FASB financial accounting & reporting

FASB issued a standard that converges the accounting guidance for production costs for episodic TV series with the rules for production costs for films.

FASB addressed two lessor implementation issues and clarified an exemption for lessors and lessees from a certain interim disclosure requirement associated with adopting the board’s new lease accounting standard.

A proposal issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board would spell out how to measure share-based payments to a customer.

FASB took a step forward in resolving challenges in its rules for recognizing and measuring deferred revenue in business combinations.

The challenges associated with FASB’s new revenue recognition standard have been substantial for many companies, but at least they’re gaining valuable data and process improvements as a result of the implementation.

FASB proposed providing an option to measure certain types of assets at fair value, a change aimed at making the transition to its new credit losses standard easier.

Under a proposal issued by FASB, not-for-profits would be able to take advantage of the private company GAAP alternatives for accounting for goodwill and accounting for intangible assets in a business combination.

FASB proposed an accounting standard that would clarify how lessors should handle certain scenarios under the board’s new lease accounting standard.

FASB will not delay the effective date of its new lease accounting standard, board Chairman Russell Golden said at the AICPA Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments.