# ASC 410-20-00: Asset Retirement and Environmental Obligations — Asset Retirement Obligations — 00 Status

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## ASC 410-20-00: 00 Status

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<table class="asc-table" id="SL29646839-159025"><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/c/#commencement-date-of-the-lease-commencement-date" class="term" title="The date on which a lessor makes an underlying asset available for use by a lessee. See paragraphs 842-10-55-19842-10-55-20842-10-55-21 for implementation guidance on the commencement date."><span>Commencement Date of the Lease (Commencement Date)</span></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/glossary/c/#contract" class="term" title="An agreement between two or more parties that creates enforceable rights and obligations."><span>Contract</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-09/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09</a></td><td class="entry">05/28/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/c/#customer" class="term" title="A party that has contracted with an entity to obtain goods or services that are an output of the entity's ordinary activities in exchange for consideration."><span>Customer</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-09/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09</a></td><td class="entry">05/28/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/f/#fair-value" class="term" title="The price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date."><span>Fair Value</span></a> (3rd def.)</td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2012-04/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2012-04</a></td><td class="entry">10/01/2012</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/l/#lease" class="term" title="A contract, or part of a contract, that conveys the right to control the use of identified property, plant, or equipment (an identified asset) for a period of time in exchange for consideration."><span>Lease</span></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/glossary/l/#lease-payments" class="term" title="See paragraph 842-10-30-5 for what constitutes lease payments from the perspective of a lessee and a lessor."><span>Lease Payments</span></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/glossary/l/#lease-term" class="term" title="The noncancellable period for which a lessee has the right to use an underlying asset, together with all of the following: Periods covered by an option to extend the lease if the lessee is reasonably certain to exercise that option Periods covered by an option to terminate the lease if the lessee is reasonably certain not to exercise that option Periods covered by an option to extend (or not to terminate) the lease in which exercise of the option is controlled by the lessor."><span>Lease Term</span></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/glossary/l/#lessee" class="term" title="An entity that enters into a contract to obtain the right to use an underlying asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration."><span>Lessee</span></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/glossary/l/#lessor" class="term" title="An entity that enters into a contract to provide the right to use an underlying asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration."><span>Lessor</span></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/glossary/r/#revenue" class="term" title="Inflows or other enhancements of assets of an entity or settlements of its liabilities (or a combination of both) from delivering or producing goods, rendering services, or other activities that constitute the entity's ongoing major or central operations."><span>Revenue</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-09/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09</a></td><td class="entry">05/28/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/u/#underlying-asset" class="term" title="An asset that is the subject of a lease for which a right to use that asset has been conveyed to a lessee. The underlying asset could be a physically distinct portion of a single asset."><span>Underlying Asset</span></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/glossary/v/#variable-lease-payments" class="term" title="Payments made by a lessee to a lessor for the right to use an underlying asset that vary because of changes in facts or circumstances occurring after the commencement date, other than the passage of time."><span>Variable Lease Payments</span></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"></td><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/410/20/#410-20-15-2" class="xref">410-20-15-2</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</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/410/20/#410-20-15-3" class="xref">410-20-15-3</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</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"><div class="xref-range displayInline"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/410/20/#410-20-25-1" class="xref">410-20-25-1 through 25-3A</a></div></td><td class="entry">Superseded</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2024-02/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2024-02</a></td><td class="entry">03/29/2024</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/410/20/#410-20-25-10" class="xref">410-20-25-10</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc-pdf/GUID-6A8ECCE2-2DD0-4750-978D-D37E5AA3DC28.pdf" class="pdf-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maintenance Update 2018-02 (PDF)</a></td><td class="entry">02/02/2018</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/410/20/#410-20-50-1" class="xref">410-20-50-1</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2024-03/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2024-03</a></td><td class="entry">11/04/2024</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/410/20/#410-20-55-26" class="xref">410-20-55-26</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2024-02/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2024-02</a></td><td class="entry">03/29/2024</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/410/20/#410-20-55-27" class="xref">410-20-55-27</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2012-04/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2012-04</a></td><td class="entry">10/01/2012</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/410/20/#410-20-55-28" class="xref">410-20-55-28</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-09/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09</a></td><td class="entry">05/28/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/410/20/#410-20-55-44" class="xref">410-20-55-44</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</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/410/20/#410-20-55-66" class="xref">410-20-55-66</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2012-04/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2012-04</a></td><td class="entry">10/01/2012</td></tr></tbody></table>