IN FOCUS: Implementation Update on Revenue from Contracts with Customers

Date: Thursday, September 15, 2016

Time: 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is pleased to announce a joint webcast with the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) about implementing the requirements in Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606 and IFRS 15). The webcast will cover the following topics:

1. An overview of the revenue model
2. An update on recent implementation activities, including standard setting and the Transition Resource Group for Revenue Recognition
3. Resources available to help with implementation questions
4. Disclosures
5. Audience question-and-answer session

Speakers: James Kroeker, FASB Member; Mary Tokar, IASB Member; Cullen Walsh, FASB Assistant Director; Henry Rees, Director of Implementation and Adoption Activities at the IASB; Mary Mazzella, FASB Supervising Project Manager.

Learning Objectives: At the end of this program, participants will be able to broadly understand:

1. The five-step process and some of the requirements in the revenue standard
2. The implementation activities since the issuance of the revenue standard in 2014
3. The disclosure requirements

Participants will have the opportunity to submit questions to the panelists during the event.

Registration: To register for this event, please use this link.

Delivery Method: Group-internet based

Program Level: Overview

Program Prerequisites: None

Advanced Preparation Needed: None

Recommended CPE: 1.0 hours; final CPE earned will be determined based on the length of participation in the program, polling questions as described in CPE Eligibility, and completion of a course survey. Credit is provided only to participants in the live broadcast of this course. Please note that credit is not provided for group viewing. Each participant must be registered separately and meet both polling and duration requirements as per NASBA.

Refund/Cancellation Policy: There is no cost for this course and there is no cancellation penalty. Participants will be notified by email as soon as possible if the course is cancelled for any reason.

Complaint Policy: To register complaints about course content or delivery method and to inquire about the timeliness and accuracy of CPE credit posting for this event, contact CPEDirector@fasb.org.


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