Increasing global awareness evident at US accounting event
The increasingly international nature of the American Accounting Association’s (AAA) annual meeting, held in New York this month, was one…
Month: August 2009
CIMA challenges institute’s decision to adopt post-nominals
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) is appealing a decision by a Sri Lankan accounting body to use the…
Rentokil raises conflict questions
Internal and external audit services should not be provided to a company by the same accounting firm because it impairs…
EC changes tune on SME standard
The European Commission will consider the new IFRS for SMEs as part of its review of the European accounting directives.…
FCAG issues final recommendations
Ensuring accounting standard setters are independent from undue commercial and political pressures is one of the 23 recommendations to standard…
Three-tier proposal for UK GAAP
The Accounting Standards Board (ASB) has released its long-anticipated proposal for the future of reporting requirements in the UK and…
Bankers fear divergence
The American Bankers Association (ABA) is unhappy with the approach US and international standard setters are taking on financial instruments…
News briefs
SEC appoints chief accountant James Kroeker has been confirmed as the new chief accountant at the US Securities and Exchange…