Appendix E — Roadmap Updates for 2024
The table below summarizes the
substantive changes made in the 2024 edition of this Roadmap.
Section
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Title
|
Description
|
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Pushdown of Parent Debt to a Subsidiary
|
Added guidance on the pushdown of interest
expense in a subsidiary’s separate financial statements.
| |
Background
|
Included guidance on when the allocation
methods apply to debt issued with other instruments.
| |
Fair Value Exceeds Debt Proceeds
|
Added Connecting the Dots to
address the application of the guidance to instruments whose
fair value exceeds the proceeds received.
| |
Debt With Detachable Warrants
|
Simplified discussion and added considerations related to the
separate accounting for other transaction elements.
| |
Qualifying Debt Issuance Costs
|
Added Connecting the Dots
that provides the SEC staff’s view on costs incurred to
obtain audited financial statements.
| |
PIK Interest
|
Updated guidance on the accounting for PIK
interest.
| |
Equity Conversion Features
|
Added guidance on the unit of account for
embedded derivative features.
| |
Redemption Features
|
Added Connecting the Dots to
address the evaluation of certain call options.
| |
Cash Flows of New Debt
|
Clarified guidance on additional borrowings
and prepayments made in conjunction with a modification of
debt; also enhanced Example 10-3.
| |
Foreclosures and Repossessions
|
Revised guidance on settlements of
nonrecourse loans.
| |
Unit of Account
|
Amended guidance to more comprehensively
address the unit of account associated with a debtor’s
application of TDR accounting.
| |
Related-Party Transactions
|
Added guidance to address the debtor’s evaluation of whether
the creditor is a related party for TDR accounting purposes.
| |
Subsequent Accounting
|
Included guidance on contingent payments
that expire before the maturity date of restructured
debt.
| |
Scope
|
Simplified the discussion of the scope of
conversion accounting.
| |
Convertible Debt With No Equity
Component
|
Simplified the discussion of conversion accounting, including
(1) amending Connecting the
Dots in Section
12.3.2 to address the accounting implications
of an issuer’s irrevocable election to settle a conversion
partially or fully in cash and (2) adding Changing Lanes in Section 12.3.4.1 to discuss
a proposed ASU on the application of induced conversion
accounting.
| |
Convertible Debt With a Bifurcated Embedded Conversion
Feature
|
Simplified the discussion of the accounting
for conversion of a debt instrument with a bifurcated
embedded conversion option.
| |
Disclosure
|
Added guidance on the scope of the
disclosures for supplier finance programs.
|