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Retailers’ ‘Borderline Misleading’ Accounting Targeted by SEC

By Securities Docket on April 21, 2023, 7:50 am

Public companies that tout overly rosy earnings numbers that don’t comply with US accounting rules, watch out. The Securities and Exchange Commission is blitzing businesses with questions about alternative accounting measures and asking them to justify their use. In some cases they’re telling them to quit showcasing earnings that strip out normal, recurring expenses. Retailers […]

Posted in SEC, Top | Tagged Accounting, GAAP

June 29 Webcast: Financial Statements 101 -- Emerging Trends and Accounting Principles for Lawyers

June 29 Webcast: Financial Statements 101 — Emerging Trends and Accounting Principles for Lawyers

By Securities Docket on June 7, 2018, 7:44 am

Please join Jeff Litvak and Jason Tolmaire for this free webcast.

Posted in Industry, Top | Tagged Financial Statements, GAAP, Webcasts

SEC Enforcement Division “Looking Closely” at Non-GAAP Violations – CFO Journal. – WSJ

By Securities Docket on December 7, 2016, 11:42 am

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement division is looking closely at violations of rules governing custom accounting metrics, said Michael Maloney, chief accountant of the division. The SEC this year stepped up its campaign to rein in the use of accounting metrics that don’t conform to the U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, known as non-GAAP […]

Posted in SEC, Top | Tagged GAAP

SEC targets companies who use made-up accounting metrics – MarketWatch

By Securities Docket on May 31, 2016, 3:23 pm

The Securities and Exchange Commission is taking another step to crack down on corporate use of numbers that the agency fears deceives investors. The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance is forming an internal task force to closely review the use of “non-GAAP” numbers and whether companies respond to recently updated guidance on using these metrics. […]

Posted in SEC, Top | Tagged GAAP

High Tech, Fantasy Accounting – The New York Times

By Securities Docket on June 19, 2015, 9:00 am

But there’s a more troubling aspect of the current exuberance for technology stocks: the degree to which so many of the popular companies with premium-priced shares promote financial results and measures that exclude their actual costs of doing business. These companies, in effect, highlight performance that is based more on fantasy than on reality. High […]

Posted in Industry, Top | Tagged GAAP, Technology

SEC Accounting Task Force Looking at Use of Non-GAAP Metrics – WSJ.com

By Securities Docket on December 11, 2013, 7:25 am

“We’re looking at non-GAAP measures,” said David Woodcock, chairman of the SEC’s new Financial Reporting and Audit Task Force, referring to companies’ customized measures that don’t comply with generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP. Mr. Woodcock, who was speaking at an American Institute of Certified Public Accountants conference, didn’t mention any specific companies that the […]

Posted in Industry, SEC, Top | Tagged Accounting, Financial Fraud, GAAP

Archived Version and Materials for June 24 Webcast: FASB-IASB Path to Convergence-New Financial Instruments Proposals and What Audit Committees Need to Know

Archived Version and Materials for June 24 Webcast: FASB-IASB Path to Convergence-New Financial Instruments Proposals and What Audit Committees Need to Know

By Securities Docket on June 24, 2010, 4:42 pm

Linda MacDonald, Esther Mills, and Michael Young joined us for this webcast.

Posted in Top | Tagged GAAP, IFRS, Webcasts

 Today’s (June 24) Webcast Materials: FASB-IASB Path to Convergence-New Financial Instruments Proposals and What Audit Committees Need to Know

Today’s (June 24) Webcast Materials: FASB-IASB Path to Convergence-New Financial Instruments Proposals and What Audit Committees Need to Know

By Securities Docket on June 24, 2010, 11:52 am

Materials for today’s webcast are now available here.

Posted in Top | Tagged GAAP, IFRS, Webcasts

June 24 Webcast: FASB-IASB Path to Convergence-New Financial Instruments Proposals and What Audit Committees Need to Know

June 24 Webcast: FASB-IASB Path to Convergence-New Financial Instruments Proposals and What Audit Committees Need to Know

By Securities Docket on June 18, 2010, 3:18 pm

Please join Linda MacDonald, Esther Mills, and Michael R. Young for this free webcast.

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June 24 Webcast: FASB-IASB Path to Convergence-New Financial Instruments Proposals and What Audit Committees Need to Know

June 24 Webcast: FASB-IASB Path to Convergence-New Financial Instruments Proposals and What Audit Committees Need to Know

By Securities Docket on May 12, 2010, 12:02 pm

Please join Linda MacDonald, Esther Mills, and Michael R. Young for this free webcast.

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