Learn how FASB defines U.S. accounting standards under GAAP, its partnership with IASB, and its impact on financial reporting ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board, FASB, is a private, independent organization that since 1973 has been given the authority by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, to establish ...

The codification is effective for interim and annual periods ending after Sept. 15, 2009. All existing accounting standards documents will be superseded by the codification, and all other accounting ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board on Wednesday voted to move ahead with plans for more than 30 tweaks to the Accounting Standards Codification, the source of authoritative U.S. generally ...

Significant changes in July will affect the way CPAs perform accounting research and reference accounting literature in day-to-day work. On July 1, FASB is expected to issue the FASB Accounting ...

FASB recently made the first of several scheduled maintenance updates to its Accounting Standards Codification as part of an effort to simplify the codification’s structure. No guidance will change as ...

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Businesses today are operating in an unprecedented time of change, forcing organizations to drive results while also navigating an increasingly complex marketplace. One such important change is with ...

Nonprofit organizations are entities that perform charitable services by accepting funds from the general public. To help regulate activities and encourage the proper use of funds, accounting ...

Lease accounting is becoming more complex and detailed for private companies and not-for-profit entities. Business valuations may also be impacted by the new standard. Effective in fiscal years ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board released an accounting standards update Wednesday to improve its codification of standards on different topics, including technical corrections, unintended ...