Update on Accounting and Financial Reporting Issues (12.07.07)
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Financial Institutions Update
Update on Accounting and Financial Reporting Issues (12.07.07)

As an update to our prior communications on accounting and financial reporting topics, the following represents topics that have near-term effective dates, near-term expected issuance dates, or areas in which significant changes have occurred.

Recently Issued and Effective Guidance
  • Fair Value
    • Fair Value Measurements (FASB Statement 157)
    • Fair Value Option (FASB Statement 159)
  • Postretirement Benefit Obligations, Including Pensions (FASB Statement 158)
  • Split-dollar Life Insurance
    • Endorsement Arrangements
    • Collateral Assignment Arrangements
  • Uncertainty in Income Taxes (FASB Interpretation 48)
  • Allowance for Credit Losses
In the Pipeline
  • Business Combinations, Including Mutual Enterprises
  • Transfer of Financial Assets and Liabilities, Including Loan Participations
  • Allowance for Credit Losses
Short Topics
  • Assessing Materiality and Correcting Errors
  • Earnings per Share (EPS)
  • Accounting for Income Tax Benefits of Dividends on Share-based Payment Awards
  • Useful Life and Amortization of Intangible Assets
  • Derivatives and Hedging Activities
    • Derivatives and Hedging: Use of Shortcut Method
    • Derivative Disclosures
    • Hedging Under Statement 133
  • AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide for Depository and Lending Institutions
  • Accounting for Leases
  • A Look to the Future: International Accounting Standards
Timetable for Projects

Checklist of Recently Issued and Effective Pronouncements


 

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