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Accounting & Auditing Update

The "Accounting & Auditing Update" is written by Tammy Whitehouse, a veteran business writer who has been a regular contributor to Compliance Week since 2005. Her work has also appeared in industry journals and periodicals including Journal of Business Strategy, Strategy & Leadership, Compensation & Benefits Review, Inc, Buyside, and myriad others. Whitehouse welcomes questions and comments from readers; she can be reached via e-mail at twhitehouse@complianceweek.com.
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Accounting & Auditing Update Blog
SAB 74 disclosures still lag, PwC analysis shows
Tammy Whitehouse | June 13, 2018
Investors are not getting much warning about assets and liabilities soon to hit corporate balance sheets as companies prepare to adopt new lease accounting rules.
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Early disclosures point to material effect of lease rules
Tammy Whitehouse | April 24, 2018
Of the 100 largest lessees in U.S. capital markets, 76 percent say new lease accounting rules will be material to the balance sheet; 20 percent are still assessing.
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SEC comments on leasing expected this year-end
Tammy Whitehouse | November 21, 2017
If history is any indicator, companies can expect the SEC to begin scrutinizing disclosures about the pending new lease accounting requirements at this year-end.
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Half say revenue rule is immaterial, one-fifth still evaluating
Tammy Whitehouse | September 15, 2017
A PwC analysis shows about half of Fortune 500 companies expect revenue recognition changes to be immaterial, but nearly 20 percent are still evaluating.
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Auditors get notice to scrutinize SAB 74 disclosures
Tammy Whitehouse | June 29, 2017
Auditors have been notified to be alert to whether corporate SAB 74 disclosures about pending new accounting standards are adequate.
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Half of Fortune 500 still non-committal on new revenue recognition rules
Tammy Whitehouse | June 16, 2017
More than one-fourth of Fortune 500 filers still had not figured out how they will be affected by new revenue recognition rules as of April and May.
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