In Brief The new lease accounting standard, released by FASB in early 2016, represents one of the largest and most impactful reporting changes to accounting principles in decades. The standard...
FASB News Oil and Gas Companies May Receive Relief from Lease Standard FASB wants to give utilities and oil-and-gas companies some relief when they switch to the board’s new lease standard. The...
Small Business Advisory Committee Seeks U.S. GAAP Exemptions Some members of FASB’s Small Business Advisory Committee (SBAC) have told the accounting board that, because of their resource...
On the heels of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) new revenue recognition standard, which becomes effective for calendar-year public companies beginning January 1, 2018, the...
Accounting for leases has received considerable attention from standards setters in recent years. Under current FASB and GASB accounting rules, many leases are structured to avoid the...
After years of anticipation, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) have issued their final standards on lease accounting....