Complex Accounting

Today’s accounting and finance professional faces a number of challenges. Business transactions are becoming increasingly complex, as are the accounting standards that may apply. Accounting for transactions incorrectly can have significant consequences, and the current regulatory environment discourages asking the external auditor for help to figure out the accounting. You need an objective resource that understands complex transactions and the authoritative literature that may apply. 

The professionals in Huron’s Complex Accounting practice have the skills and experience to help you resolve your accounting question, the ability to explain the literature in a clear and concise manner, and the ability to help you apply the literature in practice. We also have significant experience helping clients resolve questions related to historical accounting raised by the SEC staff and other regulatory agencies.

Many of our Complex Accounting professionals served as partners and managers at the world’s largest public accounting firms, while others served in senior accounting and finance positions within industry.

Some of the areas where we can help include:

• Revenue recognition, including software revenue recognition
• Business combinations
• Impairments
• Leasing
• Derivatives
• Share-based compensation
• Bankruptcy and fresh start reporting
• Consolidation, including variable interest entities
• Restructuring costs
• Financing arrangements
• Fair value measurements
• Carve-out financial statements

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