Accounting July 30, 2025
The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued new optional guidance on July 30 regarding the measurement of credit losses for accounts receivable and contract assets.
April 14, 2015
SAP SE has released the SAP Revenue Accounting and Reporting application, which specifically addresses both requirements derived from this new accounting standard as well as generic and existing requirements related to revenue recognition across various
March 10, 2015
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted the 2015 GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy, the agency reported on Monday. The 2015 GAAP Taxonomy is available online.
February 18, 2015
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) intended to improve targeted areas of consolidation guidance for legal entities such as limited partnerships, limited liability corporations, and ...
January 28, 2015
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the Private Company Council (PCC) will host their fourth Private Company Town Hall Meeting on April 28, 2015, at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. The town hall meeting will take place from
December 29, 2014
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) today issued guidance intended to improve private company financial reporting regarding accounting for identifiable intangible assets in a business combination. FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-18, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Accounting for Identifiable Intangible Assets in a Business Combination, is based on a consensus reached by the Private Company...…
November 26, 2014
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has issued for public comment a Preliminary Views, Leases, which includes proposals to improve the accounting and financial reporting for leases for state and local governments from both a lessee ...
November 25, 2014
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has issued for public comment a Preliminary Views, Financial Reporting for Fiduciary Responsibilities.
October 21, 2014
AICPA to introduce Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services No. 21 (SSARS No. 21), which is one of the most significant revisions in non-audit standards in the last 35 years.
October 8, 2014
A new initiative to examine climate risk stress testing for banking and securities regulation and accounting practices was recently unveiled at the UN Climate Summit in New York by public and private sector organizations working together in response to th
September 3, 2014
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has released the proposed 2015 GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy for public review and comment. The deadline to submit written comments is October 31, 2014.
August 21, 2014
New standards issued by the Government Accounting Standards Board mean that next summer local governments could see some impact in credit ratings or some influence on pension payments.
August 20, 2014
An accounting standard for state and local governments that addresses the impairment of capital assets and insurance recoveries provides important information to users of financial statements and resolves some but not all of the issues underlying its purpose.