GASB

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board proposed new guidance on how state and local governments should handle the accounting and financial reporting for cloud computing and similar subscription-based information technology arrangements.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has released guidance in the form of questions and answers to help state and local governments apply its standards.

The longtime head of the Financial Accounting Foundation will step down after 11 years of running the organization that oversees FASB, GASB and the PCC.

The former Bank of America vice chairman has agreed to stay on through the rest of 2019 as the board of trustees searches for new leaders at FASB and GASB.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board are both on the lookout for new chairmen, with the end of the term approaching next year for leaders of both FASB and GASB.

Truth in Accounting wants pension and retirement benefit costs included in state and local government reporting.

FAF announces new board members; Armanino expands privacy services practice; and more CPA news.

The board posted a proposed guide Thursday, with a set of questions and answers about the new standards.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has posted a proposed implementation guide with a set of questions and answers about GASB’s new standards on accounting and financial reporting for fiduciary activities.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board proposed implementation guidance Tuesday to help explain some of its pronouncements.