Compliance into the Weeds-Episode 65-The Trouble with Non-GAAP Metrics
What is non-GAAP?
The SEC Division of Corporation Finance has a filing review process to monitor and enhance compliance by registrants with applicable disclosure and accounting requirements. Under this process, the SEC Staff reviews...more
This guide discusses important themes and trends for the coming annual reporting season. It also includes a “housekeeping checklist” designed to assist you as you prepare your annual report. ANNUAL CYBERSECURITY...more
As companies look ahead to the upcoming proxy and annual report season, the SEC has generated a number of new items to add to your compliance checklist – in addition to those covered in last year's list. Those items, along...more
On March 25, 2020, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance published CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. 9, which provides the Division’s views regarding public companies’ reporting and other obligations under the federal...more
In our latest On point. we discuss the nature and purpose of non-GAAP financial measures and the rules governing the use of such financial measures. We also examine recent SEC comment letters and discuss areas of concern...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently gave a strong reminder of the importance of providing equal or greater prominence to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in...more
This is our initial public offering guide. It will help you decide whether an IPO is the right move for your company and, if so, help you make sure your IPO goes off as quickly and as smoothly as possible, without any...more
On May 17, 2016, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued 12 new Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) regarding the use of non-GAAP financial...more
On March 16, 2016, Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White cautioned an audience of industry professionals at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that the SEC continues to focus on companies’ use of financial measures...more