Accountants sometimes include important notes regarding a company's assets, liabilities or equity on financial statements. Notes can be added as an attachment to a financial statement or as a footnote ...

Discover the hidden details in financial footnotes essential for interpreting income statements, balance sheets, and cash ...

IN CERTAIN INSTANCES CPAs SHOULD CONSIDER preparing and reporting on financial statements using an “other comprehensive basis of accounting” (OCBOA). Tax-basis and cash-basis, including ...

The Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) is seeking feedback on an exposure draft aimed at further standardizing and adding value to note disclosures in financial statements.

Learn 12 essential things about financial statements that investors need to know. These insights can guide smarter investment ...

Amortization of a company's intangible assets can take as long as 40 years, depending on the types of assets disclosed on the company's financial statements. How these assets affect financial ...

There is a long-running debate among legal scholars regarding the propriety and enforceability of SEC attempts to mandate disclosures of antisocial or illegal corporate activities that do not ...

The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation has published a set of near-final examples showing how companies can improve the reporting of uncertainties in their financial statements ...

Effective October 1, 2019, except where exempted below, vendor disclosure statements shall be required from all vendors in an effort to eliminate potential conflicts of interest, regardless of ...