FASB Taxonomy – Call for Comment: Income Taxes (Topic 740)

Tuesday, April 30 - Friday, May 31, 2019 (30 days)
Proposed Taxonomy Improvements for Proposed Accounting Standards Update Public Review hosted by FASB || Income Taxes (Topic 740)

FASB Staff Issues Proposed Taxonomy Improvements for a Proposed Accounting Standards Update (Revised), Income Taxes (Topic 740): Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirement for Income Taxes, for Comment and Incorporates Taxonomy Improvements for Final Accounting Standards into the Development Taxonomy

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) staff recently issued for comment, proposed Taxonomy improvements for the following proposed Accounting Standards Updates:

• Income Taxes (Topic 740): Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirement for Income Taxes (Revision of Exposure Draft issued July 26, 2016) – The comment period on the proposed Taxonomy Improvements related to the proposed Accounting Standards Update ends on May 31, 2019.

Interested parties may provide comments on the proposed Taxonomy Improvements by sending their comments to xbrled@fasb.org.

In addition, the FASB staff recently incorporated into the Development Taxonomy improvements to the Taxonomy related to the following final Accounting Standards Updates:

• Accounting Standards Update No. 2019-03—Not-for-Profit Entities (Topic 958): Updating the Definition of Collections
• Accounting Standards Update No. 2019-02—Entertainment—Films—Other Assets—Film Costs (Subtopic 926-20) and Entertainment—Broadcasters—Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Subtopic 920-350): Improvements to Accounting for Costs of Films and License Agreements for Program Materials
• Accounting Standards Update No. 2019-01—Leases (Topic 842): Codification Improvements.