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This archive contains links to past issues of Heads Up, our publication of recent U.S. developments in the field of accounting. In each issue, you will find short topic summaries followed by links to more detailed information.
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- Heads Up: PCAOB Reproposes Auditing Standard on Communications With Audit Committees
- Heads Up: COSO Releases Exposure Draft of Updated Integrated Framework on Internal Control
- Heads Up: FASB Proposes Amendments to Guidance on Impairment Testing of Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets
- Heads Up: FAF Issues Post-Implementation Review Report on Effectiveness of FIN 48
- Heads Up: Update on FASB's Project on Accounting for Financial Instruments
- Heads Up: FASB Defers Portions of New OCI Standard
- Heads Up: FASB and IASB Issue New Balance Sheet Offsetting Disclosure Requirements
- Heads Up: A Summary of the November 9–10 Meeting of the PCAOB’s Standing Advisory Group
- Heads Up: Highlights of the 2011 AICPA National Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments
- Heads Up: SEC Compares IFRSs With U.S. GAAP and Analyzes IFRSs in Practice
- Heads Up: Conflict Minerals — The Supply Chain’s Weakest Link?
- Heads Up: FASB Issues Revised Exposure Draft on Revenue Recognition
- Heads Up: FASB Proposes to Defer Portions of New OCI Standard
- Heads Up: SEC Receives Comments on Potential Method of Incorporating IFRSs Into U.S. Reporting System
- Heads Up: Board Proposes Amendments to Consolidation Guidance
- Heads Up: PCAOB Concept Release on the Auditor’s Report: Overview of Responses
- Heads Up: FASB Proposes ASU Requiring Fair Value Measurements for Investment Property Entities
- Heads Up: FASB Proposes Amendments to Investment Company Guidance
- Heads Up: FASB Issues Exposure Draft on Technical Corrections
- Heads Up: PCAOB Issues Staff Audit Practice Alert on Audit Risks in Certain Emerging Markets
- Heads Up: Proposed Council to Improve Standard Setting for Private Companies
- Heads Up: IIRC Issues Discussion Paper on Integrated Reporting
- Heads Up: FASB Issues ASU on an Employer’s Participation in Multiemployer Benefit Plans
- Heads Up: FASB Finalizes Amendments on Goodwill Impairment Testing
- Heads Up: Dodd-Frank Turns One — A Recap of the Act’s First Year
- Heads Up: PCAOB Issues Concept Release on Auditor Independence and Audit Firm Rotation
- Heads Up: Recap of Lease Redeliberation Results
- Heads Up: IASB Seeks Public Input on Its Agenda
- Heads Up: Recap of Revenue Recognition Redeliberation Results
- Heads Up: SEC Staff Publishes Observations on Interactive Data (XBRL) Submissions
- Heads Up: PCAOB Issues Concept Release on Potential Alternatives Related to the Content and Form of the Auditor’s Report
- Heads Up: IASB Amends Accounting for Postemployment Benefits
- Heads Up: FASB Finalizes Guidance on Presentation of Comprehensive Income
- Heads Up: SEC Staff Paper Explores Method of Incorporating International Standards Into U.S. Reporting System
- Heads Up: New IFRSs Issued on Consolidation
- Heads Up: FASB and IASB Issue Substantially Converged Requirements for Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure
- Heads Up: Update on FASB’s Project on Accounting for Financial Instruments
- Heads Up: FASB Amends Guidance on Effective Control in Repurchase Agreements
- Heads Up: Implementation Issues Related to FASB’s Guidance on Deferred Acquisition Costs
- Heads Up: Amendments Proposed to Guidance on Impairment Testing
- Heads Up: FASB Addresses TDRs
- Heads Up: A Summary of the March 24 Meeting of the PCAOB’s Standing Advisory Group
- Heads Up: FASB Invites Comments on IASB’s Hedge Accounting Proposals
- Heads Up: Boards Propose Changes to Impairment; FASB Tentatively Changes Measurement Approach for Financial Assets
- Heads Up: FASB Proposes Guidance on Balance Sheet Offsetting for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities
- Heads Up: Boards Consider Feedback on Leases ED
- Heads Up: Blue-Ribbon Panel Reports on Private-Company Accounting Standards
- Heads Up: FASB Finalizes ASU Delaying Effective Date of Disclosures About TDRs by Creditors
- Heads Up: IASB Proposes New Hedge Accounting Model
- Heads Up: IASB Issues Practice Statement on Management Commentary
- Heads Up: Highlights of the 2010 AICPA National Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments
- Heads Up: FASB Proposes to Delay Effective Date of Disclosures About TDRs by Creditors
- Heads Up: Sharing Views on the Revenue Project
- Heads Up: Valuation Resource Group Discusses Four Topics at November 1 Meeting
- Heads Up: Constituents Share Views on the FASB’s AFI Project
- Heads Up: Repo 101 — FASB Gets Back to Basics on Repurchase Accounting
- Heads Up: SEC Issues First Progress Report on Consideration of Incorporating IFRSs Into U.S. System
- Heads Up: A Summary of the October 13–14 Meeting of the PCAOB’s Standing Advisory Group
- Heads Up: Input Sought on Transition and Effective Dates for Certain FASB Projects
- Heads Up: FASB Addresses Troubles With Restructurings
- Heads Up: FASB Issues Discussion Paper on Insurance Contracts
- Heads Up: FASB and IASB Complete First Phase of Joint Project on Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting
- Heads Up: SEC to Open the Curtains on "Window Dressing"
- Heads Up: FASB Proposes Disclosures About an Employer’s Participation in Multiemployer Plans
- Heads Up: A Summary of the July 15 Meeting of the PCAOB’s Standing Advisory Group
- Heads Up: IASB Issues Exposure Draft on Insurance Contracts
- Heads Up: Proposed ASU Revamps Lease Accounting
- Heads Up: Financial Reporting Implications of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
- Heads Up: PCAOB Issues Proposed Standard on Audit Confirmations
- Heads Up: Board Enhances Disclosures About the Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and the Allowance for Credit Losses
- Heads Up: FASB Proposes Guidance on Expanded Disclosures for Certain Loss Contingencies
- Heads Up: FASB Proposes Sweeping Changes to Financial Statement Presentation
- Heads Up: FASB Proposes Guidance on Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure
- Heads Up: FASB Issues Proposed ASU on Revenue Recognition
- Heads Up: FASB Issues Proposed ASU on Accounting for Financial Instruments
- Heads Up: FASB Issues Proposed Guidance on Presentation of Comprehensive Income
- Heads Up: A Summary of the April 7–8 Meeting of the PCAOB’s Standing Advisory Group
- Heads Up: Valuation Resource Group Discusses Four Topics at April 12 Meeting
- Heads Up: PCAOB Issues Proposed Auditing Standard on Communications With Audit Committees
- Heads Up: An Update on the FASB's and IASB's Joint Project on Financial Instruments With Characteristics of Equity
- Heads Up: A Summary of the Financial Reporting and Disclosure Implications of the Health Care Reform Legislation
- Heads Up: FASB and IASB Publish Exposure Draft on Reporting Entity Concept for the Conceptual Framework
- Heads Up: FASB Issues Guidance on ASC 815 Scope Exception for Embedded Credit Derivatives
- Heads Up: SEC Publishes Work Plan for Moving Forward With IFRSs for U.S. Issuers
- Heads Up: FASB Finalizes ASU on Subsequent Events
- Heads Up: SEC Issues Interpretive Guidance on Disclosures Related to Climate Change
- Heads Up: FASB Votes to Finalize Deferral of Statement 167 for Certain Investment Funds
- Heads Up: FASB Finalizes ASU on Improving Disclosures About Fair Value Measurements
- Heads Up: SEC Issues Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations on Non-GAAP Measures
- Heads Up: FASB Deliberates Approach to Accounting for Credit Impairment and Interest Income
- Heads Up: FASB Clarifies Scope of Decrease-in-Ownership Provisions in ASC 810-10
- Heads Up: FASB Updates Oil and Gas Reserve Estimation and Disclosure Requirements
- Heads Up: FASB Proposes Amendments to Subsequent-Events Disclosure Requirements
- Heads Up: Highlights of the 2009 AICPA National Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments
- Heads Up: Lessons Learned From Reviewing the Initial Submissions of Interactive Data (XBRL) Files
- Heads Up: FASB Issues Exposure Draft on Deferral of Statement 167 for Certain Investment Funds
- Heads Up: IASB Issues IFRS on Classification and Measurement of Financial Assets
- Heads Up: Board Votes to Defer Statement 167 for Interests in Certain Entities
- Heads Up: IASB Proposes New Approach to Accounting for Credit Losses
- Heads Up: An Update on the FASB's and IASB's Joint Project on Financial Instruments
- Heads Up: Reconfiguring the Scope of Software Revenue Recognition Guidance
- Heads Up: Guidance on Statement 167 Implementation Issues
- Heads Up: FASB Proposes Guidance on ASC 815 Scope Exception for Embedded Credit Derivatives
- Heads Up: FASB Issues Guidance On Measuring Fair Value of Certain Alternative Investments
- Heads Up: Revenue Recognition: No Longer an Issue of Separation Anxiety
- Heads Up: Valuation Resource Group Discusses Four Topics at September 22 Meeting
- Heads Up: FASB Proposes to Modernize Oil and Gas Company Reporting
- Heads Up: FASB Provides Guidance on Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes and Eliminates Certain Disclosure Requirements for All Nonpublic Entities
- Heads Up: FASB Proposes Improving Disclosures About Fair Value Measurements
- Heads Up: FASB Issues Guidance on Measuring Fair Value of Liabilities
- Heads Up: FASB Continues Deliberations on Financial Instruments and Decides on Presentation
- Heads Up: IASB Proposes Guidance on Rate-Regulated Activities
- Heads Up: IASB Issues Exposure Draft and FASB Initiates Deliberations on New Classification and Measurement Requirements for Financial Assests and Financial Liabilities
- Heads Up: FASB Proposes Expanding Disclosures About the Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and the Allowance for Credit Losses
- Heads Up: IASB's Exposure Draft Proposes Expanded Guidance on Fair Value Measurement
- Heads Up: FASB Amends the Consolidation Guidance Related to Variable Interest Entities
- Heads Up: FASB Issues New Standard on Transfers of Financial Assets
- Heads Up: FASB Issues Guidance on Management’s Assessment of Subsequent Events
- Heads Up: FASB Issues Guidance on Combinations Involving Not-for-Profit Entities
- Heads Up: What Preparers Need to Know About the FASB Codification
- Heads Up: FASB Issues Guidance on Measuring Fair Value When Market Activity Declines, Other-Than-Temporary Impairments, and Interim FV Disclosures
- Heads Up: IASB Proposes Changes to Income Tax Accounting
- Heads Up: Board Approves Three FASB Staff Positions in an Attempt to Clarify Fair Value Accounting
- Heads Up: FASB Amends Statement 141(R)'s Guidance on Contingencies
- Heads Up: FASB and IASB Issue Preliminary Views on Lease Accounting
- Heads Up: Guidance Proposed on Inactive Markets, Distressed Transactions, and Other Than-Temporary Impairments
- Heads Up: Valuation Resource Group Discusses Four Topics at February 5 Meeting
- Heads Up: COSO, PCAOB, and CAQ Address Internal Controls
- Heads Up: SEC Issues Financial Reporting Manual
- Heads Up: SEC Publishes Final Rule Mandating Use of "Interactive Data"
- Heads Up: FASB Issues Proposal on Interim Disclosure of Financial Instruments
- Heads Up: IASB Issues an Exposure Draft on Consolidation
- Heads Up: SEC Modernizes Oil and Gas Company Reporting
- Heads Up: Beneficial Guidance — FASB Issues Amendments to OTTI Model for Certain Investments in Securitizations
- Heads Up: Study Finalized on Mark-to-Market Accounting
- Heads Up: FASB Expands Disclosures About Postretirement Benefit Plan Assets
- Heads Up: FASB and IASB Issue Discussion Paper on Revenue Recognition
- Heads Up: FASB Issues FSP on Deferral of Interpretation 48
- Heads Up: SEC Approves Rules Requiring Registrants to Submit Interactive Data
- Heads Up: FASB Proposes Guidance on Other-Than-Temporary Impairments and Discusses Plans for Other Financial Instrument Projects
- Heads Up: Highlights of the 2008 AICPA National Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments
- Heads Up: FASB's Contingency Plan — FASB Proposes FSP to Amend Statement 141(R)'s Guidance on Contingencies
- Heads Up: FASB's New Disclosure FSP Is Effective Immediately
- Heads Up: Issue 07-5 Affects Issuers of Equity-Linked Financial Instruments (Including Debt With Embedded Conversion Options)
- Heads Up: SEC Issues Proposed IFRS Roadmap
- Heads Up: FASB and IASB Issue Discussion Paper on Financial Statement Presentation
- Heads Up: Considerations Regarding the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
- Heads Up: FASB Issues Guidance on Measuring Fair Value of Financial Assets in an Inactive Market
- Heads Up: Valuation Resource Group Discusses Nine Topics at September 23 Meeting
- Heads Up: FASB Issues Exposure Documents That Eliminate QSPEs, Modify the Consolidation Model in Interpretation 46(R), and Expand Required Disclosures
- Heads Up: FASB Issues FSP Requiring Enhanced Disclosure for Credit Derivative and Financial Guarantee Contracts
- Heads Up: FASB and IASB Publish Plan for Completion of Major Joint Projects by 2011
- Heads Up: SEC Proposes to Give Certain U.S. Issuers the Option to Use IFRSs and Proposes a Roadmap to a Mandatory Transition Date for All U.S. Issuers
- Heads Up: A Common Denominator — FASB and IASB Issue Exposure Documents on Earnings per Share
- Heads Up: SEC Holds Fourth Roundtable on IFRSs
- Heads Up: Complexity DeCIFiRed — SEC Advisory Committee Releases Final Report
- Heads Up: GASB Issues Statement on Derivative Instruments
- Heads Up: FASB Forum on High-Quality Global Accounting Standards: Issues and Implications for U.S. Financial Reporting
- Heads Up: Mind Your V(IE)s and Qs — FASB Decides to Eliminate QSPEs and Modify the Consolidation Model in Interpretation 46(R)
- Heads Up: Building a Framework — FASB and IASB Provide Preliminary Views
- Heads Up: FASB Concludes That Certain Unvested Share-Based Payment Awards Are Participating Securities
- Heads Up: Something to Talk About — SEC Staff Explains the Filing Review and Comment Letter Process
- Heads Up: FASB Trims Hedging Requirements — Changes Proposed to Accounting for Hedging Activities
- Heads Up: FASB Proposes Expanding Contingencies Disclosure
- Heads Up: A Tale of Two Standards — FASB Clarifies and Amends Consolidation and Equity Method Guidance for Not-for-Profit Organizations
- Heads Up: Great "X"pectations — SEC Proposes Mandating XBRL Use to Make Financial Data Interactive
- Heads Up: FASB Proposes Enhancements to Credit Derivative and Financial Guarantee Disclosures
- Heads Up: Regulations Committee and SEC Staff Hold First Meeting of 2008
- Heads Up: Top Down on Convertibles? FASB Tightens Convertible Debt Accounting for Issuers
- Heads Up: Valuation Resource Group Discusses Four New Topics and Status of Prior Issues at May 8, 2008, Meeting
- Heads Up: The Latest From the PCAOB
- Heads Up: FASB Issues Guidance on Intangible Assets Subject to Renewal or Extension
- Heads Up: FASB Issues FSP Affecting Companies Emerging From Bankruptcy
- Heads Up: Making the Complex Less Complex — FASB Invites Comments on IASB’s Financial Instruments Discussion Paper
- Heads Up: FASB Expands Disclosures About Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
- Heads Up: FASB Proposes New Disclosures for Defined Benefit Plans
- Heads Up: Less Is More — FASB Reduces Board Members From Seven to Five
- Heads Up: The Missing Link — Repurchase Financing Transactions May Be Derivatives Under FASB’s New FSP
- Heads Up: Valuation Resource Group Discusses Six Topics at February 1, 2008, Meeting
- Heads Up: DeCIFiRing Complexity — SEC Advisory Committee Releases Progress Report
- Heads Up: FASB Partially Defers and Limits Scope of Statement on Fair Value Measurements
- Heads Up: FASB Issues FSP on Deferral of Interpretation 48
- Heads Up: Tax Accrual Workpapers — Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
- Heads Up: FASB Releases U.S. GAAP Codification for Verification
- Heads Up: FASB Clarifies Application of the Shortcut Method
- Heads Up: FASB Proposes to Narrow Definition of Equity — Preferred Stock and Equity Derivatives Would Be Excluded
- Heads Up: Highlights of the 2007 AICPA National Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments
- Heads Up: SEC Holds Roundtables on IFRSs
- Heads Up: Major Changes to Business Combination Accounting as FASB and IASB Substantially Converge Standards
- Heads Up: XBRL U.S. GAAP Taxonomy Made Available for Public Comment
- Heads Up: SEC Removes Reconciliation Requirement, Approves Smaller Public Company Rules
- Heads Up: SEC Regulations Committee and SEC Staff Hold Third Meeting of 2007
- Heads Up: Draft Guidance for Auditors of Smaller Public Companies
- Heads Up: ESOARS Take Off: SEC OKs Use of a Surrogate to Value Employee Share Options
- Heads Up: SEC Feedback on Executive Compensation Disclosures: "Where's the Analysis?"
- Heads Up: FASB's Proposed Changes to Convertible Debt Accounting Would Have Big Impact
- Heads Up: SEC Staff Issues Comment Letters on Executive Compensation Disclosures
- Heads Up: Accounting Consequences of Subprime Loan Modifications
- Heads Up: The Shift Toward IFRSs and Its Impact on U.S. Companies
- Heads Up: SEC Regulations Committee and SEC Staff Hold Second Meeting of 2007
- Heads Up: SEC Provides Further Relief for Smaller Public Companies
- Heads Up: SEC Proposes Easing Requirements for Foreign Filings
- Heads Up: SEC Tackles a Wide Range of Topics
- Heads Up: A Defining Moment for Investor Companies: AICPA Issues SOP 07-1
- Heads Up: SEC and PCAOB Approve New Section 404 Guidance: No Additional Delay for Nonaccelerated Filers
- Heads Up: Expected SEC Actions Will Increase Relevance of IFRSs in the United States
- Heads Up: SEC Regulations Committee and SEC Staff Hold First Meeting of 2007
- Heads Up: FASB Clarifies Interpretation No. 48
- Heads Up: SEC Discusses Improvements to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- Heads Up: Using the Critical-Terms-Match Method for Evaluating Hedges
- Heads Up: The FASB Allows a Fair Value Option for Most Financial Assets and Liabilities
- Heads Up: SEC Views on Design of Market-Based Employee Stock Option Valuation Model
- Heads Up: SEC Discusses Ramifications of Matching Critical Terms in Hedge Strategies; Leading Practices for Managing Unresolved SEC Comment Letters
- Heads Up: SEC and PCAOB Update
- Highlights of the 2006 AICPA National Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments
- PCAOB Issues Staff Guidance on Auditing Fair Value of Share Options
- AICPA SEC Regulations Committee and SEC Staff Hold Third Meeting of 2006
- Employers' Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans
- SEC Staff’s Views on Option Backdating and Grant Practices
- FASB Issues Standard on Measuring Fair Value
- SEC Issues Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108 on Quantifying Misstatements
- SEC Finalizes Executive Compensation Disclosures, Proposes Extension of 404 for Nonaccelerated and Finalizes Extension of 404 for Certain Foreign Private Issuers (FPIs)
- Option Backdating Prompts PCAOB to Issue Staff Audit Practice Alert No. 1
- FASB and IASB Jointly Issue Preliminary Views Documents on Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting
- FASB Interpretation No. 48 on Uncertainty in Income Taxes
- FASB Issues Invitation to Comment on Bifurcating Insurance Contracts
- Standard Setters Seek Constituent Views on Recently Issued Proposals
- FASB Staff Position (FSP) Emphasizes Entity Design in Accounting Under Interpretation 46(R)
- FASB Amends Employers’ Accounting for Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits
- FASB Amends Guidance on Servicing of Financial Assets
- FASB Simplifies Accounting for Hybrid Financial Instruments: To B(ifurcate) or Not To B – That Is Your Option
- More Highlights of the AICPA's December 5–7, 2005, SEC & PCOAB Conference
- Accounting Highlights of the AICPA’s December 5–7, 2005, SEC & PCAOB Conference
- Decision Reached on the Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments
- Revised FASB Standard on Fair Value Measurements and Proposed FSP Postpones Profit and Loss (P&L) for Certain Derivative Transactions
- Proposed Entity Design Under Interpretation 46(R) and Proposed Amendment to Statement 128
- FASB Proposes Three Amendments to Statement 140
- EITF Clarifies Rules for General Partner Consolidation of Limited Partnerships
- Uncertain Tax Positions – FASB Proposes an Interpretation of Statement 109
- Construction Ahead: Use Caution When Merging – FASB Issues Exposure Drafts in Phase II of Its Business Combinations Project
- SEC Staff Issues Report to President and Congress
- SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107, Share-Based Payment — SAB Helps Registrants Apply Statement 123(R)
- FASB Interprets Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations
- SEC Clarification of Statement 13 Lease Accounting Issues Leads to Restatements
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