On May 28, 2014, the FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) issued a converged standard on recognition of revenue from contracts with customers. The FASB guidance was issued as Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). In addition to the new revenue Topics and Subtopics, the Board made

Since the FASB Accounting Standards Codification was established in September 2009 as the source of authoritative generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to be applied by nongovernmental entities, stakeholders have provided suggestions for minor corrections and clarifications. The Accounting Standards Codification’s About the Codification describes the FASB’s procedure for responding to submissions, which involves the staff

Stakeholders indicated that diversity exists in the classification and presentation of changes in restricted cash on the statement of cash flows under Topic 230, Statement of Cash Flows. Entities classify transfers between cash and restricted cash as operating, investing, or financing activities, or as a combination of those activities, in the statement of cash flows.

In February 2015, the Board issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-02, Consolidation (Topic 810): Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis. Upon the effective date of Update 2015-02, a single decision maker of a variable interest entity (VIE) is required to consider indirect economic interests in the entity held through related parties on a proportionate basis when

The Board is issuing this Update to improve the accounting for the income tax consequences of intra-entity transfers of assets other than inventory. Stakeholders submitted the idea for this project as part of the Board’s initiative to reduce complexity in accounting standards (the Simplification Initiative). The objective of the Simplification Initiative is to identify, evaluate,

Stakeholders indicated that there is diversity in practice in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows under Topic 230, Statement of Cash Flows, and other Topics. This Update addresses eight specific cash flow issues with the objective of reducing the existing diversity in practice.  

The FASB added a project to its agenda to improve the current net asset classification requirements and the information presented in financial statements and notes about a not-for-profit entity’s (NFP’s) liquidity, financial performance, and cash flows. The FASB’s Not-for-Profit Advisory Committee (NAC) and other stakeholders indicated that existing standards for financial statements of NFPs are

Current generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) require an “incurred loss” methodology for recognizing credit losses that delays recognition until it is probable a loss has been incurred. Both financial institutions and users of their financial statements expressed concern that current GAAP restricts the ability to record credit losses that are expected, but do not yet

On May 28, 2014, the FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) issued a converged standard on recognition of revenue from contracts with customers. In June 2014, the FASB and the IASB (collectively, the Boards) announced the formation of the FASB-IASB Joint Transition Resource Group for Revenue Recognition (TRG). One of the objectives of

The Accounting Standards Codification is amended as described in paragraphs 2–13. In some cases, to put the change in context, not only are the amended paragraphs shown but also the preceding and following paragraphs.