All Financial Accounting Standards Board articles – Page 7
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FASB takes red pen to rules on financial instruments
The Financial Accounting Standards Board is planning a number of updates to accounting standards around all three of its major new standards on financial instruments.
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Big 4 get input on how to treat GILTI under tax law
Big 4 firms are meeting with FASB and SEC staff to sort out how to report certain effects of tax reform when clarity on provisions within the tax law is still elusive.
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Guidance equips companies to advance CECL adoption
Recent guidance and potentially more to come is aiding companies in their long journey to adopt the new CECL method for reflecting credit losses.
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FASB updates guidance on cloud computing costs
Companies now have new guidance on how to account for the costs of implementing certain cloud computing service arrangements.
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FASB reprises materiality language, edits disclosures
GAAP now contains a shorter list of disclosure requirements for fair-value measurements and defined benefit plans, along with a reprised definition of materiality.
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FASB proposes amendments to CECL standard
The Financial Accounting Standards Board is proposing some amendments to the pending new standard on credit losses.
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Struggling with segment reporting? Relief may be coming
Long a thorn in the side of preparers and regulators alike, segment reporting rules may finally be getting a tune-up designed to make compliance more straightforward.
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FASB finalizes new standard on insurance contracts
FASB has issued a new accounting standard that revises the reporting around long-duration contracts for insurance companies.
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FASB proposes lease rule simplification for lessors
FASB has taken another step to make the adoption of the huge new standard on lease accounting a little simpler—this time for lessors.
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FASB seeks preparer input on segment reporting ideas
To help figure out what to do to improve segment reporting, FASB is looking for public companies to participate in a study.
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FASB approves huge simplification to lease rules
FASB has finalized an enormous simplification of the pending new lease accounting standard, permitting companies to forego historic presentations.
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Revenue 2.0: Work continues to adapt to new rules
Even after calendar-yer companies have filed their first-quarter reports reflecting a new way to recognize revenue, work continues to adapt to the new rules.
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FASB approves tweaks to lease accounting standard
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has finalized a number of improvements to its new guidance on lease accounting, which public companies are working to adopt in 2019.
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Big 4 fill gap in GAAP on accounting for digital currency
With no explicit guidance in GAAP on how to account for business done in digital currency, Big 4 firms are starting to arrive at conclusions of their own.
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New standard triples revenue disclosures, Deloitte finds
Public companies are roughly tripling their revenue-related disclosures to comply with the new revenue recognition standard, according to a new analysis.
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Companies have new rules on accounting for contributions
Companies have some new guidance on how to account for contributions they receive and make that are not clearly governed by revenue recognition rules.
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SASB prepares to codify full set of sustainability standards
The movement toward corporate sustainability reporting is approaching a big milestone as the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board prepares to codify its standards.
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FASB issues new guidance on share-based payments
FASB has given companies new accounting guidance to follow when accounting for share-based payments to non-employees.
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EITF recommends asset treatment for some cloud costs
FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force has arrived at conclusions about how companies should account for certain cloud computing arrangement costs.
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FASB issues guides on revenue, consolidations
FASB staff issued two new implementation guides to help companies navigate the GAAP taxonomy in the areas of revenue recognition and consolidations.