FASB on Thursday issued a revised standard that addresses investors’ concerns with the financial reporting of repurchase agreements and brings U.S. GAAP accounting for such transactions into closer alignment with IFRS. Under the updated standard, Transfers and Servicing (Topic 860): Repurchase-to-Maturity Transactions, Repurchase Financings, and Disclosures, these transactions would be
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Six key developments for not-for-profit CPAs
The missions not-for-profits (NFPs) follow do not make them immune to the business difficulties faced in other sectors. Complexity, regulation, globalization, and economic trends all are creating challenges for NFPs, their leaders, and the CPAs who work with them. New accounting standards for NFPs are under development, and NFPs face
Substantial new disclosures required by revenue standard
A wide assortment of new disclosures is expected to be one of the biggest challenges for financial statement preparers as they implement the new revenue recognition guidance issued last month by FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). Public companies today voluntarily provide investors with many disclosures about revenue
FASB adds narrow-scope projects; aims to simplify GAAP
FASB will attempt to simplify measurement of inventory and eliminate extraordinary items from income statement presentation as part of its ongoing initiative to reduce complexity in accounting standards. The board has added two narrow-scope projects to its agenda in hopes of quickly simplifying U.S. GAAP and reducing cost and complexity
FASB relaxes rules for development-stage entities
FASB on Tuesday issued a new accounting standard that relaxes financial reporting requirements for development-stage entities. A development-stage entity devotes substantially all its efforts to establishing a new business and either: Has not commenced planned principal operations; or Has commenced planned principal operations, but has not produced significant revenue. The
Revenue recognition transition issues to be tackled by new group
A new group devoted to dealing with transition issues related to the new, converged revenue recognition standard will meet twice in 2014 and four times in 2015. The Joint Transition Resource Group for Revenue Recognition will hold its first meeting on July 18 and will consist of financial statement preparers,
How preparers can make revenue recognition implementation smooth
Financial statement preparers are embarking on a daunting task as they begin to ramp up for implementation of the new, comprehensive, converged standard on revenue recognition. Reading and understanding the standard, which was released on Wednesday, is the first item of business for preparers, according to Brian Marshall, CPA, a
Highlights of ethics research
The authors distill research published in tax and accounting journals of interest to busy practitioners. This article focuses on academic research in ethics.
GASB pension reporting: How to obtain and audit key numbers
State and local government employers who participate in multiple-employer defined benefit pension plans—and the governments’ auditors—may have difficulty obtaining data required by GASB’s new pension standards to prepare employer financial statements and auditing such information. GASB Statement No. 67, Financial Reporting for Pension Plans, provides revised guidance for the financial
Accounting may need help in revenue recognition implementation
Many companies are going to find that the attention of finance and accounting will not be enough to ensure successful implementation of the new revenue recognition standard.
FASB, IASB release historic revenue recognition standard
FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) released a standard on the recognition of revenue from contracts with customers that is designed to create greater comparability for financial statement users across industries and jurisdictions.
New revenue guidance: Six things to consider
The release Wednesday of a long-awaited new revenue recognition standard had financial statement preparers settling in to read hundreds of pages of text, as standard setters celebrated the achievement of producing that text.
GASB proposals would address post-employment health care liabilities
New accounting rules proposals approved Wednesday by GASB would require more transparency in financial reporting about state and local government obligations for post-employment benefits (OPEB). GASB approved two exposure drafts related to OPEB and an additional exposure draft that would establish requirements for state and local government pensions and pension
GASB proposal would define fair value
A GASB proposal released Thursday describes how fair value should be defined and measured in state and local government financial reporting. GASB is proposing in its Fair Value Measurement and Application exposure draft that fair value be defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or
IASB clarifies appropriate methods of depreciation, amortization
New amendments to two international accounting standards published Monday clarify acceptable methods of depreciation and amortization. To clarify appropriate methods, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) changed IAS 16, Property, Plant and Equipment, and IAS 38, Intangible Assets. Both standards explain that the expected pattern of consumption of an asset’s
FAF, FASB, GASB path includes overarching projects
Global standard setting is taking a new path and U.S. accounting standard setters are preparing to consider foundational projects, according to forward-looking information published Thursday in the annual report of the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF). Board chairmen Russell Golden of FASB and David Vaudt of GASB, whose organizations are overseen
IASB establishes principles for cooperation with other standard setters
An updated charter published Wednesday by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) establishes principles for the board’s cooperation with national standard-setting bodies, as represented by the International Forum of Accounting Standard Setters. The updated charter: Re-emphasizes the importance of the global standard-setting community to the IASB’s work and builds on
IASB issues new standard for acquisitions of joint operations
New international accounting rules for acquisitions of interests in joint operations were published Tuesday by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). Amendments to IFRS 11, Joint Arrangements, specify the appropriate accounting treatment for an acquisition of an interest in a joint operation that constitutes a business. The IASB decided that
Portions of conflict minerals rule stayed by SEC
Companies will not have to explicitly declare whether their products contain minerals that originated in mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo or its neighboring countries, according to the SEC. The SEC issued an order Friday staying the effective date for compliance with portions of its conflict minerals rule that
FASAB proposes delay in long-term fiscal projections transition
The Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) is proposing that new presentation requirements for long-term fiscal projections for the U.S. government and related disclosures be delayed one year, to take effect in fiscal year 2015 rather than fiscal year 2014. The standard requires projections and related disclosures to be presented
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