FASB

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board Foundation has appointed Perella Weinberg Partners partner and CEO Robert K. Steel as its new chair, succeeding former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the founder and chief executive of Bloomberg LP. Steel previously worked under Bloomberg as deputy mayor.

The first step is to admit there’s a problem.

Accountants serving U.S. banks and credit unions are bracing for the impact that the current expected credit loss model may have on the institutions’ allowance for loan and lease losses and capital levels, and these institutions are enacting transition plans now.

The new method would provide an alternative to the modified retrospective transition method.

Biotech, pharmaceutical, medical device and related businesses are dealing with recent accounting standards, plus a new tax law, amid a changing landscape for their industry.

Larry Smith, who served as a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board from 2007 until 2017, is watching some of the standards he worked on for a decade now being rolled out, but he believes the board should be doing more on performance reporting and the FASB Accounting Standards Codification.

Ken Crutchfield, vice president and general manager of Bloomberg Tax Technology, discusses the changes in the leasing standard that accountants and their clients need to prepare for this year.

The Internal Revenue Service may be changing Schedule UTP, the Uncertain Tax Position Statement, which corporate taxpayers file with their Form 1120 tax returns, because it doesn’t contain enough information to be useful in compliance efforts, according to a new report.

Businesses that were early adopters of the new rules have been running into some issues with regulators and investors.

FASB's recent move to make implementation easier isn't persuading accountants it will save them any time or effort.