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The revision gives local governments an extra nine months to make changes under a new rule involving the treatment of leases.
August 20 -
State and local governments and trade groups have until Sept. 13 to submit comments on the 48-page exposure draft GASB released June 13.
June 18 -
GASB Statement 91 calls for conduit issuers to stop reporting conduit debt in their financial statements and to report all of it in their accompanying notes starting Dec. 15, 2020.
May 29 -
Timely and complete accounting and financial reporting are as critical to municipal professionals as is disclosure, according to Jeffrey Previdi, GASB vice chairman. Long-standing standards and practices are being brought up-to-date to remain compatible with today's rapid-paced changes. John Hallacy hosts.
February 26 -
The dollar value of net pension liabilities rose in 43 states while the dollar value of outstanding tax-supported debt rose in 17 states, the report said.
November 12 -
The new GASB standards apply to Other Post-Employment Benefits, or OPEB, which mostly pertain to retiree health benefits, but also can include dental, vision, disability and death benefits.
October 19 -
GASB is accepting comments through Nov. 2 on its proposal to clarify the definition of a conduit debt obligation.
October 4 -
The top executives of FINRA, the MSRB, and some industry groups received total compensation of more than $1 million, The Bond Buyer’s latest survey of compensation levels at 23 municipal market-related groups shows.
September 7 -
The proposed new standard aims to create consistent practice in how conduit issuers report their liabilities.
August 7 -
The expected GFOA guidance will come as governmental units prepare to meet a Jan. 1, 2020 deadline set by the Government Accounting Standards Board for treating all leases as financings for the right to use an underlying asset.
May 6