Deferred taxes—resulting from differences between financial and tax accounts—have been a long-standing, contentious issue in financial accounting regulation, practice, and research. Debates on concepts and standards have been accompanied by doubts around whether and the extent to which...

Acknowledging deficiencies in current regulations and aiming at convergence, theIASB is conducting a joint project with the FASB to develop a principle-based standardon revenue recognition. The tentative proposals feature an asset-liability approachrelying on measurement at fair values or at...

Accounting scandals and deficiencies in standards have persuaded international accounting standard-setters to rethink revenue recognition. The proposals of the joint IASB/FASB-project Revenue Recognition feature an asset-liability approach relying on measurement at fair values or at allocated...

Accounting scandals and deficiencies in standards have persuaded international accounting standard-setters to rethink revenue recognition. The proposals of the joint IASB/FASB-project Revenue Recognition feature an asset-liability approach relying on measurement at fair values or at allocated...