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• Critics Pan New Financial Statements

  BNET - 2009-04-24

  A long-planned overhaul of financial statements gets a rough reception from preparers at its initial unveiling, particularly from banks. Meanwhile, a survey says a large majority of CFOs don't even know about the proposal. It's been called the most dramatic overhaul of financial statements since the cash flow statement was...

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• Huge Changes In Store For Financial Statements

  BNET - 2009-01-30

  A balance sheet that doesn't balance? Financing and operating classifications that depend on your company type? A gulp cash-basis income statement? Well, not quite. But accounting standards-setters are online and on the road urging investors and companies to weigh in now on a proposal to radically alter financial statements. And...

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• IRS Eyeing Executive Pay

  BNET - 2006-04-10

  The Securities and Exchange Commission isn't the only regulator taking a closer look at executive compensation. The Internal Revenue Service will be scrutinizing executive pay this tax season too, as part of its continuing effort to force more companies to treat fringe benefits as wages for income and employment tax...

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• Overexposed

  BNET - 2006-04-01

  In a technical-advice memorandum, the Internal Revenue Service IRS states that transactions are taxable if the executive lends company shares to the entity that arranges the deal. As it turns out, these entities - banks or other financial institutions - typically sell the stock short to hedge their own exposure....

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• States to Employers: Pay Up

  BNET - 2006-04-01

  Companies that don't provide health-care insurance could soon get a wake-up call. That's because an increasing number of states - 23 at recent count, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures - are considering so-called pay-or-play bills that would force employers either to provide some coverage or pay a...

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• Serenity Now!

  BNET - 2006-03-15

  Experts say coverage for noncompliance with Sarbox or other regulatory mandates may fall within the catchall indemnity provided by standard D&O insurance products. Some carriers have begun adding "Defense allocation" provisions into D&O policies. Those provisions allow an insurance company to pay only a portion of legal defense costs when...

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• Putting a Premium on Health

  BNET - 2006-02-15

  Feeling the pinch of double-digit increases in insurance premiums over the past several years, a number of employers have rolled out various kinds of health-improvement initiatives intended to nudge at least some workers toward lifestyle changes that could help rein in medical costs. While these programs, also known as wellness...

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• Seeing No Evil

  BNET - 2005-09-08

  Risk managers shouldn't be too happy about refunds of contingent commissions. These are the additional commissions that Marsh, Aon, Willis North America, and other insurance brokers received from insurance companies based on the amount or the profitability of the business the brokers referred to them. Risk managers like to portray...

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• The Broad Implications of Section 965 Repatriation

  BNET - 2005-09-01

  Repatriation provisions under the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code) offer an opportunity to bring profits earned overseas back to the United States with greatly reduced tax consequences. But section 965 is as much a forward-looking strategic matter as it is a tax...

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• Smarter Insurance Shopping

  BNET - 2005-08-11

  Changing insurance carriers isn't a decision most CFOs can breeze through. In a market that continues to soften, many companies can save money by switching insurers, but in doing so they can also ensnarl their borrowing resources and tie up their risk managers. A company that buys a policy including...

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