Basis for Conclusions Cases
Basis for Conclusions Case 1: Liquidation Accounting
If liquidation is imminent for an entity then the company must use the liquidation basis of accounting. The rules for the liquidation basis of accounting were set forth in ASU 2013-07 and subsequently incorporated into the codification. When the FASB was deliberating on the issue of the liquidation basis of accounting, the board addressed when the entity should start applying liquidation accounting Originally, prior to issuing an exposure draft. FASB had decided that liquidation would be considered imminent when the plan for liquidation had been approved by the parties that had the authority to do so.
1 What problem did the FASB discover with this approach? What did it then conclude should be done?
Later the FASB issued an exposure draft on the liquidation basis of accounting Many of the respondents to the exposure draft expressed a concern with the definition of “imminent.”
2 What concern did the respondents express? What was the board's response? Other issues related to the liquidation basis of accounting involve the measurement bases used. The recognition bases under liquidation accounting are generally inconsistent with the measurement used in general-purpose financial statements
3. How did the FASB respond to this contradiction within its own framework?
The FASB concluded that in measuring assets under the liquidation basis of accounting, the entity should measure the assets based on the amounts it expects to receive
4 Why did the FASB not just state that the measurement should be based on fair value? Is it correct that fair value is the same as the amounts the entity expects to receive in liquidation?
The FASB also concluded that liabilities should not be written down until the entity is legally released from them
5. What was FASB s reasoning for this conclusion?
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