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The FASB has announced a final Accounting Standards Update designed to improve disclosures about public companies’ reportable segments, particularly disclosures about significant segment expenses—information that the FASB...more
FASB is moving ahead with new requirements for more information about public company expenses, approaching the issue from two perspectives: disaggregation of income statement expenses and segment reporting. More specifically,...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
The SEC’s Chief Accountant Paul Munter, released a statement “Accounting Standard Setting in a Rapidly Evolving Business Environment: A Focus on the Timely Delivery of Investor Priorities,” discussing improvements to...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
Segment reporting - a frequent topic of SEC comments and the subject of long-running debate at the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) - continues to appear on the FASB’s Technical Agenda, with some likely changes on...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
An updated rule issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) will again change when most franchisors can recognize revenue in their financial statements from the sale of their franchises and their collection of...more
The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA) hosted the 2020 AICPA Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments this past week at which a number of SEC accountants participated, either...more
On October 16, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") adopted amendments to certain auditor independence requirements in Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X. The amendments modernize the rules and "more effectively...more
In response to the COVID-19 epidemic, the U.S. government has provided relief to companies through various grant programs. The receipt of these grant proceeds represents a meaningful lifeline to many companies and the...more
On June 23, 2020, the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) further supplemented its previous guidance to assist public companies in navigating the disclosure challenges brought...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Chief Accountant (OCA) and Division of Corporation Finance (Division) have separately issued statements emphasizing the continued importance of high-quality...more
In recent remarks, the Chief Accountant noted that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Chief Accountant (OCA) and other divisions within the SEC are monitoring the issues raised by COVID-19....more
Find out what private companies can do now to prepare for the new leases standard (ASC 842) slated to go into effect next year. By Kristin Floyd Newton In November 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) delayed...more
We previously blogged about the recent AICPA conference. At the conference, representatives from the Office of Chief Accountant also shared some views regarding the discontinuation of LIBOR. The Staff of the OCA joined in the...more
At the AICPA conference we have previously blogged about, the Chief Accountant explained that the SEC’s Office of the Chief Accountant (“OCA”) is led by the Chief Accountant, who serves as the principal advisor to the SEC on...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
FASB has issued a proposed Accounting Standards Update, or ASU, to provide temporary optional guidance to ease the potential burden in accounting for (or recognizing the effects of) reference rate reform on financial...more
The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a proposed Accounting Standards Update, or ASU, that would grant private companies, not-for-profit organizations, and SEC registrants classified as smaller reporting companies...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
FASB has issued an Invitation to Comment, or ITC, as part of FASB’s project on certain identifiable intangible assets acquired in a business combination and subsequent accounting for goodwill. In previous outreach, the FASB...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
Always a fertile source of regulatory perspective, this year’s Baruch College Financial Reporting Conference featured a future-oriented theme in remarks by Chief Accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission Wesley...more