Study Group: US GAAP Academic Specialists
Council Members in this Study Group: 182
This study group may include chief financial officers, chartered public accountants, controllers, and consultants knowledgeable on topics such as finance, taxation, auditing, forensic accounting and fraud, financial accounting and reporting, bankruptcy, pension benefits, cash flow, company valuation, working capital, hedge accounting, and mergers and acquisition, among others.
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Leading Experts in this Study Group
Dan GodeCo-Founder
Almaris E-Learning Systems
Dan Gode is a Clinical Associate Professor of Accounting, Taxation, and Business Law at New York University Stern School of Business. He is also the Co-Founder of Almaris E-Learning Systems. Professor Gode teaches courses in corporate financial accounting...
Thomas KleinManaging Member
KleinCPA PLLCThomas Klein is a Faculty Member at the University of Arizona's Eller College of Business. Mr. Klein teaches taxation and financial accounting courses, both at the undergraduate and graduate (MBA, Masters of Accounting) level. He is also the Managing...
Anthony CatanachDirector
DI2 Associates, LLCAnthony H. Catanach Jr., PhD, is a Professor in the Strategic Initiatives Group of the Villanova University School of Business. He also is a Director at DI2 Associates, a Pennsylvania based accounting and reporting consulting firm. Dr. Catanach has expertise...
Eli BartovProfessor
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (INC)Dr. Bartov, PhD, CPA, is a Research Professor of Accounting at the Stern School of Business, New York University. He has authored numerous scholarly articles on issues of accounting earnings manipulations, earnings quality, equity valuation, executive...
Robert KempProfessor
University of Virginia - CCRobert Kemp, DBA, CPA, is the Ramon W. Breeden, Senior Research Professor at the McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia. His expertise is accounting and finance, with interest in pensions, corporate strategy, and financial institutions. ...
GLG NewsSM Analyses by this Study Group's Leading Experts(?)
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More Under Armour Red Flags...
November 20, 2009
Analysis by: Anthony Catanach, Director,Stock Jocks Punish Under Armour's Mathletes | www.cnbc.com
Under Armour's most recent 10K contains a number of financial reporting "red flags" that reflect a cavalier attitude toward financial reporting transparency.
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What the Former SEC Chairmen Missed...
November 19, 2009
Analysis by: Anthony Catanach, Director,Don't Let Banks Hide Bad Assets | online.wsj.com
Conceptually, the arguments favoring fair value accounting are sound and quite appealing. Unquestionably, financial statement users will benefit from data about how a company’s assets and liabilities change in value during a reporting period. However, there are two major issues associated with fair value reporting that accountants, investors, legislators, and regulators need to address in the wake of our most recent financial crisis.
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What Have the Accountants Done For Us Lately?
November 19, 2009
Analysis by: Anthony Catanach, Director,Systemic risk legislation threatens FASB’s independence | www.accountingweb.com
Debates about the causes of the recent financial crisis have yet to focus on the inability of financial institution independent auditors to provide adequate oversight over management’s valuations of financial instruments.
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Obama Expected to Sign Generous NOL Carryback Bill on Friday
November 5, 2009
Analysis by: Thomas Klein, Managing Member,Congress Passes Unemployment Bill With Tax Items | www.journalofaccountancy.com
On Thursday, Congress sent a bill to the White House containing enhanced net operating loss (NOL) carryback opportunities for most companies. The bill contains a provision extending the NOL carryback period from two years to five years for losses incurred in 2008 or 2009. President Obama is expected to sign the bill on Friday which would result in the immediate filing for refunds by many companies.
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Obama Administration Moves Foreign Earnings Tax Deferral Reform to Back Burner
October 13, 2009
Analysis by: Thomas Klein, Managing Member,Business Fends Off Tax Hit | online.wsj.com
Once again, a proposal to reform how a U.S. based multinational company's foreign earnings are taxed has failed to gain congressional support. Similar proposals introduced over the past twenty years have consistently failed to gain traction. The current proposal was part of the Obama administration's fiscal year 2010 budget which made reference to additional tax revenues in excess of $200 billion related to the reform of corporate taxation on foreign earnings.
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- Academic Institution*
- Consulting Firm
Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:
- Professor
- Assistant Professor
- Lecturer
- Dean / Emeritus / Senior Fellow
- President
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