DISCLOSURES BY BUSINESS ENTITIES ABOUT GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE

ACCOUNTING STANDARDS UPDATE 2021-10—GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE (TOPIC 832): DISCLOSURES BY BUSINESS ENTITIES ABOUT GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE

Overview

On November 17, 2021, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2021-10, Government Assistance (Topic 832): Disclosures by Business Entities about Government Assistance.

The amendments in the Update require the following annual disclosures about transactions with a government that are accounted for by applying a grant or contribution accounting model by analogy:

  1. Information about the nature of the transactions and the related accounting policy used to account for the transactions
  2. The line items on the balance sheet and income statement that are affected by the transactions, and the amounts applicable to each financial statement line item
  3. Significant terms and conditions of the transactions, including commitments and contingencies.

The amendments in the Update apply to business entities (all entities except for not-for-profit [NFP] entities within the scope of Topic 958, Not-for-Profit Entities, and employee benefit plans within the scope of Topic 960, Plan Accounting—Defined Benefit Pension Plans, Topic 962, Plan Accounting—Defined Contribution Pension Plans, and Topic 965, Plan Accounting—Health and Welfare Benefit Plans) that account for a transaction with a government by applying a grant or contribution accounting model by analogy to other accounting guidance (for example, a grant model within IAS 20, Accounting for Government Grants and Disclosure of Government Assistance, or Subtopic 958-605, Not-For-Profit Entities—Revenue Recognition).

Transition and Effective Dates

The amendments in the Update are effective for all entities within their scope for financial statements issued for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2021. Early application of the amendments is permitted.

An entity should apply the amendments in the Update either (1) prospectively to all transactions within the scope of the amendments that are reflected in financial statements at the date of initial application and new transactions that are entered into after the date of initial application or (2) retrospectively to those transactions.

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