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.



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 2009-2010 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 2009.  For further information, contact Ray Pfeiffer, 2008-09 Research Fellow, 203-956-5358, rjpfeiffer@fasb.org. Click here to read more... 

2009 FARS Mid-Year Meeting
We are pleased to announce that the 2009 Midyear Meeting of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) will be held in New Orleans, LA on Friday and Saturday, January 30-31, 2009.  Click here to read more... 

FARS papers at the 2008 Annual Meeting
See the list of FARS concurrent sessions.  Click here to read more... 

 

 

 

 

What's New

2009 Mid-Year Meeting

Slides from Charles Lee's presentation at the  2008 Annual Meeting FARS luncheon.

2008 Annual Meeting Papers

2008 Mid-Year Meeting Papers

Slides from FASB Update at 2008 Mid-Year Meeting