
FASB expands use of fair value, contrasting with international rules
The US accounting standard setter has released it’s fair value standard, which strives to simplify rules surrounding financial instruments, but jars with international accounting rules, used by it’s neighbouring economies.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) waited until US markets closed to release its long awaited reforms to financial instrument accounting, which will expand the use of fair value in a bid to increase transparency.
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