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No Escape: How to Live with the New Lease Accounting Standards

CPA Practice

By Emily Fish, director of product accounting at LeaseQuery Within the lease accounting standards, there are exceptions to help entities determine which leases are in scope and which are not. First and foremost, the lease accounting standards apply to all entities—there isn’t an exception for an entity or industry as a whole.

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How to navigate accounting assumptions

ThomsonReuters

Jump to: What are the main accounting assumptions? Going concern assumption: A closer look How do common accounting assumptions relate to GAAP? Staying up to date with GAAP standards Running an efficient and successful business isn’t easy. What are the main accounting assumptions?

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Understanding GAAP rules

ThomsonReuters

Jump to: What are the GAAP accounting rules? What are the main principles of the GAAP framework? What are the main consolidation models under GAAP? GAAP rules for outstanding checks Staying up to date with GAAP standards Accurately tracking and presenting financial information can be complex, even for smaller organizations.

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FASB to Host Public Roundtable on Proposal to Improve Disclosures around Income Statement Expenses

CPA Practice

The Financial Accounting Standards Board ( FASB ) will host a public roundtable on its July 2023 proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU), Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses.

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Here’s How Much Audit Fees Have Increased in the Last Twenty Years Making Us Wonder Why Salaries Didn’t Do the Same

Going Concern

Accounting standards ASC 606 Revenue from Contracts with Customers, ASC 842 Leases, and ASC 326 Financial Instruments – Credit Losses required companies to change existing accounting and financial reporting standards. These new regulations likely contributed to rising audit fees in prior years.

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Why Should Skagit County Businesses Care About FASB and GAAP?

SkagitCountyTaxServices

Though it’s not the main thing I’ll be writing about today, I did want to point out this economic elephant in the room for my Mount Vernon business owner readers and clients, and not just speed on by and into my accounting geekery. It was started some 50 years ago as a successor to the Accounting Principles Board.

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Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) From ASU 2016-13

Withum

The new guidance issued in Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-13 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2022 for these companies.