Tuesday 5 August 2008

USA: improving financial reporting for investors

The SEC's Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting has published its final report. The report makes recommendations within the following five areas:
  • Increasing the usefulness of information in SEC filings
  • Enhancing the accounting standards-setting process
  • Improving the substantive design of new standards
  • Delineating authoritative interpretive guidance
  • Clarifying guidance on financial restatements and accounting judgments
For further information, including a video commentary provided by SEC Chairman Cox and Advisory Committee Chairman Pozen, click here.

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