Board/Other Public Meeting Dates
The Board meeting minutes are provided for the information and convenience of constituents who want to follow the Board’s deliberations. All of the conclusions reported are tentative and may be changed at future Board meetings. Decisions become final only after a formal written ballot to issue a final Statement, Interpretation, FSP, or Statement 133 Implementation Issue.
Below is a list of the FASB Board/Public meetings for this project. Minutes for meetings generally are posted within two weeks following the meeting.
Background Information
At the November 16, 2006 EITF meeting, the Task Force discussed Issue No. 06-12, "Accounting for Physical Commodity Inventories for Entities within the Scope of the AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide, Brokers and Dealers in Securities." Issue 06-12 is divided into two parts: Issue 1 identifies the scope of the Guide and Issue 2 addresses whether physical commodity positions are considered to be inventory in the context of the Guide.
During the discussion, a Board member noted that when the EITF was considering Issue No. 98-10, "Accounting for Contracts Involved in Energy Trading and Risk Management Activities," the scope applied only to energy-related contracts. At the time, the Board was constrained by ARB 43, Chapter 4, "Inventory Pricing," and, therefore, scoped out physical energy contracts. The Board then discussed how a "targeted amendment" would greatly simplify the literature and provide more relevant information.
The Task Force deferred making a decision on this Issue and recommended that the Board consider issuing an FSP to address the accounting for traded physical commodity inventory. If the Board issues guidance that requires entities to measure trading positions in physical commodity inventory at fair value, the Task Force will determine whether it should consider Issue 1 of Issue 06-12 at a future meeting.
At its March 14, 2007 meeting, the Board added the project to its agenda to consider whether ARB 43 should be amended to require fair value accounting for certain nonfinancial assets with readily determinable fair values that are held in trading inventory, including traded emissions allowances. At its January 23, 2008 meeting, the Board decided that the proposed FSP would not include a requirement for the item to have a readily determinable fair value.
