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SEC bulletin addresses misstatements.

The SEC has released a Staff Accounting Bulletin providing guidance on how the effects of the carryover or reversal of prior year misstatements should be considered in quantifying a current year misstatement.

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In the bulletin, the SEC suggests that registrants

quantify errors using both a balance sheet and an income statement approach, and then evaluate whether either approach results in quantifying a material misstatement.

Download the bulletin at www.sec.gov/interps/account/sab108.pdf.

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