GASB

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has issued guidance outlining the accounting requirements for interest costs incurred before the end of a construction period.

The Financial Accounting Foundation has published its annual report on the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board it oversees.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has released implementation guidance with questions and answers to explain and elaborate on some of its recent standards.

The financial health of Magnolia Regional Health Center, a 200-bed public hospital in northern Mississippi, has gone from fair to serious condition all because of an accounting rule.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board released a new statement spelling out which liabilities should be disclosed related to debt.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board is asking for help as it develops a comprehensive model for revenue and expense recognition for state and local governments.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has released a new Implementation Guide with questions and answers about GASB’s new standards on accounting and financial reporting for postemployment benefits other than pensions, such as retiree health care.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board is circulating a pair of exposure drafts proposing accounting and financial reporting guidance pertaining to the capitalization of interest cost along with a proposed Implementation Guide discussing a variety of topics.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board proposed guidance Thursday to clarify how to account for a state or local government’s majority equity interest in organizations that stay legally separate after the acquisition, such as a public hospital buying a rehabilitation center that remains legally separate.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has proposed new guidance to clarify debt-related disclosures in notes to financial statements, including disclosures pertaining to direct borrowings and direct placements, for state and local governments.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board released guidance Wednesday to create a single approach to accounting for and reporting state and local government leases.

Grant Thornton International taps CEO-elect; Mazars USA and Marks Paneth add partners; and other personnel news from firms across the country.

The Financial Accounting Foundation’s board of trustees has named Jeffrey Previdi, a current member of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, as vice chairman of GASB.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has issued guidance for state and local governments to use when they extinguish debt before it matures.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board released a pair of implementation guides with questions and answers explaining several GASB standards.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has released an “omnibus” statement providing guidance on a wide range of accounting and financial reporting issues that have been uncovered during the implementation and application of some of GASB’s earlier pronouncements for state and local governments.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has published guidance on when liabilities to beneficiaries should be recognized.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board is asking for comments on how to improve information on government funds.

The Financial Accounting Foundation is filling three soon-to-open seats on its board.