The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has proposed an update to its interim reporting standard as part of its disclosure framework project aimed at improving the clarity, consistency, and effectiveness of financial statement disclosures.

The proposed amendments, announced Nov. 1, would reorganize all interim reporting requirements into Accounting Standards Codification Topic 270 and apply to all entities that prepare U.S. GAAP interim financial statements and notes.

Maria L. Murphy, CPA, is a regular contributor to Compliance Week. She is a senior content management analyst, accounting and auditing products, CCH tax and accounting North America for Wolters Kluwer....