FASB News Electric Sector Says Lease Accounting Rule Causing Losses to Profitable Contracts The Edison Electric Institute (EEI), a group that represents U.S. investor-owned electric…
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FASB News House Financial Services Subcommittee Schedules Oversight Hearing The House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets has scheduled a…
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FASB News FASB Issues New Rules to Simplify and Reduce Cost of Accounting for Income Taxes U.S. accounting rulemakers have issued a new accounting standard…
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PCAOB News Initial Observations of Critical Audit Matters Auditors of large public companies this year have begun including critical audit matters (CAM) in their audit…
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PCAOB News PCAOB to Vote on Concept Release on Quality Control Standards On December 17, the PCAOB will consider publishing a concept release to solicit…
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IASB News Development of International Accounting Rules for Cryptoassets Stifled by Lack of Stability, Readiness IASB has said that because of insufficient use, stability, and…
IASB News Investors Advise Insurers to Quicken Adoption of New Insurance Accounting Rules Insurance companies need to get on with implementing the IASB’s new accounting…
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FASB News Golden: Profession’s Leaders Need to Embrace Change, Think Differently Leaders in the accounting profession need to remain proactive in thinking about potential future…
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FASB News Golden Says Next Wave of Questions on Revenue Recognition Is Coming FASB Chairman Russell Golden has said the board is bracing for another…
FASB News FASB Begins Deliberations on Gifts in Kind FASB began discussions on November 6 to develop presentation and disclosure rules for gifts in kind,…
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AICPA News AICPA Updates Interpretive Guidance for PCAOB’s Critical Audit Matters On October 23, the AICPA said it has updated interpretive guidance related to the…
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FASB News Standards Setters Make Tough Decision on Credit Loss Rules FASB voted on October 16 to finalize an August proposal that delays its credit…
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FASB News Joint FASB/GASB Webcast to Explain Nonprofit and Governmental Accounting Rules FASB and the GASB are holding a joint webcast on November 1 providing…
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GASB News GASB Proposes Reporting Changes to Ease Effects of Rate Reform State and local governments can comment on a GASB proposal that aims to…
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FASB News FASB Rejects Request to Delay Credit Loss Rules, Votes to Finalize Changes On September 18, FASB unanimously voted against delaying the effective date…
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FASB News FASB Issues Proposed Taxonomy Changes to Reflect Reference Rate Reform FASB has proposed changes to the 2020 U.S. GAAP financial reporting taxonomy to…
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FASB News FASB Votes to Finalize Proposal Simplifying Income Tax Accounting Rules On September 4, FASB voted unanimously to finalize its proposed rules that would…
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FASB News FASB Hints at Future Hedge Accounting Overhaul A recent FASB discussion about hedge accounting rules has raised speculation that the board might consider…
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FASB News FASB Proposes Historic Change to Effective Dates Philosophy FASB has proposed a change to its philosophy for establishing effective dates for major new…
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IASB News Conference to Focus on Future Accounting Rules This year’s World Standard-setters Conference—the meeting of accounting rulemakers from various nations that use IFRS—will hold…
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IASB News Joint Discussion on Future of Financial Reporting IASB Chairman Hans Hoogervorst and FASB Chairman Russell Golden will participate in a panel discussion, being…
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FASB News Recognition of Acquired Liabilities in Customer Contracts Moved to Research Agenda On July 31, FASB removed a project from the Emerging Issues Task…
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FASB News Simplifications to Share-based Payments and Debt Accounting Considered Standards setters plan to tweak narrow areas of the stock compensation and debt accounting guidance,…
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FASB News Colleges, Universities Question Whether to Combine Tuition and Housing Fees Under New Revenue Rules As the not-for-profit sector prepares to adopt new revenue…
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FASB News Proposal to Include Credit Loss Rules in 2020 GAAP Taxonomy Published On July 10, FASB published a proposed update of its 2020 GAAP…