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Heads Up: An Update on the FASB's and IASB's Joint Project on Financial Instruments With Characteristics of Equity

Volume 17, Issue 14

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The attached issue of Heads Up discusses the proposed new classification approach developed by the FASB and IASB as part of their joint project on accounting for financial instruments with characteristics of equity. This approach would, if finalized, significantly affect the manner in which entities determine whether to classify many financial instruments as liabilities or equity and account for exercises of options and conversions of debt into equity instruments.

Read more in the file attached below or visit the Heads Up Archive for past issues.

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