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Real Estate Portfolio
May/Jun 2002
Taube & Yungmann
Promoting Transparency in Joint Venture Financial Reporting and Disclosure Joint venture arrangements have become an integral part of the business model of many real estate companies, and financial statement preparers and users have worked toward achieving a satisfactory level of transparency... mark for My Articles similar articles
Real Estate Portfolio
Special Issue 2005
Yungmann & Agarwal
One World, One GAAP Global businesses and international investors are increasingly demanding accounting information that they can understand when running businesses and making investment decisions on a worldwide basis. mark for My Articles similar articles
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2002
GAAP Net Income Measures Up Investors trying to decipher the key metric for measuring real estate companies got a hand recently from NAREIT's Board of Governors, which took a step affirming net income computed under generally accepted accounting principles as the primary earnings measure for real estate companies. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2004
Bill Mann
Exhausting Every Option The International Employee Stock Option Coalition, a high tech industry lobbying group in Washington D.C., plays its latest gambit on trying to de-claw options expensing. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
January 3, 2007
Emil Lee
Quick Accounting Basics: Depreciation Investors, there are many different types of depreciation techniques, but the vast majority of companies use the simple straight-line depreciation method. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
November 1, 2010
Marie Leone
Technical Difficulties As the pace of accounting-rule changes intensifies, can IT systems keep up? mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
October 1, 2010
Marie Leone
One Size Gives Fits to All Financial executives say that proposed changes to revenue-recognition rules ignore real-world realities. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
January 1, 2009
Alix Stuart
Which One When? A roundup of key accounting deadlines, developments, and detours to watch for in 2009. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
August 1, 2003
Craig Schneider
Who Rules Accounting? Congress muscles in on FASB -- again. mark for My Articles similar articles
Real Estate Portfolio
May/Jun 2001
Yungmann & Taube
FFO: Earnings or Cash Flow? In 1991, funds from operations (FFO) was defined by NAREIT and became widely used by the industry. Users of the industry's financial statements have accepted FFO as a starting point from which to analyze the historical, as well as prospective profitability and value of companies... mark for My Articles similar articles
IndustryWeek
May 1, 2004
John S. McClenahen
FASB Options Rule Draws Rants, Raves Manufacturing and tech trade associations attack the FASB proposed rule changes for booking stock options and other share-based payments. mark for My Articles similar articles
Entrepreneur
December 2004
Joan Szabo
Think Fast There's good news for entrepreneurs who own business real estate. Recent guidelines from the IRS indicate that the tax agency is now more receptive to business owners accelerating depreciation on buildings already built or being built. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO Full Disclosure Edmund Jenkins reflects on his leadership of FASB through difficult times... mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2004
Chris Mallon
Who'll Be Liable for Options? A new proposal adds a dynamic twist to expensing stock options. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
June 15, 2012
Kathleen Hoffelder
New Board for Private GAAP Finance chiefs of privately held companies will no longer be faced with the difficult and costly task of applying public accounting standards to their situations. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
Tim Reason
On the Same Page U.S. and international standard setters are coordinating their efforts to craft a common language for business... mark for My Articles similar articles
PHONE+
May 4, 2009
William Bosco
Lease Accounting: Changes the IT Industry Should Know The FASB and its sister organization, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), are working jointly to develop a new model for the recognition of assets and liabilities arising under lease contracts. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
December 18, 2006
Matthew Crews
Nice: Stock-Option Expensing SFAS 123R is here. No longer do investors and analysts have to go back and forth adjusting the results for a comparison basis. Stock options will be expensed. mark for My Articles similar articles
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2010
Susan H. Nadler
Mind the GAAP What advantages does the income-tax basis accounting method offer? mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2004
Jim Schoettler
Uncovering the Billion-Dollar Secret Traditional stock option accounting practices lead companies to overstate their net income. Here is a look at how significant these overstatements are, who's responsible for fixing the problem, and what they're doing about it to place themselves and their investors in an advantageous position. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
October 1, 2003
Letters to the Editor CFOs should quit whining... can nontraditional CFOs succeed?... disagreement over the options debate. mark for My Articles similar articles
Real Estate Portfolio
Sep/Oct 2000
Yungmann & Taube
Operating Performance Reporting Over the past year, NAREIT members have re-evaluated the effectiveness of the real estate investment trust industry's supplemental performance measure---Funds From Operations (FFO)... mark for My Articles similar articles
U.S. Banker
March 2009
Joseph Rosta
FASB Hesitates, SEC Stands Still on Fair Value The banking industry wins a minor skirmish in the fair value war when the Financial Accounting Standards Board turned down a proposed amendment that would have expanded controversial fair value/mark-to-market practices in the financial sector. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
December 1, 2011
David M. Katz
Backlash Prompts a Revise Proposed modifications to revenue-recognition rules draw ire from the construction and technology sectors. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
April 1, 2009
Leibs & Leone
The Blame Game Goes into Overtime The debate over the fairness and value of fair-value accounting intensified last month as lawmakers took accounting rule-setters to task for the role that fair value has allegedly played in the current economic crisis. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
April 15, 2012
Sarah Johnson
Averting Revenue-Recognition Angst FASB and the IASB seek to allay worries over new rules for booking revenue. mark for My Articles similar articles
Knowledge@Wharton Tangible Agitation Over a Proposal on Intangible Assets Beefing up the disclosure of intangible assets would potentially yield greater transparency, enabling the investment communities to make better decisions about their capital. Should companies be required to disclosure information about their intangible assets to investors? mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
October 14, 2004
Bill Mann
Stock Options: Pause to Reload The FASB delays stock option expensing by six months. That's just more time for Big Tech to lobby. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
August 1, 2007
Kate O'Sullivan
The SEC Rules Five years after Sarbanes-Oxley, the SEC is flexing its regulatory muscle as never before. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
July 20, 2004
Roy Mark
House Votes to Block Stock Option Expensing The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation supported by the tech industry to pre-empt a proposed federal accounting regulation calling for corporations to deduct the cost of all employee stock options from their profits. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
October 1, 2010
Leone & Stuart
Keeping Cool on the Hot Seat Departing Financial Accounting Standards Board chairman Robert Herz takes a look back at his tenure. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
March 31, 2004
Bill Mann
FASB: Ready to Rumble The Financial Accounting Standards Board announces it intends to require companies to expense stock options. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
March 2009
Leone & Reason
How Extreme Is the Makeover? Two years from now, balance sheets might not balance. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
January 1, 2008
Sarah Johnson
Long Live the King? As international accounting standards close in on GAAP, the U.S. standard-setter considers its mortality. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
September 3, 2004
Chris Mallon
Optional No Longer Expense-free option grants are a thing of the past, thanks to the Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) new rule. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
February 1, 2008
Alix Stuart
A New Vision for Accounting Robert Herz and FASB are preparing a radical new format for financial statements. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
September 1, 2006
Ronald Fink
Will Fair Value Fly? Fair-value accounting could change the very basis of corporate finance. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
November 1, 2003
Sarbox's Unseen Costs "The crucial unseen cost is that of innovations foregone or delayed," says a reader. More letters to the editor: Microsoft on options... thoughts on Black-Scholes... expensing flaw... the root of the problem mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
October 1, 2007
Michelle Leder
Rewriting the Rules Everything you thought you knew about accounting is about to change. Is there any reason to smile? This is the third of a three-part series examining the state of accounting five years after passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 5, 2006
Nathan Parmelee
Understanding Funds From Operations Investors often ignore or misunderstand real estate investment trusts because the methods used to evaluate their performance are often very different from the ways that investors analyze other companies. What exactly is the FFO number that many REITs provide? mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
April 26, 2004
How Expensive Will Expensing Options Be? A talk with accounting expert Pat McConnell on the impact of stock options on earnings mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
November 1, 2011
David M. Katz
FASB as Private-Company Standards-Setter? A proposed new council would report to FASB, an idea at odds with another recent high-level recommendation. mark for My Articles similar articles
U.S. Banker
July 2009
Joseph Rosta
FASB Waves Goodbye to "Qs" The Financial Accounting Standards Board has decided to eliminate the concept of qualified special purpose entities. mark for My Articles similar articles
Trusts & Estates
March 21, 2002
AICPA Campaigns To Repair Damage To Reputation Caused By Enron Scandal The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants is trying to ensure that its reputation is not sullied by the recent scandal involving Enron and the role that improper financial reporting played in it. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2004
Bill Mann
The Best Stock Options Model Are there perfect ways to value stock options? No. But anything is better than this. What's the sign that the Financial Accounting Standards Board is thinking about requiring stock options to be expensed? Lots of trips to Washington by Silicon Valley executives, and pre-emptive bills in Congress. Certainly, someone up there recognizes that accounting is best left to accountants. mark for My Articles similar articles
Knowledge@Wharton New Ways to Retain and Reward Employees (Hint: We're Not Talking Stock Options) A handful of technology companies are heading in alternative directions when it comes to giving employees incentives to stay and perform well. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
July 1, 2005
Alix Nyberg Stuart
A GAAP of Their Own Private companies seeking a wholesale exemption from FASB's accounting rules are likely to be disappointed. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 25, 2004
Bill Mann
Valley's Intellectual Bankruptcy Yesterday, the Financial Accounting Standards Board held a contentious roundtable in Palo Alto, Calif., to discuss FASB's standing proposal to require American companies to treat stock options granted to employees as an expense. mark for My Articles similar articles
Real Estate Portfolio
Sep/Oct 2004
Jon Fosheim
A Path to Making Net Income Relevant Arriving at a consensus for the most useful performance measurement for REITs and other real estate companies is darn near impossible. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
February 1, 2003
Tim Reason
Questions of Value Is fair-value accounting the best way to measure a company? The debate heats up. mark for My Articles similar articles