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  February 2005   

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Calendar of Key Accounting and Reporting Dates

Calendar of Key Accounting and Reporting Dates

2004

 

      

2005

 

June 15, 2005. Several accounting standards take effect as of this date:

·         Public entities that do not file as small business issuers must adopt FASB Statement No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment, as of the beginning of the first interim or annual reporting period that begins after June 15, 2005

·         FASB Statement No. 151, Inventory Costs – An Amendment of ARB No. 43, Chapter 4, takes effect for inventory costs incurred during fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005.

·         FASB Statement No. 152, Accounting for Real Estate Time-Sharing Transactions, and AICPA Statement of Position No. 04-2, Accounting for Real Estate Time-Sharing Transactions, are effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005.

·         FASB Statement No. 153, Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets, is effective for nonmonetary asset exchanges occurring in fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2005.

June 15, 2004 . Certain provisions of FASB Statement No. 132(R), Employers’ Disclosures about Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefit, took effect for fiscal years ending after this date. These provisions include:

·         Disclosure of certain information about foreign plans,

·         Disclosure of future benefit payments, and

·         Disclosure of information for nonpublic entities.

 

 

 

 

 

   

December 15, 2005. FASB Statement No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment, takes effect for small business issuers and nonpublic entities. 

·         Public entities that file as small business issuers must adopt Statement 123(R) as of the beginning of the first interim or annual reporting period that begins after December 15, 2005 

·         Nonpublic entities must adopt Statement 123(R) as of the beginning of the first annual reporting period that begins after December 15, 2005.

 

December 15, 2004. Several major accounting standards took effect for private companies as of this date:

 

·         Private companies must apply certain provisions of FASB Statement No. 150, Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Both Liabilities and Equity, for fiscal periods beginning after this date. These provisions address instruments that are mandatorily redeemable on fixed dates for amounts that are fixed or determinable.

 

·         Private companies must apply FASB Interpretation No. 46(R), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, to variable interest entities created before January 1, 2004 during the first annual period beginning after December 15, 2004

 

Tables 1 and 2 of this  letter provide details of recent pronouncements and effective dates. Consult your BDO engagement partner for updates on new requirements.

 

 

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