On November 2nd, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) staff released for public comment proposed improvements for references in the 2024 US GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy and the related release notes. As part of the FASB staff’s ongoing efforts to review the taxonomy references for further improvement, the proposed improvements would, among other things, add references to sections 45, 50, and S99 of certain accounting topics in the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification. Continue reading "FASB Issues Improvements for 2024 US GAAP..." »

On November 3rd, the SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) concluded its assessment of how filers label the elements used in tagging reported items on the income statement over multiple periods. Staff noted that some filers use various labels for the same element used to tag the same reported item on the income statement from one period to the next. This even occurred when the description of the reported item did not change. More specifically, filers used one label in a certain form (such as Form 10-Q) while using a different label for the same element in a different form (such as Form 10-K). For instance, the element “Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax” should not use the label “Operating revenue” on Form 10-Q while using the label “Total operating revenue” on Form 10-K. Continue reading "SEC Releases Findings from Evaluation of..." »

On November 2nd, the SEC adopted Regulation SE under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which establishes the process for an entity to register with the SEC as a security-based swap (SBS) execution facility (collectively, SBSEF) and introduces a new form required for registration. The adopted regime is one of a number of major reforms required under Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act, which is the legislation that improved transparency and oversight of the over-the-counter derivatives market by requiring the SEC to employ a regulatory framework for SBSs that requires the registration and regulation of SBSEFs. Continue reading "SEC Approves Rules to Reform Registration and..." »