FASB Approves One-Year Deferral for Revenue Recognition
As long expected, FASB has approved a one-year deferral of the effective date of the new standard on revenue recognition, pushing the adoption requirement out to 2018. The board will also allow companies to adopt the standard as of the original effective date, January 2017, if they are inclined to ...
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