Fortune’s 2020 list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For is out, and accounting firms are again among them. All four of the Big Four firms are in the top 50, as is Plante Moran.
Maria L. Murphy
Maria L. Murphy, CPA, is a regular contributor to Compliance Week. She is a senior content management analyst, accounting and auditing products, CCH tax and accounting North America for Wolters Kluwer. She is also a freelance writer for the AICPA (Journal of Accountancy and CPA Insider) and LegalZoom and a prior contributor to Thomson Reuters products. She writes content for corporate websites, newsletters, blogs, and press releases. She is the former editor in chief of the NYSSCPA’s CPA Journal. She spent her career in public accounting and private industry controllership, with extensive experience in accounting, auditing, quality control, and SEC reporting. Her passion is translating technical subject matter into user-friendly language and getting readers excited about accounting and compliance topics.
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Tax planning opportunities for 2020 lead to potential tax savings
Grant Thornton has released guidance on tax planning for both public and private companies to help them get started by asking the right questions.
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FASB Chairman Golden’s agenda setting 101
Have you ever wondered how FASB decides what issues to include in its technical agenda? Chairman Russell Golden explained recently the process for identifying the right accounting issues to address.
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Big banks start to report CECL impacts
Fourth-quarter earnings calls of large U.S. public financial institutions provide insights into FASB’s current expected credit loss (CECL) standard.
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FASB Q&A tackles revenue recognition implementation
Determining transaction price and identifying performance obligations are among the most challenging implementation issues in accounting for revenue recognition, according to recent guidance from FASB.
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Benefits of sustainability reporting: takeaways for accounting
A former FASB member and current board member at the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board offers tips to accountants facing a heightened investor interest in sustainability.
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Can CPA firms help with new revenue recognition standard?
Robert Durak of the AICPA provides seven requests companies should make of their auditors when tackling revenue recognition implementation to avoid putting auditor independence at risk.
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Study: Adopting lease accounting could hurt stock prices
A new study from Florida International University professors says retailers such as Urban Outfitters, Foot Locker, and Abercrombie & Fitch—that have a significant use of operating leases—reported abnormal stock returns when they disclosed earnings.
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Audit fees level off in 2018, study shows
Public company audit fees remained virtually unchanged in 2018, according to the latest annual study by Audit Analytics.
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FASB issues first ASU of 2020
FASB has issued the first accounting standard update of the new year, clarifying the interaction between accounting standards related to equity securities, equity method investments, and certain derivatives.
