GASB Update 2018 - StarChapter• Government is subject to a property tax cap that limits the growth of property tax levy to 2 percent per year. Full amount allowed under the cap is

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GASB Update 2018

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David Alvarez, CPA, CVA, CGMAPartner

Carr, Riggs & Ingram, [email protected]

Alan Jowers, CPAPartner

Carr, Riggs & Ingram, [email protected]

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• GASB 72 – Fair value• GASB 77 – Tax abatement disclosures• GASB 79 – External investment pools

GASB Activity - Past

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• GASB 75 – OPEB • GASB 81 – Irrevocable split-interest

agreements• GASB 85 – Omnibus

GASB Activity - Present

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• GASB 83 – Asset retirement obligations (2019)• GASB 84 – Fiduciary activities (2020)• GASB 87 – Leases (2021)• GASB 89 – Capitalized Interest (2021)• GASB 90 – Majority Equity Interests (2020)• Financial Reporting Model• Revenue and Expense Recognition

GASB Activity - Future

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GASB Activity - Past

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Exceptions to Fair Value measurement• Nonparticipating interest-earning investment

contracts– Example: Certificates of Deposit

• Money market investments < 1 year– Includes commercial paper, banker’s acceptances,

and US Treasuries• External investment pools which meet certain

requirements (GASB 79)

GASB 72 – Fair Value Measurements

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GASB 77 – Tax Abatements

Tax Abatement Disclosures

Effective – years beginning after

December 15, 2015

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Requires disclosures about a government’s tax abatement agreements

WHY?“Information about revenues that governments agree to forgo is essential to understanding the financial position, economic condition, interperiod equity, sources and uses of financial resources and compliance with finance-related legal or contractual requirements”


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Emphasis is on the substance of the arrangement meeting the definition in GASB 77, not on its name or form

Does not include all transactions that reduce tax revenues – some actions can cause a reduction in taxes but are not abatements


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Applies only to arrangements that meet this definition:

A reduction in tax revenues that results from an agreement between one or more governments and an individual or entity in which:(a) One or more governments promise to forgo

tax revenues to which they are otherwise entitled ---AND


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(b) the individual or entity promises to take a specific action after the agreement has been entered into that contributes to economic development or otherwise benefits the governments or the citizens of those governments


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Disclosure Principles• Disclosure info for similar tax abatements

may be provided either individually or in the aggregate

• Disclose separately (a) its own tax abatements and (b) tax abatements that are entered into by other governments that reduce the reporting government’s tax revenues


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• Must disclose own tax abatements by major program

• Disclose those of other governments by the government and the specific tax that was abated

• May disclose individual abatements above the quantitative threshold established by the government


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• Disclosure commences in the period in which a tax abatement agreement is entered into and continues until the tax abatement expires, unless otherwise specified


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NOTE (X): Tax Abatements

The County enters into property tax abatement agreements with local businesses under the State Economic Development Opportunity Act of 20X1. Under the Act, localities may grant property tax abatements of up to 40 percent of a business’ property tax bill for the purpose of attracting or retaining businesses within their jurisdictions. The abatements may be granted to any business located within or promising to relocate to the County.


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Note (X): Tax AbatementFor the fiscal year ended September 30, 20X7, the County abated property taxes totaling $347,620 under this program, including the following tax abatement agreements that each exceeded 10 percent of the total amount abated:A 40 percent property tax abatement to a grocery store chain for purchasing and opening a store in an empty storefront in the business district. The abatement amounted to $97,500.A 40 percent property tax reduction for a local restaurant increasing the size of its restaurant and catering facility and increasing employment. The abatement amounted to $38,750.


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Scope: Tax Increment Financings (TIF)

IG 2016-1, Question 4.77

Government uses TIF to encourage economic development

• Bonds issued by government to finance infrastructure in specific area

• Baseline for sales tax revenues for the area, including proposed development, is established prior to the start of the project

• Additional sales tax revenues above baseline are set aside for payment of the bonds

Disclose under 77? NO

IG 2017-1, Question 4.40

Government enters into agreement with developer to stimulate economic growth

• Developer will construct building• Baseline for property tax revenues for

the specific area will be established prior to the start of the project

• Developer will receive amount from additional property tax revenues above baseline, based on certain costs incurred by the developer related only to the developer’s building.

Disclose under 77? YES

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• Government is subject to a property tax cap that limits the growth of property tax levy to 2 percent per year. Full amount allowed under the cap is levied on properties that are not subject to agreements to lower taxes of individual taxpayers. Therefore, overall tax revenues will not be reduced. Are those agreements tax abatements under Statement 77?

• Yes, if they meet the other parts of the definition. It is not necessary that the government forgo tax revenue in the aggregate. The fact that the government may effectively recoup the tax revenue associated with the agreements from other taxpayers is not relevant to determining whether the agreement meets the definition of a tax abatement.

• Source: IG 2017-1, Question 4.39

Scope: Existence of Property Tax Cap

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• A government would disclose separately (a) its own tax abatements and (b) tax abatements that are entered into by other governments and reduce the reporting government’s taxes

• Disclose own tax abatements by major program • Disclose those of other governments by the government and

specific tax abated• May disclose individual tax abatements above quantitative

threshold established by the government• Disclosure would commence in the period in which a tax abatement

agreement is entered into and continue until the tax abatement agreement expires, unless otherwise specified

General Disclosure Principles

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Brief Descriptive Info Government’s Own

Abatements

Other Government’s Abatements

Name of program X

Purpose of program X

Name of government X

Tax being abated X X

Authority to abate taxes X

Eligibility criteria X

Abatement mechanism X

Recapture provisions X

Types of recipient commitments X


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Other Disclosures Government’s Own Abatements

Other Government’s Abatements

Dollar amount of taxes abated X X

Amounts received or receivable from other governments associated with the abated taxes

X X

Other commitments by the government

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Quantitative threshold for individual disclosure

X X

Information omitted (if any) due to legal prohibitions

X X


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GASB 79 – External Investment Pools

Effective – years beginning after June

15, 2015 except provisions on portfolio quality, custodial credit risk & shadow pricing which are effective for years after December

15, 2015

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• Establishes criteria for an external investment pool to qualify for making the election to measure all of its investments at amortized cost for financial reporting purposes.

• If an external investment pool measures its investments at amortized costs, the pool’s participants should measure their investments in the pool at amortized costs.


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• Establishes additional note disclosure requirements for pools that measure their investments at amortized costs.

• Disclosures for both the qualifying external investment pools & their participants include information about any limitations or restrictions on participant withdrawals.


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GASB Activity - Present

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GASB 75 - OPEB

Effective – years beginning after June 15,

2017

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• GASB issued #75 (employers) to make OPEB accounting & financial reporting consistent with the pension standards

• Purpose – provide more transparent reporting of the OPEB liability and more useful information about both the obligation and the costs of benefits

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Scope and Applicability to Employers:

Same definition of OPEB as used in GASB 45(all post-employment healthcare benefits and other benefits that are not provided through a pension plan)

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Liability – based on the total OPEB liability –the portion of actuarial present value of projected benefit payments that is attributable to past periods of employee service

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• Is OPEB administered through a trust that meets specified criteria?

• If yes, recognize the net OPEB liability (total OPEB liability minus OPEB plan fiduciary net position)

• If no, recognize the total OPEB liability

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• Measurement date –• The employer’s liability to employees is

measured as of a date no earlier than the end of the employer’s prior fiscal year and no later than the employer’s current fiscal year

• Based on an actuarial valuation obtained at least biennially no more than 30 months and 1 day earlier than the employer’s most recent fiscal year-end

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Steps in measurement of the total OPEB liability

1. Project the benefit payments to be paid2. Discount the projected benefit payments to their actuarial present value3. Attribute the actuarial present value to periods

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• Alternative measurement method may be applied if there are fewer than 100 employees (active and inactive) who are provided benefits through the plan as of the beginning of the measurement period

• Generally the same simplifications to the assumptions per GASB 45 can be utilized

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Changes in the OPEB liability – Will record most changes in the liability for the current financial reporting period as immediate OPEB expense –except:1. Changes in the total OPEB liability:

a. Differences between expected and actual experience related to economic and demographic factors in the measurement of the total OPEB liability

b. Changes of assumptions in the measurement of the total OPEB liability

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2. For OPEB administered through a trust in which specified criteria are met:a. Difference between projected and actual

earnings on plan investmentsb. Employer contributions

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Cost-sharing employers:• Recognize proportionate share of collective

net OPEB liability, OPEB expense, and deferred outflows/inflows related to OPEB

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RSI and Note DisclosuresSimilar to those required for pensions:• Effect on net OPEB liability of a discount rate +/- 1

percent• Effect on net OPEB liability of a healthcare cost trend

rate +/- 1 percent• 10 year schedules – liability, ratios, contributions, etc.

– Standalone OPEB plan only presents Schedule of Changes in Total OPEB Liability and Related Ratios, will not have same schedules as FRS Pension RSI schedules

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Sensitivity of the net OPEB liability to changes in the discount rate. The following presents the net OPEB liability of the school districts, as well as what the school districts’ net OPEB liability would be if it were calculated using a discount rate that is 1-percentage-point lower (6.5 percent) or 1-percentage-point higher (8.5 percent) than the current discount rate:

GASB 75 - OPEB

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Sensitivity of the net OPEB liability to changes in the healthcare cost trend rates. The following presents the net OPEB liability of the school districts, as well as what the school districts’ net OPEB liability would be if it were calculated using healthcare cost trend rates that are 1-percentage-point lower (8.5 percent decreasing to 4.5 percent) or 1-percentage-point higher (10.5 percent decreasing to 6.5 percent) than the current healthcare cost trend rates:

GASB 75 - OPEB

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GASB 45 GASB 74 GASB 75Actuarial Cost Method

Multiple Permissible Actual Cost

Methods

Entry Age Normal Cost Method Required

Valuation Date Not more than 24 months prior to the

beginning of the biennial or triennial

valuation cycle

No more than 24 months prior to fiscal year-end

No more than 30 months & 1 day

prior to fiscal year-end

Valuation Frequency

Biennial for employers with >

200 covered participantsTriennial for

employers < 200 participants

Once every 2 years regardless of size

Comparison to GASB 45

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GASB 45 GASB 74 GASB 75Alternative MeasurementMethod

Available for plans with < 100 participants

Discount Rate Set by actuary in conjunction with

Plan sponsor

Single equivalent discount rate: A blended rate based on plan assets,

funding policy & investment policy to the extent that the plan is funded & a 20-year tax-free municipal bond index

rate for unfunded periodsNet OPEB Obligation (Total OPEB Liability)

Accrued normal cost & amortization less benefit payments

Net OPEB Obligation replaced by Net OPEB Liability (total current liability less Plan assets) or the Unfunded

OPEB Liability


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GASB 45 GASB 74 GASB 75Recognition of Changes in Liability

Changes amortized in gains/losses over a period of 30 years

or less

Investment gains & losses arerecognized – or phased in – over 5

years while changes in liability due to experience & assumption changes are amortized over the average remaining

lifetime of the populationImplicit Subsidy

Community rated plans not required

to recognize an implicit subsidy

All Plan types must recognize an implicit subsidy


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GASB 81 – Split-Interest Agreements

Irrevocable Split-Interest Agreements


December 15, 2016

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• Giving agreements used by donors to provide resources to two or more beneficiaries, including governments

• Created through trusts or other legally enforceable agreements

• Donor transfers resources to an intermediary to hold & administer for the benefit of the government & at least 1 other beneficiary.


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• Requires that a government records assets, liabilities & deferred inflows at the agreement inception

• Revenue is recognized when the resources become applicable to the reporting period

• Standard should be applied retroactively


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GASB 85 – Omnibus 2017

Omnibus 2017


15, 2017

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• Addresses a variety of practice issues identified during the implementation & application of certain GASB statements– Blending a component unit in which the primary

government is a business-type activity with a single column for FS presentation

– Reporting amounts previously reported as goodwill

– Classifying real estate held by insurance entities


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– Measuring certain investments at amortized cost– Timing of measurement of pension or OPEB

liabilities for entities using the current financial resources measurement focus

– Recognizing on-behalf payments for pensions or OPEB

– Presenting payroll-related measures in RSI– Classifying employer paid member contributions

for OPEB


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– Simplifying certain aspects of alternative measurement method for OPEB

– Accounting & financial reporting for OPEB provided through certain multiple-employer defined benefit OPEB plans.


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GASB 83 – Asset Retirements Obligations

Certain Asset Retirement Obligations


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• ARO – a legally enforceable liability associated with the retirement of a tangible capital asset.

• Establishes criteria for determining the timing, pattern of recognition & corresponding deferred outflows for ARO’s.

• Recognition occurs when liability is both incurred & reasonably estimable.

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• Laws & regulations may require governments to take specific actions to retire certain capital assets, like sewage treatment plants.– May also result from contracts or court

judgements

• Internal events include the occurrence of contamination or placing into operation an asset that is required to be retired


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• ARO is based on best estimate of the current value of outlays to be incurred– Should include probability weighting of all

potential outcomes– Alternative measure if probability weighting is

not financially feasible• Deferred outflows reduced & recognized as

outflows in a systematic manner over the life of the capital asset.


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GASB 84 – Fiduciary Activities

Fiduciary Activities


December 15, 2018

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• Focus is on:– Whether a government is controlling the assets

of the fiduciary activity; and– The beneficiaries with whom a fiduciary

relationship exists

• Establishes the criteria on which a fund should be reported as a fiduciary fund


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• Four fiduciary funds:– Pension (and OPEB) trust funds– Investment trust funds– Private-purpose trust funds– Custodial funds

• Liability recognized in the fiduciary fund when an event has occurred that requires the government to disburse fiduciary resources.


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• Liability recognized in the fiduciary fund when an event has occurred that requires the government to disburse fiduciary resources– May result in net position balances for custodial

funds– Exception for some fiduciary funds of business-

type activities that normally expect to hold assets for 3 months or less


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• Presentation of additions and deductions on the statement of changes in fiduciary net position for all fiduciary funds, including custodial funds– Additions should be disaggregated by source, and if

applicable, separately present investment earnings and costs

– Deductions should be disaggregated by type– Same exception for custodial funds that are expected

to be held for 3 months or less


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• Activities are fiduciary funds if the 3 following conditions are met:– The government controls the assets– Those assets are not derived either:

• Solely from the government’s own-source revenues, or• From government-mandated nonexchange transactions or

voluntary nonexchange transactions with the exception of pass-through grants and for which the government does not have administrative or direct financial involvement

– One of the criteria on the next slide is met


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– The assets are (1) administered through a trust agreement or equivalent arrangement in which the government itself is not a beneficiary, (2) dedicated to providing benefits to recipients in accordance with the benefit terms, and (3) legally protected from the creditors of the government.

– The assets are for the benefit of individuals and the government does not have administrative involvement with the assets or direct financial involvement with the assets. In addition, the assets are not derived from the government’s provision of goods or services to those individuals.

– The assets are for the benefit of organizations or other governments that are not part of the financial reporting entity. In addition, the assets are not derived from the government’s provision of goods or services to those organizations or other governments.


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• Three words… School Internal Funds• The key component for School Internal Funds

is administrative involvement– Substance over form consideration is appropriate– If school board, school administrator, faculty

advisor or third party establishes how the resources can be spent, administrative involvement would be met


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• If students (beneficiaries) or parents of students are responsible for establishing how the resources can be spent, administrative involvement would not be met


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• Other examples of administrative involvement– No school board or administrative policy in how funds can be

spent but disbursements are approved by a faculty advisor– School board establishes policy related to the receipt,

disbursement and holding of funds– State establishes how the resources can be spent through

administrative policy– School board matching club’s funds when a disbursement is

approved• If school board is only approving fees charged by clubs to

its members, assuming school board has no other policies in place related to disbursement, NOT CONSIDERED ADMINISTRATIVE INVOLVEMENT


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GASB 87 – Leases

Leases


December 15, 2019 for all leases that existed

at the beginning of the period of

implementation

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• The existing standards had been in effect for decades without review to determine if they remain appropriate in light of GASB conceptual framework and continue to result in useful information; FASB and IASB conducted a joint project to update their lease standards; opportunity to increase comparability and usefulness of information and reduce complexity for preparers

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• Applied to any contract that meets the definition of a lease: “A lease is a contract that conveys control of the right to use another entity’s nonfinancial asset (the underlying asset) for a period of time in an exchange or exchange-like transaction.”– The right-to-use asset is that “specified in the contract”– Control is manifested by (1) the right to obtain present service

capacity from use of the underlying asset and (2) the right to determine the nature and manner of use of the underlying asset

• Leases are financings of the right to use an underlying asset – Therefore, single approach applied to accounting for leases with some

exceptions, such as short-term leases

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• Scope Exclusions:– Intangible assets (mineral rights, patents, software, copyrights),

except for the sublease of an intangible right-to-use asset– Biological assets (including timber, living plants, and living

animals)– Inventory– Service concession arrangements (Statement 60)– Assets financed with outstanding conduit debt, unless both the

asset and the debt are reported by the lessor– Supply contracts (such as power purchase agreements that do

not convey control of the right to use the underlying power generating facility)

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• At beginning of lease, maximum possible term under the contract is 12 months or less (including any options to extend, regardless of probability)

• Lessees recognize expenses/expenditures based on the terms of the contract– Do not recognize assets or liabilities associated with the

right to use the underlying asset for short-term leases• Lessors recognize lease payments as revenue based on the

payment provisions of the contract – Do not recognize receivables or deferred inflows

associated with the lease

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GASB 87 – Leases – Initial reporting

Assets Liability Deferred Inflow

Lessee Intangible lease asset (right to use underlying asset)—value of lease liability plus prepayments and initial direct costs that are ancillary to place asset in use

Present value of future lease payments (incl. fixed payments, variable payments based on index or rate, reasonably certain residual guarantees, etc.)

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Lessor • Lease receivable (generally includes same items as lessee’s liability)

• Continue to report the leased asset

NA Equal to lease receivable plus any cash received up front that relates to a future period

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GASB 87 – Leases – Subsequent reporting

Assets Liability Deferred Inflow

Lessee Amortize the intangible lease asset over shorter of useful life or lease term

Reduce by lease payments (less amount for interest expense)

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Lessor • Depreciate leased asset (unless indefinite life or required to be returned in its original or enhanced condition)

• Reduce receivable by lease payments (less amount needed to cover accrued interest)

NA Recognize revenue over the lease term in a systematic and rational manner

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• General description of leasing arrangements• Total amount of lease assets (by major classes of underlying assets),

and the related accumulated amortization• Amount of outflows of resources recognized for the period for

variable payments and other payments (such as residual value guarantees or penalties) not previously included in the measurement of the lease liability

• Principal & interest requirements to maturity for each of the next 5 fiscal years and in 5-year increments thereafter

• Commitments under leases that have not yet begun (other than short-term leases)

• Components of any net impairment loss recognized on the lease asset during the period.

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• General description of leasing arrangements• Total amount of inflows of resources (such as lease revenue

and interest revenue), if not otherwise displayed• Amount of inflows of resources recognized for the period

for variable payments and other payments (such as residual value guarantees or penalties) not previously included in the measurement of the lease receivable

• The existence, terms, and conditions of options by the lessee to terminate the lease or abate payments if the lessor government has issued debt for which the principal and interest payments are secured by the lease payments

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GASB 89 – Capitalized Interest

Accounting for Interest Cost Incurred

before the End of a Construction Period


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GASB 89 – Capitalized Interest

• Interest incurred during the construction period will be expensed as incurred for business-type and enterprise funds

• Governmental funds keep same requirement of interest costs being included in debt service as paid

• Prospective application • Early application is encouraged

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GASB Technical Agenda

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What Lies Ahead??

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Financial Reporting Model—Reexamination of Statement 34

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• What: The Board is redeliberating over comments received in response to the December 2016 Invitation to Comment, the first due process document in the project reexamining the effectiveness of the financial reporting model―Statements 34, 35, 37, 41, and 46, and Interpretation 6.

• Why: A review of these standards found that they generally were effective, but that there were aspects that could be significantly improved.

• Status: Preliminary Views have been issued.

Financial Reporting Model Reexamination

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• Lack of conceptual consistency in recognition of assets and liabilities

• Lack of foundation from which to develop standards for complex transactions

• Some consider it ineffective in conveying that the information is related to fiscal accountability (rather than operational accountability)– Focus on financial resources, rather than on economic

resources– Shorter time perspective than information in

government-wide financial statements

Concerns with Governmental Funds Financial Statements

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• Recognition Concepts and Application for Governmental Funds

• Presentation of Governmental Fund Financial Statements

• Proprietary Fund Financial Statements• Budgetary Comparison Information• Communication of Major Component Unit

Information• Schedule of Government-Wide Expenses by

Natural Classification

Topics Covered in the Preliminary Views

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• Short-term financial resources measurement focus would replace current financial resources management focus

• Period of availability would be 1 year

Recognition Concepts and Application for Governmental Funds

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Recognition Concepts and Application for Governmental Funds (continued)

Assets Liabilities

Recognized in the Short-term Financial Resources Measurement Focus

• Cash, • Accounts Receivable• Property tax receivable• Prepaid expenses Inventory• Notes and other long-term

receivables that have become due

• Accounts payable and accrued payroll

• Accrued interest payable• Tax and revenue

anticipation notes• Any unpaid balances on

general obligations and other long-term debt that became due during the period

Not included in Short-term Financial Resources Measurement Focus

• Notes and other long-term receivables that have not become due

• Capital assets including intangible assets

• Compensated absences• General obligation and

other long-term debt• Net pension and OPEB

liabilities• Asset retirement

obligations and leases

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– Revenues and expenditures would be replaced with Inflows of resources and outflows of resources

– Governmental funds would now present a Statement of Short-Term Financial Resource Flows

– Main change to Statement of Short-Term Financial Resource Flows is period of availability (1 year)

Recognition Concepts and Application for Governmental Funds (continued)

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Example Short-Term Financial Resources Balance Sheet

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Example Statement of Short-Term Financial Resource Flows

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• Operating revenues and expenses should be defined as revenues and expenses other than nonoperating revenues and expenses

• Nonoperating revenues and expenses include:– Subsidies received and provided– Revenues and expenses related to financing– Resources from the disposal of capital assets and

inventory– Investment income and expenses

Presentation of Proprietary Fund Financial Statements

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• Budgetary comparison information should be presented using a single method of communication and as a part of RSI

• Comparison schedules should present variances between final budget and actual, and original budget and final budget

Budgetary Comparison Information

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• If it is not feasible to present major component unit financial statements in a separate column(s) in the reporting entity’s statement of net position and statement of activities, the financial statements of the major component units should be presented in the reporting entity’s basic financial statements as combining financial statements after the fund financial statements

Communication of Major Component Unit Information

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• Entity’s that present a CAFR should report a schedule of natural classification of government-wide expenses by function or program for governmental activities and by different identifiable activity for business-type activities

• Would be presented as supplementary information

Schedule of Government-Wide Expenses by Natural Classification

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Schedule of Government-Wide Expenses by Natural Classification, continued

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Project Timeline

Pre-Agenda Research Started April 2013

Added to Current Technical Agenda September 2015

Invitation to Comment Issued December 2016

Preliminary Views Issued September 2018Deadline for Written

CommentsFebruary 15, 2019

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Revenue and Expense Recognition

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• What: The Board is developing a comprehensive application model for recognition of revenues and expenses from all types of transactions.

• Why: Stakeholders have raised questions about how to account for revenues from transactions that are neither fully exchange or nonexchange; the revenue recognition standards incorporated in Statement 62 have not been revised for governments in nearly 50 years; current literature does not provide guidance for exchange and exchange-like expenses.

• Status: Public hearings.

Revenue and Expense Recognition

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• The project scope broadly encompasses revenue and expense recognition but excludes the following:– Topics with guidance developed considering the

current conceptual framework, such as pensions and other post-employment benefits

– Topics related to financial transactions, such as investments, derivatives, leases, and insurance

– Topics related to transactions arising from recognition of capital assets or certain liabilities, such as depreciation, asset retirement obligations, and pollution remediation obligations

Tentative Decisions: Project Scope

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• The Invitation to Comment will present comprehensive application models for the recognition of revenue and expense.

• Two primary models have been identified for inclusion in the Invitation to Comment:– Performance obligation/no performance

obligation model– Exchange/nonexchange model

Tentative Decisions: Revenue and Expense Recognition Models

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• A performance obligation is a promise in a binding arrangement between a government and another party to provide distinct goods and services to a specific beneficiary.

Tentative Positions: Performance Obligation

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• For revenue and expense transactions that have a performance obligation, revenue and expense would be recognized as the performance obligation is satisfied, either at a point in time or over time.

• For transactions that do not have a performance obligation, revenue and expense would be recognized with respect to key characteristics of those transactions, many of which are reflected in current guidance for recognition of revenue and expense from nonexchange transactions.

Tentative Positions: Performance Obligation Recognition

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• For transactions classified as exchange revenue and expense transactions, the earnings recognition approach would be applied. – The government controls an asset or has incurred a

liability, the right of return has expired, and the increase or decrease in net assets is applicable to the reporting period.

• Transactions classified as nonexchange revenue and expense would be recognized with respect to key characteristics of those transactions, many of which are reflected in current guidance for nonexchange transactions.

Tentative Positions: Exchange/Nonexchange Recognition

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Pre-Agenda Research Started September 2015

Added to Current Technical Agenda April 2016

Invitation to Comment January 2018Public Hearings May 2018

Project Timeline

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Questions?

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GASB Update 2018 - StarChapter• Government is subject to a property tax cap that limits the growth of property tax levy to 2 percent per year. Full amount allowed under the cap is