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Friday Footnotes: Bob Moritz Disappoints Us; ERC Window Slamming Shut; 2024 Sucks For Firms? | 3.22.24

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Day Named Technical Director of the Financial Accounting Standards Board [ FASB ] The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on March 20 announced the appointment of Jackson M. Movers and Shakers Jackson M. Day to the role of director of technical activities. Mr. Day will begin his new duties at the FASB this July.

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Business Leaders Chosen To Scrutinize UK Accounting Watchdog

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M&G chief executive Anne Richards, HM Treasury non-executive director and deputy chair of Kinnevik Amelia Fawcett, and former audit partner at PwC and former chair of the Accounting Standard Board Mary Keegan are all on the panel. lender HBOS and, more recently, the collapse of government construction contractor Carillion.

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Aussie Auditors’ Role In Reverse Factoring Disclosure Questioned

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Several high-profile corporate collapses and initiatives from corporate accounting standard-setters have raised questions about businesses’ use of supply chain finance and whether the trade finance tool prevents investors and auditors from gaining a transparent view into company finances.

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Top accounting issues in 2023

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Accounting standards In recent years, the accounting profession has seen its share of changes in accounting standards , including the new revenue recognition standard and more recently, the new lease accounting standard (ASC 842).

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The UK’s Damning Carillion Report: The Spark For Change, Or An Unanswered Call?

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Since the collapse of Carillion , once the nation’s second-largest construction company and a massive government supplier, fingers have been pointed in all directions. The report is urging “radical reforms to our creaking system of corporate accountability” to avoid a repeat – but calls for action are not new.

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