BNET Business Dictionary

Business Definition for: Accounting Year

  • the 12-month accounting period

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Statewide Financial Corporation Reports Quarter, Fiscal Year Results and Changes in Accounting Year; Third Quarter Net Income was $.5 million; Abbreviated Fiscal Year Net Income was $1.6 million; Changed Fiscal Year End from March to December; Restructure
JERSEY CITY, N.J.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 30, 1996--Statewide Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: SFIN), holding company for Statewide Savings Bank, S.L.A., announced third fiscal quarter net income of $.5 million, down from $1.1 million for the same period last year. Results of the period include net of tax charges of $637,000 from security sales...
Tags: accounting, Company, FINANCE, Financial Accounting Standards Board, income
Research articles 1996-01-30
Avis Europe plc Preliminary Results for the Year Ended December 31, 1998
BRACKNELL, Berkshire--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 24, 1999--Avis Europe plc, the leading car rental company in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, today announced a significant increase in earnings for the period to December 31, 1998. The Group announced in April 1998 a change in accounting year end from February 28 to...
Tags: Avis Rent A Car System Inc.
Research articles 1999-02-24
Four-year income spread requires prompt evaluation
The Internal Revenue Service recently announced an opportunity for some partners and S corporation shareholders to spread out income that is realized in any short year generated by certain accounting year changes by their S corporation or partnership. Unfortunately, this opportunity--in the form of Revenue Procedure 2003-79--allows the S corp...
Tags: accounting, FINANCE, income, partnership, Taxes
Research articles 2003-11-24
Inside Apple's iPhone subscription accounting changes
By Daniel Eran DilgerPublished: 01:30 PM EST Apple's April 2007 Q2 earnings call announced that the company planned to book revenue for its new iPhone and Apple TV using the "subscription method of accounting," a decision that startled analysts and left many users confused. Here's what resulted and why the...
Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Enron Corp.
News items 2009-10-21
Apple?s iPhone Subscription Accounting Leftovers
On September 9th, I heard Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray on a Bloomberg First Word podcast mention that Apple AAPL may be making an accounting change in the next 6 months to get away from subscription accounting for the iPhone and I assume Apple TV as well. Since then there...
Tags: Gadgets, Stefan Sidahmed, Apple Inc.
External links 2009-09-15
AT A CROSSROADS: PANEL TO START REVIEW OF RULESFOR ACCOUNTING; IASB could adopt rule similar to that of U.K.(International Accounting Standards Board,)(Brief Article)
LONDON - Global pensions accounting rules are at a crossroads. The International Accounting Standards Board, London, this year will begin reviewing its rules for pension accounting as part of an attempt to harmonize global rules. The review now LONDON -...
Tags: accounting, Financial Accounting Standards Board
Research articles 2002-04-01
FASAC announces 2006 priorities.(Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council)(Brief Article)
For the fourth consecutive year, the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council FASAC of the Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB was queried about top priorities for the coming year. The board believes it appropriate to take a fresh lo For the fourth consecutive year, the Financial Accounting...
Tags: financial, financial accounting, Financial Accounting Standards Board
Research articles 2005-12-01
Accounting for Enron; Schools hope scandal doesn't hurt enrollment.
Local colleges and universities hope the Enron Corp. accounting scandal won't hamper the success they've had in the past year in boosting sagging accounting-program enrollments. Certainly, local accounting-firm recruiters said, it's too early to p Local colleges and universities hope the Enron Corp....
Tags: accounting, Enron Corp.
Research articles 2002-02-25
Tighter accounting standards for risky tax deals.(ENFORCEMENT)
Tighter accounting standards for risky tax deals won't be delayed for a year, as many businesses wanted. They sought the extra time to get their accounting systems ready for new rules instituted by FASB, the Financial Accounting Standards Board. St Tighter accounting standards for...
Tags: accounting, Financial Accounting Standards Board, tax
Research articles 2007-01-26
Here Comes IFRS, a Whole New Accounting System
Executives may think they have a lot on their plate, but they soon will have to make room for one thing more -- a whole new accounting system. Indeed, the International Financial Reporting Standards (called “Eye for S”) is about to become a big part of their...
Tags: Accounting, International Financial Reporting Standards, Accounting System, Free Trade, Finance, Peter Galuszka
Blog posts 2008-04-08
Microsoft's entrance draws attention of SMB accounting vendors.(INTUIT AND MICROSOFT: FACE OFF FOR SMALL BUSINESS ACCOUNTING MARKET)
Over the last year, much of the attention in the small business accounting area has been focused on the brewing showdown between Intuit's QuickBooks software and the just-released Small Business Accounting program from Microsoft. The entrance of Micr Over the last year, much of the attention...
Tags: Intuit Inc., Microsoft Corp., small and medium business, small business
Research articles 2005-10-01
Comparing apples to apples: alternative accounting calendar lets retailers track sales better
The Julian calendar is commonplace in modern society. It has united the world under one accepted measurement of time. But with its uneven monthly divisions, is it the most efficient accounting calendar for retailers who need to compare peak sales month to month and year to year? IN SEARCH...
Tags: accounting, Carter, FINANCE, Internal Revenue Service, Retail, sales, Taxes
Research articles 2007-01-01
Fitch on Global Accounting Risks: 2005 is the Year of Restatement
LONDON -- The year 2005 will be the "Year of the Restatement," according to a new accounting outlook report from Fitch Ratings. Outside the U.S., this will result from thousands of companies switching from local accounting standards to International Financial Reporting Standards IFRS and restating their 2004 balance sheets. For...
Tags: Fitch Ratings
Research articles 2005-03-14
Most area accounting firms experiencing growth: controversy aside, companies add accounts, employees
In a year marred by the worst accounting scandals in history, San Diego accounting firms have managed to retain clientele and stay relatively composed. The top 10 on this year's List of Accounting Finns, with the exception of Pricewater-house Coopers LLP, acquired an average of 16 percent more professionals...
Tags: J.H. Cohn LLP
Research articles 2002-08-12
Advisory: Potential Changes in Accounting for Stock Options
Investor concerns, a likely pronouncement by the International Accounting Standards Board IASB and the six-year-old stance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB, have combined to create renewed interest in accounting for stock options and other equity incentives via the "fair value method" rather than the current "intrinsic value method"...
Tags: Stock Option, Accounting, Stock, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance
White papers 2002-08-01
"Mark to Market" Accounting: Amend It, Don't Suspend It
Criticized for worsening the financial crisis, "mark to market" accounting needs to be amended but not suspended, panelists said at an SEC roundtable discussion today. "Breaking or tweaking the thermometer while the doctor is examining the patient isn't going to save him but we need to set...
Tags: Accounting, Financial, SEC, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Peter Galuszka
Blog posts 2008-10-29
'Mark to market' accounting should stay, SEC report says
Bankers who've been seeking Congress' help to suspend "mark to market" accounting rules lost a battle today: The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission recommended in a report that mark-to-market rules should be maintained, although "improved." The report had been ordered up by Congress in October as part of...
News items 2009-08-07
Retiree benefit accounting rule to affect profits.
Retiree Benefit Accounting Rule To Affect Profits After more than a year of wrangling, the Financial Accounting Standards Board has approved a draft ruling that promises to hit employers squarely in their financial statements by requiring them to acRetiree Benefit Accounting Rule To Affect...
Tags: benefit, Financial Accounting Standards Board
Research articles 1990-10-29
Insurers react to FASB ruling on funded covers. (Financial Accounting Standards Board)
Insurance industry support for a new standard designed to govern the accounting of multi-year, retrospectively-rated contracts may vary, but executives expressed hope that the measure will provide a needed consistency in accounting for such contracts Insurance industry support for a new standard designed to govern ...
Tags: accounting, company, Financial Accounting Standards Board
Research articles 1993-08-02
Intuit restructures its accounting focus
PLANO, TEXAS -- Slightly more than a year after launching Professional Accounting Solutions as the umbrella organization for all its accounting-focused operations, Intuit Inc. has eliminated that unit in a restructuring of its approach to the profes PLANO, TEXAS -- Slightly more than a year...
Tags: accounting, Intuit Inc.
Research articles 2004-01-12