Accounting Spotlight Newsletter

This publication addresses questions that have arisen in practice related to the accounting for transferable tax credits by entities that generate such credits as well as those that purchase them.

This Accounting Spotlight discusses considerations for commercial entities adopting the FASB’s current expected credit loss (CECL) standard in 2023.

This Accounting Spotlight examines environmental credits and certain current U.S. accounting practices, regulatory developments, and other accounting issues associated with them. Originally issued in October 2022, this publication was updated to reflect the expanded coverage of this topic in Deloitte’s November 16, 2022, Financial Reporting Alert on financial reporting considerations related to environmental events and activities.

This Accounting Spotlight discusses certain key accounting and financial reporting matters related to the FASB’s leasing standard, ASC 842, that an entity needs to consider when going public.

This Accounting Spotlight discusses accounting implications of the evolving metaverse, an immersive digital environment that allows users to interact with their surroundings and one another in a shared space. Specifically, it addresses an entity’s accounting for transactions that involve nonfungible tokens (NFTs), units of data on a digital ledger (i.e., a blockchain) that represent rights associated with virtual or real-world assets and services. The accounting considerations highlighted, which include revenue recognition, developments costs, and the application of ASC 350, will vary depending on whether the entity is an NFT (1) issuer or developer or (2) investor or purchaser.