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TOPICS / ACCOUNTING & REPORTING

New FASB standards keep focus on simplification

FASB issued separate accounting standards Wednesday that are designed to simplify reporting of certain employer retirement obligations and assets, as well as provide explicit guidance about how to account for fees paid in a cloud-computing arrangement.

News highlights for April/May 2015

A proposal FASB expects to issue for public comment in mid-April is aimed at enhancing the usefulness of the financial statements of not-for-profit organizations.

Revenue recognition revisited

A reexamination of new revenue recognition rules has led to tinkering with the standard that is considered the biggest achievement of the convergence efforts of FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).

GAAP taxonomy adopted by SEC

The 2015 GAAP financial reporting taxonomy has been adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission and will be supported immediately. The taxonomy is a set of computer-readable tags for data included in financial statements.

New challenges in a delicate process

FASB’s new going-concern standard creates many challenges for CPAs to consider. The Center for Plain English Accounting examines the new look-forward period, disparities with audit guidance, and a new triggering threshold.

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