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Wiley Not-for-Profit GAAP 2014: Interpretation and Application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
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Wiley Not-for-Profit GAAP 2014: Interpretation and Application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

by Richard F. Larkin, Marie DiTommaso
March 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
584 pages
17h 54m
English
Wiley
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29 FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Perspective and Issuse

Concepts, Rules, and Examples

Derivative Instruments

Disclosure Requirements—Not-for-Profit Organizations

Concentration of Credit Risk

Fair Value Disclosures

Fair Value Measurement Option

Fair value option

Election dates

Reporting changes in fair value

PERSPECTIVE AND ISSUES

The GAAP requirements pertaining to Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities are contained in FASB ASC 815. The accounting under this Topic applies to all entities, including not-for-profit organizations. It specifies recognition of all derivatives in the balance sheet as assets or liabilities measured at fair value. Derivatives could be specifically designated as hedges. One particular issue that specifically affects not-for-profit organizations involves split-interest agreements that may contain an embedded derivative. Split-interest agreements are addressed in Chapter 12.

CONCEPTS, RULES, AND EXAMPLES

Derivative Instruments

FASB ASC 815 has two main components. First, it requires that derivatives be recognized as either assets or liabilities in the statement of financial position and that they be measured at fair value. Second, it specifies the accounting for changes in the fair values of derivatives, that is, unrealized gains and losses.

On the first component, not-for-profit organizations would follow the requirements of FASB ASC 815 as would commercial enterprises (albeit not-for-profit organizations are far less likely to have derivative ...

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