BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Accounting Date
- the date on which an accounting period ends
Additional Resources
- A new force in accounting biz; H&R Block-AmEx combination signals mid-tier market war.(News)(H and R Block Inc.)(American Express Co.)
- Byline: Shruti Date Singh Competition among mid-sized accounting firms in Chicago is heating up with a deal that creates the city's third-largest accounting firm. Despite that heft, the new firm aims to serve mid-sized clients-Chicago accountin Byline: Shruti Date Singh...
- Research articles 2005-08-15
- Accounting for income taxes: Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109
- The Financial Accounting Standards Board originally issued FASB 96, Accounting for Income Taxes, in December, 1987. Although the basic concepts of FASB 96 were accepted by the accounting community, it was strongly criticized because of the complexity of application. As issued, FASB 96 was effective for financial statements for fiscal...
- Research articles 1992-06-01
- INVESCO ENGLISH & INTERNATIONAL TRUST PLC - Change of Accounting Reference Date.
- INVESCO English and International Trust plc HEADLINE: Change of Accounting Reference Date INVESCO English and International Trust plc announces that it is to change the Company's Accounting Reference Date from 5 April to 31 March. This is an administrative change only, to...
- Research articles 2006-07-27
- FASB Staff Position FIN 48-2, Effective Date of FASB Interpretation No. 48 for Certain Nonpublic Enterprises, Issued
- NORWALK, Conn. -- The Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB today issued FASB Staff Position FSP FIN 48-2, Effective Date of FASB Interpretation No. 48 for Certain Nonpublic Enterprises. The final FSP incorporates changes made to the original Exposure Draft, and defers the effective date of FASB Interpretation 48, Accounting for...
- Research articles 2008-02-01
- Sage Software Continues to Attract United Way Organizations With Sage MIP Fund Accounting's Features and Functionality
- Sage Software formerly Best Software today announced some of the newest United Way organizations to select Sage MIP Fund Accounting formerly MIP Fund Accounting, the award-winning nonprofit accounting solution that helps organizations of every size track, manage, and report on funds from multiple sources, across multiple budget periods. To date,...
- Research articles 2005-06-28
- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION - New Accounting Ref Date.
- Bank of America to Restate Financial Statements for Accounting Under SFAS 133 CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 22 -- Bank of America today said it will restate financial statements going back to 2002 in order to adjust the accounting under Statement of Fi...
- Research articles 2006-02-22
- Think of a number. (accounting standards)
- The Financial Accounting Standards Board has enacted a new rule stating that businesses must publish up-to-date values on all their credits and debits. The rule attempts to bring more consistency to the nation's accounting systems, but critics are saying it will cause more problems. ACCOUNTING regulators worldwide IN are...
- Research articles 1992-01-04
- Proposed accounting for fixed stock options: financial statement impact
- In June, 1993, the Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB issued an Exposure Draft, "Accounting for Stock-based Compensation," which has stirred more controversy than any change the FASB has made to date. Although the Exposure Draft addresses accounting and reporting for all stock-based compensation plans, employee fixed stock options would be...
- Research articles 1995-06-01
- Taking stock of Statement 123. (accounting for stock-based compensation)(includes related articles)(Corporate Reporting)
- The FASB has finally issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. SFAS 123, 'Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation.' Beginning calendar year 1996, the standard will require a transition in the accounting treatment of fixed stock options with an exercise price at least equal to the stock price at the option grant...
- Research articles 1995-11-01
- Reflections on a half-century as an accounting professional
- DECEMBER 31, 2007, will bring to an end my more than 54 years of involvement in the accounting profession. On that date I will complete six years as a trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation FAF, and earlier in the fall I taught my last graduate class in Financial Accounting...
- Research articles 2007-12-01
- What Will Lease Accounting Look Like in 2009?
- A refresher on the leading contenders to replace FAS 13. The purpose of this article is to bring the reader up to date with the current thinking by national and international accounting standards-setters on proposed accounting and reporting rules to replace FAS 13. The focus of the FASB...
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- The requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act do not represent an "unfunded man-date" for states and schools, the U.S. General Accounting Office says.(Brief Article)
- * The requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act do not represent an "unfunded man-date" for states and schools, the U.S. General Accounting Office says. Education Department officials quickly seized on the findings to note that such arguments are not justified and detract from the...
- Research articles 2004-06-02
- Deal Makers Beware - More Changes to Accounting for Acquisitions on the Horizon
- The FASB is in the midst of its ongoing efforts to refine the practices companies must follow in accounting for mergers and acquisitions. While less publicized than its past efforts to end pooling and goodwill amortization, the FASB's Phase 2 proposals, if passed, would change many longstanding practices. To date,...
- White papers 2003-03-01
- Sharper Image Reviewing Lease Accounting; Updates Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2004 Earnings Release Date
- Sharper Image Corporation (NASDAQ: SHRP) announced today that following the recent clarification of generally accepted accounting principles with respect to leasing transactions by the Securities and Exchange Commission in a letter to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants dated February 7, 2005, it is reviewing the impact of the...
- Research articles 2005-03-15
- Sage Software's Sage MIP Fund Accounting Helps Hundreds of Healthcare Nonprofits Strengthen Organizational Transparency, Governance, and Accountability
- Sage Software announced today that healthcare and health-related organizations across North America are continuing to choose its award-winning Sage MIP Fund Accounting software for nonprofit financial management. To date, more than 850 healthcare and health-related organizations count on Sage MIP Fund Accounting to track and report on multiple funds,...
- Research articles 2006-11-27
- Insurers respond to FASB draft on derivatives. (Financial Accounting Standards Board)
- Several insurance companies have written to the Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB to voice their concerns over proposed reporting requirements for derivatives. The FASB draft proposal is generally supported, but its implementation date of Dec 15Several insurance companies have written to the Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB to voice their...
- Research articles 1994-08-08
- O.I. Corporation Announces Resignation of Principal Financial Accounting Officer
- COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- O.I. Corporation (Nasdaq:OICO), today announced that Juan M. Diaz, Vice President-Corporate Controller and principal accounting officer, has resigned from the Company, effective at a date yet to be determined but no later than June 30, 2006. Mr. Diaz's resignation is not related to any financial or...
- Research articles 2006-04-25
- InterVideo Announces Date Change for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2005 Release and Conference Call
- FREMONT, Calif. -- InterVideo Inc. (NASDAQ:IVII) announced today that it has changed the date it will release its fourth quarter and full year 2005 financial results to Thursday, March 2, 2006 at 5:00 pm Eastern Time ET. This will replace the Company's earlier scheduled fourth quarter and year-end release date...
- Research articles 2006-02-21
- [508] Accounting standards interacting with tax law.(Brief Article)
- Apr 18, 2005 (Weekly Tax Bulletin - ABIX via COMTEX) Accountants have been urged to assist the Australian Taxation Office to understand the tax implications of international accounting standards. The call comes from the National Institute of Accountants. Technical policy manager, Gavan Ord,...
- Research articles 2005-04-18
- Derivatives accounting standard still being challenged
- Senator Lauch Faircloth RNC introduced legislation in November 1997 designed to halt the effective date for the soon to be issued FASB standard on accounting for derivatives. Labeled the 1997 Accurate Accounting Standards Certification Act, it would require bank regulators to certify that the new standards will accurately reflect a...
- Research articles 1998-01-01
