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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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SEC staff plans to scrutinize year-end revenue disclosures
Tammy Whitehouse | November 13, 2018
As companies get closer to their first annual disclosures under new revenue recognition rules, staff members at the SEC are stocking up on red pens.
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SEC wants more Brexit disclosure, Clayton says
Tammy Whitehouse | November 12, 2018
As turmoil over the British exit from the European Union deepens, the Securities and Exchange Commission is looking for public companies to start disclosing more about how they’ll be affected.
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Companies should revisit revenue compliance, SEC staff hint
Tammy Whitehouse | October 2, 2018
SEC staff have signaled companies might want to take a second look at their revenue recognition compliance as they approach their first year-end filing under ASC 606.
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SEC will watch for SAB 74 disclosure leading to CECL
Tammy Whitehouse | September 21, 2018
The SEC will be looking for increasingly detailed disclosures to investors about the expected effects of moving to a new method for recognizing credit losses.
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New standard triples revenue disclosures, Deloitte finds
Tammy Whitehouse | July 13, 2018
Public companies are roughly tripling their revenue-related disclosures to comply with the new revenue recognition standard, according to a new analysis.
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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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