Investors often seek structured methods to predict how companies may perform during specific periods. One helpful reference point is the earnings calendar, which outlines scheduled financial result ...

Everybody makes mistakes. When those mistakes impact your clients — whether made on the client side, or on your practice's side — they can blossom into huge problems. Some of the most common mistakes ...

The development and communication of accurate and insightful financial reports and analyses are important for businesses and organizations to thrive. As stakeholders increasingly seek transparency and ...

Ethics in accounting are concerned with how to make good and moral choices in regard to the preparation, presentation and disclosure of financial information. During the 1990s and 2000s, a series of ...

Financial reporting is the catchall term covering everything from your company's cash-flow statement to financial information in press releases. Anything you tell stakeholders, regulators or the ...

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The debate about responsible financial reporting has not been sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, the future of audit—and how it should adapt to changing stakeholder demands—has only grown in ...

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) issued IFRS 18: Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements in April 2024, marking the most ...

With the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, more eyes — and more-critical eyes — are looking at nonprofit operations and accounting, writes Warren Ruppel, director of government services at ...