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SEC Fines UPS $45 Million Over Improperly Valued Freight Business

CPA Practice

The SEC said it found UPS violated accounting and disclosure controls required by federal law, failing to follow generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, in valuing “one of its worst performing businesses.” In the settlement, UPS did not admit or deny the SEC’s allegations.

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Unsubstantiated Conspiracy Theory of the Day: The AICPA Wants You to Fail the CPA Exam

Going Concern

If they cared about actually testing you on accounting principles and knowledge, they’d remake the test to be standardized, but with a large question bank, and inform you on how it’s scored and what you got right/wrong each time. from fiscal 2020. They’re hoping you fail at least once so they can make more money off it.

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The PCAOB Made a Triple Sweep of Big 4 Cheaters in the Netherlands

Going Concern

generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), and professional ethics. These courses related to a variety of topics, including U.S. auditing standards, U.S. Even after learning of that misconduct, PwC Netherlands did not appropriately evaluate and address the risk of improper answer sharing among its personnel.

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Jeanne Dee Appointed to FASB Not-for-Profit Advisory Committee

Anders CPA

As a leader on standards and regulations of the accountancy profession at the local, state and national level, Jeanne is knowledgeable and skilled in researching accounting principles and new or changing audit standards and is a frequent author and speaker on these topics. Louisans to Know to Succeed in Business by St.

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Changes to Manufacturing Lease Accounting

Katz,Sapper&Miller

That means nearly all of these businesses will be impacted by the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) update to the accounting standards for leases under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP). 15, 2020, will affect both lessors and lessees.

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Statutory Lease Accounting: Much Ado About Nothing

Withum

Lease accounting for lessees has been a hot and widely discussed topic for several years and the new standard under generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 842, Leases , became effective for private companies with fiscal years beginning January 1, 2022, and later.

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Accountants Didn’t Wind Up In Court As Often In 2021

Going Concern

Last year there were 46 securities class-action filings involving accounting cases, well-below the historical average of 61 and the second-lowest level in the past 10 years, the report states. In 2020 there were 70 accounting-related securities class actions filed by plaintiffs. billion in 2020 to $755 million in 2021.