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: Other comment letters

Date Issued

Headline

07/20/2011

David Walker, Comeback America Initiative Release Fiscal Responsibiity Proposal

02/09/2011

IFRS Strategy Review

04/12/2010

FEI Submits Letter to Energy and Commerce Committee Regarding the Real Impact of Health Care Reform

01/18/2010

S 1700 Energy Security Through Transparency Act

12/15/2009

FEI Writes Congress On Tax Treatment of Medicare Part D Subsidy

11/11/2009

FEI Private Co. Committee and FEI CCR Write Congress In Support Of Independent Standard-Setting

11/05/2009

FEI Committee On Corporate Reporting Writes Congress On Standard-Setting

03/30/2009

COT Sends Letters to Congressional Leaders that Address President Obama’s Budget Plan

01/13/2009

COT sends letter suggesting economic stimulus ideas to Congressional Leadership

07/03/2008

FEI Responds To Treasury Advisory Committee On Auditing Profession

05/28/2008

IFRS 2008, Where Are We? By Deloitte

04/21/2008

FEI Files Amicus Brief In Textron Case About Attorney-Client, Tax Practioner-Client Privilege

09/19/2007

CCR and COT respond to IRS policy of restraint related to tax accrual work papers

02/26/2007

FEI Comments To SEC, PCAOB On Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404

10/17/2006

FEI Committees Support Efforts To Eliminate Withholding Tax

08/01/2006

FEI CCF Comments On Senate Rating Agency Bill

12/1/2005

FEI Small Public Company Task Force Comments to COSO

6/24/2005

FEI’s CCR, GOC Respond to CESR Paper re GAAP-IFRS Reconciliation

3/29/2004

CCR expresses concerns regarding AcSEC's proposed Statement of Position (SOP) Accounting for Certain Costs and Activities Related to Property, Plant, and Equipment.

10/13/2003

CCR expresses concerns regarding the COSO ERM Framework.

5/8/2003

CCR responds to the PCAOB in support of their proposed process for adopting or amending professional auditing standards.

3/31/2003

CCR provides comments to the European Commission's proposal regarding the "implementing measures for the directive relating to the content of prospectuses to be delivered when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading in the European Union".

7/31/2002

FEI responds in support of the NYSE Corporate Governance Recommendations also providing areas for additional consideration.

6/27/2002

CCR Calls on the Public Accounting Firms and the AICPA to Speak Out

5/15/2002

CCR responds in favor of Proposed Statement on Auditing Standards Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statement Audit. They offer additional examples of fraud risk factor to consider.

4/1/2002

CCR expresses its concerns in response to Standard & Poor's proposal to create a common definition of operating earnings.

12/11/2001

Request for Comment on Shareholder Approval Issues - FEI’s Committee on Corporate Reporting enthusiastically supports the proposed revision to the rules requiring shareholder approval of stock option plans being considered by the NYSE and NASDAQ. They firmly believe that the matter of employee stock option issuance is a corporate governance matter, and that it is "best practice" to obtain shareholder approval of all such plans.

11/20/2001

CCR expresses its concerns regarding AcSEC's proposed Statement of Position (SOP) Accounting for Certain Costs and Activities Related to Property, Plant, and Equipment.

5/14/2001

CCR Responds to Chairman Phil Gramm Addressing the proposed changes in U.S. accounting principles, which cover a wide range of issues from accounting for the use of derivatives to reporting employee stock options.

4/24/2001

CCR comments on proposed real estate/equity accounting exposure draft CCR believes AcSec has exceeded its authority in the proposed real estate SOP and that the issue of equity accounting should be fully addressed through the FASB process.

7/28/2000

CCR Responds to Report from Panel on Audit Effectiveness CCR supports most of the recommendations but opposes call for forensic-type fieldwork and believes that audit committees should set the guidelines for management on non-audit services.

6/19/2000

CCR comments on ISB Discussion Memorandum on Auditor Independence CCR believes independence rules need to be updated and simplified.

2/25/2000

CCR comments to ISB on Legal Services Discussion Memorandum

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