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Who We Are

The objective of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section of the American Accounting Association

is to give greater attention to financial accounting and reporting, and to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of education, research, and professional practice by:

• Disseminating and evaluating teaching methods and materials

• Encouraging, facilitating, and publicizing research interests and projects

• Creating opportunities for interchange and cooperation between academics and practitioners

Deadline/Calls

Call for Award Nominations - Deadline: March 1st

   • Best Dissertation Award
   • Best Paper Award
   • Distinguished PhD Mentoring Award
   • Innovation in Financial Accounting Education Award
   • Lifetime Service Award
   • Lifetime Achievement Award

See past recipients and guidelines at https://aaahq.org/FARS/Awards

Call for Papers
Accounting Organizations & Society
Conference on Accounting for Sustainability and Climate Change Fall 2022 – Chicago

FARS and Journal of Financial Reporting Call for Presenters: Research Methods Virtual Mini- Conference

Thursday, January 21, 2021, 3:00 pm-5:30 pm (ET)

The Research Methods Mini-Conference will be held online as part of the 2021 FARS Mid-Year Meeting. The goal is to bring together researchers who are interested in learning about econometric issues and methods that are broadly relevant to FARS members.

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CALL FOR FARS VOLUNTEERS
(AUGUST 2020-JULY 2021)

In preparation for the upcoming 2021 year, we are inviting members of FARS to volunteer to serve in the section. Using the link to the survey below, please indicate the roles for which you are willing to serve. We would appreciate hearing back from you by Monday, March 2, 2020.

Meetings

Thursday January 20

SAVE THE DATE!

We are pleased to announce that the 2022 Midyear Meeting of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section will be held in Denver, Colorado at the Hilton Denver City Center, January 20-22, 2022.

Oktay Urcan and Maria Correia, the research coordinators, and Clare Wang, the program coordinator, are working hard to put together an engaging and informative program. Research paper submissions will open this summer and we look forward to submissions of high-quality academic papers that will allow us to compile a top-notch research program. The deadline for submission is Wednesday, September 1, 2021. Submission information will be sent soon.

Please save the date. We look forward to seeing you in Denver!

In the News

The 2021 Midyear Meeting of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) will be held January 21-23, 2021.

We are happy to announce our in-person conference will now transfer to a virtual setting while also preserving the key elements of our traditional program. Our members from around the world will be able to attend the meeting, interact with each other, and strengthen the work being shared. To make this a reality, we’ve designed and built a conference that lets you participate in sessions in a flexible and personalized way.

More information to come and we look forward to “seeing” you there!

We look forward to another top-notch research program.

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2020 Annual Meeting

The 2020 annual meeting was held virtually August 10-12, 2020. Special thanks to Gauri Bhat and Uroooj Khan for coordinating the FARS research sessions.

Join The FARS Section

Become a member of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section to meet others with similar interests. Section Membership is only $50 Full Member and $6 Student Member per year.

Please contact any FARS officer or member for additional information about membership.

Section memberships are available for:

Student membership of the AAA is also possible - see further details here.

Section News

Click Here to View the Candidates for Our 2020-2021 Election

President's Letter

Dear FARS Members and Visitors,

The Financial Accounting and Reporting Section represents a diverse group of academics who, using a variety of research and teaching approaches, deepen our understanding of how financial reporting shapes the business world. We aim to advance research, education and professional practice of financial reporting and analysis.

Our Steering Board is responsible for the stewardship of the section. In these uncertain times, FARS’s leadership and its Steering Board are committed to meeting our members’ needs and maintaining the vibrancy of the section. However, to do that, we rely crucially on volunteers. For example, the research coordination of the annual meeting earlier this month reflected the outstanding voluntary efforts of Gauri Bhat and Urooj Khan—our sincere thanks to both of them. That meeting, as well as the very successful midyear meeting in Nashville on January 23–25, 2020, also reflected the combined efforts of hundreds of members, who submitted papers, reviewed submissions, organized sessions, moderated, and presented. Please consider volunteering for the section when our “call for volunteers” comes out later this year.

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Journal

The Journal of Financial Reporting (JFR) is the academic journal of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section of the American Accounting Association. JFR’s target audience is financial reporting researchers. JFR will publish two regular issues each year. JFR will also occasionally publish themed issues dedicated to studies that launch a new question or move the literature forward in an existing area.

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Research

Call for Papers

FARS and Journal of Financial Reporting Research Methods Virtual Mini-Conference

January 21, 2021

Submission Deadline: October 15, 2020

Accounting Organizations & Society

Conference on Accounting for Sustainability and Climate Change

Fall 2022 - Chicago

Submission Deadline: June 15, 2022

Midyear Meeting

PowerPoint Slides from FASB Update at 2021 FARS Midyear Meeting

Research Objectives:

A. to encourage, facilitate, and publicize research in financial accounting and reporting.
B. to communicate interests, intentions, and actual work-in-process in the area.
C. to identify areas in need of research.
D. to provide opportunities for public exposure of research results through AAA meetings (annual, regional, and special meetings devoted solely to financial accounting and reporting) and publications (including working papers and a separate journal for financial accounting and reporting, if warranted).

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