FASB News Debt Classification Guidance Moves Closer to Final Status FASB plans to settle some of the lingering issues with its upcoming guidance for classifying…
As implementation of FASB's new current expected credit loss (CECL) model begins across institutions of all sizes, one of the questions executive management should be…
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FASB News Effective Date for Insurance Accounting Amendments still 2021 Despite the complaints of U.S. insurance companies that they will not be ready to meet…
Financial Reporting: Entering Uncharted Waters
Highlights from the 17th Annual Baruch College Financial Reporting Conference
The 17th Annual Financial Reporting Conference, hosted by Baruch College this past May 3, once again brought together regulators, standards setters, preparers, auditors, and users…
Every one of us plays a role in promoting integrity in our capital markets. That's because, for all of its flaws, modern market capitalism remains…
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FASB News Banks Seek Extended Phase-In Period for Credit Loss Standard Banks want federal banking regulators to make it easier to adopt FASB’s proposed credit…
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FASB News EITF Effort to Clarify Business Combinations Guidance Delayed FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) recently determined that it needs to further revise a…
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FASB News Minor Technical Corrections Published for Lease Standard FASB has published an update to U.S. GAAP with 16 technical corrections for its much-watched lease…
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FASB News Effort to Refine U.S. GAAP’s Definition of a ‘Liability’ Continues. FASB’s latest effort to update its Conceptual Framework is focusing on the building…
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FASB News Quarterly Disclosure Project to Resume After a more than three-year hiatus, FASB resolved at its July 11 meeting to resume its project to…
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FASB News Effort to Refine U.S. GAAP Definition of a Liability Continues FASB’s latest effort to update its Conceptual Framework is focusing on financial statement…
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FASB News FASB Clarifies Accounting Guidance for Contributions FASB has updated U.S. GAAP to determine when a contribution to a not-for-profit organization should be accounted…
‘Net Realizable Value’ Is the New ‘Market’
The Effects of ASU 2015-11 and Other Inventory Valuation Issues
This month's column highlights the principal effects of FASB's Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2015-11, Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory. While the standard's primary impact has been…
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FASB News Proposed Amendments for Collaborative Arrangements Leave Many Questions Unanswered Some financial reporting professionals doubt that a recent FASB proposal will solve the accounting…
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FASB News Disclosure Framework Slated for September Publication FASB’s planned concepts statement aimed at improving how the board writes disclosure requirements for U.S. GAAP is…
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FASB News AICPA and CUNA Seek Extension of Credit Loss Standard’s Effective Date Some smaller financial institutions and private companies are worried that the transition…
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FASB News Details of New Lease Guidance Complicate Implementation Efforts At first blush, FASB’s new lease accounting standard sounds simple enough: companies must tally everything…
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FASB News Small Companies Face Difficult Implementation Process for Revenue Standard Representatives from small public companies and their auditors told FASB on May 10 that…
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FASB News Final Version of Disclosure Framework Amendments Slated for Mid-Year In the coming months, FASB plans to publish the guide it first proposed more…
ICYMI | Preparing the Statement of Cash Flows Using the Direct Method
Illustrating a Simpler Approach
FASB's Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-14, Presentation of Financial Statements of Not-for-Profit Entities, removes the requirement that not-for-profit (NFP) entities that choose to prepare the…
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FASB News Disclosure Framework Nears Completion FASB is close to finalizing a guide to help it write consistent, effective footnote disclosure requirements in new accounting…
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FASB News Meeting with Healthcare Professionals to Address Issues, Trends FASB is scheduled to meet with the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s Principles and Practices Board…
ICYMI | Implementing ASU 2016-14 on the Presentation of Not-for-Profit Financial Statements
Changes Aim to Provide More Relevant Information and Perspective
FASB's Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-14, Presentation of Financial Statements of Not-for-Profit Entities, contains changes in reporting requirements that will significantly affect how nonprofits communicate…
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FASB News Guidance for Bad Debt Reserves to Remain in U.S. GAAP FASB has agreed to drop a proposal that would have erased some guidance…
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FASB News Simplified Transition Method to New Lease Standard Still Requires Extensive Effort As the 2019 public company effective date for FASB’s lease accounting standard…