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Business combinations: The next accounting albatross?

✍ Scribed by Frank C. Minter

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Weight: 82 KB
Volume: 10
Category: Article
ISSN: 1044-8136
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0053(199924)10:2<11::aid-jcaf2>3.0.co;2-w

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✦ Synopsis

He formerly was vice president and controller of AT&T Company, and CFO of two of its units. After retirement he served on the accounting faculty at Samford.

Mr. Minter currently serves on the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council (FASAC) and the Strategic Planning Committee of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA). He previously served on The Financial Executives Institute's (FEI) Committee on Corporate Reporting and on the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF).

The FASB's business combinations project could become a troublesome burden.

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