August 2011 - Journal of Accountancy

The U.K. Bribery Act 2010 that took effect July 1 represents a major change in global anticorruption law, but awareness of its provisions remains low, according to a Deloitte webcast poll. U.S. companies with offices or sales activities in the U.K. need to get up to speed with its provisions,

Your client just called and left the following message: “I answered the door at my home today, and an agent who said he was from the IRS Criminal Investigation Division wanted to ask me some questions. What should I do?” While you may never get a call from a client

Dedicating resources to fraud prevention is generally much more cost-effective than suffering the direct loss and aftermath of a white-collar crime. How well-versed are you in control measures that can help prevent fraud? Do you have what it takes to help your company or your clients ensure they are effectively

You can’t hold back the demographic tide. In the U.S., another baby boomer turns 60 every eight seconds. This translates into a leadership change in the near future at many CPA firms. Thousands of partners are at or reaching retirement age now and in the next five years, putting a

Nearly a decade after FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) agreed to converge their standards in “The Norwalk Agreement,” the SEC staff floated a concept in May that would redefine convergence and establish FASB as an endorsement body for IASB standards in the U.S. The paper (available at

Once considered financing of last resort, asset-based lending and factoring have become popular choices for companies that do not have the credit rating or track record to qualify for more traditional types of financing. In general terms, asset-based lending is any kind of borrowing secured by an asset of the