All Non-GAAP articles – Page 2

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    Accounting leaders advocate looking at non-GAAP accounting measures

    2016-07-28T15:30:00Z

    As the Securities and Exchange Commission continues its focus on use of non-GAAP accounting measures, accounting experts are advising companies to take a look at their internal controls and assure they are appropriate. Tammy Whitehouse reports.

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    CAQ offers audit committees tool to assess non-GAAP use

    2016-07-05T19:30:00Z

    The Center for Audit Quality has created a tool to help audit committees navigate the thicket of questions they should be asking in light of increased scrutiny of corporate use of non-GAAP accounting measures. Tammy Whitehouse reports.

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    Use of non-GAAP grows in proxy statements

    2016-06-22T13:30:00Z

    According to new information from Audit Analytics, recent statements and papers from regulators and advisory firms suggest a lack of compliance with non-GAAP accounting rules could be perceived as a key regulatory risk.

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    Mind the Non-GAAP

    2016-06-01T10:30:00Z

    Why all of the sudden and intense regulatory interest on non-GAAP measures? While the common use of this practice raises concerns of accounting misdeeds, the facts behind non-GAAP paint a different picture that regulators would be wise to notice.

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    SEC issues new guidance on use of non-GAAP accounting

    2016-05-23T17:15:00Z

    The SEC has updated its Compliance & Disclosures Interpretations guidance with a dozen new Q&As focused on how companies might report financial information outside the realm of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles without also running afoul of financial reporting requirements. More from Tammy Whitehouse.

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    Non-GAAP measures continue to draw attention

    2016-05-17T11:30:00Z

    Companies are striving to limit non-GAAP measures, as investors have lately expressed concern over their volume and the number of coinciding adjustments. Columnist Scott Taub helps companies answer the difficult accounting question, “Can we non-GAAP this?”

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    Trump’s non-GAAP was first to face SEC enforcement

    2016-04-29T14:30:00Z

    Long before Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign, the entertainment giant he founded, Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, faced the wrath of the SEC, whose leadership he would shape if elected. Tammy Whitehouse looks back on Trump’s SEC enforcement action.

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    Big 4 firm offers tips on assessing use of non-GAAP measures

    2016-04-22T13:00:00Z

    An upswing in corporate use of non-GAAP measures along with increased regulatory scrutiny of such reporting has inspired the folks at Deloitte to offer some tips on how to assess non-GAAP measures to assure they don’t run afoul of filing rules.

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    FRC: What investors should expect in company records

    2016-04-15T15:30:00Z

    Stephen Haddrill, chief executive of the U.K.’s Financial Reporting Council, wrote a letter to investors highlighting recent changes to companies’ annual reports and advising investors on what to expect in the coming crop. The report is “intended to be an important source of forward-looking information about strategy and risk,” he ...

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    75% of S&P 100 report non-GAAP earnings, study shows

    2016-04-13T20:00:00Z

    A recent Georgia Tech Financial Analysis study found that 75 S&P 100 companies reported non-GAAP earnings in 2013, with 48 companies making adjustments as a result of gains or losses due to non-recurring events. Income taxes gave rise to 30 adjustments, and 27 adjustments arose from restructuring and productivity-related charges.