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How The Madoff Fraud Could Affect Your Cpa Practice, Stephen Scarpati
How The Madoff Fraud Could Affect Your Cpa Practice, Stephen Scarpati
WCBT Faculty Publications
With an estimated $65 billion lost from trust funds, retirement plans, pensions, investment funds, inheritance monies, and nonprofit organizations, many people have been adversely affected by the Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Bernard L. Madoff. When you combine a lot of lost money with a lot of angry people, the result is a lot of lawsuits. The breadth of those lawsuits will encompass all associated with the affected organizations--including CPAs. Those messages were loud and clear at the May 27, 2009, breakfast symposium "Are CPAs the Next Madoff Victims? The Accountant's Liability," sponsored by The CPA Journal.
The Eu Has Accepted Ias For Listed Companies: Will The U. S. Follow?, Karen Cascini, Anne Rich
The Eu Has Accepted Ias For Listed Companies: Will The U. S. Follow?, Karen Cascini, Anne Rich
WCBT Faculty Publications
International financial reporting standards (IFRS) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), have become respected by many countries and regulatory agencies. The European Union (EU) has determined for most publicly held companies that IFRS promulgated by IASB meet the standards for cross-boarder listing. This paper will present a brief history of the development of international accounting standards and discuss the factors that led to the EU’s acceptance of them. The paper will then consider the case of the U.S. By examining the changes in the accounting environment in the U.S. and specifically looking at the role of the Securities …
Sfas 143 On Asset Retirement Obligations, Cheri Mazza, Robert H. Colson
Sfas 143 On Asset Retirement Obligations, Cheri Mazza, Robert H. Colson
WCBT Faculty Publications
Discusses an accounting legislation provision in the U.S. which concerns accounting for asset retirement obligations that requires the recognition of a liability for certain obligation associated with retirement of long-lived assets. Asset retirement obligations; Recognition of a liability for an asset retirement obligation in a certain period; Discussion on a subsequent-period accounting.