As part of their capital structure, companies may use both debt and equity financing to fund the purchase of a business or assets or for ongoing operations. Properly accounting for these types of ...

The Intergovernmental Negotiating Body of the World Health Organization (WHO) just concluded a one-week “honeymoon” consultation with member states during July 2022. The objective of this consultative ...

The Tax Court ruled that PepsiCo’s Netherlands subsidiary’s “advance agreements” (AAs) with certain other PepsiCo subsidiaries, newly formed as part of an effort to retain its tax position, were ...

The investment seeks capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the fund pursues its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets (including borrowings for investment ...

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is seeking comment on proposed guidance that seeks to clarify when a financial instrument should be classified as a liability or as equity. The ...

Organizations seeking funding have much to think about, and the long-term accounting considerations related to the debt and equity instruments they issue are not likely at the top of that list.