FASB financial accounting & reporting

The council, which advocates for private companies during FASB’s standard-setting process, shares recent accomplishments and its vision for the future.

The board seeks comments on an Accounting Standards Update that addresses 34 issues in GAAP.

The board’s first agenda consultation in three years is focused on identifying targeted improvements to GAAP.

An Accounting Standards Update focuses on the measurement of credit losses for accounts receivable and contract assets for private companies and certain not-for-profit entities.

The standard aims to provide guidance missing in GAAP for the reporting of induced conversions related to settlement of convertible debt instruments.

Public comments are sought on the board’s effort to provide authoritative guidance in an area not currently covered by GAAP. In addition, FASB seeks feedback on potential standard setting related to financial KPIs.

The guidance is intended to improve and clarify current guidance as opposed to fundamentally changing the nature of guidance in FASB ASC Topic 270, Interim Reporting.

FASB published an Accounting Standards Update requiring public companies to disclose additional information about certain expenses in the notes to financial statements.

FASB published a proposed Accounting Standards Update that is intended to improve the requirements for identifying the accounting acquirer in a business combination.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board seeks public comment on targeted improvements to the reporting of internal-use software.

The proposed Accounting Standards Update is intended to clarify guidance on hedge accounting and address incremental hedge accounting issues arising from the global reference rate reform initiative.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board is seeking feedback on a proposed Accounting Standards Update related to the application of derivative accounting to contracts and to the diversity in accounting for a share-based payment from a customer.