America's Financial Accounting Standards Board proposed an overhaul of the way banks report loans on their sheets, by linking them more firmly to market valuations.

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While publicly traded companies in the U.S. must make quarterly financial reports within 45 days of an accounting period's close and an annual report within 90 days, nonprofits need to issue numbers just once a year, and this data can be a year or more out of date.

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However, we can provide no assurance at this time that management will be able to report that our internal control over financial reporting is effective as of December 31, 2012, or that our registered public accounting firm will be able to attest that such internal controls are effective.

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