JD Supra

SEC Accounting Standard Setting Statement

The SEC’s Chief Accountant Paul Munter, released a statement “Accounting Standard Setting in a Rapidly Evolving Business Environment: A Focus on the Timely Delivery of Investor Priorities,” discussing ...
Accounting Today

The demise of the drive to bring international standard-setting to the U.S.

We're drafting this column in January, when many were surely puzzling over Securities and Exchange Commission Chief Accountant Jim Kroeker's December announcement that the commission would not, after ...
American Banker

Dear Congress: Leave accounting standards to FASB

Members of Congress have recently introduced bipartisan legislation to delay the implementation of a new accounting standard that will require many banks to more carefully calculate, and report in ...
JournalofAccountancy

FASB seeks input on standard-setting priorities

FASB is seeking feedback from stakeholders to help shape its future standard-setting agenda. The Invitation to Comment (ITC), open through June 30, is part of an agenda consultation project in which ...
Accounting Today

Bankers Object to Standards-Setting Process

The American Bankers Association has released a letter and white paper raising concerns over the process taken by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards ...
American Banker

Slamming FASB misses the point

William Isaac and Thomas Vartanian unfortunately conflated two separate issues in their recent commentary about the Financial Accounting Standards Board: (1) FASB’s new standard for banks and other ...
Business Wire

FASB Chairman to Address Importance of Standardized Data in Setting Accounting Standard, at XBRL Investor Forum, Nov 4 in NY

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Russell G. Golden, Chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) will describe the critical role of data standards in developing useful, actionable accounting ...
CoinDesk

Accounting Standards Are Key to Getting Digital Assets on Corporate Balance Sheets

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), which sets accounting standards for private and public U.S. companies, has not developed any accounting standards for digital assets. This has proved ...

Two Boards Oversee Public Companies’ Accounting. Why Is One’s Independence More at Risk?

Company executives know they have to follow U.S. accounting rules set by one board while their auditors must obey regulations ...
JournalofAccountancy

Neuhausen Recognized for Contributions to Standard Setting

Please note: This item is from our archives and was published in 2009. It is provided for historical reference. The content may be out of date and links may no longer function. Ben Neuhausen, former ...
Wall Street Journal

FASB to Consider Setting Rules on Companies’ Crypto Accounting, Disclosure

The Financial Accounting Standards Board voted to consider setting clear rules on the accounting and disclosure of certain digital assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, a move that could fill a gap for ...