FASB simplifies Topic 718 of the Accounting Standards Codification
Preparers have long wanted a simpler, easier, better kind of GAAP, especially when it comes to accounting for stock options and other share-based payments. Now, says CW’s Tammy Whitehouse, it looks like they are getting their wish.
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