Scott A. Taub, CPA

Scott A. Taub is a Managing Director of Financial Reporting Advisors, LLC (FRA). Based in Chicago, Illinois, FRA provides consulting services related to accounting and SEC reporting. FRA specializes in applying generally accepted accounting principles to complex business transactions, offering clients an unbiased assessment of the accounting literature as applied to their situation. FRA also provides litigation support and expert services, and FRAâ€™s partners participate in activities to improve financial reporting and the capital markets.

Mr. Taub is the author of the Revenue Recognition Guide, a 600-page comprehensive guide published by CCH, and a co-author of CCHâ€™s Financial Instruments: A Comprehensive Guide to Accounting and Reporting. He is a member of the FASB/IASB Joint Transition Resource Group for Revenue Recognition. Mr. Taub was a member of the IFRS Interpretations Committee from 2008-2014, and was an original member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Valuation Resource Group.

From September 2002 through January 2007, Mr. Taub was a Deputy Chief Accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He twice served as Acting Chief Accountant for a total of 14 months. He played a key role in the SECâ€™s implementation of the accounting reforms under the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Office of the Chief Accountant, including resolution of accounting and auditing practice issues, rulemaking, oversight of private sector standard-setting efforts, and regulation of auditors. Mr. Taub represented the SEC in many venues, including advisory committees of the FASB and International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), and in front of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises. He also served as the SEC Observer to the FASBâ€™s Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) and as Chair of the Accounting and Disclosure committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). Mr. Taub also was a member of the SEC staff between 1999 and 2001 as a Professional Accounting Fellow.

Mr. Taub is a frequent speaker, having addressed numerous audiences sponsored by a variety of organizations such as the Financial Executives International, the AICPA, the Institute of Management Accountants, the Securities Regulation Institute, and the Practising Law Institute. He was the primary author of several SEC reports and publications, including the Report and Recommendations Pursuant to Section 401(c) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 On Arrangements with Off-Balance Sheet Implications, Special Purpose Entities, and Transparency of Filings by Issuers and the Study Pursuant to Section 108(d) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 on the Adoption by the United States Financial Reporting System of a Principles-Based Accounting System. Mr. Taub wrote a periodic column for Compliance Week on financial reporting developments from 2007 through 2016.