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Disclaimer. The views expressed in this presentation are my own and do not represent positions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.Official positions of the FASB Board are arrived at only after extensive due process and deliberations.. FASB Overview. Originated in 1973Recognized by the SE
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1. Financial Accounting Standards Board
US GAAP Update
June 2008
Michael Crooch
2. Disclaimer The views expressed in this presentation are my own and do not represent positions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
Official positions of the FASB Board are arrived at only after extensive due process and deliberations.
3. FASB Overview Originated in 1973
Recognized by the SEC under Section 108 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
“Designated Private-Sector Standard Setter”
Recognized under Section 203 of the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct
Standard-setter, not a regulator
No enforcement authority
4. Changes to FASB Oversight, Structure and Operations Reduce the size of the Board from seven members to five members, effective 7/1/2008
Composition to be one at-large member and four others having experience as a preparer of financial statements, an auditor, an academic, and a financial analyst/investor, respectively
Retain the simple majority voting retirement
Adopted a leadership agenda process
The Board’s technical agenda is established solely by the FASB Chairman, following consultation with the other Board members
5. Our Mission
6. Information on Website www.fasb.org FASB Standards, Concepts, and Interpretations, and Staff Positions (FSPs)
Audio Webcast of Board Meetings
Semi-Annual Detailed Technical Plan – April/October
Separate Summary Page for Each Project
EITF Material
7. Communication Improvements Weekly e-mail for Action Alert
under “Action Alert” at left side of home page
Major codification of all authoritative GAAP has been developed.
A verification draft was issued in January 2008 for feedback during a one-year period
Ultimately, the codification will become the single authoritative source of U.S. GAAP, superseding all existing standards
8. Financial Accounting Standards Board
FASB Statement No. 141(R), Business Combinations
9. Business Combinations Phase 1 ended in June 2001 - Issued two FASB Statements
No. 141, Business Combinations
No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
Phase 2 addresses applying the acquisition method and noncontrolling interests
10. Applying the Acquisition Method Overall Principles
Business combinations are exchange transactions in which knowledgeable, unrelated willing parties exchange equal values
The acquirer obtains control of the acquiree at the acquisition date and becomes responsible and accountable for all of the acquiree’s assets, liabilities, and activities, regardless of the percentage of its ownership in the acquiree
11. Applying the Acquisition Method Overall Principles (continued)
The total amount to be recognized is the fair value of the acquiree as a whole and, therefore, the assets acquired and liabilities assumed should be recognized at their fair values on the date control is obtained.
12. Applying the Acquisition Method Measuring Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed
Equity securities issued as consideration
Measured at their fair value as of the acquisition date (not the agreement date)
Acquisition-related costs paid to third parties
Not part of consideration transferred
Expensed as incurred
13. Applying the Acquisition Method Measuring Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed
Contingent Consideration Arrangements
Include fair value of contingent consideration in the fair value of the total consideration
Determine whether the obligation is a liability or equity.
Liability - changes in fair value would be recognized in income (unless it is a hedging instrument for which changes are recognized in other comprehensive income)
Equity - no subsequent remeasurement
14. Applying the Acquisition Method Measuring Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed
Restructuring reserves
Only items that meet the definition of a liability at the acquisition date will be recognized as part of the business combination (EITF 95-3 will be nullified)
Others are post-combination expense - thus practice of recognizing liabilities “prematurely” eliminated
Valuation allowances
No separate allowance for receivables or other assets measured at fair value
15. Applying the Acquisition Method Measuring Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed
Contingencies
Applies equally to assets and liabilities
Recognize contractual contingencies at fair value as of the acquisition date, and for non-contractual contingencies, only if it is then more-likely-than-not that they meet the definition of an asset or liability
16. Applying the Acquisition Method Measuring Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed
Contingencies: Subsequent Measures
A liability is to be measured at the higher of:
Its acquisition-date fair value
The amount recognized if Statement 5 applied
An asset is to be measured at the lower of:
Its acquisition-date fair value
The best estimate of its future settlement amount
17. Applying the Acquisition Method
18. Financial Accounting Standards Board
FASB Statement No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Subsidiaries
19. Noncontrolling Interests
20. Noncontrolling Interests Loss of control
A transaction that causes the subsidiary to cease being consolidated results in recognition of a gain or loss in the income statement.
Any investment in the previously consolidated subsidiary that is retained by the reporting entity initially is measured at its fair value.
21. Noncontrolling Interests Allocation of net income and losses
Net income or loss and each component of other comprehensive income is attributed to the controlling interests and the noncontrolling interests
22. Issuance and Effective Date Both final Statements issued in December 2007
Effective dates will be the same for both Statements: Calendar year companies – January 1, 2009.
Earlier adoption prohibited by FASB
23. Financial Accounting Standards Board
FASB Statement No. 161,
Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
24. Derivatives Disclosures Objective: to provide an enhanced understanding of:
How and why an entity uses derivatives
How derivatives and related hedged items are accounted for under Statement 133 and its related interpretations, and
How derivatives affect an entity’s financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.
25. Derivatives Disclosures Tabular Disclosures
Final Statement requires 2 tables
Those 2 tables focus on (1) where in balance sheet derivatives are located and what is the fair value (balance sheet table) and (2) where in income statement change in fair value is located and what is the change in fair value (income statement table)
Information on hedged items is required but does not have to be part of the tabular format
26. Derivatives Disclosures Other Required Disclosures
Final Statement requires disclosure of the existence and nature of credit-risk-related contingent features embedded in derivative instruments. Disclosure must include:
The aggregate fair value of derivative instruments that contain those features
The aggregate fair value of assets posted as collateral, the aggregate fair value of additional assets that would be required to be posted as collateral and/or needed to settle the instrument if the contingent features were triggered
27. Derivatives Disclosures Other Required Disclosures
Final Statement requires entities to qualitatively discuss, by underlying risk, its objectives for holding or issuing derivative instruments
Final Statement requires entities to provide information that would enable users to understand its volume of derivative activity
28. Derivatives Disclosures Effective Date
The effective date for the final Statement is for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008
Statement 161 was issued in March 2008
29. Statement 133 Implementation Issues Finalized Issue No. E23, Issues Involving the Application of the Shortcut Method under Paragraph 68 (Released July 2007)
Addresses various practice issues about the applicability of the shortcut method of accounting for hedging relationships.
30. FSP FAS 157-1 on the Interaction of FAS 157 and Lease Accounting Issued 2/14/2008
Potential practice issues:
Leases that presently qualify as direct financing or leveraged leases
Estimated residual values for pools of leased assets
Effective upon initial adoption of Statement 157 Under Statement 13, a lessor cannot classify a lease as a direct financing lease if the fair value of the leased asset does not equal its cost at inception. Constituents have questioned whether a lease could ever qualify as a direct financing lease under Statement 157’s fair value framework, for the following reasons:
The fair value of the leased asset determined under Statement 157 would exclude transaction costs, which would be included in fair value under current practice.
Statement 157 requires consideration of an asset’s exit price in the holder’s principle market for selling the asset to measure fair value. Existing practice considers the price in the entry market (for third-party lessors) to determine fair value.
Some have argued that Statement 157’s fair value guidance wouldn’t affect residual values. But Statement 13 defines the residual value of leased property as “the estimated fair value of the leased property at the end of the leased term.” Lessors engaged in high volumes of leases of low value leased assets generally use a weighted-average expected cash flow valuation model to determine estimated residual values, reflecting the fact that they typically access multiple markets to dispose of these assets. However, Statement 157’s framework requires an entity to consider only its principle market to measure fair value. Use of only the principle market to estimate residual values could result, for example, in more income over the lease term, a higher implicit rate in the lease, and more impairment losses recognized upon the disposal of leased assets that under current practice.Under Statement 13, a lessor cannot classify a lease as a direct financing lease if the fair value of the leased asset does not equal its cost at inception. Constituents have questioned whether a lease could ever qualify as a direct financing lease under Statement 157’s fair value framework, for the following reasons:
The fair value of the leased asset determined under Statement 157 would exclude transaction costs, which would be included in fair value under current practice.
Statement 157 requires consideration of an asset’s exit price in the holder’s principle market for selling the asset to measure fair value. Existing practice considers the price in the entry market (for third-party lessors) to determine fair value.
Some have argued that Statement 157’s fair value guidance wouldn’t affect residual values. But Statement 13 defines the residual value of leased property as “the estimated fair value of the leased property at the end of the leased term.” Lessors engaged in high volumes of leases of low value leased assets generally use a weighted-average expected cash flow valuation model to determine estimated residual values, reflecting the fact that they typically access multiple markets to dispose of these assets. However, Statement 157’s framework requires an entity to consider only its principle market to measure fair value. Use of only the principle market to estimate residual values could result, for example, in more income over the lease term, a higher implicit rate in the lease, and more impairment losses recognized upon the disposal of leased assets that under current practice.
31. FSP FAS 157-2, Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157 Issued 1/12/2008
Partial deferral of the effective date of Statement 157
Nonfinancial assets and liabilities, except for those recognized or disclosed at fair value on a recurring basis
Now effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008
32. FSP FAS 157-2: Examples of ItemsSubject to FAS 157 Deferral Impairment tests
Goodwill (FAS 142)
Indefinite-lived intangible assets (FAS 142)
Long-lived assets (FAS 144)
Initial measurement
Nonfinancial items in a business combination (FAS 141(R))
Asset retirement obligations (FAS 143)
Liabilities for exit costs (FAS 146)
33. FSP FAS 157-2: Examples of ItemsNot Subject to FAS 157 Deferral Financial assets and liabilities (FAS 107, 141(R), and 159)
Derivatives (FAS 133)
Servicing assets and liabilities (FAS 156)
Impaired loans measured at fair value of collateral – even if the collateral is nonfinancial (FAS 114) In the case of FAS 114 when using practical expedient in paragraph 13, even if the underlying collateral is nonfinancial.In the case of FAS 114 when using practical expedient in paragraph 13, even if the underlying collateral is nonfinancial.
34. Proposed FSP FAS 157-c, Measuring Liabilities under FASB Statement No. 157 Would clarify the application of Statement 157 to measuring the fair value of liabilities
Best evidence: quoted market price for the identical liability
Example: a bond traded as an asset
If quoted market price unavailable, the amount the reporting entity would receive as proceeds if it were to issue the liability on the measurement date
Comment period ended February 18, 2008
Final FSP expected in the third quarter of 2008Comment period ended February 18, 2008
Final FSP expected in the third quarter of 2008
35. FSP APB 14-1 on the Accounting for Certain Convertible Debt Instruments Issued 5/9/2008
Will require separation of all convertible debt instruments that may be settled partially or entirely in cash upon conversion
Will require initial measurement of the liability component at the fair value of a similar instrument that does not have an equity component
Guidance to be applied retroactively with restatement of prior years’ statements
Effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. Early adoption is not permitted.
36. Proposed FSP 132(R)-a Objective: To improve disclosures about plan assets and to require nonpublic entities to disclose net periodic cost
Requires separate disclosure of the fair value of each major category of plan assets based on the types of assets held in the plan Redeliberations are expected to begin in late June.Redeliberations are expected to begin in late June.
37. Proposed FSP 132(R)-a Disclosures about the following major categories, if significant, are also required:
Cash and cash equivalents Equity securities
Governmental debt securities Structured debt
Corporate debt securities Asset-backed securities
Private equity funds Hedge funds
Venture capital funds Real estate
Derivatives, segregated by type (interest rate, FX, etc.)
38. Proposed FSP 132(R)-a The following disclosures are also required:
Disclosures about the nature and amount of concentrations of risk arising within or across categories of plan assets
Disclosures about fair value measurements, similar to those required by FASB Statement No. 157, Fair Value Measurements.
39. FSP FAS 142-3 on Intangible Assets Amends the factors that should be considered in developing renewal or extension assumptions used to determine the useful life of a recognized intangible asset under FASB Statement No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.
It allows an entity to consider its own assumptions about renewal or extension of the arrangement.
No guidance on the measurement or amortization of a recognized intangible asset
Provides Enhanced Disclosures
Effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. Early adoption is prohibited.
Guidance for determining the useful life of a recognized intangible asset shall be applied prospectively to intangible assets acquired after the effective date.
Disclosure requirements shall be applied prospectively to all intangible assets recognized as of, and subsequent to, the effective date.
Issued 4/25/2008
Enhanced Disclosures:
For a recognized intangible asset, an entity shall disclose information that enables users of financial statements to assess the extent to which the expected future cash flows associated with the asset are affected by the entity’s intent and/or ability to renew or extend the arrangement.
In addition to the required disclosures in paragraphs 44 and 45 of Statement 142, an entity shall disclose the following, where applicable:
a. The entity’s accounting policy on the treatment of costs incurred to renew or extend the term of a recognized intangible asset
b. In the period of acquisition or renewal, the weighted-average period prior to the next renewal or extension (both explicit and implicit), by major intangible asset class
c. For an entity that capitalizes renewal or extension costs, the total amount of costs incurred in the period to renew or extend the term of a recognized intangible asset for each period for which a statement of financial position is presented, by major intangible asset class.
Issued 4/25/2008
Enhanced Disclosures:
For a recognized intangible asset, an entity shall disclose information that enables users of financial statements to assess the extent to which the expected future cash flows associated with the asset are affected by the entity’s intent and/or ability to renew or extend the arrangement.
In addition to the required disclosures in paragraphs 44 and 45 of Statement 142, an entity shall disclose the following, where applicable:
a. The entity’s accounting policy on the treatment of costs incurred to renew or extend the term of a recognized intangible asset
b. In the period of acquisition or renewal, the weighted-average period prior to the next renewal or extension (both explicit and implicit), by major intangible asset class
c. For an entity that capitalizes renewal or extension costs, the total amount of costs incurred in the period to renew or extend the term of a recognized intangible asset for each period for which a statement of financial position is presented, by major intangible asset class.
40. Exposure Draft, Disclosure of Certain Loss Contingencies The proposal to significantly improve the disclosures about certain loss contingencies was released for comment on June 5, 2008. Comments are requested by August 8, 2008.
It is proposed to be applied prospectively for financial statements issued for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2008, and for both interim and annual periods in subsequent fiscal years.
41. Exposure Draft, Disclosure of Certain Loss Contingencies The proposal would significantly expand and improve the qualitative and quantitative disclosures about loss contingencies
Qualitative––An entity shall provide disclosures to enable users of financial statements to assess the likelihood, timing, and amount of future cash flows associated with loss contingencies. Such disclosure shall include discussion of the risks loss contingencies pose to the entity and their potential effects on the entity’s financial position, cash flows, and results of operations .
42. Exposure Draft, Disclosure of Certain Loss Contingencies Other disclosures about loss contingencies
Qualitative––At a minimum, disclose a description of the contingency (for example, how it arose, its legal or contractual basis, its current status, and the anticipated timing of its resolution), a description of the factors that are likely to affect the ultimate outcome of the contingency along with their potential impact on the outcome, management’s qualitative assessment of the most likely outcome of the contingency, and significant assumptions made by management.
43. Exposure Draft, Disclosure of Certain Loss Contingencies Other disclosures about loss contingencies
Quantitative––Disclose the following information about the entity’s gross exposure to loss from the contingency:
The amount of the claim or assessment against the entity (including any estimated treble or punitive damages, if known), if applicable, or
If there is no claim or assessment amount, an estimate of the entity’s maximum exposure to loss
44. Exposure Draft, Disclosure of Certain Loss Contingencies Other disclosures about loss contingencies
Quantitative––In addition, an entity may supplementally disclose management’s best estimate of the possible loss or range of loss, if management believes that the amount of the claim or assessment or the maximum exposure to loss is not representative of the entity’s actual exposure
45. Exposure Draft, Disclosure of Certain Loss Contingencies Other disclosures about loss contingencies
Quantitative––In addition, a reconciliation is required, in a tabular format, of the total amount recognized in the aggregate for loss contingencies in its statement of financial position at the beginning and end of the period. Detailed components in the reconciliation are specified.
46. Exposure Draft, Disclosure of Certain Loss Contingencies Other disclosures about loss contingencies
Quantitative––Even if an entity has made an assessment and determined that the likelihood of loss is remote, it shall disclose a loss contingency, or a combination of loss contingencies, if events that are expected to occur in the near-term (within one year) could have a severe impact on the entity’s financial position, cash flows, or results of operations.
47. Hedging Project Project Objectives
Simplify accounting for hedging activities
Improve the financial reporting of hedging activities to make the accounting model and the associated disclosures easier to understand for financial statement users
Resolve hedge accounting practice issues that have arisen under Statement No. 133
Address differences in the accounting for derivative instruments and hedged items or transactions
48. Hedging Project The hedge accounting approach would establish a fair value methodology to hedge accounting. The approach would eliminate many elements that exist under the current hedge accounting model, including bifurcation-by-risk, the shortcut method, critical terms match, and the requirement to quantitatively assess effectiveness in order to qualify for hedge accounting
The items and transactions currently eligible for hedge accounting would continue to be eligible under this approach.
49. Hedging Project-Major Changes Hedge Effectiveness
Qualitative instead of Quantitative
Reasonably effective
No ongoing effectiveness testing unless circumstances suggest no longer reasonably effective
No effectiveness testing at all was considered
50. Hedging Project - Major Changes Dedesignation
Discontinuation of hedge accounting only if hedging relationship is terminated
Discontinuation of hedging relationship by merely dedesignating is not permitted
51. Hedging Project - Major Changes Hedged Risk
General model is that the designated hedged risk must be all changes in fair value or variability in cash flows (bifurcation-by-risk not permitted)
Two exceptions:
Foreign exchange rate risk can be designated as the hedged risk
Interest rate risk can be designated as the hedged risk in a hedge of an entity’s own debt at inception of the debt
52. Hedging Project - Major Changes Measurement of Hedged Item in Fair Value Hedges
Hedged item and derivative hedging instrument must be independently measured for changes in fair value
Not permitted to take the change in fair value of the derivative, change the sign and apply it to the hedged item
All of contractual cash flows of the entire hedged item must be included in calculating the fair value
Adjust the carrying value of hedged item for changes in fair value during the hedge period
53. Hedging Project - Major Changes Measuring and Reporting Ineffectiveness in Cash Flow Hedges
Compare change in fair value of the actual derivative and the present value of the cumulative change in expected future cash flows on the hedged transaction
For example, an entity could compare the change in fair value of the actual derivative with the change in fair value of a derivative that would mature on the date of the forecasted transaction, be priced at market, and provide cash flows that would exactly offset the hedged cash flows
The difference would be reported in earnings as ineffectiveness
Nonperformance risk must be considered when calculating the fair value of the derivative hedging instrument
Permitted to use the same credit adjustment in the derivative that would exactly offset the hedged cash flows as used in the actual derivative
54. Hedging Project - Major Changes Measuring and Reporting Ineffectiveness in Cash Flow Hedges
Hedging with purchased options
When a purchased option contract is used as the hedging instrument to provide only one-sided protection, a purchased option derivative that would mature on the date of the forecasted transaction and provide cash flows that would exactly offset the one-sided change in the hedged cash flows could be used for calculating ineffectiveness.
Ineffectiveness can be measured using all changes in the option’s cash flows
55. Hedging Project - Major Changes Measuring and Reporting Ineffectiveness in Cash Flow Hedges
Hedging groups of transactions – first 100M in sales for January
Compare actual derivative to derivative that settles within a reasonable period of time of cash flows on forecasted transactions
Reasonable if the difference in forward rates between that derivative and derivative(s) that would exactly offset cash flows is minimal
56. Hedging Project - Major Changes Disclosures
For hedged items in fair value hedges - table showing amount reported in balance sheet, Statement 133 adjustment, Other fair value adjustments, amount excluding those adjustments
Hedging interest rate risk in issued debt – how hedging derivative(s) changes maturity and interest rate on debt
57. Disclosures about Credit DerivativesBackground There is a current focus on credit default swaps given turmoil in credit markets
Estimated notional amount of outstanding CDS was $43 trillion in June 2007
On actively traded names CDS volume is substantially greater than outstanding debt making it difficult to settle contracts
When Delphi defaulted - $28 billion outstanding CDS against $5.2 billion of bonds
58. Disclosures about Credit Derivatives Objectives
Improve disclosures about credit derivatives and guarantees to help users better understand their impact on an entity’s financial position, financial performance, and cash flows
Close the gap in GAAP
Align recognition/measurement and disclosures in same standards
59. Disclosures about Credit Derivatives Gap in GAAP
FIN 45 requires disclosures by guarantors for guarantees within its scope, which includes some, but not all, credit derivatives
S133 CDS for which the party purchasing the protection owns the referenced obligation are within the scope of FIN 45’s disclosure requirements
S133 CDS for which the party purchasing the protection does not own the referenced obligation are not within the scope of FIN 45’s disclosure requirements
Project would amend S133 and FIN 45 to result in the disclosure requirements for all S133 credit derivatives being included in S133
60. Disclosures about Credit Derivatives Proposed Disclosures
Disclosures for Sellers of Credit Derivatives:
The nature of the credit derivative, including the approximate term of the credit derivative, the events or circumstances that would require the seller to perform under the credit derivative, and the current status of the credit derivative (for example, the current credit risk of the referenced obligation).
The maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the seller could be required to make under the credit derivative. That maximum potential amount of future payments shall not be reduced by the effect of any amounts that may possibly be recovered under recourse or collateralization provisions in the credit derivative (which are addressed below). If the terms of the credit derivative provide for no limitation to the maximum potential future payments under the credit derivative, that fact shall be disclosed. If the seller is unable to develop an estimate of the maximum potential amount of future payments under the credit derivative, the seller shall disclose the reasons why it cannot estimate the maximum potential amount.
61. Disclosures about Credit Derivatives Proposed Disclosures
Disclosures for Sellers of Credit Derivatives Con’t:
The fair value of the credit derivative.
The nature of (1) any recourse provisions that would enable the seller to recover from third parties any of the amounts paid under the credit derivative and (2) any assets held either as collateral or by third parties that, upon the occurrence of any specified pre-agreed event or condition under the credit derivative, the seller can obtain and liquidate to recover all or a portion of the amounts paid under the credit derivative. The seller shall indicate, if estimable, the approximate extent to which the proceeds from liquidation of those assets would be expected to cover the maximum potential amount of future payments under the credit derivative. In its estimate of potential recoveries, the seller of credit protection should consider the effect of any purchased credit protection with an identical underlying(s).
62. Disclosures about Credit Derivatives Next Steps
Exposure Draft of an FSP expected to be issued in Q2 2008.
Final FSP expected to be issued in Q3 2008
Effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008 (same as S161)
63. Transfers of Financial Assets Objectives
Simplify the guidance on accounting for transfers of financial assets in Statement 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities
Improve consistency and transparency in financial reporting
Next steps
Issue Exposure Draft in third quarter 2008
64. Transfers of Financial Assets Recent Board Decisions
Remove the concept of the qualifying SPE (“QSPE”)
Derecognition – Statement 140
Consolidation –Interpretation 46(R), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities
Amend the derecognition model
Maintain the existing Statement 140 derecognition model with modifications to paragraphs 9(a) and 9(c) and the full removal of paragraph 9(b)
Transfers of portions of financial assets are eligible for derecognition only when it is a participating interest A participating interest has the following characteristics:
It represents an ownership interest in an individual financial asset.
All cash flows received from the asset are divided among the participating interests in proportion to the share of ownership. Cash flows allocated to a servicer as compensation for servicing activities based on market terms shall not be included in that determination.
Participating interest holders have no recourse, other than standard representations and warranties, to the transferor or to each other, and no participating interest holder is subordinated to another.
Neither the transferor nor any participating interest holder has the right to pledge or exchange the entire financial asset in which they own a participating interest. A participating interest has the following characteristics:
It represents an ownership interest in an individual financial asset.
All cash flows received from the asset are divided among the participating interests in proportion to the share of ownership. Cash flows allocated to a servicer as compensation for servicing activities based on market terms shall not be included in that determination.
Participating interest holders have no recourse, other than standard representations and warranties, to the transferor or to each other, and no participating interest holder is subordinated to another.
Neither the transferor nor any participating interest holder has the right to pledge or exchange the entire financial asset in which they own a participating interest.
65. Transfers of Financial Assets
Recent Board Decisions, continued
Interests in the transferred financial assets that continue to be held by the transferor represent proceeds of the transfer when sale accounting is achieved
All proceeds of the transfer must be recognized at fair value
Enhanced Disclosures
66. Interaction between Statement 140 and Interpretation 46(R)
Elimination of the QSPE concept in Statement 140 will remove the scope exception in Interpretation 46(R)
Removal of the scope exception for QSPEs will result in a significant increase in the population of entities subject to Interpretation 46(R) Transfers of Financial Assets / Interpretation 46(R)
67. Interpretation 46(R) Recent Board Decisions
Continuous Reconsideration Events
Enhanced Disclosures
Current Deliberations
Assessment of the design of the VIE
Determination of the Primary Beneficiary
Begin with a qualitative assessment to determine the variable interest that has (1) power to direct matters that significantly impact the activities of the VIE, and (2) the right to receive benefits from the VIE along with the obligation to potentially absorb the related risks
If the qualitative assessment is inconclusive, perform an expected loss calculation using the current expected loss model
68. Proposed FSP EITF 03-6-1, EPS Guidance for Share Based Payments with Dividends Rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid) on unvested share-based payment awards that would provide a non-contingent transfer of value to the holder of the share-based payment award constitute participation rights
Therefore, should be included in the computation of basic EPS pursuant to the two-class method
Effective date – fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008
Transition method - retrospective Likely to be issued around June 20Likely to be issued around June 20
69. FSP ARB 43-a, Amendment of the Inventory Provisions of Chapter 4 of ARB No. 43 Objective
Amends ARB No. 43 to require that inventories included in an entity’s trading activities be initially and subsequently measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in earnings.
Scope
This FSP applies to inventory (as defined in ARB 43) which
(1) are held for sale in the ordinary course of business,
(2) are in process of production for such sale, or
(3) are to be currently consumed in the production of goods or services to be available for sale.”
New disclosures required
Proposed effective date is FY beginning after November 15, 2008
Proposed transition method is a cumulative adjustment to opening R/E
70. Proposed EITF Issue 07-5, Whether an Instrument is Indexed to an Entity’s Own Stock Issue addresses the first part of the scope exception in paragraph 11(a) of Statement 133:
11(a) scope exception specifies that a contract that is both (1) indexed to its own stock and (2) classified in stockholders’ equity is not a derivative under that statement
Objective
The objective of this Issue is to provide guidance for determining whether an equity-linked financial instrument (or embedded feature) is indexed to an entity's own stock.
71. Proposed EITF Issue 07-5 Evaluate whether an equity-linked instrument (or embedded feature) is indexed to the entity’s own stock using the following two-step approach
Step 1: Evaluate the instrument’s contingent exercise provisions, if any
Carries forward existing guidance on contingencies in EITF 01-6
Step 2: Evaluate the instrument’s settlement provisions
Fixed shares for fixed strike price would be considered indexed to entity’s own stock
If not “fixed-for-fixed,” still considered indexed to own stock if only variables that affect settlement amount are inputs to fair value of a “fixed-for-fixed” forward or option on equity shares
72. Proposed EITF Issue 07-5
73. Proposed EITF Issue 07-5
74. Proposed EITF Issue 07-5 Application to equity-linked instruments (or embedded features) with foreign currency elements
Not indexed to own stock if strike price is not in issuer’s functional currency
Currency in which underlying shares are traded does not affect whether the instrument is indexed to entity’s own stock
Consistent with proposed DIG Issue C21
Market-based employee stock option valuation instruments would be subject to the guidance in this Issue
Proposed effective date – FY beginning after 12/15/08
Proposed transition method - cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of R/E
75. Other Proposed EITF Issues Consensuses-for-exposure reached
Issue 08-3, Accounting by Lessees for Nonrefundable Maintenance Deposits
Issue 08-4, Transition Guidance for Conforming Changes to EITF Issue No. 98-5, 'Accounting for Convertible Securities with Beneficial Conversion Features or Contingently Adjustable Conversion Ratios’
Other current EITF agenda items
Issue 08-1, Revenue Recognition for a Single Unit of Accounting
Issue 08-2, Lessor Revenue Recognition for Maintenance Services
76. Proposed FSP 144-a, Discontinued Operations Definition of Discontinued Operations
FASB and IASB agreed to a converged definition of discontinued operations
A component that has been (or will be) disposed of and meets the definition of an operating segment would be reported as a discontinued operation
Additional financial information to be presented in the notes for all components that have been (or will be) disposed of
Exposure draft expected in second quarter 2008
77. Questions?