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FASB Approves New Guidance on Certain Crypto Assets

FASB Approves New Guidance on Certain Crypto Assets

AAFCPAs would like to make clients aware that in December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standard Update (ASU) 2023-08, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Crypto Assets (Subtopic 350-60): Accounting for and Disclosure of Crypto Assets. Note: the amendments in ASU 2023-08 require that an entity measure “in-scope” crypto assets (as […]

CECL Standard’s Significant Impact on Financing and Trade Accounts Receivable

CECL Standard’s Significant Impact on Financing and Trade Accounts Receivable

AAFCPAs Provides Business Guidance on FASB’S New CECL Model Guidance May Have a Significant Financial Reporting Impact on Financing and Trade Accounts Receivable The long-awaited Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Standard, Accounting Standards Update 2016-13 – Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326) will be effective for nonpublic business entities and not-for-profit entities for fiscal years beginning after […]

Accounting Standards Update 2023

Accounting Standards Update 2023

In this webcast, recorded April 2023 at AAFCPAs’ Nonprofit Educational Seminar, AAFCPAs’ nonprofit assurance leaders are back again with our fast-paced accounting standards update. This year, we discuss the Lease standard and what to think about now in year two of adoption (such as lease renewals, accounting changes, and schedules). We also dig into what […]

Guidance on Lease Standard for Independent Schools

Guidance on Lease Standard for Independent Schools

What Lessees Need To Know In February 2016, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) to increase transparency and comparability of lease transactions. Because of the significant changes contained in this ASU, though issued in 2016, the effective date for implementing the new accounting guidance was pushed to fiscal year 2023 for […]

Guidance on New Lease Accounting Standard

Guidance on New Lease Accounting Standard

In 2016, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) to increase transparency and comparability of lease transactions.   AAFCPAs has summarized some of the most significant changes resulting from the new ASU for your convenience: AAFCPAs has provided a detailed Whitepaper providing guidance on the FASB’s new Lease standard so clients may proactively […]

Lease Accounting Standard Effective 1.1.22

Lease Accounting Standard Effective 1.1.22

Implementing the new lease standard is not just a one-time exercise. It requires changes to accounting processes and financial reporting controls. Accounting policy elections and practical expedients will affect the overall process and timeline—so AAFCPAs advises clients to assess them early. Effective implementation requires a thorough evaluation of resources and your organization should identify someone […]

Will Paycheck Protection Program Loans Be Subject to Uniform Guidance for Nonprofit Organizations?

Will Paycheck Protection Program Loans Be Subject to Uniform Guidance for Nonprofit Organizations?

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) includes many provisions that are applicable to nonprofit organizations.  One of the provisions is the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loans which provides 100% Federally guaranteed loans to covered entities who meet certain criteria. A consideration for nonprofit organizations is whether the loans will be subject […]

AAFCPAs’ Hui-Ting Grady, CPA, MBA Earns Advanced Single Audit Certificate

AAFCPAs’ Hui-Ting Grady, CPA, MBA Earns Advanced Single Audit Certificate

AAFCPAs Assurance Manager Hui-Ting Grady, CPA, MBA is now among an elite group of CPAs in the country who have earned the Advanced Single Audit Certificate from the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA)’s Governmental Audit Quality Center. This advance level certificate is designed for auditors with seven or more years of experience in performing and […]

AICPA Issues SAS No. 134 to Enhance Communicative Value of Auditors’ Reports

AICPA Issues SAS No. 134 to Enhance Communicative Value of Auditors’ Reports

AAFCPAs would like to make our privately-held commercial clients and nonprofits aware that on May 08, the AICPA Auditing Standards Board (ASB) issued Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 134, designed to enhance the communicative value of the auditor’s report and align generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS) with the standards issued by the International Auditing […]