All AICPA articles – Page 4

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    Houses Passes XBRL Exemption as Survey Reveals Costs

    2015-01-15T08:45:00Z

    The House of Representatives passed legislation that includes an exemption for 60 percent of all public companies from the SEC requirement to submit interactive financial statement data using XBRL. Meanwhile, an American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and XBRL U.S. study showed that nearly 75 percent of the smallest public ...

  • Article

    More Hints on Putting New COSO to Work

    2014-12-16T12:15:00Z

    It’s official: The SEC will not roast companies over an open flame if they continue to use the old COSO framework for internal controls into 2015. That said, SEC staffers also warned at the annual AICPA conference last week that their largesse will not last long, and a bevy of ...

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    SEC Gives More Ideas on Less Disclosure

    2014-12-16T11:15:00Z

    Image: A small army of SEC officials attended the annual AICPA conference last week, offering all manner of advice to financial reporting executives struggling to comply with external reporting rules. One subject: how to achieve better disclosure with fewer words. “We are aware there are some registrants that seem to ...