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April 20, 2011 at 08:00 PM
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) say they might wait until the first half of 2012 to complete work on a new insurance contract accounting standard.
IASB, London, a group that sets international accounting standards, once hoped to have an insurance accounting standard ready by June.
But FASB, Norwalk, Conn., the group in charge of the U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), now has agreed to try to work toward developing a U.S. standard that would
be similar to, or even identical to, the IASB standard, and now the groups need more time to complete a draft and give interested parties in the United States a chance to comment on the draft, officials say.
IASB and FASB note that they have completed work on 5 major accounting projects, including a post-employment benefits project, since November 2010, and that they soon will be issuing fair value measurement requirements.
The boards now are focusing on the insurance standard project, a financial instruments accounting project, and a leasing and revenue recognition project.
The financial instruments project and the leasing project could be completed by the end of the year, officials say.
FASB Chairman Leslie Seidman says a new progress report released by IASB and FASB highlights
