All FASB articles – Page 5
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FASB 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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Regulatory events coming this fall
Check out information on upcoming events from such regulators as the PCAOB, FDIC, SEC, DOJ, and more.
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Both investors, companies unhappy with FASB’s tax disclosure proposal
Accounting rulemakers have their work cut out for them trying to determine how to meet investors’ needs for information about corporate tax risks without breaking preparers’ backs.
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Still more work ahead on leases, says new survey
Midway through the first year of complying with new lease accounting rules, only a little more than half of public companies said they completed their transition.
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FASB 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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FASB seeks change to liabilities, equities guidance
FASB has issued a proposal on the distinction between liabilities and equity meant to cut through complexity known to compromise reporting quality.
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FASB proposes fix to rules on financial instruments
FASB is proposing amendments to GAAP to clarify interactions among different rules on measuring investments and securities.
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SEC: Transition from LIBOR has taken on ‘urgency’
Regulators are starting to freak out a little over what will happen in U.S. financial markets in 2021 when a major benchmark interest rate is expected to vanish.
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Estimation 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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FASB 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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FASB 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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FASB seeks comment on how to sort out goodwill issues
FASB is looking for input on how to address ongoing problems in the reporting of certain intangible assets, especially goodwill.
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Regulatory events: What’s hot this summer!
Here’s a look at some upcoming events and training from regulators like the SEC, DOJ, and PCAOB.
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CECL 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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FASB 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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FASB task force adds new members
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has appointed three new members to its Emerging Issues Task Force.
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Software problems exacerbate lease compliance
Nearing the end of their second quarter observing new lease accounting rules, many public company accounting departments are still cursing their software.
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New 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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FASB 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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Non-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.