In Brief The much-anticipated and -deliberated changes to the accounting for financial instruments ushered in by ASU-2016-13, Financial Instruments–Credit Losses, happened to take effect during an…
CECL Encounters a ‘Perfect Storm’
Complexity, Crisis, and Uncertainty
In Brief After years of deliberation and comment, FASB's long-awaited standard on accounting for credit losses, in the form of ASU 2016-13, was finally issued…
Accounting for Credit Losses Under ASU 2016-13
Anticipating the Impact on Reporting and Disclosure
The method used in determining the appropriateness of an allowance for credit losses (ACL) has been a challenging financial reporting issue for decades. The 2008…