It’s been more than a decade in the making, but the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) are in the final throes of issuing a global revenue recognition standard… more
Blog: FASB
IASB vs. FASB: What’s the difference?
The SEC is expected to issue a recommendation before the end of the year that may require publicly held companies to adopt international accounting standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). If this… more
On the menu: IFRS and “diet” IFRS
Ever thought moving to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) would make financial reporting easier for small private companies? Think again. In 2009, after several years of due diligence, the International Accounting Standards Board issued a… more
Seminar: Managing Risk—Accounting and Currency Issues for Life Sciences Companies
Please join us September 27 in San Carlos for a free seminar tackling two pressing topics affecting biotech and medical device companies: new accounting rules and managing foreign exchange risk.
New accounting rules are here—and… more
A mismatched set of semi-global accounting standards—was that our goal?
Conceptually, a single set of high-quality global accounting standards sounds great: every company in every country follows the same rules and reports financial information in the same light. And with a growing number of countries… more
