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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Reverse Mergers
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Discusses reverse mergers between
operating companies.
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Sign-and-Close Transactions
|
Discusses the nature and structure of
“sign-and-close” transactions.
| |
Omitting a Balance Sheet for a Significant Business
Acquisition
|
New section and example added to align
content with Deloitteʼs Roadmap SEC
Reporting Considerations for Business
Acquisitions.
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Financial Statements Used to Measure Significance
|
New section and examples added to align
content with Deloitteʼs Roadmap SEC
Reporting Considerations for Business
Acquisitions. Subsequent examples
renumbered.
| |
Climate-Related Disclosures
|
Addresses the SEC’s final rule on climate-related
disclosures.
| |
ASU 2023-07 — Improvements to Reportable
Segment Disclosures
|
Incorporates discussion of
ASU
2023-07 on segment reporting.
| |
Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses
|
Covers the FASB’s proposed disclosure
requirements related to income statement expenses.
| |
Enhancements to Climate-Related Disclosure
Requirements
|
Discusses the climate-related disclosures required by the
SEC’s final rule.
| |
SPAC Considerations
|
Incorporates content previously included
in Deloitte’s October 2, 2020 (last updated April 11,
2022), Financial Reporting Alert as well as
updates related to the SEC’s final rule on SPACs
and de-SPAC transactions.
|
Amended Content
Section
|
Title
|
Description
|
---|---|---|
Special-Purpose Acquisition Companies
|
Addresses the SEC’s final rule on SPACs and de-SPAC
transactions.
| |
Additional IPO Considerations
|
Includes discussion of the SEC’s final rule on executive
compensation clawbacks.
| |
Accounting for Offering Costs — SAB Topic 5.A
|
Reflects the SEC staff’s view that audit fees would not
qualify as offering costs.
| |
Disclosures in the Financial Statements
|
Adds discussion of ASU
2023-09 on income tax
disclosures.
| |
Clawback Policies
|
Includes discussion of SEC’s final rule on executive
compensation clawbacks.
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