and large have been slow to reap the potential benefits. [more]
PCAOB Prevails in Lawsuit: The efforts of a Washington-based conservative think tank, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) to bring down the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) were thwarted by the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. [more]
Time to Put Your G/L on a Diet?: Dating back to the days of the mainframe, general ledgers have grown steadily flabbier as companies have piled more and more detail into their chart of accounts. [more]
Extreme Makeover: How to Overhaul Your Business Model: In the life of any business, the time may come when it's imperative to reexamine the most fundamental assumptions of the enterprise. [more]
Survey: AS5 Is Working: Businesses are seeing real benefits from the updated rules and guidance issued last year by the PCAOB and the SEC, according to a new study from Protiviti. [more]
Pricing the F&A Outsourcing Contract: As providers of finance and accounting outsourcing services extend the range of their offerings, contract negotiations are becoming more complex. [more]
10 Best Practices for Co-Sourcing Internal Audit: Bringing in outside expertise can help internal audit departments meet ever-increasing demands, but like any outsourcing initiative, internal co-sourcing calls for careful due diligence. [more]
Accounting Firms Get New Report Cards: The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has made it easier for CFOs to monitor the performance of their CPA firm by adopting rules requiring public accounting firms to submit reports that include fees, disciplinary actions, and other information that will be posted on the PCAOB Web site. [more]
Fear and Loathing in Budgetland: Well, perhaps not fear and loathing as such, but certainly anguish and frustration are hallmarks of the budget process at a good many companies, judging by a new survey from BPM Forum. [more]
Accounting Tools: Rose-Tinted Glasses?: Basic accounting processes like budgeting and creating financial projections are supposed to provide decision-makers with an accurate, fact-based picture of the business and its future. [more]
FASB Pushes for More Disclosure: Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Statement No 161, is intended to provide investors with more transparency into an organization's financial standing, performance, and cash flows. [more]
Platform Provides View into Governance: RiskMetrics Group has launched Governance Policy Exchange, a platform that provides visibility into leading institutions' corporate governance policies and principles. [more]
Intro to XBRL: Extensible business reporting language (XBRL) will play a large role in the future of financial reporting, but polls show that many finance executives are still unaware of this technology and its promise. [more]
Financial Reporting: The State of the Art: The International Federation of Accountants has released a comprehensive review of corporate governance and the financial reporting process. [more]
Depreciation Nation: Good financial governance requires that companies take advantage, whenever possible, of favorable tax treatments that allow them to recoup part of the cost of infrastructure investments — and the 2008 economic stimulus package, which provides a nice boost to businesses in the form of bonus depreciation, is a good example. [more]
BSC Improves Target Setting: The line between a goal that motivates staff and one that stymies progress is razor thin, which is why learning to set the right targets is such a critical task for organizations. [more]
Audit Committees' Missing Link: The CAE: Audit committees are under pressure from increasing responsibilities, yet they often overlook an invaluable resource: their organization's chief audit executive. [more]
Updates for FAF, FASB, and GASB: The Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) and its two standard setting boards, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), will undergo changes after a vote by FAF's board of trustees. [more]
Companies Reduce Travel Budgets as Economy Worsens: Employees are staying closer to home as companies’ travel budgets shrink. [more]
Executive Pay Disclosure Still Lacking: Less than a third of S&P 500 companies reveal targets or goals for executive compensation, despite SEC disclosure regulations to inform shareholders about pay and incentive programs. [more]