FASB financial accounting & reporting

FASB changed the transition requirements and clarified the scope of its standard on accounting for credit losses, which was issued in 2016.

A new FASB staff paper provides information to private company franchisors as they decide how to recognize certain franchise fees under the new revenue recognition standard.

A majority of S&P 500 companies chose the simplicity of the modified retrospective transition for their revenue recognition standard implementation, a new white paper shows.

FASB issued a proposal that would align the accounting for production costs of an episodic TV series with the accounting for films.

In a new standard, FASB clarified the interaction between the guidance for certain collaborative arrangements and the revenue recognition standard.

FASB expanded the list of benchmark interest rates that are permissible in the application of hedge accounting.

The AICPA Financial Reporting Executive Committee (FinREC) issued a working draft of a proposed chapter on multiemployer benefit plans and illustrative financial statements, which will be added to the AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide Employee Benefit Plans.

FASB issued new rules that are designed to reduce complexity for the accounting for costs of implementing a cloud computing service arrangement.

FASB’s ongoing efforts to improve the effectiveness of disclosures in the notes to financial statements led to multiple changes announced by the board.

A proposal issued by FASB would amend the transition requirements and scope of the board’s new standard for accounting for credit losses.

Companies that sell products such as life insurance, disability income insurance, long-term-care insurance and annuities will change their accounting under new rules issued by FASB.

Amendments proposed by FASB are intended to make implementation of the new lease accounting standard easier and less costly for lessors.