MEDIA ADVISORY 10/12/11
FASB Adds Agenda Project to Consider Deferring Certain Aspects of
Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05, Comprehensive Income (Topic
220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income
Norwalk, CT,
October 12, 2011—Leslie F. Seidman, Chairman of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board (FASB), today announced the addition of a FASB agenda
project to consider deferring certain aspects of Accounting Standards Update No.
2011-05, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive
Income.
In June 2011, the FASB issued the Update, which, among
other things, requires separate presentation on the face of the financial
statements of items reclassified from other comprehensive income to net income.
Recently, stakeholders have raised concerns to the Board about whether they have
an adequate amount of time to implement that aspect of the Update and about the
level of detail that might result from separately presenting those items
reclassified from other comprehensive income to net income.
At a future
meeting, the Board will discuss whether to delay the effective date of certain
provisions in the Update related to the presentation of reclassification
adjustments until the Board has had time to evaluate these concerns.
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