The latest issues address aerospace and defense, telecommunications, and time-share.
FASB financial accounting & reporting
FASB makes technical improvements to revenue recognition standard
The changes address 13 narrow issues.
FASB issues technical corrections
Inconsistencies in guidance are addressed.
Get revenue recognition right at not-for-profits
Costly mistakes can be avoided by following best practices that lead to proper judgments.
What is a business? FASB clarifies definition
The board responded to inconsistency in acquisition recording.
AICPA groups recommend field-testing of FASB long-duration insurance proposal
FASB proposes the same model for participating and nonparticipating contracts.
FASB addresses debt classification, inventory disclosures
The debt proposal would establish a cohesive classification principle.
FASB updates EBP master trust presentation, disclosure requirements
The FASB issued a new standard that is designed to make employee benefit plan master trust disclosures more useful to users of financial statements.
FASB clarifies scope of asset derecognition guidance
FASB issued a standard clarifying the scope of its asset derecognition guidance and adding accounting guidance for partial sales of nonfinancial assets.
New revenue recognition working drafts issued for insurance, software
Working drafts on revenue recognition issues for the insurance and software industries were published by the AICPA, which is seeking comments from interested parties.
FASB amends restricted-cash reporting rules
GAAP doesn’t currently address classification and presentation for restricted cash.
FASB proposals address modification accounting, liabilities, and equity
Accounting for share-based payments and certain financial instruments may change.
FinREC issues revenue recognition working drafts for airline, gaming industries
‘Tier status’ affinity programs are among the issues.
Golden reappointed chairman of FASB; PCC gets new members
SEC names Bricker chief accountant.
FASB proposal would improve hedge accounting, AICPA committee says
FinREC also identified several concerns.
FASB drops Step 2 from goodwill impairment test
Step 2 was eliminated from the goodwill impairment test as the FASB sought to simplify accounting in a new standard issued Thursday.
5 strategies to efficiently implement the new lease accounting standard
Deloitte offers five strategies to help find efficiencies and avoid unnecessary disturbances.
FASAB issues new standard on insurance programs
A new federal government accounting standard is designed to provide concise and meaningful information about insurance costs and liabilities.
FASB addresses debt classification, inventory disclosures
FASB addressed balance sheet classification of debt and the disclosure requirements for inventory under the board’s Disclosure Framework.
FASB clarifies definition of a business
The definition was clarified because of concerns that many transactions that should be considered asset acquisitions were being recorded as business acquisitions for accounting purposes.
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