Sometimes when I’m looking for inspiration for a blog post I’ll scan the news sites for mentions of accounting, in the hopes that there’ll be some new development I can write about. Unfortunately, in accounting, new developments aren’t frequent and usually are pretty boring. It’s the nature of the beast. So when I found thisContinue reading “Accounting change results in magic surplus for Ontario government”
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Does the media understand public accounting?
The short answer is no. Here is a story from the Associated Press that claims the FASB is going to “tackle the thorny question of accounting for leased equipment and property.” Excuse me? Have we just been ignoring leases until this point? Does any journalist do research any more? Lease accounting isn’t new, although itContinue reading “Does the media understand public accounting?”