Government accounting

While there are pension accounting standards, they allow plans to make more aggressive assumptions about how well they're funded than in the private sector.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board issued proposed implementation guidance in the form of questions and answers to clarify different pronouncements.

A recent study found that when municipal governments are assigned a random auditor, versus one they appoint themselves, financial performance improves.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has appointed a new task force to help GASB deal with going concern uncertainties and severe financial stress disclosures.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board is considering a change to address leases that are under the common control of related-party businesses.

Complexity causes the data to be unclear, and even obsolete by the time it is reported.

When governments outsource efforts, they are bringing in a new set of eyes that can identify risks, compliance issues or human errors.

The Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board is looking for volunteers to join a new task force it is forming on climate-related financial reporting.

The board released a concepts statement to guide GASB when mandating note disclosure requirements for state and local governments.

The board proposed requirements for governments to disclose information about risks that could affect the level of services they’re able to offer or their ability to meet obligations.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board released new guidance to provide a unified accounting treatment for compensated absences of state and local government employees and simplify the disclosure work.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board is asking its stakeholders to provide feedback on whether it should work on a new standard to account for government grants while building on an existing international standard.

The board released guidance Monday to improve the accounting and financial reporting requirements for state and local governments.

The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board issued a consultation paper on natural resources on Monday to consider various issues relating to recognition, measurement and presentation of natural resources by public sector entities.

The Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board is looking for feedback on an exposure draft of a proposed set of technical clarifications and amendments on lease accounting for the federal government.

The board issued guidance Monday to address different accounting and financial reporting issues it identified.

Governmental Accounting Standards Board chair Joel Black has plans as GASB prepares to issue new standards on compensated absences, accounting changes and error corrections, while also weighing issues like digital assets, electronic financial reporting and subsequent events.

The board released an exposure draft of a proposed standard for multi-employer retirement plan obligations.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board set the effective date for the GASB 87 leases standard at June 15, 2021, after pushing it back by 18 months during the pandemic, but many state and local governments are apparently behind on implementing it.

The International Federation of Accountants teamed up with the Institute of Chartered Accountants on the latest installment of an educational series.