Congress makes a rare intervention to delay when large public banks must change how they account for losses on souring loans.
The accounting standard setter's apparent lean toward allowing public companies to amortize goodwill ignores key analytical and economic consequences.
“Rich Jones brings together all of the important qualities we were looking for in FASB’s next leader,” said FAF Chairman Charles H. Noski.
Communicating credit risk model changes to investors may be the most challenging aspect of the new Current Expected Credit Loss accounting standard.
Here are eight critical considerations for combating the creativity crisis in accounting.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board says it wants to make a two-year stagger of implementation deadlines standard practice.
Derivatives and hedge accounting, intercompany loans, valuation models — all will be affected by the shift away from Libor.
FASB members voted unanimously to propose moving back the effective date for lease accounting and two other major new accounting standards.
FASB’s invitation to comment on goodwill accounting lays out possible cases for doing away with or improving impairment testing.
FASB should postpone the effective date of the “significant and complex” ASC 842 for a year for private companies, AICPA says.
Not paying close attention to proposed accounting standards and not commenting when there are concerns can have important consequences, experts say.
For multinationals that must prepare financials under both standards, there are comparability challenges and differing nuances to keep in mind.
