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Contemporary Topics

(13 page max, margins 1” all around, 1.5 spacing, size 11 or 12 font, Footnote references, include cover page)

1.           Off-Balance Sheet Financing --- Lease

2.           Off-Balance Sheet Financing ---Pensions

3.          Off-Balance Sheet Financing --- Special Purpose Entities (Variable Interest Entities)

4.          XBRL Financial Reporting

5.           Reporting of Accounting Changes

6.            Relevance and Reliability

7.            Fair Value Accounting  

8.            Audit of Internal Controls

9.           Former Executives with Criminal Charges and their Corporations

10.           Earnings Management

11.           Revenue Recognition

12.           Transparency

13.           Pro-Forma Financial Statements

14.           Permanent vs. Transitory Items

15.           International Accounting Standards

16.           Other – need pre-approval