# ASC 205-40-00: Presentation of Financial Statements — Going Concern — 00 Status

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## ASC 205-40-00: 00 Status

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<table class="asc-table" id="SL51888606-203565"><tbody><tr><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Paragraph</strong></td><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Action</strong></td><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Accounting Standards Update</strong></td><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Date</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/f/#financial-statements-are-available-to-be-issued" class="term" title="Financial statements are considered available to be issued when they are complete in a form and format that complies with GAAP and all approvals necessary for issuance have been obtained, for example, from management, the board of directors, and/or significant shareholders. The process involved in creating and distributing the financial statements will vary depending on an entity's management and corporate governance structure as well as statutory and regulatory requirements."><span>Financial Statements Are Available to Be Issued</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-15/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-15</a></td><td class="entry">08/27/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/f/#financial-statements-are-issued" class="term" title="Financial statements are considered issued when they are widely distributed to shareholders and other financial statement users for general use and reliance in a form and format that complies with GAAP. (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] registrants also are required to consider the guidance in paragraph 855-10-S99-2.)"><span>Financial Statements Are Issued</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-15/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-15</a></td><td class="entry">08/27/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/l/#liquidation" class="term" title="The process by which an entity converts its assets to cash or other assets and settles its obligations with creditors in anticipation of the entity ceasing all activities. Upon cessation of the entity's activities, any remaining cash or other assets are distributed to the entity's investors or other claimants (albeit sometimes indirectly). Liquidation may be compulsory or voluntary. Dissolution of an entity as a result of that entity being acquired by another entity or merged into another entity in its entirety and with the expectation of continuing its business does not qualify as liquidation."><span>Liquidation</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-15/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-15</a></td><td class="entry">08/27/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/p/#probable" class="term" title="The future event or events are likely to occur."><span>Probable</span></a> (2nd def)</td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-15/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-15</a></td><td class="entry">08/27/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/s/#substantial-doubt-about-an-entity-s-ability-to-continue-as-a-going-concern" class="term" title="Substantial doubt about an entity's ability to continue as a going concern exists when conditions and events, considered in the aggregate, indicate that it is probable that the entity will be unable to meet its obligations as they become due within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued (or within one year after the date that the financial statements are available to be issued when applicable). The term probable is used consistently with its use in Topic 450 on contingencies."><span>Substantial Doubt about an Entity's Ability to Continue as a Going Concern</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-15/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-15</a></td><td class="entry">08/27/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><div class="xref-range displayInline"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/205/40/#205-40-05-1" class="xref">205-40-05-1 through 05-3</a></div></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-15/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-15</a></td><td class="entry">08/27/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/205/40/#205-40-05-3" class="xref">205-40-05-3</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc-pdf/GUID-8C0B93FE-237A-4BFA-8880-FE749B3CAFCB.pdf" class="pdf-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maintenance Update 2016-11 (PDF)</a></td><td class="entry">06/27/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/205/40/#205-40-15-1" class="xref">205-40-15-1</a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-15/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-15</a></td><td class="entry">08/27/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><div class="xref-range displayInline"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/205/40/#205-40-50-1" class="xref">205-40-50-1 through 50-14</a></div></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-15/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-15</a></td><td class="entry">08/27/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><div class="xref-range displayInline"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/205/40/#205-40-50-12" class="xref">205-40-50-12 through 50-14</a></div></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2025-11/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2025-11</a></td><td class="entry">12/08/2025</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/205/40/#205-40-50-12" class="xref">205-40-50-12</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc-pdf/GUID-8C0B93FE-237A-4BFA-8880-FE749B3CAFCB.pdf" class="pdf-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maintenance Update 2016-11 (PDF)</a></td><td class="entry">06/27/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/205/40/#205-40-50-13" class="xref">205-40-50-13</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc-pdf/GUID-8C0B93FE-237A-4BFA-8880-FE749B3CAFCB.pdf" class="pdf-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maintenance Update 2016-11 (PDF)</a></td><td class="entry">06/27/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/205/40/#205-40-55-1" class="xref">205-40-55-1</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc-pdf/GUID-8C0B93FE-237A-4BFA-8880-FE749B3CAFCB.pdf" class="pdf-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maintenance Update 2016-11 (PDF)</a></td><td class="entry">06/27/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><div class="xref-range displayInline"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/205/40/#205-40-55-1" class="xref">205-40-55-1 through 55-3</a></div></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-15/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-15</a></td><td class="entry">08/27/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/205/40/#205-40-55-3" class="xref">205-40-55-3</a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-02/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02</a></td><td class="entry">02/25/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/205/40/#205-40-65-1" class="xref">205-40-65-1</a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-15/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-15</a></td><td class="entry">08/27/2014</td></tr></tbody></table>
