SEC bulletin addresses misstatements.

• Position: SEC News - Securities and Exchange Commission - Brief article

The SEC has released a Staff Accounting Bulletin providing guidance on how the effects of the carryover or reversal of prior year misstatements should be considered in quantifying a current year misstatement.

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In the bulletin, the SEC suggests that registrants quantify errors using both a balance sheet and an income statement approach, and then...