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Assessing credit losses in financial statement audits

Accounting Today

As economic conditions fluctuate and accounting standards evolve, auditors face increasing challenges in evaluating how organizations estimate and report credit losses and providing a comprehensive overview of credit loss assessment in financial statement audits.

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Why Real-Time Financial Reporting Is a Game-Changer

Accounting Department

However, in a fast-evolving economic landscape, relying solely on monthly reports or quarterly financial statements is slowly becoming obsolete. It's the roadmap that guides decisions, uncovers opportunities, and highlights risks.

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Leverage FP&A for Smarter Financial Planning

Accounting Department

Financial planning plays a crucial role in this, enabling business owners to drive growth and broaden their operations. If a business owner hasn’t focused on this aspect, they need to understand what it is, what it does, and how it differs from regular accounting. What Is FP&A? FP&A encompasses four aspects of a business.

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IASB offers examples to improve reporting of climate-related uncertainties in financial statements

Accounting Today

The International Accounting Standards Board published a consultation document with eight proposed illustrative examples to show how companies could apply International Financial Reporting Standards when reporting the effects of climate-related and other types of uncertainties in their financial statements.

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ChatGPT scores 60% accuracy on financial statement analysis

Accounting Today

ChatGPT accurately predicted earnings directions 60% of the time versus 52.71% for human analysts.

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GASB sets guidelines on notes to financial statements

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The Accounting Cycle: Everything You Need to Know

Accounting Department

The accounting cycle is a multi-step process that involves accepting, recording, sorting, and crediting payments made within a business during a period of time. It creates an accurate record of the business's financials that are summarized on its financial statements.