Get Chapter Financial Asset Update Form Due November 1 2013

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. The standard's main goal is to improve financial reporting by requiring earlier recognition of credit losses on financing receivables and other financial assets in scope.

An Accounting Standards Update is not authoritative; rather, it is a document that communicates how the Accounting Standards Codification is being amended. It also provides other information to help a user of GAAP understand how and why GAAP is changing and when the changes will be effective.

What is ASU 2016-01? ASU 2016-01 eliminates the classification categories of equity investments and their differing treatments (trading, available-for-sale, or held to maturity securities). This includes equity investments in partnerships, LLCs and unincorporated joint ventures.

On February 25, 2016, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). The objective of this ASU is to increase transparency and comparability in financial reporting by requiring balance sheet recognition of leases and note disclosure of certain information about lease arrangements.

On 24 July 2014, the IASB issued IFRS 9 Financial Insturments. This is the final version of the Standard and supersedes all previous versions. The Standard has a mandatory effective date for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018, with earlier application permitted.

The main impact of ASU 2016-01 is that changes in the value of equity investments must now be included in net income. Companies will no longer be able to classify an equity investment as available-for-sale and recognize changes in value within other comprehensive income.

An Accounting Standards Update is not authoritative; rather, it is a document that communicates how the Accounting Standards Codification is being amended. It also provides other information to help a user of GAAP understand how and why GAAP is changing and when the changes will be effective.

IAS 39 was reissued in December 2003, applies to annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005, and will be largely replaced by IFRS 9 Financial Instruments for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018.