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2024 SEC Filing Deadlines and Financial Statement Staleness Dates

Cherry Bekaert

Financial statement issuers must assess many items when planning to file a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including which financial statements are required to be included in the registration statement. Rule 3-12 has a filing calendar for U.S.

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IASB offers examples to improve reporting of climate-related uncertainties in financial statements

Accounting Today

The International Accounting Standards Board published a consultation document with eight proposed illustrative examples to show how companies could apply International Financial Reporting Standards when reporting the effects of climate-related and other types of uncertainties in their financial statements.

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GAAP: What It Is and Why Your Investors Expect It

inDinero Accounting

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) are a set of accounting principles, standards, and procedures that define accepted accounting practice at a particular time. Its purpose is to ensure that financial statements provide an accurate and transparent view of the company’s financial condition and operations.

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Why Should Skagit County Businesses Care About FASB and GAAP?

SkagitCountyTaxServices

Today, FASB is part of a structure that also contains the Financial Accounting Foundation, the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council, the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (that last sets rules for state and local governments).

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FAQs Business Owners Need to Know About The 3 Essential Financial Reports

inDinero Accounting

In this article, you’ll find the essential information to 38 FAQs about business financial statements and links to further reading. Financial Statement FAQs. What is a business financial statement? The business financial statement defined. Who uses business financial statements?

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Corporate Investors Irked By Lease Accounting Changes

PYMNTS

The publication reported Thursday (May 2) that the International Financial Reporting Standards will apply to organizations across 140 countries, shifting the way businesses account for their leases in financial statements.

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IFRS vs UK GAAP

Menzies

Which accounting standard should you use? When preparing a set of financial statements in the UK there is a choice of accounting standard to apply in order to comply with UK Companies Act 2006. Broadly the choice is between UK GAAP accounting standards and International Accounting standards (IFRS).