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Revenue Recognition: SAB 74 Disclosures

As we are now only one year away from the adoption deadline for the new revenue recognition accounting standard (ASC 606), it is time for more serious disclosure regarding the expected impact the new standard may have on a registrant’s

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Be Proactive in Disclosing Where You Stand on Revenue Recognition

It’s time to face it, the new revenue recognition standard, ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts With Customers isn’t going anywhere, and time is running short for beginning the implementation process.  Shareholders, analysts and other stakeholders have started to be interested

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Don’t Be a Bad Statistic – Jump on The New Revenue Recognition Standard

In a recent 2015 Revenue Recognition Survey, PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Financial Executives Research Foundation found that 48% of responding companies have not yet completed, and 27% have not yet started, an initial impact assessment of the new revenue recognition standard

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Revenue Recognition Transition Methods: No Time to Delay

Often companies don’t consider the transition rules for a new accounting standard until very close to the date of adoption.  In the case of the new revenue recognition standard, this may not be the smart approach. The new standard offers

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FASB Proposes Clarifications to Principal vs. Agent Guidance in Revenue Standard

On August 31, 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued proposed guidance which would amend ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The amendment would clarify the provisions of ASC 606 regarding when an entity is acting as a

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Preparing for an Efficient Audit

Everyone knows what a challenging experience it is going through a financial statement audit.  Many of the trying situations, last minute requests, deadline crunch, auditor cost overruns, and surprises can be avoided or minimized through advance planning and preparation. Here

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FASB Defers Revenue Recognition Effective Date

On August 12, 2015, the FASB finalized the April 2015 exposure draft and issued the anxiously awaited Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2015-14, delaying by one year the effective date of Accounting Standards Codification 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers

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Proposed Guidance on Revenue From Licensing Intellectual Property

On May 12, 2015, the FASB issued an exposure draft for public comment a proposed Accounting Standard Update (ASU) to amend ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606). Among other provisions, the proposed ASU intends to improve

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Financial Accounting Standards Board Proposes One Year Delay of the New Revenue Recognition Standard

On April 1, 2015 (ironically April Fools Day) the FASB proposed deferral of the effective date of the new revenue standard, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606), by one year for both public and private entities. The FASB will

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Five Reasons You Shouldn’t Put Off Getting Ready for the New Revenue Recognition Standard

Many companies are waiting to analyze or take steps towards implementing ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, either because they think the effective date is too far in the future or simply because they assume it will have very

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