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ChatGPT Isn’t Terminator for Accountants…Yet

Going Concern

Was ChatGPT sent to us from the future to rescue the industry from the pipeline crisis by filling open accounting jobs with cyborgs and sentient machines? Accounting is ridiculously rules-based: assets = liabilities plus equities; debits = credits; cash in > cash out, etc. Some of it already has been. ChatGPT is Usain Bolt.

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Top 5 Accounting Issues to Master to Avoid Snags in SPAC IPOs

ThomsonReuters

Use of Special purpose acquisition (SPAC) vehicles have spiked over the past year because private equity and venture capital firms have excess cash they need to put to work, accounting practitioners said mid-June. To avoid financial reporting woes, accounting teams said the SPAC-IPO marketplace should be mindful of the following: #1.

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SEC Slaps CohnReznick and Three Partners with Improper Professional Conduct

Going Concern

According to the SEC’s order, CohnReznick improperly accepted Sequential’s conclusion that its goodwill, an accounting term for the excess amount paid to acquire a company over its book value, was not impaired or reduced in value, in the third quarter of 2017. Because bad auditors are bad. CohnReznick’s $1.9

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In Wake of Coronavirus, Takeovers (And Liabilities) Loom

PYMNTS

In accounting terms, that means eyeing possible write-downs of assets, and “write-ups” of liabilities. The impact is not confined to China. One standout: Operating leases – tied to the real estate that is owned or is integral to a company’s daily activities – could be written down.