Tag: Notes to Financial Statements (Topic 235): Assessing Whether Disclosures Are Material

SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee takes on FASB

by Cydney Posner At Thursday’s meeting of the SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee, the Committee approved the submission of a comment letter urging FASB to reconsider its proposal to make changes to the concept of “materiality” embodied in FASB’s Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting and FASB’s guidance on Notes to Financial […]

FASB proposes amendments regarding the concept of “materiality” in the context of disclosure requirements

by Cydney Posner FASB has issued two exposure drafts as part of its disclosure framework project, which is intended to facilitate clearer communication of GAAP information required in notes to financial statements. The two proposals are intended to “clarify the concept of materiality.”