All Lease Accounting articles – Page 5

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    Early work on new lease rules reveals big effort ahead

    2017-03-14T13:15:00Z

    Waiting in line behind revenue recognition, new requirements to bring leases on to corporate balance sheets are starting to win pockets of attention.

  • Blog

    Lease survey suggests companies are moving toward adoption

    2017-03-06T16:45:00Z

    A software company’s recent survey suggests two-thirds of companies are on schedule in adopting new lease accounting requirements, but even the firm’s CEO is wary.

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    Some plan to dig into leases in 2017, some not so much

    2016-12-22T07:45:00Z

    The latest poll on big accounting change says some companies are making plans to devote time in 2017 to the new requirements around lease accounting, according to Tammy Whitehouse.

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    FASB plans pause before digging into big new rules

    2016-12-06T14:30:00Z

    After issuing some huge changes to accounting standards, FASB will keep the current work load or corporate accounting offices in mind before taking on big new projects.

  • Blog

    FASB offers views on lease accounting questions

    2016-11-14T06:45:00Z

    FASB is getting questions on how to apply the new leasing standard, so the board took the unusual step of offering some informal, high-level feedback. Tammy Whitehouse reports.

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    Will new lease accounting lead to less leasing?

    2016-08-26T16:45:00Z

    Accounting experts are beginning to discuss whether companies might change their leasing strategies when they are required to add leases to balance sheets. Tammy Whitehouse reports.

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    Big 4 polls say companies are stalled on big accounting changes

    2016-06-15T10:15:00Z

    More Big 4 surveys on big accounting changes suggest companies are starting to face a kind of paralysis over how to move forward and make it all work. On revenue recognition a recent KPMG poll suggests the vast majority of companies are still trying to digest how it will affect ...

  • Blog

    Companies sweat data details more than IT under new lease rules

    2016-06-07T19:00:00Z

    Preparers seem more concerned about how they will gather and manage the data they need to comply with new lease accounting rules than they are about new IT system needs, according to a recent Deloitte poll. Tammy Whitehouse has an in-depth look at the survey.

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    Accounting standards update brings lease contracts under the spotlight

    2016-03-08T11:30:00Z

    Image: After years of reports that entities would one day be required to reflect all of their lease obligations on the balance sheet, companies finally have a major new accounting standard to adopt that will bring all but the tiniest assets and liabilities arising from lease contracts onto corporate balance ...

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    FASB publishes final lease accounting standard

    2016-02-25T11:30:00Z

    Image: Marking another milestone in accounting history, the Financial Accounting Standards Board has published its final standard requiring all companies that lease any kind of asset—from real estate to heavy equipment to office copiers—to recognize leased property as an asset they have a right to use and a liability that ...

  • Blog

    With IASB Leasing Rule Final, FASB Calls on US Companies to Plan Adoption

    2016-01-13T12:30:00Z

    As the IASB has released its final leasing standard, FASB is now calling on U.S. companies to begin planning to adopt FASB’s incoming lease rules. The board is retaining an accounting model that contemplates two types of leases similar to the way they are categorized in GAAP currently; on the ...

  • Blog

    IASB Releases Final Lease Standard

    2016-01-12T06:45:00Z

    Image: The IASB has issued its long-awaited accounting standard requiring assets and liabilities associated with leases to be added to corporate balance sheets. Companies that follow International Financial Reporting Standards have until 2019 to adopt the standard. “It’s been a long road getting to this event,” says Sean Torr, a ...

  • Blog

    FASB Sets 2019 Effective Date on Lease Standard

    2015-11-13T10:00:00Z

    Image: FASB will issue its final leasing rule in 2016, effective 2019. IASB’s new leasing requirements will follow roughly the same timeline, although the boards still differ on how to reflect lease obligations in the income statement. “We believe that this new standard is important because it will provide investors, ...

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    FASB, Congressman Dispute Lease Standard’s Economic Effect

    2015-08-28T13:00:00Z

    Image: FASB is pressing on with its planned fourth-quarter release of the final new accounting standard on leasing despite House Financial Services Committee member Brad Sherman’s (left) plea to FASB Chairman Russ Golden to consider analysis that says the standard will exact a heavy toll on the U.S. economy. Golden ...

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    New Lease Accounting May Favor IFRS Filers

    2015-03-20T10:15:00Z

    Image: New standards on accounting for leases are likely to be more flattering to the bottom lines of companies that use international accounting standards rather than U.S. GAAP, the International Accounting Standards Board said recently. Beth Paul, a partner with PwC, said during a webcast that the key difference will ...