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FASB backs off bigger software accounting revamp

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It's been decades since the Financial Accounting Standards Board has made any major changes to GAAP accounting rules for software.

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FASB drops four-year project changing goodwill accounting

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accounting standard-setter shelved a proposal recasting how companies account for an estimated $3.6 trillion in goodwill on their balance sheets.

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FASB chooses single software accounting model

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accounting standard setter is revisiting accounting for software costs. The new project marks the first time in decades that the U.S.

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FASB mulls two new software accounting options

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The project to improve software accounting standards is a long time coming. At least one element of the current standards has remained largely unchanged since 1985.

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IFRS Accounting Standard Will Support Better Investment Decisions

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Nick Anderson was appointed as a member of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) in 2017. Anderson was a member of the UK Accounting Standards Board from 2007 to 2013 and a founding member of the Corporate Reporting Users’ Forum (CRUF). He has a degree in economics, University College, Durham, UK.

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FASB declines to tackle new credit risk transfer project

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accounting standard setter decided against adding a new project to its priority agenda that would have required banks to disclose more information about CRTs.

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FASB pursues agenda refresh

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Narrower projects could be in store for the accounting-standard setter as some stakeholders want more guidance on hot- button issues like crypto and goodwill.