The Balance Sheet - Volume 13-1
Volume 13-1 The Future of Banking in Cuba By Juan Del Busto In a historic move, in December 2014 President Obama announced significant steps that the United States will take to change its relationship...
View ArticleOpt-out Election Permits Exclusion of AOCI from Regulatory Capital Calculations
Yvette Garcia CPA, Principal ygarcia@mbafcpa.com 1-800-239-1474 The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is reminding smaller banks that they can calculate regulatory capital using an alternative to the...
View ArticleFDIC Offers New Bank Capital Calculation Tool
Jaime R. Boone CPA, Senior Manager jboone@mbafcpa.com 1-800-239-1474 The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) is offering a new tool to help smaller banks and savings associations to comply with...
View ArticleFDIC Issues FAQs on Revised Regulatory Capital Rules
Frank Gonzalez CPA*/CFF, Principal fgonzalez@mbafcpa.com 1-800-239-1474 *Licensed to practice in the states of Florida and New York The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a set of...
View ArticleSEC Expands Registration Exemption for Securities Offerings to $50 Million a...
Frank Gonzalez CPA*/CFF, Principal fgonzalez@mbafcpa.com 1-800-239-1474 Astrid B. Andrade CPA, Senior Manager aandrade@mbafcpa.com 1-800-239-1474 *Licensed to practice in the states of Florida and New...
View ArticleNew Repair Regulations Will Impact You and Your Tax Return
Emilio Escandon CPA, Principal-in-Charge of Operations, Tax & Accounting Dept. eescandon@mbafcpa.com 1-800-239-1474 The IRS recently finalized mandatory regulations that help distinguish capital...
View ArticleThe Balance Sheet - Volume 13-2
Volume 13-2 New Repair Regulations Will Impact You and Your Tax Return By Emilio Escandon (eescandon@mbafcpa.com) The IRS recently finalized mandatory regulations that help distinguish capital...
View ArticleFASB Allows Inclusion of Acquired Intangibles in Goodwill
Jaime R. Boone CPA, Director jboone@mbafcpa.com 1-800-239-1474 The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued an accounting standard that allows private companies to include acquired...
View ArticleFinal Rule Tightens Supervision of Appraisal Management Companies
Frank Gonzalez CPA*/CFF, Principal fgonzalez@mbafcpa.com 1-800-239-1474 *Licensed to practice in the states of Florida and New York Six federal financial regulatory agencies issued a final rule...
View ArticleMore Banks Are Raising and Reinstating Stock Dividends
Frank Gonzalez CPA*/CFF, Principal fgonzalez@mbafcpa.com 1-800-239-1474 *Licensed to practice in the states of Florida and New York Trade publication American Banker reported that banks large and...
View ArticleThe Balance Sheet - Vol. 13-3
Volume 13-3 More Banks Are Raising and Reinstating Stock Dividends By Frank Gonzalez, CPA*/CFF (fgonzalez@mbafcpa.com) Trade publication American Banker reported that banks large and small are raising...
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Volume 13-4 Bank regulator details cybersecurity proposal By Trevor Foo, CISA, CISM, CRISC (tfoo@mbafcpa.com) The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) disclosed more details of a...
View ArticleThe Balance Sheet - Vol. 14-1
Volume 14-1 What Will the FinCEN 'Crackdown' on 'Secret' Real Estate Transactions Mean to Banks in Manhattan and Miami-Dade County? The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently has set...
View ArticleThe Balance Sheet - Agencies Issue Advisory Clarifying Expectations for the...
April 2016 Agencies Issue Advisory Clarifying Expectations for the Use of Real Property Evaluations The Federal banking agencies recently issued an advisory designed to clarify expectations for the...
View ArticleThe Balance Sheet - The ins and outs of accounting for inventory
June 2016 The ins and outs of accounting for inventory For many types of businesses, inventory is typically a leading source of collateral. But you can't always accept inventories at face value,...
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