Chuck Borek is a practicing attorney and founder of the Borek Group, LLC. Chuck is also a CPA, and his background includes five years as a partner in a public accounting firm. He received his law degree and MBA summa cum laude from the University of Baltimore in 1993, where he was editor-in-chief of the Law Review. He has been teaching professionally since 1989, including four years as an Associate Professor of Accounting and two years as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law.? He has lectured throughout the U.S. and has conducted both live and Web-based seminars. Chuck's publications include: Legal Issues for Accountants and Auditors (BNA 2015); Borek's Maryland Business Planning Manual (MICPEL 2008); Hospital Accounting (BNA 2018), Contract Drafting and Review for the Maryland Lawyer (MSBA 2015); as well as numerous law review articles.
The purpose of accounting rules is to communicate financial information in a transparent and economically neutral manner. Traditionally, operating leases were reflected as periodic charges on a lessee’s income statement and did not appea [...]
