All CECL articles – Page 2
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ArticleInvestors want more from banks on CECL, says FASB member
Investors want more information from leading banks over how financial statements will be affected by the adoption of the new CECL approach to credit losses.
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ArticlePCAOB issues new guidance on auditing estimates
The PCAOB has issued new guidance to auditors about how to comply with new rules on auditing estimates, supervising specialists, and relying on their work.
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ArticleFed study minimizes lending, volatility concerns of CECL
A new analysis out of the Federal Reserve suggests concerns over the expected economic effects of CECL, the new rule on credit losses, may be overstated.
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ArticleFASB formally proposes accounting change delays, including CECL
FASB is formally proposing major changes to effective dates for several significant accounting standards, including a CECL delay for smaller reporting companies.
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ArticleFASB allows optionality in certain lease receivables
FASB has issued new lease accounting guidance allowing options for how to reflect uncertain operating lease receivables, which is sure to produce reporting differences.
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ArticleEstimation vs. precision: tension in accounting grows
It’s more than big change prompting major deferrals for pending accounting rules. It’s also about the growing tension between estimation and precision.
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ArticleFASB to push CECL to 2023 for small public companies
FASB has signaled it plans to extend CECL for smaller public companies to 2023, along with delaying a number of other effective dates.
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ArticleFASB tees up CECL delay for small public companies
FASB is formally considering delaying the required effective date of some of its standards, including credit losses for small public companies.
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ArticleAnother CECL sleeper? Auditors get new rules on estimates
While companies adopt CECL, auditors are gearing up for new rules requiring them to more closely scrutinize estimates and the specialists who produce them.
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ArticleCECL in summer: Get ready for models, data, auditors
It may be summertime, but the living is not so easy for corporate finance staff preparing for CECL—a major change to the reporting of credit losses.
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ArticleFASB proposes small changes to CECL standard
FASB has issued a proposed revision to the CECL standard to address a handful of implementation questions as companies prepare for the new accounting.
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ArticleNew bill sits on Senate agenda to block, study CECL
A new bill intended to block CECL is awaiting action in the Senate Banking Committee, much to the delight of big banks.
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ArticleFASB revises CECL to resolve dual measurement glitch
FASB has finalized a small change to CECL to help companies that were facing a conundrum based on a fair-value election elsewhere in GAAP.
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ArticleNon-banks still have plenty of work ahead to adopt CECL
Efforts to adopt CECL are generally underway in the banking sector, but companies outside financial services may still have plenty to do.
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ArticleSome companies are ready for CECL, some are not
Citigroup raised its expected loan loss reserves under CECL as it prepares for parallel testing of its methodology, but plenty of organizations have barely started.
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ArticleAudit committees get some help overseeing CECL
The Center for Audit Quality is giving audit committees a hand in overseeing implementation of the new credit losses standard.
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ArticleFASB clarifies financial instruments rules, including CECL
FASB issued an update to accounting standards to clarify new rules on CECL, hedging, and recognition and measurement of financial instruments.
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ArticleRoughly half of S&P 500 disclose expected CECL impact
A little more than half of the S&P 500 have disclosed something about how they expect to be affected by CECL reporting when it begins next year.
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ArticleFASB rejects bank request to ease CECL effects on income
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has rejected a proposal by some banks to revise the pending credit losses standard, due to take effect Jan. 1, 2020.
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ArticleBanks move forward with CECL, expecting no relief
Despite calls for delay or reconsideration of the pending new model for recognizing loan losses, entities are implementing as if nothing will change.