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Tag: FASB

Cryptocurrencies fair value accounting.

FASB (Finally) Backs Fair-Value Accounting for Cryptocurrency Assets

Cryptocurrencies fair value accounting.

Cryptocurrency enthusiasts don’t exactly seem like rule-following types. In fact, defying convention likely makes up much of crypto’s appeal for many digital-token owners. Pesky things like accounting standards probably don’t even show up o...

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FASB Members Shaking Hands

Financial Accounting Standards Board Nearing New Disclosure Rules for Joint Ventures

FASB Members Shaking Hands

In August, Honda and LG Energy Solution revealed that they would be investing $4.4 billion to  develop a U.S. electric-vehicle battery factory. The automaker and battery company are taking part in an increasingly popular U.S. corporate arra...

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FASB: A New Hope for Raising Corporate Taxes

FASB: A New Hope for Raising Corporate Taxes

FASB: A New Hope for Raising Corporate Taxes

It makes for a splashy headline every year after watchdog groups get a chance to comb through corporate financial statements: “[INSERT NAMES OF BIG CORPORATIONS] Paid No Taxes in [INSERT LAST YEAR].” For example, the Institute on Taxation a...

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Boxes in various sizes for supply chain financing.

FASB Endorses New Disclosures for Supply-Chain Financing

Boxes in various sizes for supply chain financing.

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, companies and their vendors have needed creative solutions to keep supply chains moving. One solution that has become increasingly popular involves third-party financing for companies’ purch...

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Eco-friendly lounge set with carbon offsets

FASB Begins Process of Setting Accounting Standards for Environmental Reporting

Eco-friendly lounge set with carbon offsets

Summer is the season for projects. As day-to-day life slows down for a few months, the most industrious among us often use the break to knock out nagging tasks that have been sitting on to-do lists. DIYers – those fanatics who spend their d...

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