David M. Katz
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The 2018 CFO State Tax Survey: Land of Confusion
States’ adjustments to the federal tax cuts present new obstacles to compliance. → Read More
Cloud Security In Question
The migration to public cloud platforms is causing a buildup of cyber risks that could leave businesses financially exposed. → Read More
Free Cash Flow: What Is It, Really?
As the use of free cash flow as a guiding metric grows, researchers (and issuers) seek a solid definition for the term. → Read More
Hybrid Cyber-Risk Solutions May Lower Cost of Insurance
Requiring businesses to buy certain IT products to get better cyber insurance coverage may be an idea whose time has come. → Read More
Eyeing Cyber Risks, SEC Seeks 3.5% Budget Boost
Starved by a two-year hiring freeze, the SEC is asking Congress to approve funding for 100 more employees in the agency's 2019 budget request. → Read More
Tax Reform’s Success Hangs On Capex, Expert Says
If the U.S. Tax Cuts and Job Act doesn’t push companies to invest more in capex, a “stagflation scenario” could ensue. → Read More
Rising Lawsuits Could Hike Insurance Premiums
The likelihood of a public company being hit with a shareholder class-action suit hit 8.4% in 2017, nine-year high. → Read More
Honeywell Firing on Tax Cut Cylinders
The conglomerate plans to bring $7 billion to $10 billion back on shore to invest in its U.S. operations and in buying “bolt-on” companies. → Read More
Trump Tax-Returns Defender on Tap to Head IRS: Report
The choice of tax litigator Charles Rettig would reportedly break a two-decade precedent during which IRS chiefs came from the business world. → Read More
FASB Seeks Rescue of Stranded Taxes
Under a Financial Accounting Standards Board proposal, companies could reflect the effects of the new 21% rate on their balance sheets. → Read More
BlackRock Chief Tells CEOs to Behave like Citizens
But billionaire investor Sam Zell wonders when it was that BlackRock CEO Larry Fink “had been made God." → Read More
GE Chair Mulls Breakup of Company
General Electric's three core assets — power, aviation, and healthcare — may soon be up for grabs. → Read More
GE Chair Mulls Breakup of Company
General Electric chairman and chief executive officer John Flannery told analysts during a special call today that he and other top GE executives need to consider the possibility of a breakup of the company or spinning off some of its units. On the heels of what he called a “substantial amount of work” on analyzing GE’s portfolio of businesses and corporate structure since November, Flannery… → Read More
FASB Seeks Cut in Lease-Accounting Costs
The board offers an option it thinks will cut paperwork and analysis expenses linked to its new lease-accounting standard. → Read More
‘Taxpayer Friendly’ IRS Guidance Could Ease Offshore Worries
The IRS and Treasury rush to clarify uncertainties about repatriation of offshore earnings → Read More
Tax Act Spurs $1.8B Deutsche Bank Writedown
Morgan Stanley, Darden Restaurants also report effects of the tax cuts. → Read More
Deadline Looms for Reporting Tax Act’s Impact
Although the SEC provides guidance, it offers now relief from time pressures. → Read More
Are Rising Dividend Payouts Backed By Cash?
“Firms are only capable of sustainably maintaining their dividend payouts provided they are generating sufficient free cash flow,” researchers contend. → Read More
CFO Data Alert: New EU Law Has Teeth for U.S. Cos.
After May 25, 2018, companies found violating the General Data Protection Regulation are subject to fines of up to 4% of their annual worldwide revenues. → Read More
Deferred Taxes Could Drive Big Earnings Swing
Companies with large deferred tax liabilities or assets will record big fourth-quarter earnings swings as they adjust to the expected lower future corporate tax rate under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a leading corporate financial reporting expert predicts. Corporations with sizable deferred tax liabilities will record big resulting profits for this quarter, and those with large deferred tax… → Read More