Financial reporting

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Michael Cohn
November 4, 2020 5:36 PM

Having started his transition at the beginning of the pandemic, Board Chair Richard Jones now faces the uncertainty of the presidential election and what Congress might do with accounting standards.

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AT-100320- BDO survey on disclosures CHART
Phillip Austin
October 14, 2020 9:00 AM

The coronavirus pandemic has introduced a number of new areas that companies need to address.

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Michael Cohn
October 8, 2020 4:42 PM

Disclosures in financial statements and SEC filings about the current and potential impacts of COVID-19 are a major concern.

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Michael Cohn
October 5, 2020 5:39 PM

The board has voted to defer the effective date of its long-duration insurance contract standard for one year.

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AT-100320- BDO survey on disclosures CHART
Michael Cohn
October 5, 2020 3:36 PM

Corporate boards of directors are dealing with new problems in financial reporting and accounting.

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A medical personal directs a patient at a free Covid-19 testing site in Hayward, California, U.S., on Monday, March 23, 2020. Governor Newsom on March 19 ordered that all of the state’s 40 million residents go into home isolation while saying outdoor activity is permissible with proper social distancing. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
Michael Cohn
September 22, 2020 3:11 PM

At least 39 states did not have enough money to pay all of their bills at the end of 2019, leaving them ill-prepared to shoulder the costs of the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report.

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Michael Cohn
September 22, 2020 1:54 PM

Now that U.S. companies have experienced two fiscal quarters in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic, quarterly reporting for Q3 doesn’t seem to be getting any simpler, according to a new report from Deloitte.

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FASB chairman Richard Jones (center), FASB deputy technical director Shayne Kuhaneck (below) and panel moderator Linda Bergen, Citigroup director of corporate accounting policy and AICPA chair of the Depository Institutions Expert Panel (top), speaking at the AICPA's virtual National Conference on Banks and Savings Institutions
Michael Cohn
September 15, 2020 6:09 PM

Richard Jones is making post-implementation reviews of standards one of his top priorities, and taking a closer look at FASB’s crowded agenda.

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Michael Cohn
July 7, 2020 6:34 PM

Deloitte is helping its corporate clients get ready to prepare their quarterly financial statements in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic, as its own employees grow more accustomed to doing remote audits while working from home.

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FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams
Jelena McWilliams
July 1, 2020 12:07 PM

Jelena McWilliams explains the agency's decision to enlist the help of tech innovators to modernize a reporting process that the coronavirus epidemic has exposed as outdated.

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