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Financial Instruments: A Comprehensive Guide to Accounting & Reporting (2017)

Financial Instruments: A Comprehensive Guide to Accounting & Reporting (2017)

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  • Publisher: CCH U.S.
  • ISBN: 9780808044451
  • Published In: October 2016
  • Format: Paperback (2 volumes) , 1000 pages
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    Financial Instruments: A Comprehensive Guide to Accounting & Reporting (2016) is written for practicing accountants and other professionals who need to understand the accounting for financial instruments. This unique book pulls together all of the existing accounting literature on financial instruments into one volume, organizes it logically, and describes the requirements as simply as possible. This comprehensive, topic-based approach will save practitioners time and effort in researching accounting issues.

    This comprehensive reference includes guidance issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the FASB's Emerging Issues Task Force and Derivatives Implementation Group. It also includes standards issued by the AICPA Accounting Standards Executive Committee, and the audit and accounting guides issued by various committees of the AICPA.

    This guide covers accounting requirements for public and private companies and touches on unique aspects of reporting financial instruments by nonprofit organizations. Over 400 pieces of authoritative literature are referenced in this book.

    Each chapter covers the relevant accounting questions for each type of instrument, including:

    • When and how to initially recognize the instrument in the balance sheet
    • How to measure the instrument in subsequent periods
    • How to recognize income or expense
    • When and how impairment must be recognized
    • When the instrument should be removed from the balance sheet
    • What disclosures should be provided in the footnotes.

     

    Benefits and Features

     

    • The text includes visual aids whenever possible; observations, such as differences between instrument types; practice pointers; and examples to make the requirements as clear as possible to the reader.
    • The book also includes: a cross-reference to the original pronouncements, citing the chapters in which they are discussed; a glossary of terms including references to the applicable chapters; and a detailed topical index.
    • To facilitate research, the text includes references to pertinent paragraphs of the authoritative literature addressing key points.
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    Financial Instruments covers the following topics:

    • Part I: Financial Assets
      • 1. Cash and Cash Equivalents
      • 2. Investments in Debt and Equity Securities
      • 3. Loans and the Allowance for Credit Losses
      • 4. Servicing of Financial Assets
      • 5. Transfers of Financial Assets
      • 6. Securitizations
      • 7. Calculating Yields on Debt Investments
    • Part II: Financial Liabilities
      • 8. Debt Financing
      • 9. Securities Lending Arrangements and Other Pledges of Collateral
      • 10. Convertible Debt and Similar Instruments
      • 11. Extinguishments of Debt
    • Part III: Derivatives and Hedging Activities
      • 12. Derivatives Accounting
      • 13. Embedded Derivatives
      • 14. Hedge Accounting
      • 15. Disclosures about Derivatives
    • Part IV: Equity Instruments
      • 16. Issuer's Accounting for Equity Instruments and Related Contracts
    • Part V: Pervasive Issues
      • 17. Offsetting Assets and Liabilities in the Balance Sheet
      • 18. Fair Value Measurements
      • 19. The Fair Value Option for Financial Instruments
      • 20. Financial Instrument Disclosures
  • Rosemarie Sangiuolo is an independent consultant with background in the financial services industry and accounting standard-setting. She specializes in accounting and reporting for financial instruments. Currently, she is a member of the project team working on the FASB's codification and retrieval project.

    Previously, Ms. Sangiuolo was a project manager at the Financial Accounting Standards Board, where she focused primarily on standard-setting efforts associated with derivatives and hedging, asset transfers, and securitization transactions. In that capacity, she contributed to numerous accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB, the Emerging Issues Task Force, and the Derivatives Implementaion Group.

    Prior to joining the FASB, Ms. Sangiuolo was a Vice President at J.P. Morgan & Co, where she dealt with accounting policy, regulatory, and financial reporting issues relevant to the financial services industry. She is a contributing author to various technical publications and periodically consults with organizations on accounting issues.

    Ms. Sangiuolo graduated summa cum laude from Fordham University with a major in economics and received her M.B.A. from New York Unviersity's Stern School of Business.

     

     

    Scott A. Taub was a partner in Arthur Andersen's Professional Standards Group until July 2002, where he worked with clients on matters of accounting and auditing, developed Arthur Andersen's accounting policies, and represented the firm before the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), and the International Accounting Standards Board. Mr. Taub rejoined the Professional Standards Group in 2001 after spending two years on the staff of the Office of the Chief Accountant of the SEC.

    Mr. Taub began his career with Arthur Andersen in 1990, and spent seven years in the audit practice before originally joining the Professional Standards Group in 1997. Subsequent to writing this book, Mr. Taub rejoined the SEC staff as a Deputy Chief Accountant in the Office of the Chief Accountant. He also chaired the accounting, audit and disclosure standing committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions. Currently, he is a Managing Director at Financial Reporting Advisors.

    Mr. Taub attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he received an undergraduate degree in economics and accounting in 1990.

     

     

    Leslie F. Seidman is a certified public accountant with extensive experience in the financial services industry and in accounting standard setting. With an English major from Colgate University and a Masters Degree in accounting from New York University Stern School of Business, Ms. Seidman has a unique combination of writing ability and accounting knowledge.

    Ms. Seidman started her career as an auditor for Ernst & Young LLP before joining J.P. Morgan, where she was a Vice President of accounting policy for many years. Ms. Seidman was selected for an industry fellowship at the Financial Accounting Standards Board, where she later served as assistant director of implementation and practice issues.

    Until recently, Ms. Seidman had her own financial reporting consulting firm, serving financial institutions, accounting firms, and other organizations. She has authored, reviewed, and edited hundreds of accounting pronouncements of the FASB and AICPA, and contributed to several books and other publications.

    Ms. Seidman is a member of the AICPA and the Institute of Management Accountants, where she served on the Financial Reporting Committee. Subsequent to writing this book, Ms. Seidman was appointed to a three-year term as a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and was reappointed to a five-year term in March 2006.

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