Registration Opens for June 17 FASB Webcast for Private Companies and Not-for-Profit Organizations
Participants in Live Webcast Eligible for Up to 2 CPE Credits
Norwalk, CT, May 16, 2019—Registration now is open for an upcoming webcast that will provide a semi-annual update on the Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) standard-setting activities pertaining to private companies and not-for-profit organizations. The webcast, titled IN FOCUS: FASB Update for Private Companies and Not-for-Profit Organizations, will take place on Monday, June 17, 2019, from 1:00 to 2:40 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
Participants in the live broadcast (which is offered free of charge to
those who preregister) will be eligible for up to 2 hours of continuing
professional education (CPE) credits. (CPE credit is not available for group viewing of the live broadcast.)
The webcast will feature FASB Vice Chairman Jim Kroeker, FASB Member Christine Botosan, Private Company Council (PCC) Member Yan Zhang, FASB Assistant Director—Nonpublic Entities Jeff Mechanick,
FASB Supervising Project Manager Rick Cole, and FASB Postgraduate
Technical Assistants Rebecca Harris and Emma Lazar. Topics of discussion
will include:
- Overview of FASB's current agenda
- Update on revenue recognition, leases, and credit losses implementation activities
- Update on current agenda projects, including reference rate reform, liabilities and equity, financial performance reporting, and goodwill and intangible assets
- Private Company Council (PCC)/private company efforts
- Not-for-profit update
- Other FASB simplification and narrow-scope improvement projects
- Disclosure framework/other disclosure projects update
- Other recently issued standards and noteworthy ongoing projects
- Audience question-and-answer session.
An archive of the webcast will be available on the FASB website after the live event. (CPE credit will not be available to those who view only the archived webcast.)
For more information about the webcast, visit www.fasb.org.