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Financial Accounting Foundation Seeks Nominations for the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council

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The Board of Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation ( FAF ) is seeking nominations for new members to join the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council ( FASAC ) for an initial one-year term beginning January 1, 2025. Public or private corporate (preparer) community. Corporate governance community.

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Financial vs Tax Accounting

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One type of accounting that is well-known is tax accounting. According to Investopedia, tax accounting is “a structure of accounting methods focused on taxes rather than the appearance of public financial statements”. Tax accounting applies to individuals, businesses, and corporations.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Capping Busy Season Hours FTW; Open the Books on Audit Firms? | 4.15.24

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In response, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has drafted a rule that the accounting firms can have public trust or private financials—but they can’t have both. Public accounting firms operate in a unique space in our society. Regulations need to change to match. But what about the books of the auditor?

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Grant Thornton Appoints New Leaders to Audit Quality & Risk Leadership Team

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Grant Thornton LLP, one of America’s largest audit, tax and advisory firms, has appointed two new leaders to the firm’s Audit Quality & Risk practice. Decker assumes her new role from Mary Ropes, an Audit partner at Grant Thornton, who retires after more than 35 years of service at the firm. Thank you for your leadership.”

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How AI Can Help With Lease Accounting

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By Amrita Choudhary, Kiplinger Consumer News Service (TNS) In recent years, lease accounting standard ASC 842 has replaced the ASC 840 standard. Noncompliance with ASC 842 carries significant risks, including financial misreporting, regulatory penalties and a loss of stakeholder trust. Neglecting training and updates.

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Common Accounting Mistakes: Government Edition - Issue #11 What is GAAP?

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Many small business government contractors are exempt from complying with cost accounting standards (CAS) and defined by the code of federal regulations (CFR). However, compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) is required. These should be integrated in any federal contractors accounting policies.

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In a Battle Between ChatGPT and Accounting Students, the Students Won

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Academics from 187 universities wanted to know how an AI chatbot would do on accounting exams. He ended up getting a staggering 327 co-authors from 186 educational institutions in 14 countries participating in the research, contributing 25,181 classroom accounting exam questions.