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Environmental law NGO ClientEarth has written to the Global Public Policy Committee (GPPC), which brings together representatives of the six large international accounting organizations, to request greater transparency and...more
Due to new standards issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in late 2022, companies with supply chain financing are now required to comply with additional disclosures intended to monitor and understand the...more
On March 23, 2023, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) commenced a new “maintenance” project to “explore whether and how financial statements can better communicate information about climate-related risks.”...more
Commercial loan documents may be impacted by new treatment of leases under ASC 842- Lenders and non-public companies should be aware of the impact of Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) ASC 842, the new lease...more
In December 2021 the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) and the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) released their proposed amendments to their accounting standards that will require buyers of...more
In 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-02, Leases. This new lease accounting standard (ASC 842) significantly impacts how private and public businesses across...more
FASB has issued a proposed Accounting Standards Update, or ASU, intended to improve guidance used to determine whether debt should be classified as a current or noncurrent liability in a classified balance sheet....more
To my knowledge this 10-K includes the first critical audit matter, or CAM, issued by a Big 4 firm. The CAM is straightforward and does not reflect negatively on the company or its audit committee or cast doubt on its...more
Just a few short months ago we took on the breathtakingly ill-conceived Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) standard that the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) proposed to implement starting in 2020. CECL will...more
As reported in Bloomberg, FASB will soon be considering whether the mandatory adoption dates for major new accounting standards should be delayed for small public companies and privately held businesses. According to the...more
Usually this blog is reserved for matters involving corporate and securities law rather than updates in the accounting standards, but the email alert from the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) that I received...more
Before the SEC shutdown, the Office of the Investor Advocate published the annual report on its activities during 2018. ...more
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued several new Accounting Standards Codifications (ASC) and Accounting Standards Updates (ASU) over the past two years. This has resulted in management teams furiously...more
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on July 30 issued an “Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842): Targeted Improvements” that aims to reduce costs and ease implementation of the lease...more
Under the current rules of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), foreign issuers are allowed to use International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) financial statements in their registration statements and...more
Traditionally, there has been no guidance in US GAAP about management’s responsibility to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern or to provide related footnote...more
As we previously reported, in April 2015 the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) circulated a series of proposed changes to generally accepted accounting principles applicable to certain not-for-profit entities in...more
As we close the books on the first chapter of our 2016 year, many investors cling to their New Year’s resolutions, hoping to make a material change that catalyzes a happy, healthy, and productive New Year. Yet it is a...more
In April of this year, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) circulated a series of proposed changes to generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applicable to certain not-for-profits....more