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OCTOBER 28, 2019

The Big Four auditing firms — EY, Deloitte, KPMG and PwC — have recently requested that the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) provide clarity in how corporates should classify their reverse factoring or supply chain financing agreements, adding more fuel to a long-standing debate as to whether such trade financing tools are debt.

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JUNE 10, 2019

Certified Professional Accountants (CPAs) in California are calling on an industry watchdog to clarify standards for cryptocurrency accounting, with expectations that corporations will increase their use of cryptocurrencies moving forward. GAAP,” the letter stated.

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JUNE 6, 2019

Changes in lease accounting standards have led top retailers and restaurant chains in the U.S. The lease accounting standard overhauls, led by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), change the way companies report their lease commitments.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

New lease accounting standards are in effect for publicly traded companies in the U.S. after the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) introduced changes to the way businesses account for their outstanding leases.

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AUGUST 15, 2019

Enterprise lease accounting software company LeaseAccelerator is teaming up with Clearlink Partners to help joint clients ease the administrative burden of complying with changes in lease accounting standards. The companies announced their partnership in a press release issued Wednesday (Aug.

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MAY 3, 2019

Chief financial officers are changing their views on how they assess corporate performance in light of changes to lease accounting rules coming into play. Companies including Orange, Deutsche Telekom and Air France have already notified investors that they are amending or changing performance metrics.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Gappify is the latest company to roll out business accounting-related chatbot technology. 20) that it has launched Alan, chatbot technology designed to assist business accountants. Using robotics process automation technology, Alan automates tasks to help corporate accountants focus on more strategic and value-add processes.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

Corporates are gearing up to manage a whole slew of accounting standards changes in the coming years, but one of the more immediate effects involves how leases are recorded on financial statements. Some companies may seek legal advice on adopting the new standards or interpreting loan covenants.

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APRIL 29, 2020

To provide immediate cash flow for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) is asking for the Federal Reserve to make a short-term accounts receivable (AR) lending facility that is federally backed, according to an announcement.

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JULY 13, 2018

South Korean financial regulators said a unit of Samsung , Samsung BioLogics , intentionally breached corporate accounting rules, Reuters reported Thursday (July 12). “We have legally implemented all accounting procedures,” the company stated. The joint venture, Samsung Bioepis , was not disclosed to the FSC, reports said.

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MAY 21, 2018

have been chosen to lead the inquiry into the nation’s accounting watchdog and assess whether the body is effective at identifying and preventing accounting issues. Reports said no current executives from the so-called Big Four accountancy firms — PwC , Deloitte , EY and KPMG — are in the group.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Lease Accounting, Too. LeaseQuery , which is one of the largest providers of lease accounting software, said that it has received an investment from Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division, to the tune of $40 million in Series A funding. Here in the U.S.,

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JULY 6, 2018

Australian regulators said they were disappointed in corporates’ lack of preparedness for new accounting rules. Directors and preparers should ensure that they understand the impact of new accounting standards and have systems and processes in place to support reporting under these new standards.”. 1 of this year.

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AUGUST 27, 2019

The Certified Personal Accountant (CPA) today now has a plethora of FinTech solutions they can use to manage their clients’ money, with the number of digital tools — including cloud accounting portals, cash flow forecasting solutions and intelligent technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) — continuing to rise.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Along with regulatory action from tax reform and tougher Know Your Customer (KYC) rules adding the pressure of complex red tape, public companies need to add one more compliance concern to their list: changes to accounting standards by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). “In many ways, they are.”

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

Amid reports this week that changes to accounting standards are coming over the next few weeks, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said that financial professionals, including accountants, must be mindful of cybersecurity risks. firms have lost more than $5 billion to BEC scams. city government.

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MARCH 6, 2019

Corporate accounting standards are changing, with the Financial Accounting Standards Board adopting new standards in ways companies report on leases, hedging and other financial activity. ” Meanwhile, previous research from Audit Analytics has also revealed that the number of accounting errors among the U.S.’s

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JANUARY 2, 2020

The largest accounting firms – EY, Deloitte, KPMG and PwC – are investing billions of dollars in artificial intelligence (AI) and data technology products to change the industry in new ways, according to a report by Bloomberg Tax. That means accountants will be expected to become business advisers, not just number checkers.

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APRIL 16, 2019

Straight2Bank Pay allows businesses to accept payments across a range of channels, including mobile wallets, cards, bank transfers and QR Codes, with funds deposited directly into their accounts. Standard Chartered said the solution allows companies to work with a single collections provider regardless of payment technology.

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JANUARY 10, 2019

Now, analysts at the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) are urging ERM to move beyond the c-suite. Professional accountants are well-positioned to better serve the organizations they work for by enabling effective enterprise risk management that identifies both risks and opportunities for the business,” the CEO noted.

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DECEMBER 16, 2016

In a survey conducted by the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), and sponsored by Blackline, titled “Process Automation in Accounting and Finance,” examining the attitudes and concerns of 750 financial professionals surrounding accounting and month-end closing processes, manual activities remain prevalent — at the cost of time and money.

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

Top accountancy firms are asking the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) to clarify how corporates should report on supplier finance programs that are in place, according to Compliance Week reports on Friday (Oct.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

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. billion in debts.

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DECEMBER 12, 2019

Reports in Bloomberg Tax this week said SEC Corporation Finance Deputy Chief Accountant Lindsay McCord spoke Tuesday (Dec. It’s just borrowing,” said Chris Higson, London Business School accounting professor, in an interview with the FT about corporates’ use of supply chain financing. “It

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MAY 17, 2018

A few key themes emerged from the fallout, however, with analysts citing Carillion as a prime example of how a consolidated auditing market risks lackluster accounting standards, as well as how late payments by large corporates can have detrimental impacts on small suppliers. Both topics, however, have captured headlines for some time.

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AUGUST 1, 2018

According to the analytics firm, there is a trade finance-related corporate accounting loophole that may be widespread in the U.S. Supply chain financing programs offered by banks and alternative lenders do not necessarily require disclosure of the debts under corporate accounting standards. Defunct U.K. A survey of 337 U.S.

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JUNE 29, 2018

The firm stated in its release that online accounts and data can be sold for 60 times more via the dark web and, thus, hold more allure to fraudsters than simple credit card numbers. LeaseAccelerator , a software vendor for lease accounting, said it received a $30 million investment from Insight Venture Partners.

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MARCH 7, 2016

With the newest software iteration, personalization allows CFOs to choose how accounting information is maintained and also should be differentiated from customization, which Bres said can typically include more time spend on changing software and training users.

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