Text us your thoughts on this episode Named the year of global elections, 2024 will see more than 50 countries with over half of the world’s population exercise their right to vote. On today’s episode, host Heather Horn reunites with Craig Stronberg from PwC Intelligence to discuss the depth of the 2024 elections – not just in the US but worldwide …

Text us your thoughts on this episode This episode is your one-stop shop covering the latest reporting and rulemaking developments at the SEC. With almost 40 years of combined experience at the SEC, our guests, National Office partners Kyle Moffatt and Kevin Vaughn, share their insights on all things SEC. In this episode, we discuss: 2:10 – Potenti…

Text us your thoughts on this episode There continues to be a significant amount of activity at a high velocity as it relates to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). In this episode, host Heather Horn welcomes back Matt Haskins, principal in PwC's Washington National Tax Services group, who focuses on renewable energy transactions, to discuss the lat…

Text us your thoughts on this episode We conclude our revenue miniseries with an episode on collaborative arrangements, which has its own guidance (ASC 808, Collaborative Arrangements) but also often interacts with other guidance, including that on revenue from contracts with customers. In this episode, we discuss: 4:55 – Criteria to meet the defin…

Text us your thoughts on this episode This week, host Heather Horn is joined by a special guest from the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). Vice Chair, Sue Lloyd gives us an inside look into the ISSB’s workplan, new projects, and new strategic relationships. She also shares how the ISSB is supporting implementation of the standard…

Text us your thoughts on this episode We continue our revenue podcast miniseries discussing contract modifications. Contract modifications are accounted for as either a separate contract or as part of the existing contract, depending on the nature of the modification. In this episode, we discuss: 4:47 – An overview of contract modifications 5:57 – …

Text us your thoughts on this episode This episode provides an overview of the new standard from the International Accounting Standards Board, the IASB. IFRS 18 is the new standard on presentation and disclosure in financial statements, with a focus on updates to the income statement. This is a significant development in IFRS financial reporting - …

Text us your thoughts on this episode Our revenue miniseries continues with identifying the contract, the first step in the five-step model in the revenue standard. It's important to get this step right to appropriately apply the model for recognizing revenue. In this episode, we discuss: 4:10 – The five criteria to have a contract with a customer …

Text us your thoughts on this episode Host Heather Horn welcomes back Will Evison, a director in PwC UK’s Global Sustainability, Climate, and Nature Strategy practice, to provide an update on the work of PwC’s Centre for Nature Positive Business and discuss the relationship between nature positive business strategy and reporting. In this episode, t…

Text us your thoughts on this episode This episode begins a podcast miniseries on revenue topics with a discussion of principal versus agent (PvA) or “gross versus net” revenue. In other words, the principal in a transaction records revenue on a gross basis and the agent records revenue net. The PvA analysis can be subjective but it's important to …

Text us your thoughts on this episode This episode dives into valuation relating to goodwill impairments, long-lived asset impairments, and business combinations. We discuss: 1:15 – The meaning of “fair value” in financial reporting 5:55 – Valuation considerations and insights related 6:20 – Goodwill impairments 34:30 – Impairments of long-lived as…

Text us your thoughts on this episode In June 2024, PwC released its 2024 Global Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) survey, which covers a variety of topics on the current state of companies’ CSRD implementation. In this week’s podcast, host Heather Horn welcomes back Nadja Picard, PwC’s Global Reporting Leader, to dive into the re…

Text us your thoughts on this episode This episode covers the latest developments in the world of crypto assets from the current landscape to the regulatory environment to the accounting. In this episode, we discuss: 4:13 – An overview of the market 8:42 – US legislative activity related to SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 14:30 – Use cases for cr…

Text us your thoughts on this episode PwC provides a summary of the latest accounting, financial reporting, and regulatory updates to support your quarterly reporting. We begin this edition of The quarter close with a mid-year check-in on SEC comment letter trends. Spoiler alert: non-GAAP financial measures continue to draw the most comments from t…

Text us your thoughts on this episode We conclude our miniseries on consolidation accounting with an episode on identifying the primary beneficiary of a VIE, the reporting entity required to consolidate the VIE. In this episode, we discuss: 3:15 – Determining which entity should consolidate the VIE 6:07 – The primary beneficiary power criterion 17:…

Text us your thoughts on this episode In this podcast, host Heather Horn sits down with Emily Kirsch, a director in PwC's sustainability practice, to discuss how companies are approaching the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) implementation process. The clock is ticking as companies navigate the various phases of the process, incl…

Text us your thoughts on this episode We continue our miniseries on consolidation accounting and dive into the evaluation of variable interests and the characteristics of a variable interest entity (VIE). In this episode, we discuss: 1:24 – An overview of the VIE model 3:30 – Determining whether there is a variable interest 11:25 – Identifying “at-…

Text us your thoughts on this episode In this episode, Heather sits down with Marie Hache, PwC Sustainability partner, to discuss the practical challenges companies will face in implementing new mandatory sustainability reporting requirements. They cover leading practices including data quality considerations and getting ready for assurance. In thi…

Text us your thoughts on this episode We kick off our miniseries on consolidation accounting with an overview of the consolidation models and lay the foundation to go deeper into the variable interest entity model in the next two episodes. In this episode, we discuss: 02:59 - Background on the two consolidation models 12:54 - The overall consolidat…

Text us your thoughts on this episode In this podcast, host Heather Horn sits down with Katie Woods, a senior director in PwC's Global Corporate Reporting Services group, to discuss the recent activities of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). They discuss the standards issued by the ISSB to date, recent decisions reached by the…

Text us your thoughts on this episode We wrap up our miniseries on accounting for financing transactions with a focus on the accounting for equity-linked instruments. In this episode, we discuss: 2:03 - Why companies issue equity-linked instruments 7:23 - Determining whether an instrument is freestanding or embedded 13:13 - Determining whether an i…

Text us your thoughts on this episode With the finalization of the SEC’s climate disclosure rules and subsequent stay, along with other developments in the sustainability reporting landscape, the pace of change can seem dizzying. In this podcast, host Heather Horn sits down with Kyle Moffat, PwC National Office partner, and Casey Herman, PwC Sustai…

Text us your thoughts on this episode Next up in our miniseries on accounting for financing transactions is mezzanine equity. When an instrument is presented as mezzanine equity, it is not permanent equity or a liability. We explain what that means and provide an overview of how to account for it as well as the financial statement impacts. In this …

Text us your thoughts on this episode While the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was enacted into law in 2022, the Department of the Treasury continues to provide guidance to taxpayers on how to utilize the provisions of the law. Such guidance has been issued with increasing volume in recent months. In this episode, host Heather Horn sits down with Ma…

Text us your thoughts on this episode We continue our miniseries on accounting for financing transactions with a focus on preferred shares. In this episode we provide an overview and walk through the key judgments in accounting for different types of preferred stock. In this episode, we discuss: 2:01 - An overview of preferred stock, common feature…