Staff Accounting Bulletin

SEC Ties Up Loose Ends for Oil and Gas Accounting

Tammy Whitehouse November 06, 2009

The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission has done some nip-and-tuck work to the accounting guidance around oil and gas activities, publishing authoritative guidance in Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 113.SAB 113 revises or rescinds portions of earlier interpretive guidance and shores up consistency between staff guidance and SEC rules...

SAB 112 Reflects Changes in M&A Accounting

Tammy Whitehouse June 12, 2009

The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission has updated its guidance to reflect the latest rules on business combinations.Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 112 amends and rescinds bits and parts of the accounting bulletin series to bring it into conformity with current authoritative accounting and auditing guidance and other SEC...

SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Syncs Up Impairment Rules

Tammy Whitehouse April 21, 2009

The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission has published a new staff accounting bulletin regarding impairment to make its accounting literature consistent with recent pronouncements on impairment from the Financial Accounting Standards Board.Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 111 amends an earlier staff accounting bulletin titled “Other Than Temporary Impairment of...

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