Welcome to the FARS website

 

 

The objective of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section of the American Accounting Association is to give greater attention to financial accounting and reporting, and to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of education, research, and professional practice by: (1) disseminating and evaluating teaching methods and materials; (2) encouraging, facilitating, and publicizing research interests and projects; and (3) creating opportunities for interchange and cooperation between academics and practitioners.

2010 FARS Mid-Year Meeting
We are pleased to announce that the 2010 Midyear Meeting of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) will be held in San Diego, CA on Friday and Saturday, January 22-23, 2010.  Click here to read more... 

Center for Audit Quality Proposals
The Center for Audit Quality invites research proposals that address the following topics . .    Click here to read more... 

SEC Academic Fellowships
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) invites qualified accounting professors to apply for one of five available fellowship opportunities at its headquarters next to Union Station in the heart of Washington, DC for the 2010-2011 academic year   Click here to read more... 

FASB Research Fellowship
The Financial Accounting Standards Board invites applications from qualified academic accountants for a one-year research fellowship in its offices in Norwalk, Connecticut beginning in summer 2010.  For further information, contact Jeffrey Hales, 2009-10 Research Fellow, 203-956-3466, jwhales@fasb.org. Click here to read more... 

FARS papers at the 2009 Annual Meeting
See the list of FARS concurrent sessions.  Click here to read more... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What's New

Symposium on Information Systems Risk

Speech and Slides from David Mosso's Presentation at the 2009 Annual Meeting FARS Luncheon

Financial Reporting Policy Committee Comment Letters