FASB RELEASES FRESH OVERHAUL OF THE USA’S GAAP CODE

THE FINANCIAL Accounting Standards Board (FASB), of the United States, has proposed revisions to the USA’s generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) on leases and also the recognition and measurement of financial assets and financial liabilities. It has also released a wide range of planned textual changes to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification, covering nine sections of GAAP, including brokers and dealers’ liabilities, income taxes, fair value and more. See ...


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