# ASC 450-20-00: Contingencies — Loss Contingencies — 00 Status

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## ASC 450-20-00: 00 Status

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<table class="asc-table" frame="all" id="SL6954834-158272"><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-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" 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/#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/#reinsurance" class="term" title="A transaction in which a reinsurer (assuming entity), for a consideration (premium), assumes all or part of a risk undertaken originally by another insurer (ceding entity). For indemnity reinsurance, the legal rights of the insured are not affected by the reinsurance transaction and the insurance entity issuing the insurance contract remains liable to the insured for payment of policy benefits. Assumption or novation reinsurance contracts that are legal replacements of one insurer by another extinguish the ceding entity's liability to the policyholder."><span>Reinsurance</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-19/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-19</a></td><td class="entry">12/14/2016</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/450/20/#450-20-05-3" class="xref">450-20-05-3</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-19/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-19</a></td><td class="entry">12/14/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/450/20/#450-20-15-2" class="xref">450-20-15-2</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-13/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13</a></td><td class="entry">06/16/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/450/20/#450-20-50-1" class="xref">450-20-50-1</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/450/20/#450-20-50-2A" class="xref">450-20-50-2A</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-13/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13</a></td><td class="entry">06/16/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/450/20/#450-20-50-2A" class="xref">450-20-50-2A</a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2010-20/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-20</a></td><td class="entry">07/21/2010</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/450/20/#450-20-55-4" class="xref">450-20-55-4</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/450/20/#450-20-60-2" class="xref">450-20-60-2</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-13/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13</a></td><td class="entry">06/16/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/450/20/#450-20-60-3" class="xref">450-20-60-3</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-13/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13</a></td><td class="entry">06/16/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/450/20/#450-20-60-14" class="xref">450-20-60-14</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-19/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-19</a></td><td class="entry">12/14/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/450/20/#450-20-60-15" class="xref">450-20-60-15</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/450/20/#450-20-60-16" class="xref">450-20-60-16</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></tbody></table>