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IMA Member Bob Laux Participates at SEC IFRS Roundtable Event
IMA® member Bob Laux, with experience serving on IMA’s Board of Directors and the Financial Reporting Committee, participated at an SEC roundtable panel on August 4 in Washington, D.C. The roundtable, organized as two panels, explored the performance of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) relative to U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP) during the recent period of market turmoil. Click here to read more.
IMA Launches New China Costing Research Study
Click here to download IMA's China Costing Study
IMA Member Andre Van Hoek represents IMA at FASB’s Forum on High Quality Global Accounting Standards
On June 16, 2008, IMA member Andre VanHoek attended the FASB’s Forum on High Quality Accounting Standards as IMA’s representative. Andre is a member of IMA’s Financial Reporting Committee and has worked closely with Jeff Thomson related to issues on internal control monitoring guidance addressed by the Committee on Sponsoring Organizations (COSO). Click here to read more.
IMA Fiscal 2010 Chair Nominee Announced
IMA Nominating Committee Nominates John M. Brausch, CMA, CFM, CPA, as Fiscal 2010 Chair. Click here to read more.
COSO Releases Exposure Draft for Guidance on Monitoring Internal Control On June 5, 2008, The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) released a three-volume exposure draft document: “Guidance on Monitoring Internal Control Systems”. Click here to read more.
U.S. Treasury’s Release of Restatement Studys
On April 9, 2008, the U.S. Treasury Department released its study of restatements: “The Changing Nature and Consequences of Public Company Financial Restatements." authored by Prof. Susan Scholz of the University of Kansas. Prof. Scholz obtained a copy of IMA’s discussion paper prepared by our FGRC practice: “The Missing Piece in the Restatement Puzzle” to use as a reference for the U.S. Treasury study
Launch of Small Business Financial and Regulatory Affairs Committee
IMA’s Small Business Financial and Regulatory Affairs Committee (SBC) launched with its first meeting on March 17, 2008 in Dallas, Texas. Click here for background information about the committee.
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