All FASB articles – Page 16
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10 things about the new revenue standard: Round 3
CW columnist Scott Taub offers 10 more thoughts on why it’s crucial companies begin to implement the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s revenue recognition standard and what pitfalls await those who choose to delay.
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AICPA offers views on revenue recognition implementation issues
In the ongoing quest for consistent interpretations of the new revenue recognition standard, task forces at the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants have issued several new papers for public comment.
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FASB: future credit losses required in financial statements
A new Accounting Standards Update from FASB means that companies will be using even more forward-looking information in their financial statements to alert investors of potential credit losses yet to materialize. Tammy Whitehouse reports.
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Volume rises on call for disclosures regarding accounting changes
With the second quarter rapidly coming to a close for calendar-year public companies, now might be a good time to take a fresh look at how much the company is saying about its plans to adopt new accounting standards. The call for incrementally more information is getting louder. Tammy Whitehouse ...
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FASB proposes another tweak to consolidation rules
Even as new rules on consolidation take hold in 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board is proposing a tweak to the guidance, and it might propose more change in the future. Tammy Whitehouse has more.
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FASB finalizes new rule to accelerate recognition of loan losses
FASB has finalized its long-awaited standard giving companies a new, more forward-looking way to account for credit losses in their portfolios. The standard will require companies to reflect expected credit losses on financial assets based on their historical experience, current market conditions, and even forecasts. Tammy Whitehouse has an in-depth ...
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FASB proposes guidance on how to reflect non-financial asset shed
FASB is offering yet another accounting proposal meant to help smooth over implementation of the new revenue recognition standard. The change would apply to an area of the Accounting Standards Codification that was amended to comply with the new revenue standard in order to aid compliance with the rules around ...
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Companies sweat data details more than IT under new lease rules
Preparers seem more concerned about how they will gather and manage the data they need to comply with new lease accounting rules than they are about new IT system needs, according to a recent Deloitte poll. Tammy Whitehouse has an in-depth look at the survey.
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ArticleAccounting leaders need a wake-up call on revenue recognition
New revenue recognition standards will come into force within 18 months, but accounting leaders everywhere don’t seem to be in a hurry to undertake the huge amount of work it will take to get ready. Tammy Whitehouse reports from the Compliance Week 2016 conference.
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FASB looks to cut out that ‘second step’ of goodwill accounting
A proposed rule might remove the costly, complex, and time-consuming calculations of a company’s fair value that are required when its fair market value drops below its carrying value. In other words, goodwill accounting is about to get a little goodwill of its own. Tammy Whitehouse reports.
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FASB rolls out more technical corrections to revenue recognition rule
After the Financial Accounting Standards Board spent months working through amendments to the revenue recognition standard that is set to take effect in 2018, it turns out there are still more small changes coming.
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FASB drops simplification idea around equity method
FASB’s proposal on simplifying equity accounting garnered 40 comment letters, nearly half from preparers. But while most expressed support for dropping the retroactive adoption requirement, responses to accounting for the basis difference were all over the map. Tammy Whitehouse reports.
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FASB proposes easier way to measure goodwill impairment
FASB is proposing a new, simpler way to measure any reduction in the value of goodwill that companies should recognize on the balance sheet. Under the proposal, companies would perform their annual or interim goodwill impairment testing as they do under current guidance. Tammy Whitehouse has more.
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New revenue recognition rules prompt wide variety of adoption strategies
With new revenue recognition rules fast approaching, public companies everywhere are preparing as best they can, but an uncertain future awaits everyone. Tammy Whitehouse looks at what’s behind implementation delays.
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FASB finishes revenue recognition amendments
FASB has issued final amendments to the revenue recognition standard to clarify such aspects as how to assess certain collectibility criteria, how to present sales tax collected from customers, how to reflect non-cash consideration, and more. Tammy Whitehouse reports.
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SEC scrutinizing revenue judgments under new and old rules, deputy warns
As new standards on revenue recognition, leases, and more will touch trillions of dollars on corporate balance sheets, SEC Deputy Chief Accountant Wesley Bricker advises companies to explain to investors what is changing, why it’s changing, how it will change, and when. Tammy Whitehouse has more.
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FASB floats one more change to cash flow classification rules
FASB is aiming to get companies on the same page when classifying changes in restricted cash. Currently, some firms reflect cash receipts and payments in bank accounts that hold restricted cash as cash inflows and outflows, while others designate those transactions as non-cash investing. Tammy Whitehouse reports.
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FASB extends planned effective date for new loan loss rules
FASB is delaying the implementation date of its “current expected credit loss” model for how entities should give investors some early warning that debt instruments are not performing as anticipated. The board expects to publish the finished rule in June.
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Revenue group gets stuck on two new implementation questions
FASB’s Transition Resource Group met recently to discuss revenue recognition implementation, but new questions were raised about whether there may be some lingering issues requiring more standard-setting attention from the board. Tammy Whitehouse has more.
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FASB simplifies Topic 718 of the Accounting Standards Codification
Preparers have long wanted a simpler, easier, better kind of GAAP, especially when it comes to accounting for stock options and other share-based payments. Now, says CW’s Tammy Whitehouse, it looks like they are getting their wish.