IRVINE, CA—The Financial Accounting Standards Board has clarified its more than a decade-old definition of a “business.” The clarification is included in Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2017-01, which was meant to assist companies in applying the broadly interpreted FASB Statement No. 141(R), Business Combinations (codified in ASC 805).
The clarification will probably result in more commercial real estate acquisition transactions being accounted for as asset acquisitions rather than business combinations, Haskell & White audit principal Paul Louis, CPA, tells GlobeSt.com. We spoke with Louis about the ramifications of this clarification for our industry.
GlobeSt.com: How does the clarification affect CRE?
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