Appendix G — Roadmap Updates for 2024
The tables below summarize the substantive
changes made in the 2024 edition of this Roadmap.
New Content
Section
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Title
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Description
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Accounting for Costs Incurred on Behalf of, and
Subsequently Reimbursed by, an Investee in the Financial
Statements of the Investor
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Addresses an investor’s accounting for costs incurred on
behalf of, and subsequently reimbursed by, an
investee.
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Transfer of Financial Assets
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Discusses the joint venture’s accounting in situations in
which a venturer transfers financial assets within the
scope of ASC 860-10 to the joint venture.
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Determining Whether to Apply the Proportional
Amortization Method to Investments in Tax Credit
Structures
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Summarizes differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRS
Accounting Standards with respect to application of the
proportionate amortization method.
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Amended or Deleted Content
Section
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Title
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Description
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Adds table summarizing the effects of changes in
ownership or level of influence as well as related
impacts on the investor’s accounting.
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Proportionate Consolidation Method
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Clarifies that an entity’s determination of whether to
apply the proportionate consolidation method to an LLC
in the construction or extraction industries depends on
whether the LLC is more akin to a partnership or
corporation.
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Intra-Entity Profits and Losses
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Includes new Example 5-12 to
illustrate an investor’s accounting for intra-entity
service transactions. Renumbered subsequent
examples.
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Equity Method Losses That Exceed the Investor’s Equity
Method Investment Carrying Amount
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Provides new Example
5-26 to illustrate the accounting by an
investor that has committed cash to an investee and that
has equity method losses exceeding the carrying amount
of the investor’s equity method investment.
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Consideration of Cumulative Translation Adjustment in an
Impairment Analysis
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Updates Example 5-31 (formerly Example 5-29) to
clarify how an investor should determine whether it has
committed to a plan to dispose of its equity method
investment.
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Interest on In-Substance Capital Contributions
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Adds discussion of “rated feeder” fund structures in the
U.S. insurance industry.
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7.2.7
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Reassessment of the Joint Venture Determination
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Section deleted.
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Determining Whether to Apply the Equity Method of
Accounting
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Clarifies, in the “Initial measurement: acquisition-date
excess of investor’s share” row of the table,
differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRS Accounting
Standards regarding the potential recognition of a day 0
gain when the investor’s share of the fair value of the
investee’s net assets exceeds the consideration paid to
acquire the investment.
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Substantially All of the Projected Benefits
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Clarifies that income tax credits and other benefits
should be considered net of income tax expenses in the
determination of whether substantially all of an
investment’s projected benefits are derived from income
tax credits and other tax benefits.
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