Appendix E — Titles of Standards and Other Literature
AICPA Literature
Accounting and Valuation Guide
Valuation of Privately-Held-Company
Equity Securities Issued as Compensation
Professional Standards
AU-C Section 700, “Forming an Opinion
and Reporting on Financial Statements”
AU-C Section 805, “Special Considerations — Audits of
Single Financial Statement and Specific Elements, Accounts, or Items of a Financial
Statement” (AICPA SAS 122)
Statement on Auditing Standards
No. 131, Amendment to Statement on
Auditing Standards No. 122 Section 700, Forming an Opinion and Reporting on Financial
Statements
Technical Questions and Answers
Section 4110, “Issuance of Capital Stock”
- Section 4110.01, “Expenses Incurred in Public Sale of Capital Stock”
FASB Literature
ASC Topics
ASC 205, Presentation of Financial
Statements
ASC 250, Accounting Changes and
Error Corrections
ASC 260, Earnings per Share
ASC 270, Interim Reporting
ASC 280, Segment Reporting
ASC 310, Receivables
ASC 326, Financial Instruments —
Credit Losses
ASC 340, Other Assets and Deferred
Costs
ASC 450, Contingencies
ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities
From Equity
ASC 505, Equity
ASC 606, Revenue From Contracts
With Customers
ASC 710, Compensation —
General
ASC 718, Compensation — Stock
Compensation
ASC 740, Income Taxes
ASC 805, Business
Combinations
ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging
ASC 820, Fair Value
Measurement
ASC 825, Financial
Instruments
ASC 842, Leases
ASC 845, Nonmonetary
Transactions
ASC 850, Related Party
Disclosures
ASC 855, Subsequent Events
ASUs
ASU 2013-12, Definition of a Public
Business Entity: An Addition to the Master Glossary
ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments
— Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial
Instruments
ASU 2017-04, Intangibles — Goodwill
and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment
ASU 2019-10, Financial Instruments
— Credit Losses (Topic 326), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), and Leases (Topic
842): Effective Dates
ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic
740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures
ASU 2024-01, Compensation — Stock
Compensation (Topic 718): Scope Application of Profits Interest and Similar
Awards
Proposed ASU
No. 2022-ED100, Segment Reporting (Topic 280):
Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures
IESBA
Section 410, Independence for Audit
and Review Engagements: Fees
Section 600, Independence for Audit
and Review Engagements: Provision of Non-Assurance Services to an Audit Client
IFRS Literature
IFRS 8, Operating Segments
IRC
Section 162, “Trade or Business
Expenses”
Section 409A, “Inclusion in Gross Income
of Deferred Compensation Under Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans”
Section 422, “Incentive Stock
Options”
Section 423, “Employee Stock Purchase
Plans”
PCAOB Literature
Auditing Standard 2101, Audit Planning
Auditing Standard 2110, Identifying
and Assessing Risks of Material Misstatement
Auditing Standard 2201, An Audit of
Internal Control Over Financial Reporting That Is Integrated With an Audit of Financial
Statements
Auditing Standard 2410, Related
Parties
Auditing Standard 2705, Required
Supplementary Information
Auditing Standard 4105, Reviews of
Interim Financial Information
Rule 2100, “Registration Requirements
for Public Accounting Firms”
Rule 3524, “Audit Committee Pre-Approval
of Certain Tax Services”
Rule 3525, “Audit Committee Pre-Approval
of Non-Audit Services Related to Internal Control Over Financial Reporting”
Rule 3526, “Communication With Audit
Committees Concerning Independence”
SEC Literature
Accounting Series Release (ASR)
No. 268, Presentation in Financial
Statements of “Redeemable Preferred Stocks” (Rule 5-02.28 of SEC Regulation
S-X)
Final Rule Releases
No. 33-10786, Amendments to Financial Disclosures
About Acquired and Disposed Businesses
No. 33-11126, Listing Standards for Recovery of
Erroneously Awarded Compensation
No. 33-11216, Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy,
Governance, and Incident Disclosure
No. 33-11265, Special Purpose Acquisition Companies,
Shell Companies, and Projections
No. 33-11275, The Enhancement and
Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors [stayed]
No. 34-95607, Pay Versus
Performance
FRM
Topic 1, “Registrant’s Financial
Statements”
Topic 2, “Other Financial Statements
Required”
Topic 3, “Pro Forma Financial
Information; Regulation S-X Article 11”
Topic 4, “Independent Accountants’
Involvement”
Topic 5, “Smaller Reporting
Companies”
Topic 6, “Foreign Private Issuers
& Foreign Businesses”
Topic 7, “Related Party Matters”
Topic 9, “Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Position and Results of Operations (MD&A)”
Topic 10, “Emerging Growth
Companies”
Topic 12, “Reverse Acquisitions and
Reverse Recapitalizations”
Industry Guide
Industry Guide 5, “Preparation of
Registration Statements Relating to Interests in
Real Estate Limited Partnerships”
Interpretive Release
No. 34-58288, Commission Guidance
on the Use of Company Web Sites
Regulation S-K
Item 10, “General”
- Item 10(e), “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures in Commission Filings”
Item 101, “Description of
Business”
Item 102, “Description of Property”
Item 103, “Legal Proceedings”
Item 105, “Risk Factors”
Item 201, “Market Price of and
Dividends on the Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters”
Item 302, “Supplementary Financial Information”
- Item 302(a), “Disclosure of Material Quarterly Changes”
Item 303, “Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”
- Item 303(a), “Objective”
- Item 303(b), “Full Fiscal Years”
Item 304, “Changes in and Disagreements With
Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure”
Item 305, “Quantitative and
Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk”
Item 308, “Internal Control Over
Financial Reporting”
- Item 308(a), “Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting”
- Item 308(b), “Attestation Report of the Registered Public Accounting Firm”
- Item 308(c), “Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting”
Item 401, “Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and
Control Persons”
Item 402, “Executive Compensation”
Item 403, “Security Ownership of
Certain Beneficial Owners and Management”
- Item 403(a), “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners”
Item 404, “Transactions With Related
Persons, Promoters and Certain Control Persons”
- Item 404(a), “Transactions With Related Persons”
- Item 404(b), “Review, Approval or Ratification of Transactions With Related Persons”
Item 407, “Corporate Governance”
Item 503, “Prospectus Summary”
Item 701, “Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities; Use
of Proceeds From Registered Securities”
Item 901(c), “Definitions” (roll-up
transaction)
Item 1603, “SPAC Sponsor; Conflicts of Interest”
Regulation S-X
Rule 1-02, “Definitions of Terms Used in Regulation S-X
(17 CFR Part 210)”
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Rule 1-02(u), “Related Parties”
-
Rule 1-02(w), “Significant Subsidiary”
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Rule 1-02(bb), “Summarized Financial Information”
Article 2, “Qualifications and Reports of Accountants”
-
Rule 2-01, “Qualifications of Accountants”
Article 3, “General Instructions as to
Financial Statements”
-
Rule 3-01, “Consolidated Balance Sheets”
-
Rule 3-02, “Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income and Cash Flows”
-
Rule 3-03, “Instructions to Statement of Comprehensive Income Requirements”
-
Rule 3-04, “Changes in Stockholders’ Equity and Noncontrolling Interests“
-
Rule 3-05, “Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired or to Be Acquired“
- Rule 3-05(a), “Financial Statements Required”
-
Rule 3-06, “Financial Statements Covering a Period of Nine to Twelve Months”
-
Rule 3-09, “Separate Financial Statements of Subsidiaries Not Consolidated and 50 Percent or Less Owned Persons“
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Rule 3-10, “Financial Statements of Guarantors and Issuers of Guaranteed Securities Registered or Being Registered“
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Rule 3-12, “Age of Financial Statements at Effective Date of Registration Statement or at Mailing Date of Proxy Statement”
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Rule 3-13, “Filing of Other Financial Statements in Certain Cases”
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Rule 3-14, “Special Instructions for Financial Statements of Real Estate Operations Acquired or to Be Acquired”
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Rule 3-16, “Financial Statements of Affiliates Whose Securities Collateralize an Issue Registered or Being Registered”
Article 4, “Rules of General
Application”
- Rule 4-08(g), “Summarized Financial Information of Subsidiaries Not Consolidated and 50 Percent or Less Owned Persons”
- Rule 4-08(k), “Related Party Transactions That Affect the Financial Statements”
- Rule 4-08(n), “Accounting Policies for Certain Derivative Instruments”
Article 5, “Commercial and
Industrial Companies”
- Rule 5-02, “Balance Sheets“
- Rule 5-03, “Statements of Comprehensive Income”
Article 6, “Registered Investment
Companies and Business Development Companies”
Article 7, “Insurance
Companies”
Article 8, “Financial Statements of
Smaller Reporting Companies”
- Rule 8-04, “Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired or to Be Acquired”
- Rule 8-06, “Real Estate Operations Acquired or to Be Acquired”
Article 9, “Bank Holding Companies”
Article 10, “Interim Financial Statements”
-
Rule 10-01, “Interim Financial Statements”
- Rule 10-01(b), “Other Instructions as to Content”
Article 11, “Pro Forma Financial
Information”
- Rule 11-01, “Presentation Requirements”
- Rule 11-02, “Preparation Requirements”
- Rule 11-02(a), “Form and Content”
Article 12, “Form and Content of Schedules”
-
Rule 12-09, “Valuation and Qualifying Accounts”
Rule 13-01, “Guarantors and Issuers of
Guaranteed Securities Registered or Being Registered”
Rule 13-02, “Affiliates Whose Securities
Collateralize Securities Registered or Being Registered”
Rule 15-01, “Acquisitions of Businesses by a Shell Company
(Other Than a Business Combination Related Shell Company)”
- Rule 15-01(a), “Audit Requirements”
- Rule 15-01(b), “Financial Statements”
- Rule 15-01(c), “Age of Financial Statements”
- Rule 15-01(d), “Acquisition of a Business or Real Estate Operation by a Predecessor”
- Rule 15-01(e), “Financial Statements of Shell Company”
SAB Topics
No. 1, “Financial Statements”
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No. 1.B, “Allocation of Expenses and Related Disclosure in Financial Statements of Subsidiaries, Divisions or Lesser Business Components of Another Entity“
- No. 1.B.3, “Other Matters”
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No. 1.M, “Materiality“ (SAB 99)
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No. 1.N, “Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements When Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements“ (SAB 108)
No. 2, “Business Combinations”
No. 4, “Equity Accounts”
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No. 4.C, “Change in Capital Structure”
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No. 4.E, “Receivables From Sale of Stock”
No. 5, “Miscellaneous Accounting”
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No. 5.A, “Expenses of Offering”
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No. 5.Z.7, “Accounting for the Spin-off of a Subsidiary”
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No. 5.BB, “Inventory Valuation Allowances”
No. 11.M, “Disclosure of the Impact
That Recently Issued Accounting Standards Will Have on the Financial Statements of the
Registrant When Adopted in a Future Period”
No. 14, “Share-Based Payment”
- No. 14.B, “Transition From Nonpublic to Public Entity Status”
- No. 14.D, “Certain Assumptions Used in Valuation Methods“
- No. 14.D.1, “Expected Volatility”
- No. 14.D.2, “Expected Term”
- No. 14.E, “FASB ASC Topic 718, Compensation — Stock Compensation, and Certain Redeemable Financial Instruments”
Securities Act of 1933
Section 6, “Registration of Securities and Signing of
Registration Statement”
Section 7, “Information Required
in Registration Statement”
Section 11, “Civil Liabilities on Account of False
Registration Statement”
Section 12, “Civil Liabilities Arising in Connection
With Prospectuses and Communications”
Rule 144A, “Private Resales of
Securities to Institutions”
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Rule 12b-2, “Definitions”
Rule 13a-15, “Controls and
Procedures“
Rule 13d-3, “Determination of Beneficial Owner”
Rule 13d-5, “Acquisition of Beneficial Ownership”
Rule 15d-15, “Controls and Procedures“
Rule 17a-5, “Reports to Be Made by
Certain Brokers and Dealers”
Section 3, “Definitions and
Application of Title”
Section 12, “Registration
Requirements for Securities”
Section 12(g), “Extensions and Temporary Exemptions;
Definitions”
Section 15(d), “Registration and
Regulation of Brokers and Dealers; Supplementary
and Periodic Information”
Superseded Literature
Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion
No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees
AICPA Accounting Interpretation
AIN-APB 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees: Accounting
Interpretations of APB Opinion No. 25
EITF Abstracts
Issue No. 89-11, “Sponsor’s Balance Sheet Classification of Capital
Stock With a Put Option Held by an Employee Stock Ownership Plan”
Issue No. 00-23, “Issues Related to the Accounting for Stock Compensation Under APB Opinion No. 25 and FASB Interpretation No. 44”
FASB Statement
No. 123(R), Share-Based
Payment