Private Company Council (PCC)

First Meeting of the Private Company Council (PCC), 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. EST

Council members and FASB members will meet to discuss the following topics:

  1. Transition from the Private Company Financial Reporting Committee
     
  2. Agenda direction for potential look-back projects
     
  3. Private company decision making framework and definition of a nonpublic entity
     
  4. Selected FASB projects.
Proposed Agenda

Meeting Handout

(This meeting will be video webcast.)
 

Financial Accounting Foundation Board of Trustees Establishes Private Company Council (PCC)

On Wednesday, May 23, 2012, the Financial Accounting Foundation’s Board of Trustees approved the establishment of the Private Company Council (PCC), a new body to improve the process of setting accounting standards for private companies. The final plan was issued on Tuesday, May 30, 2012.



Final ReportFinancial Accounting Foundation Board of Trustees Establishment of the Private Company Council (May 30, 2012)

Members of the FAF Board of Trustees Private Company Review Committee (May 30, 2012):


Press ReleaseFinancial Accounting Foundation Establishes New Council to Improve Standard Setting for Private Companies (May 23, 2012)


Background

Summary of Comment Letters 

Roundtables

January 18, 2012—Atlanta, GA

January 26, 2012—Fort Worth, TX


February 7, 2012—Palo Alto, CA (Stanford)


March 1, 2012—Boston, MA


“From the President’s Desk”—October 2011  

Download Podcast—Interview with FAF President and CEO Terri Polley, featuring opening remarks from Jack Brennan, Chairman of the Board of the FAF Trustees

Comment Letters*received on Plan to Establish the Private Company Standards Improvement Council

*The FAF has received a large volume of identical or near identical letters from individual stakeholders. We have posted a sample of these letters as the first document (Letter No. 0) in our list of Comment Letters. We have also placed a link on that sample letter that will enable stakeholders to view each and every one of the identical or near identical letters. We hope this format provides efficient navigation for our stakeholders who desire to view the various comments we receive on the Plan to Establish the Private Company Standards Improvement Council.

Plan to Establish the Private Company Standards Improvement Council (October 4, 2011

Executive Summary 

Press ReleaseFinancial Accounting Foundation Seeks Comments on Plan to Improve Standard Setting for Private Companies (October 4, 2011)