Appendix E — Roadmap Updates for 2025
The table below summarizes the
substantive changes made in the 2025 edition of this Roadmap.
Section
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Title
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Description
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PIK Interest
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Updated guidance on the accounting for PIK
interest. Deleted Example 6-15 and renumbered the subsequent
examples.
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Scope
|
Clarified the discussion in Example
7-2 on the sale of patent infringement
litigation claims.
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Background
|
Added Changing Lanes to note
the potential impact of a FASB proposed ASU that would amend
the definition of a derivative.
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Illustrations of the Identification of
Embedded Features
|
Added Example 8-3 to provide
an additional illustration of the identification of the unit
of account. Renumbered subsequent examples.
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Features That Must or May Be Settled in Cash
Upon Settlement
|
Added Connecting the Dots to
enhance guidance on embedded conversion features that must
or may be settled in cash only upon the occurrence of a
contingent event.
| |
Legal Defeasance
|
Clarified the application of extinguishment
accounting to defeasance transactions.
| |
General
|
Clarified the application of ASC 470-50 to
debt instruments carried at fair value.
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Market Issuances of New Debt to Replace Old
Debt
|
Added Changing Lanes to note
the potential impact of a FASB proposed ASU that would amend
the guidance on debt exchanges.
| |
Cash Flows of New Debt
|
Added Example 10-4 to
illustrate the application of the 10 percent cash flow test
to a modification of a loan syndication that involves
changes in principal amounts. Renumbered subsequent
examples.
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Consecutive Modifications or Exchanges
|
Amended guidance on consecutive
modifications or exchanges and added Example
10-7. Renumbered subsequent examples.
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Conversion Feature That Is Bifurcated Under
ASC 815-15
|
Enhanced guidance that addresses the
application of ASC 470-50 to convertible debt with a
bifurcated conversion feature.
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Variable-Rate Debt
|
Amended guidance on TDR accounting for
variable-rate debt. Replaced Example 11-21 and
added Example 11-22. Renumbered subsequent
examples.
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Conversion in Accordance With the Original
Conversion Terms
|
Amended Connecting the Dots to
enhance the guidance on convertible debt instruments that
the issuer has elected to settle in cash.
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Scope
|
Replaced Changing Lanes to
address the issuance of ASU 2024-04. Added Examples
12-1 and 12-2. Renumbered
subsequent examples.
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Short-Term Obligations
|
Added Example 13-1 to
address the analysis of the classification of borrowings on
a credit facility whose maturity may be accelerated.
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Unamortized Premiums, Discounts, and Debt
Issue Costs
|
Added new section and Example 13-4 to address how
covenant violations affect the accounting for unamortized
premiums, discounts, and debt issue costs on debt.
Renumbered subsequent examples.
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