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Before 2015
CPA Practice Advisor: Research: App-Reliant Investors Should Ignore the Dings of Push Notifications
Accounting Today: Studies question need for auditor rotation
CFO Dive: Rotations don't lead to audit improvements, studies find
CFO: Audit Partner Rotation Delivers Few Benefits: Study
CPA Practice Advisor: Should U.S. Broaden Mandate on Auditor Rotation?
Financial Times: The contagious risks and rewards of remote working
CFO Dive: High transparency culture can work against performance
CPA Practice Advisor: Can Corporate Transparency Inhibit Worker Productivity?
Thomson Reuters: Companies that Cut Back Auditors’ Tax Services for Appearances Had Higher Tax Rates, Study Finds
NPR: Workplace sexual misconduct hurts company value, new data shows
Bloomberg: A #MeToo Lesson for CEOs: Being a Creep Puts Stock Price at Risk
CFO Dive: Rank-and-file sexual harassment can devalue companies by 20%
CFO: Sexual Harassment Foreshadows Weak Stock Performance: Study
Value Walk: Sexual Harassment Foreshadows Declining Stock Returns
CPA Practice Advisor: Sexual Harassment Can Cause Stock Market Trouble for Public Businesses
Inc.: New Research: Status Reports Can Make Teams Less Effective
CFO: Frequent Worker Reporting Lowers Worker Performance
CFO Dive: Staff do worse when asked to report frequently, accounting study shows
CPA Practice Advisor: Frequent Performance Reporting Causes Anxiety, Lowers Productivity in Remote Workers
Accounting Today: Avoiding tax services from audit firms proves initially costly for companies
Agenda: Study: High Comp Consultant Fees Drive up CEO Pay
CFO: Curtailing Auditors' Tax Services for Appearances Brings Higher Rates
CFO Dive: Companies face higher costs after dismissing auditor's tax services
ValueWalk - Curtailing Auditor Tax Services Raises Firms' Taxes: Study
CFO Dive: Study: Higher-paid consultants tend to recommend higher CEO compensation
Accounting Today: Educating the future
CFO: High Fees for Exec-Comp Consultants a Tipoff to Sumptuous CEO Pay: Study
CPA Practice Advisor: High Fees for Compensation Consultants Leads to Higher CEO Pay
Value Walk: EC Fees Likely a Tipoff to Sumptuous CEO Pay
Accounting Today: Congress should leave accounting standards to FASB
Accounting Today: Study questions effectiveness of TCJA at stemming foreign R&D shifting
CFO Dive: Wages holding back repatriation of foreign profits, study finds
CFO: Multinational Derive Huge Benefits From Shifting R&D Abroad
CPA Practice Advisor: Did Corporate Tax Cuts Reduce Shifts Abroad?
Accounting Today: Small companies avoid internal controls attestations by taking on debt
CFO Dive: Study: Pandemic impact on small companies worsened by Sarbanes-Oxley
CFO: SOX 404 Exemption Pushes Small Companies to Incur Debt: Study
CPA Practice Advisor: Some Businesses Choosing Debt Over Selling Stock to Avoid Audit
Value Walk: SOX 404-driven choice could prove costly in COVID-19 era
Post Online Media: If you want long term strategy, hire local CEO
CPA Practice Advisor: Local-Sourced CEOs More Likely to Think Long Term
CFO Dive: Local Leaders possess greater long-term company focus
CFO: Locally Grown CEOs Manage for the Longer Term
CPA Practice Advisor: Report: Is Extreme Language in Earnings Calls a Benefit for Investors and Managers?
IR Magazine: Extreme language on earnings calls has positive result, study finds
Seeking Alpha – Earnings Lies and Why Munger Says "EBITDA Is Bull S***"
CFO Dive: Extreme optimism on earnings calls OK, study finds
CFO: "Extreme Language" in Earnings Calls Linked to Outperformance
Inc.: Some Teams Perform Better When Paid Less, According to New Research
WG&L Accounting and Compliance Alert: Executive Compensation “Clawback" May Encourage Companies to Look for Tax Savings, Study Finds
CPA Practice Advisor: For Organizations with a Social Mission, Low Pay Does Not Equal Low Performance
CFO Dive: 2020 Trends: Rise of the CFO-COO
CFO Dive: Study: Mission-motivated employees perform better despite lower pay
Dec26
Accounting Today: Clawbacks lower business taxes, but provoke questions
Dec18
ValueWalk: Effective tax rates: With date of Dodd-Frank rule on clawbacks in doubt
Dec16
CFO Dive: Clawbacks appear to cause more harm than good, study finds
CFO: Do Clawback Policies Accomplish Their Desired Purpose?
Nov25
CPA Practice Advisor: Should CFOs Serve on Other Companies Boards?
Nov24
CFO Dive: Companies gain when their CFO sits on outside boards
Nov22
JDSupra: Blog: Should CFOs serve on outside boards?
Nov20
The Wall Street Journal: Companies Benefit When Their CFOs Join Outside Boards, Research Suggests
CFO: Outside Board Service Boosts Inside Accounting Quality
Nov8
Agenda: Retired Audit Partners on Boards: Yay or Nay?
Nov7
Going Concern: PwC Probably Did Celebrate When It Helped Mattel Cover Up an Accounting Error
Nov4
JD Supra: Blog: Does appointment of a former partner of the client’s audit firm to the client’s audit committee impair audit quality
Nov1
Economia: Companies Benefit when auditor’s alumni sits on board
CFO Dive: Audit quality improves when former partners sit on audit committee
Oct31
ValueWalk: Danger when alumnus of a firm’s audit firm sits on an audit committee?
Accounting Today: Audit committees not compromised by audit from alumni, says study
Oct29
ThomsonReuters: Accounting & Compliance Alert
Oct16
Value Walk: Litigation risk spurs firms’ earnings openness: Study
Oct15
CFO Dive: Companies more open when they face higher lawsuit risk
Oct14
Agenda: Tracking “Bad Actor” Audit Engagement Partners
Oct4
Market Watch: Naming audit partners isn’t driving audit quality yet, says study
Sep23
CFO Dive: Red Points the latest company to merge CFO, COO positions
CPA Practice Advisor: Does Audit Partner Disclosure Rule Enhance Financial Reporting?
Sep20
Corporate Secretary: The week in GRC: This week’s governance, compliance and risk-management stories from around the web
Sep19
Economia: Naming US lead partner on audit has achieved…nothing -
Sep18
Accounting Today – Study questions value of audit partner disclosure requirement
The Wall Street Journal: Rule to Identify Audit Partners Doesn’t Improve Audit Quality
Sep17
Value Walk: Did PCAOB Rule 3211 bring about a change in audit quality?
CFO Dive: Disclosure rule hasn’t improved audit quality, researchers say
Sep16
Law360: Data Trickles in On TCJA’s Job Offshoring Effects
Sep10
CPA Practice Advisor: Which Do Investors Prefer: Good Corporate Citizenship or Tax Minimization?
Sep4
CFO Dive: Investors punish companies that combine philanthropy and tax avoidance
Politico – Morning Tax
Sep3
CFO: Investors Shun Companies that Play “Robin Hood”
ValueWalk: Investors Favor CSR and Tax Avoidance
Aug28
CFO Dive: CFOs must be ‘strategic business partner’ as role merges with COO
Aug22
Going Concern: It Turns Out Clients Really Don’t Like It When Auditors Call Them Out on Their Sh*t
Aug21
Thomson Reuters: Auditors Who Do Their Jobs Are Penalized, Study Indicates
Aug13
Compliance Week: Market punishes auditors who flag control issues, study says
WSJ Market Watch: Companies are pressuring auditors to leave criticism out of audit opinions, research finds
Economia: Auditors reporting weaknesses are "less attractive", study says
CFO Dive: Auditors penalized for highlighting companies’ weak internal controls
Aug12
Agenda: CFOs Fulfilling Operations Roles “Admirably”
Accounting Today: Companies penalize audit firms for flagging their own weaknesses
The Wall Street Journal: Companies Appear to Avoid Hiring Auditors With a History of Critical Audits, New Research Shows
CFO: Fresh Evidence of Auditor Bias Emerges
CPA Practice Advisor: How the Audit Market Penalizes Auditors for Doing Their Job
Jul26
Law 360 Tax Authority: Foreign Investment Increased After TCJA, Accounting Group Says
Jul25
Politico: Checking in on Repeat
Jul24
Accounting Today: TCJA Boosted multinationals’ investments overseas more than in U.S.
CFO: Tax Reform Spurs Major Unintended Consequence
CPA Practice Advisor: Tax Reform bill Has Boosted Business Investments Abroad More Than In U.S.
Jul10
Revcycle Intelligence: Healthcare CFO Role Evolving to Improve Enterprise Performance
Jul8
Becker’s Hospital Review: Dual CFO-COO role improves financial reporting, study finds
The Wall Street Journal: Companies Benefit From Combining CFO and COO Jobs, Study Finds
Jun21
CPA Practice Advisor: CFOs Expanding Role in Management
Jun20
CFO: What Happens When the CFO Is the COO, Too?
Jun7
Accounting Today: Executive pay clawbacks could backfire, says study
Jun5
CPA Practice Advisor: Do Clawback Penalties Spur Misreporting?
May28
Value Walk: Do Clawbacks Cause As Many Problems As They Prevent?
CFO: Do Clawbacks Cause as Many Problems as They Prevent?
May14
Compliance Week: SOX did not end audit opinion shopping, study says
May13
Accountancy Daily: 'Opinion shopping' for auditors reduces business red flags
May9
Economia: More than half of businesses “opinion shopping”
May8
Accounting Today: Opinion shopping hurts auditor independence
CFO: “Opinion-Shopping” Compromises Auditor Independence
ValueWalk: Auditor Opinion-Shopping Aids Companies At Expense of Investors: Study
Apr24
Compliance Week: Options drive more risk than stocks, study says
Apr17
Accounting Today: Corporate income smoothing tied to CEO stocks and options
Apr15
CFO: CEO Stock Options Drive Income Smoothing
CPA Practice Advisor: Why Do Companies Smooth Their Income on Reporting?
ValueWalk: What Drives Company Income Smoothing> Check CEO Stocks and Options
Apr2
The Globe and Mail: The incursion of AI into the workplace brings an urgent need for human soft skills
Mar18
Thomson Reuters Tax and Accounting: SEC’s Effort to Exempt More Companies From Audits of Financial Controls Likely to Face Investor Resistance
Mar14
CPA Practice Advisor: Accounting Professors Explore Unusual Turf
Mar10
Infosurhoy: Inventory analysts intensify the destructive so corporations can obtain extra positives, research finds
Mar5
Knowledge@Wharton – When Tax Strategies Are Problematic for Firms - and Investors
Mar4
Financial Times: PwC accused of ignoring conflicts over Staffline audit
Feb22
Accounting Today: Financial analysts tend to stress bad news in earnings forecasts
Accounting Today: Florida News – Accounting Hall of Fame
Feb20
SmartBrief: Reading between the lines of current-earnings forecasts
Feb19
ValueWalk: Current Quarterly Earnings Forecasts Accentuate The Negative
CFO: Analysts’ Current Earnings Forecasts Accentuate Bad News
Jan25
Accountancy Daily: EY US sets up independent audit quality committee
Jan22
Accounting Today: Study finds aggressive tax strategies can lead to investor confusion
Jan21
CPA Practice Advisor: Does Business Tax Strategy Affect Investor Confidence?
Jan17
Politico: Companies' tax aggressiveness sows investor confusion about basics of firms' finances and operations
Jan16
CFO: Here’s Another Reason to Avoid Tax Avoidance
Jan7
CPA Practice Advisor: Investors Still Want Sarbanes-Oxley
Dec 27
Accounting Today: Investors favor Sarbanes-Oxley 404(b) audit rule, study says
Dec 17
CFO: SOX 404(b) Provides Investor Value After All
Value Walk: Merry Christmas, SOX 404(b)
Dec 10
CPA Practice Advisor: Do Public Companies Manipulate Cash Flow Benchmark to Boost Credit Ratings?
Dec 7
Accounting Today: Study suggests credit ratings encourage companies to manipulate accounting
Nov 29
CFO: Manipulate Cash Flow to Boost Credit Ratings?
Nov 26
PYMNTS.com: Accounting Expertise In C-Suite Can Compromise Financial Reports
Nov 20
CPA Practice Advisor: Report: Accounting Expertise in C-Suite Increases Likelihood of Misstatements
Nov 9
Economia: Auditing experience in the boardroom a "two-edged" sword
Nov 1
Going Concern: Hiring Executives with Audit Experience and Paying Them Well is Stupid, Says Research
The Wall Street Journal: The Dark Side of Managers with Audit Background
Oct 30
Compliance Week: Study links accounting expertise to misstatement risk
Oct 29
IR Magazine: Statistics in earnings release headlines can boost stocks, study finds
Oct 26
Accounting Today: Is accounting experience a bad thing for executives?
Los Angeles Business Journal: Influential Women in Accounting: Firms that Refer to Trade Secrets in Annual Reports Increase Risk of Cyber Attacks
Oct 25
CFO: The Dark Side of Accounting Expertise
Oct 19
Bloomberg: You May Be Able to Blame Trump for Your Football Team’s Lousy Record
Oct 18
Coinpedia: American Accounting Association Takes on Blockchain
Oct 17
Forbes: Prestigious Accounting Association Takes on Blockchain Technology
Oct 11
Accounting Today: Study questions accounting numbers highlighted in earnings releases
Oct 9
CFO: Flaunting Strong Earnings Damages Stock Price
PA Practice Advisor: Beware Strong Numbers in Corporate Earnings Headlines, Says Research
ValueWalk: Beware Headline Salience Misleads Investors, Study Warns
Sept 25
Newsie Scoop World: Swell in earnings surprises calls market gains into question
Sept 12
Mondaq: Would a Shift to Semiannual Reporting Really Affect Short-Termism?
Sept 7
CBS Money Watch: Success in the NFL: What taxes have to do with it
Sept 4
Accounting Today: Do high state taxes affect NFL players’ performance?
24/7 Wall Street: Are Taxes Dragging Down Your Favorite NFL Team?
Aug 22
The Motley Fool – What Warren Buffett is Buying and One Proposed Corporate Rule Change You Need to Know.
Aug 17
CFO – Study Supports Scrapping the 10-Q
Wall Street Journal – The Higher Cost of Less Information.
Aug 13
Thomson Reuters: Study Finds Link Between Audit Firm Profits and Client Tenure
Aug 10
Market Watch: Study: Earnings Surprises are bigger, thanks to growing use of non-GAAP metrics
Aug 7
JD Supra: Blog: Are non-GAAP financial measures still problematic?
Aug 6
CPA Practice Advisor: Companies Using Non-GAAP Metrics to Inflate Earnings
CBS Money Watch: More companies are beating profit forecasts -- thanks to gimmicks
The Washington Post: Who Are You Going to Trust, Adjusted Earnings or Your Lying Eyes?
Aug 2
ValueWalk: Bull$hit Profits? Street Metrics Swell Earnings Surprises, Study Finds
CFO: Study Finds Disturbing Evidence of Earnings Management
July 24
Accounting Web: Why Investor Clients Should Beware of 10-Ks
July 18
The Global Legal Post: Report warns companies using legal disclaimers as a 'licence to lie'
July 16
Accounting Today: Mentioning trade secrets in a 10-K heightens cyberattack risk
CFO: Warning: Don’t Mention Trade Secrets in 10Ks
July 13
IR Magazine: Legal disclaimers make inaccurate company statements more palatable to investors, finds study
July 5
CFO: Study Pans Disclaimers on Forward-Looking Statements
June 25
CPA Practice Advisor: Forward-Looking Statements Still Mislead Investors, Despite Disclaimers
The Wall Street Journal: Living Dangerously in a Safe Harbor
June 15
JD Supra: Blog: Studies examine external factors that may affect accounting integrity
June 8
Accounting Today: Clawback threat helps boots CFO performance and pay
June 7
CPA Practice Advisor: Adoption of Clawbacks Means Stronger Link Between Firm Performance and CFO Pay
CFO: Fears Over Downside to Clawbacks Are Unwarranted: Study
May 23
JD Supra: Will the call for mandatory audit firm rotation be renewed?
May 22
Economia: Big Four in US use lucrative audit fee structure
Accounting Today: Big Four increase audit fee as tenure grows
May 21
CFO: Do Big Four Auditors Unfairly Raise Fees?
CPA Practice Advisor: Lengthy Tenures Boost Big 4 Profits, But What is Effect on Auditor Independence?
May 1
CPA Practice Advisor: Does Requiring Firms to Reveal Audit Engagement Partners Benefit Investors?
Apr 29
WSJ MarketWatch: Study: Investors may avoid companies audited by same partners of troubled companies
Apr 27
Accounting Today: Study casts doubt on usefulness of disclosing audit engagement partners
Apr 26
CFO: New PCAOB Rule Sways Investor Decisions
Apr 17
CFO: How Unclear Tax Footnotes Can Create Value
Apr 13
Advisor.ca: What Audit Rule Changes Mean for Investors
Accounting Today: Investors don’t seem to mind incomprehensible tax footnotes
Tax Policy Center: Speaking of what investors think: Are some footnotes meant to be muddy?
Bloomberg View: Aramco Now Comes with Some Numbers
ValueWalk: Why Investors Like Unreadable Tax Footnotes
Apr 12
The Wall Street Journal: When Corporate Gobbledygook Is Good for Investors
Apr 6
Economia: Audit quality benefits from short audit tenure
Mar 26
The CPA Journal: Questioning the Effectiveness of Independent Audit Committees
Mar 21
Politico: The Day in Research
Mar 20
ValueWalk: New Tax Break on Repatriated Foreign Earnings Could Spur Increased R&D
Bloomberg BNA: Repatriation and R&D
Mar 19
Accounting Today: Tax break on repatriated foreign earnings may spur R & D
CFO: Repatriated Cash Should Boost R&D Spending
CPA Practice Advisor: New Tax Break on Repatriated Foreign Earnings Should Spur More R&D
Mar 6
Compliance Week: New study says long audit tenure slows corrections
Feb 28
CFO: Auditor Rotation Rules Miss Their Mark
ValueWalk: U.S. and E.U. Mandates Fail to Eliminate Ill Effect of Long Auditor Tenures with Corporate Clients
Bloomberg BNA: Auditor’s Move to Client Company Can Erode Independence: Study
Feb 27
Accounting Today: Study supports shorter auditor tenure
CPA Practice Advisor: U.S. and E.U. Mandates Fail to Eliminate Ill Effect of Long Auditor Tenures
Feb 23
ValueWalk: Alumni Ties Breed Coziness in Corporate Accounting, Study Warns
Feb 16
Economia: Big Four auditor independence suffers from alumni effect
Feb 12
CFO: Auditor Independence Rule Isn’t Tough Enough
Feb 8
CPA Practice Advisor: Are CFOs and Auditors Too Cozy?
Accounting Today: Big Four alumni can bias auditors
Jan 23
Inc.: Why Unilever Stopped Issuing Quarterly Reports
Jan 22
Accounting Today: Researchers find quarterly reporting leads to corporate myopia
CPA Practice Advisor: Does Too Much Financial Reporting Create Corporate Near-Sightedness?
ValueWalk: Yes It’s True: Frequent Financial Reporting Begets Corporate Myopia
Jan 5
Accounting Web: Study: Corporate Tax Rate Becomes a Factor on CEOs' Dismissals
Accounting Today: CEOs could find their jobs at risk under tax reform
Value Walk: Corporate Tax Reform Will Inhibit Tax Aggressiveness, Study Suggests
CPA Practice Advisor: CEO’s Risks Jobs if Taxes Differ Too Greatly from Competition
CFO: Companies Can CEOs, CFOs for High Tax Rates
Accounting Today: Investors punish companies for late financial statements
CPA Practice Advisor: Study Shows Investors Punish Companies for Late Financial Statements
Value Walk: Investors Punish Companies for Late Financial Statements
CFO: Shares Drop When Cos. File Late: Study
Accounting Today: Research questions value of independent audit committee requirement
ValueWalk: Longstanding SEC Auditing Mandate Is No Help Despite Trading Skills of Employees: Study
CPA Practice Advisor: Do Investors Benefit from Corporate Audit Committees?
CFO: SEC Audit Committee Rule Is Worthless: Study Related Press Release
Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Len Boselovic’s Heard off the Street: Companies going public are paying a price for disclosing less
MENAFN: Heralded Disclosure-Reduction Law Bad For Investors, Study Suggests
MarketWatch: JOBS Act is causing IPOS to be underpriced, but execs still benefit
CPA Practice Advisor: Is the JOBS Act Bad for Investors?
CFO: JOBS Act Causes Post-IPO Volatility: Study
Accounting Web: Study: Sarbanes-Oxley Act Serves as an Early Warning System for Fraud
The Wall Street Journal: The Morning Risk Report: Study Makes Case for External Assessment of Internal Controls
Going Concern: Accounting News Roundup: Sarbanes-Oxley and Tax Reform Sans Trump
The New York Times: Sarbanes-Oxley, Bemoaned as a Burden, Is an Investor’s Ally
Accounting Today: Internal control weaknesses correlate with financial fraud
Compliance Week: Study asserts link between control weaknesses, fraud
CFO: Research Refutes Sarbanes-Oxley Critics
CPA Practice Advisor: Study Shows Sarbanes-Oxley Offers Early Warning of Corporate Fraud
Accounting Web: AAA Study: Firm Value, Performance Not Affected by CEO Pay
Accounting Web: AAA Study: Shareholder Payouts to be Modest at Best
Accounting Today: Shareholders may not see much benefit from repatriation
CFO: Would a Territorial Tax System Help Investors?
CPA Practice Advisor: Ending Federal Tax on U.S. Corp. Profits Abroad Likely to Have Little Effect
Accounting Web: Less Readable Disclosures Can Turn Off Investors
MarketWatch: Companies do better when CEO Pay dwarfs average worker, study finds
24/7 Wall St.: CEO Pay: Enough or Too Much?
New York Post: Study says CEOs should keep making the big bucks
CFO: Do High CEO Pay Ratios Harm Company Value?
CPA Practice Advisor: Do High CEO-Employee Pay Gaps Lead to increased Profitability
Accounting Web: Do Companies Adjust Revenue to Meet Investor Expectations?
IR Magazine: Easy-to-read financials result lower reliance on outside sources, finds study
Thomson Reuters Tax and Accounting: Plain English in Financial Presentation Might Pay Off for Companies, Study Finds
Compliance Week: Investors reward readable disclosures, study finds
Accountancy Magazine (UK): Are trustful auditors less skeptical?
Accounting Today: Study stresses importance of presenting understandable accounting disclosures
CFO: Earnings Report Readability Pays Off: Study
ValueWalk: Presenting Financial Results Readably Pays Off for Companies
ValueWalk: Firms Meet Or Slightly Beat Analysts’ Revenue Forecasts In Corformance With Investors’ Priorities
The New York Post: How companies lie about earnings to meet Wall Street expectations
CFO: Do Companies Adjust Revenue in Response to Investor Behavior?
Accounting Today: Study finds signs of accounting manipulation in revenues reported by companies
CPA Practice Advisor: Study Questions Accounting Manipulation to Meet Investor Priorities
Accounting Today: Study questions value of auditor rotation
Thomson Reuters Tax and Accounting: Survey Raises Doubts About Mandatory Audit Firm Rotations
Accounting Web: Industry Lags Behind Big Four on Accounting Ethics, Study Finds
CFO: Auditors Can Be Friendly as Well as Skeptical, Study Finds
Thomson Reuters Tax and Accounting: Survey Credits Big Four for Focus on Ethics
Accounting Web: Can Auditors Trust Clients and Be Skeptical Too?
Accounting Web: Why Shareholder Votes Against Auditor Ratification Are Rare
CFO: Industry Trails Big 4 in Accounting Ethics: Study
Why You May Soon See Flying Auditors!
CPA Practice Advisor: Does the CPA Profession Fall Short on Ethics?
Accounting Today: Industry accounting perceived as less ethical by CPAs
Thomson Reuters Tax and Accounting: Study Questions Benefits From Proxy Advisors’ Recommendations on Auditor Ratification
AccountingWeb: High Institutional Ownership Fosters Corporate Tax Avoidance, Study Finds
Accounting Today: Proxy advisors seen adding little value in vetting audit firms
CFO: Institutional Ownership Spurs Tax Avoidance: Study
Accounting Today: Studies links institutional investing to corporate tax avoidance
CPA Practice Advisor: Does Stock Ownership by Institutional Investors Increase Company Tax Avoidance?
Accounting Web: Are Low Taxes a Sign of Risky Business Management?
Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting: Disclosure of Lead Audit Partner’s Name to Benefit Investors, Study Finds
Accounting Today: Corporate tax avoidance not a sign of risky management
CPA Practice Advisor: Is Tax Avoidance Related to Business Risk?
CFO: Low Effective Tax Rates Don’t Signal Excess Risk: Study Related Press Release
CPA Practice Advisor: New Rule to Require Disclosure of Audit Engagement Partners
Accounting Web: Why New PCAOB Rule Should Improve Audit Quality
CFO: Disclosing Engagement Partner Improves Audit Quality
Accounting Today: Study favors PCAOB audit engagement partner disclosure rule
Accounting Web: What Effect Do SEC Comment Letters Have on Tax Compliance?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Len Boselovic’s Heard off the Street
Accounting Web:Tax Reform Proposal Could Open Door to More Profit Shifting
Accounting Today: SEC Comment Letters Spur Corporate Tax Compliance
Politico: The SEC Plays Tax Man
CFO:SEC Comment Letters Spur Corporate Tax Compliance Related Press Release
Politico: How much money are we talking?
CFO: Would a Territorial Tax System Squeeze IRS Coffers?
Accounting Today: Tax Reform Could Lead to More Profit Shifting by Multinationals Related Press Release
CPA Practice Advisor: Proposed Tax Reform May Cause Businesses to Shift Income Overseas
Accounting Web: Does Self-Certification Make Managers More Ethical?
CPA Practice Advisor: How Self-Certification Fosters Employee Honesty
CFO: Most Companies the Make Restatements Avoid 8-Ks
IR Magazine: Transparency in financial restatements plunges
Accounting Today: Executives Make Stealth Financial Restatements to Preserve Stock Price
WSJ MarketWatch: Executives obscure accounting mistakes when they hold more stock, study finds
CPA Practice Advisor: Free Research Database Available to Audit Practitioners
Accounting Today: American Accounting Association Debuts Research Databases
IR Magazine: Shareholder activism: Not just a quick buck
CFO: Hedge Fund Activism Helps Targeted Companies
CFO: Who Should Decide Whether to Keep Funding a Project?
Accounting Web: Staggered Boards Impede Improvements to Audit Committees
Accounting Today: Staggered Board Elections Hurt Audit Committees
CFO: Staggered Boards Affect Audit Committee Quality
Accounting Web - Tough Audit Competition Spurs Internal Control Opinion Shopping
Compliance Week: Study asserts companies shop for internal control audit opinions
WSJ The Morning Risk Report: Audit Competition Can Have Unintended Results
Accounting Today: Increased Audit Competition Leads to Opinion Shopping
Accounting Web: Dodd-Frank Regulation Could Curb CEO Pay Excesses
Financial Times: Four ways to bring galactic executive pay back down to earth
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES: CEO Pay Ratios Impact Investment Decisions
Accounting Today: Dodd-Frank Rule Could Restrain CEO Pay
Forbes: Corporate Bribery May Bring In The Business, But Not Profits, Study Suggests
Accounting Web: Anti-Retaliation Protections Can Hinder Audit Whistleblowing
The Wall Street Journal: The Morning Risk Report: Anti-Retaliation Reminders May Deter Whistleblowing
Bloomberg BNA: Anti-Retaliation Protection for Whistle-Blowers Can Backfire
CFO: Whistle a Different Tune
Accounting Today: Anti-Retaliation Measures Could Backfire for Whistleblowers
JDSupra Business Advisor: Foundations of Texas and the ROE from a Best Practices Compliance Program
CFO: Finance Roundup for Executives
Wall Street Journal: Study Finds Bribery Increases Sales Not Profits
CFO: Crime Doesn’t Pay, Says Harvard Bribery Study
Accounting Web: Auditors Who Prepare Tax Returns Tend to Be More Cautious
Tax-News: No Need to Separate Auditing From Tax Service: Study
Wealth Management.com: Keeping on the Straight and Narrow
WG&L Accounting & Compliance Alert: Auditors Who Also Prepare Clients’ Taxes Use Less Aggressive Tax Positions, Study Finds
Accounting Today: Study Questions Separation of Tax Services from Audits
CFO: Should Your Auditor Prepare Your Tax Return?
Accounting Web – Scripted Earnings Calls Can Be a Red Flag for Investors
Accounting Web – Socially Responsible Firms Tend to Pay Less Taxes
Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Sensing scripted calls, investors crave spontaneity
WG&L Accounting & Compliance Alert: Are Companies that Stick to Script on Earnings Calls Hiding Bad News?
IR Magazine: Scripted answers in conference calls may tip off investors to bad news
Bloomberg Business: Why Corporate America Should Ditch the Script During Quarterly Earnings Calls
CFO: How Scripted Should Your Earnings Calls Be?
The Economist: Can firms be "socially responsible" while avoiding taxes?
CFO: Socially Responsible Companies Pay Lower Taxes Related Press Release
Accounting Today: "Socially Responsible" Companies Avoid Paying Taxes Related Press Release
Accounting Web: Pending SEC Clawback Rules May Deter Restatements
Lexology: Recent Study Shows that Clawbacks May Have Unintended Consequences
CFO: Clawbacks Trigger Disputes Between CFOs and Auditors Related Press Release
Market Watch: Study suggests executives will hesitate to restate when bonuses are at risk
The Wall Street Journal – Coming Clawback Rules May Influence Restatements:Study
Accounting Today: Study Suggests Clawbacks on Exec Comp Won’t Work
IT Compliance Advisor: Study: Earnings misstatement is infectious
Accounting Web: Study: Restatements Often Spur Similar Misreporting From Peer Firms
The New York Times: Earnings Misstatements Come in Bunches, Study Says
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