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Forecasting: Learning From the Best: All businesses use forecasts to manage their future performance, but only about one in five produce reliable forecasts, according to a study from KPMG International. [more]
Audit Finds Problems in SEC’s Controls: The SEC does not have effective control of its financial reporting, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). [more]
Reconciliation Needed Through Convergence: Although it supports the convergence of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and US GAAP, the CFA Institute Centre for Financial Market Integrity warns that the 20F reconciliation requirement cannot be eliminated yet. [more]
IFRS: What You Need To Know: Now that the SEC has eliminated the requirement for foreign private issuers that use International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) to reconcile to GAAP, can an IFRS option for US corporations be far behind? [more]
XBRL Still Mysterious to CFOs: Sixty-two percent of CFOs and senior comptrollers think it would be possible to intentionally misstate their financial statement to their auditor, according to a survey conducted by Grant Thornton LLP. [more]
CFOs Speak Up for Roles and Revisions: The roles of CEO and chairman should be held by different individuals, according to 79 percent of CFOs and senior comptrollers who participated in a national survey by Grant Thornton LLP. [more]
CFOs Interested in IFRS: One-fifth of CFOs and senior finance professionals said they would consider switching from US GAAP to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for reporting, if allowed by the SEC, according to a new Deloitte and Touche survey. [more]
U.S. House Bill Would Change Tax Laws: House Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY) unveiled a bill that some politicians are calling the "mother of all tax reforms". [more]
SEC Says Exec Compensation Still Not Clear: Many companies still aren’t properly explaining to investors how they are rewarding their executives, the SEC said earlier this week. [more]
The Right Way to Restate: On average, the filing time between the initial Form 8-K and the restated financial statement is seven weeks, according to a Huron Consulting Group study. [more]
FEI Wants End to IFRS/U.S. GAAP Reconciliation: Financial Executives International's (FEI) Committee on Corporate Reporting (CCR) agrees with the SEC's plan to eliminate the current mandate to reconcile IFRS filings to US GAAP. [more]
Spotlight on Cash Flow Forecasting: Advances in information systems, new statistical techniques and tougher international regulations are transforming cash flow forecasting. [more]
Financial Software: Rent or Buy?: The software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery model for enterprise software has been gaining ground, but the traditional own-and-operate model is by no means defunct. [more]
Can Accountants Help Clients With FIN 48 Without Impairing Independence?: For companies struggling with the complexities of the FASB's latest rule on accounting for uncertainty in taxes, this announcement should come as good news. [more]
PCAOB Proposes New Rule and Urges Amendment of Another: The public can comment on the PCAOB's proposed Rule 3526, Communication with Audit Committees Concerning Independence, which would require disclosure of relationships between a firm and an issuer that could affect a firm's independence in a partnership with an auditing firm. [more]
A Proposal to Depart From GAAP: By unanimous vote, the SEC is proposing to alter the current process for foreign private issuers that file their financial statements in concordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). [more]
New SEC Advisory Committee to Improve Financial Reporting: The SEC Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting was set in motion today in an effort to clarify statements for investors, cut costs for preparers and take better advantage of technology to improve financial reporting. [more]
Global Trade Management Practices: Learning from the Best: As companies' supply chains become globally distributed, best practices for managing the associated risks and costs are starting to emerge. [more]
What's Wrong With Budgeting and Forecasting (And How To Fix It): Companies' drive to make their budgeting and planning processes more strategic is hitting speed bumps, says this PricewaterhouseCoopers study, based on a survey of executives at organizations with revenues above $2 billion. [more]
Workforce Performance Management Gets the Shaft?: Improving workforce performance management is a low priority for many companies, despite a recent Ventana Research study that finds more than half of organizations simply do not have access to the very metrics for which they are responsible. [more]