Accounting News: FASB Issued Proposal for Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities
On June 22, 2017 FASB proposed an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) to simplify and improve financial reporting associated with consolidation of variable interest entities (VIEs) for private companies. Concerns: Private company stakeholders, Private Company Council (PCC), continue to express difficulty in applying VIE guidance to common control arrangements and requested that FASB address certain areas [...]