The implementation of GASB Statements 87 and 96 has brought significant changes to how government entities report leases and subscription-based information technology arrangements. A thorough ...

Georgia native Alan Skelton will succeed David Bean as director of research and technical activities at the Governmental Accounting Standards Board April 1. Bean, who has served as the director since ...

Governmental Accounting Standards Board chair Joel Black has been overseeing GASB for nearly two years as state and local governments deal with the continuing fallout from the pandemic while ...

The Financial Accounting Foundation is looking for an academic expert on public accounting to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. Filling that spot on the ...

GASB issued a concepts statement to guide the board when establishing note disclosure requirements for state and local governments — part of its response to research reexamining existing note ...

Governments would have to report as a liability on their accrual-based financial statements the unfunded portion of their pension plan under a new proposal. That was contained in a statement of ...

LeaseQuery, a leading provider of purpose-built lease accounting software, today announced its program sessions for the 2021 GASB Innovation Summit (#GASBInnovationSummit). This free event takes place ...

Last June, when the Governmental Accounting Standards Board revised the standards for financial reporting for state and local governments, the lay public barely noticed. For finance officers and ...

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Texas Comptroller Susan Combs has been getting significant airtime. That's because she's leading a revolt against GASB's new Rule 45 - the one the Government Accounting Standards Board has promulgated ...