Tammy Whitehouse

Outgoing SEC Chair Mary Jo White is urging her successor to prioritize continued improvement and convergence of accounting standards globally. Tammy Whitehouse has more.

Going concern filings appear to have tapered off in 2015, but that doesn’t necessarily mean public company balance sheets are getting healthier. More from Tammy Whitehouse.

Now that the calendar has turned to 2017, auditors will be following a new nomenclature with respect to citing auditing standards after a reorganization of the rules has taken effect. Tammy Whitehouse reports.

In 2017, monumental accounting change in the form of revenue recognition will crash head on with continued intensity around internal controls. Tammy Whitehouse reports.

To address how U.S. audit rules intersect with those in China, the PCAOB has published a four-page Q&A to explain its views on why firms subject to its rules should observe them. Tammy Whitehouse reports.

International regulators, like SEC in the United States, are calling on companies to give plenty of disclosure about transition to new accounting standards.

Jay Hanson, the lone career auditor among U.S. audit regulators, resigned abruptly from his position at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Tammy Whitehouse has more.

FASB has issued the last batch of intended changes to clarify or correct various points raised in the new revenue recognition accounting requirements.

The latest poll on big accounting change says some companies are making plans to devote time in 2017 to the new requirements around lease accounting, according to Tammy Whitehouse.