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FASB issues update for private companies on consolidation of variable interest entities
March 21st, 2014
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) today issued guidance intended to improve private company financial reporting regarding consolidation of lessors in certain common control leasing arrangements. FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-07, Applying Variable Interest Entities Guidance to Common ...
FASB Stands by Fair Value Measurement Standard
March 11th, 2014
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has responded to a post-implementation review of its accounting standard for fair value measurement, saying it doesn’t plan to make any comprehensive changes. Last month, FASB’s parent organization, the Financial Accounting Foundation, released the ...
IASB shines light on leases by bringing them onto the balance sheet
January 13th, 2016
The International Accounting Standards Board® (the Board) today issued a new accounting Standard, called IFRS 16 Leases. It replaces accounting requirements introduced more than 30 years ago that are no longer considered fit for purpose and is a major revision of ...
Banks Get Relief on Accounting Headache
January 7th, 2016
New treatment to alter lenders’ debt-value adjustments The banking industry’s least-favorite accounting rule is being scrapped. Accounting rule-makers on Tuesday changed a provision that in recent years has resulted in huge—and often head-scratching—swings in bank earnings. James Dimon, J.P. Morgan Chase & ...
IASB calls for feedback on proposal to defer the effective date of the revenue Standard
May 20th, 2015
The IASB has today published for consultation a proposal to defer the effective date of the revenue Standard, IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers, by one year to 1 January 2018. The revenue Standard was issued jointly with ...
Investors Leery of Separate Accounting Standards for Private Companies
May 19th, 2015
The majority of investors are apprehensive about the creation of separate accounting standards for private companies, and the argument in favor of such standards “doesn’t withstand scrutiny,” according to a new report by the CFA Institute. The study, Addressing Financial Reporting ...
AICPA urges FAF to maintain momentum on private company issues
May 13th, 2015
The AICPA is encouraging the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) to maintain the commitment to private company accounting that it has displayed through the work of the Private Company Council (PCC) along with FASB. The board of trustees of FAF, ...
Global Bitcoin Exchange itBit Today Starts Accepting U.S. Customers Nationwide Through New York State Trust Company Charter
May 8th, 2015
itBit also announces $25M Series A funding and the addition of three prominent board members Global bitcoin exchange itBit today announced it is available to all U.S. retail and institutional bitcoin traders and will begin accepting U.S. customers immediately. Through a trust company ...
IASB sets out practical effects of bringing leases onto the balance sheet
March 17th, 2015
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is in the process of finalising a new International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) that will require companies to bring leases onto the balance sheet. It has today published a document outlining the likely ...
7 risk areas for the 2014 audit cycle
December 5th, 2014
Revenue recognition, internal control over financial reporting, and professional skepticism are among the seven key areas for 2014 audit consideration, according to an alert sent Thursday by the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ). The alert is designed to help ...