FASB clarified the definition of a business Thursday in an effort to help financial statement preparers evaluate whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) recently issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU 2017-1) that clarifies the definition of a business under Accounting Standards Codification Topic 805, ...

A “screen”. The “framework”. “Single or similar asset threshold”. Is anyone else scratching their head when they read the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) new definition of a business?

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has released guidance aimed at clarifying the official definition of a “business” for purposes of the accounting rules. The new accounting standards update ...

FASB wants to clarify the definition of a business to help financial statement preparers evaluate whether they should account for transactions as acquisitions or disposals of assets or businesses.

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In 2015, FASB sent a number of stakeholders into a tizzy when it issued two exposure drafts, part of its disclosure framework project, intended to “clarify the concept of materiality.” After hearing ...

NORWALK, Conn. (CBS.MW) -- The nation's independent accounting standards overseer on Wednesday said it would propose a change in the definition of a derivative. The proposal by the Financial ...