All FEI articles
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ESG reporting: A summary of preparers’ perspectives
Preparers speaking at a pair of recent high-profile accounting and auditing conferences discuss current practices and the challenges their controllership teams face in ESG reporting and governance.
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FERF study: Average audit fees inch higher in 2019
In the 11th edition of its annual public company audit fee study, the Financial Education & Research Foundation reported an increase of 6 percent in average audit fees largely due to expanded scope.
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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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Cigna, Wells Fargo describe journey to high-tech ICFR
Technology is permeating internal control over financial reporting, and one of its pioneers says the transition is possible even without a tech background.
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Blog
FEI group provides guides on leases, CECL controls
FEI’s corporate reporting group has developed its own guides for preparers on how to assure sound controls with major new accounting adoptions.
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Blog
Disclosures will be key under new revenue rule, group says
Accounting leaders recognize companies will have to be vigilant in fulfilling various disclosure obligations as they transition to new revenue recognition rules.
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Blog
COSO publishes final version of updated ERM framework
COSO has released its newly revised enterprise risk management framework, giving companies a new tool to consider in building out their ERM approaches.
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Blog
Is audit quality essentially a people problem?
Where there are problems with audit quality, it appears to be more of a problem with people than with institutional approaches to audit work.
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Blog
Revenue recognition laggards outnumbered in new poll
Tammy Whitehouse has the results of a fresh survey on revenue recognition that suggests 75 percent of public companies are still assessing how they will be affected with only 14 months to the effective date.
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Inside the quest for better corporate reporting
Laura Phillips is in the trenches trying to help key capital market players understand why so many public companies sense a misalignment between how audits and managers deal with internal controls. Tammy Whitehouse gets the inside track.
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Heightened scrutiny, increased documentation & a harsh new normal for internal controls
As auditors require more information from companies, and companies push back against what they feel are excessive demands for details, a consensus that works for everybody remains elusive. Tammy Whitehouse has more.