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What Is A Qualitative Analysis Of The Statutory Federal Income Tax?

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1. If an individual reconciling item amounts to more than 5 percent of the amount computed by multiplying the income before tax by the applicable statutory federal income tax rate, disclose that amount separately
2. A qualitative description of those items that have caused a significant movement in the rate year over year. Additionally, the Board decided to revise the carryforward disclosure requirements and directed the staff to perform further outreach on all of the potential changes to income tax disclosures.

On March 23, 2016, the Board continued its initial deliberations on the disclosure requirements for income taxes. During this meeting the Board affirmed its prior decisions to require all entities to disclose a probable change in …show more content…

By June 8, 2016, the Board had completed its initial deliberations on the disclosure requirements for income taxes. The Board reversed its previous decision and decided not to require an entity to disaggregate the cumulative amount of indefinitely reinvested foreign earnings for any country that represents at least 10 percent of the total cumulative amount. Instead, the Board decided to require disclosure of the aggregate of cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities held by foreign subsidiaries. The Board made adjustments to the language used in the exposure draft replacing the term public entity with the term public business entity as defined in the Master Glossary of the Codification.
The Board decided to require an entity to disclose the terms of any rights or privileges granted by a governmental entity directly to the reporting entity that have reduced, or may reduce, the entity’s income tax burden. The Board also made the decision to revise the carryforward disclosure requirement in Topic 740 for a public business entity. A public business entity would be required to disclose:

1. The amounts of federal, state, and foreign carryforwards (not tax effected) by time period of expiration for each of the first five years after the reporting date and

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