Manager of Lucernex Lease Analysis products, Mike Hammerslag, discusses the current state of the upcoming FASB changes.

A little more than two (2) years ago the Boards published their Discussion Paper, Leases: Preliminary Views. Fast forward to today and a known calendaring of the Final Document due date of 2Q-2011 or put another way June 30, 2011, and it seems that we are less then ninety (90) days away from knowing the outcome. So doesn’t it seem odd that so much is still “tentative.”
Now I must admit we do occasionally see that one or the other or sometimes both of the Boards “affirmed the decision in the leases Exposure Draft,” but is certainly feels like there are too many “tentative(s)” with less than 90 days until decision time! (more…)