ABP #121 - April 1st Podcast
The FASB gets a sponsor, accounting for drug runners, and putting the clergy on your board of directors.

The FASB gets a sponsor, accounting for drug runners, and putting the clergy on your board of directors.
The difficulty of electing directors under NYSE Rule 452
How to simplify your overhead allocation calculations
National Signing Day... and building relations with customers
The circumstances under which costs can change
New rules about disclosing pro forma information for business combinations
The reporting of loans to participants by defined contribution pension plans
Outright CEO Kevin Reeth discusses their free accounting software
Concur's Chris Juneau discusses employee spend management systems
The pitfalls of switching careers from auditing to industry
Why you should use horizontal analysis instead of variance analysis
CEO Jeffrey Morgan discusses the role of the National Investor Relations Institute, as well as current investor relation issues.
The fixed asset accounting differences under GAAP and IFRS
Patrick Quinlan, CEO of Rivet Software, discusses XBRL tagging
How to recognize revenue under the milestone method
The inventory accounting differences under GAAP and IFRS
John Carroll University's Professor Jerry Weinstein discusses recent changes in the standards for multiple deliverable arrangements.
A conversation with Joseph St. Denis, Director of the PCAOB's Office of Research and Analysis
The right way to reduce expenses
The mechanics of a fund raising road show
The accounting shenanigans that contributed to the downfall of Lehman Brothers
How the Accounting Best Practices show is recorded, and how it has changed over time
Why you do non-deal road shows, and how to survive them
What an investment banker does, what he costs, and how to spot a good one
How to decide if you should record revenue at gross or net
Recording reimbursed expenses as revenue, and why this is a bad idea
Setting up a trading plan under Rule 10b5-1
How to sell restricted stock using Rule 144
Registering stock with Forms S-1, S-3, and S-8; plus shelf registrations
How to decide which products should be cancelled