All leases articles – Page 4

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    Amid Financial Reporting Changes, SEC Offers Cautions

    2015-12-01T13:30:00Z

    With changes looming on accounting standards for revenue recognition, leases, financial instruments, and more, skittish corporate accountants often turn to the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance and staff accountants, relying on phone briefings and pre-clearing consultations to get ahead of financial reporting issues before they result in an SEC comment ...

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    How to Panic Effectively With So Many Effective Dates Coming

    2015-11-24T12:00:00Z

    Image: Revenue recognition, leasing, financial instruments—the accounting standards for all three have major changes looming, and that means financial reporting executives have lots of implementation to juggle in a short period. This week we look at how to manage so much change well and which companies face the most work. ...

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    Lease Modifications Trigger New Headaches

    2015-09-15T12:45:00Z

    Image: Beware when negotiating with your landlord: Accountants are noticing an uptick in lease modifications and are warning companies to heed the accounting and financial reporting consequences. The nuances of lease accounting are many and even trip up large retailers. That can be especially true when your lease negotiators are ...

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    Recognize the Big Standards’ Changes

    2015-01-06T09:30:00Z

    The auditing and financial reporting world will spend lots of 2015 preparing for the new revenue recognition standard going into effect by 2017—but from leasing to going concern warnings to IFRS adoption in the United States, plenty of other major changes may arrive as well. “Folks have come to see ...

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    Two Roads Diverge on Leases

    2014-08-19T11:30:00Z