GASB has issued an exposure draft that will address some implementation issues in GASB 84 and component units while also addressing accounting and financial reporting for Section 457 plans. This is a very important ED but it requires a quick turnaround so comments are due by April 10th to assist in getting these updates out in a timely manner.
GASB has issued an exposure draft to update the Conceptual Framework for Note Disclosures. The ED describes the types of information that should be disclosed in notes and the types of information that are not appropriate. The proposal introduces the concept of what is “essential” to users and updates the purpose of note disclosures. Comments are due April 17, 2020.
GASB proposed the Implementation Guidance Update—2020 ED on November 20th with comments due by January 31, 2020. The IG proposal includes 23 new questions and 5 updated questions. Topics range from the Financial Reporting Entity, Investment Pools, and Fiduciary Activities to Leases, AROs and Conduit Debt. The question and answer document addresses many of the implementation issues impacting governments for the most recent GASB standards.
GASB is looking for preparers to answer questions in a survey about interim financial reporting. As part of pre-agenda research, GASB would like to understand current practice and if there is a need for technical guidance. The survey can be found at https://www.fafsurveys.org/se/4CA36E926D01E3C5.
Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has introduced an exposure draft to address issues when LIBOR goes away for hedges and leases for governmental entities. Trying to ease the burden on governments, the proposal would allow entities to continue using hedge accounting for certain hedging derivative instruments that are amended or replaced due to the LIBOR transition. Comments are due November 27, 2019.
Melisa F. Galasso is the founder and CEO of Galasso Learning Solutions LLC. A CPA with nearly 20 years of experience in the accounting profession, Melisa designs and facilitates courses in advanced technical accounting and auditing topics, including not-for-profit and governmental accounting.
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She also serves on the FASB’s Not-for-Profit Advisory Committee (NAC), AICPA Council, and the AICPA’s Women’s Initiative Executive Committee (WIEC). She also serves as a Subject Matter Expert for the Center for Plain English Accounting. She previously served on the AICPA’s Technical Issues Committee (TIC), the VSCPA’s Board of Directors, and is a past Chair of the NCACPA’s A&A committee. In addition, Melisa is the author of Money Matters for Nonprofits: How Board Members Can Harness the Power of Financial Statements by Understanding Basic Accounting which is available on Amazon or anywhere you purchase books online.
Melisa received a Top 50 Women in Accounting Award in 2021 by Ignition, is a 2020 Enterprising Women of the Year Award recipient, and was honored as a “40 under 40” by CPA Practice Advisor in 2017, 2018, and 2019. She was also named the 2019 Rising Star by her regional NAWBO chapter, received the Don Farmer award for achievement in technical content instruction, and earned several other awards for public speaking and technical training.
