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class=\"linum\">a</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_786DC25C-6E92-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">The pending content that links to this paragraph shall be effective for <a href=\"/glossary/p/#public-business-entity\" class=\"term\" title=\"A public business entity is a business entity meeting any one of the criteria below. Neither a not-for-profit entity nor an employee benefit plan is a business entity. It is required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to file or furnish financial statements, or does file or furnish financial statements (including voluntary filers), with the SEC (including other entities whose financial statements or financial information are required to be or are included in a filing). It is required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Act), as amended, or rules or regulations promulgated under the Act, to file or furnish financial statements with a regulatory agency other than the SEC. It is required to file or furnish financial statements with a foreign or domestic regulatory agency in preparation for the sale of or for purposes of issuing securities that are not subject to contractual restrictions on transfer. It has issued, or is a conduit bond obligor for, securities that are traded, listed, or quoted on an exchange or an over-the-counter market. It has one or more securities that are not subject to contractual restrictions on transfer, and it is required by law, contract, or regulation to prepare U.S. GAAP financial statements (including notes) and make them publicly available on a periodic basis (for example, interim or annual periods). An entity must meet both of these conditions to meet this criterion. An entity may meet the definition of a public business entity solely because its financial statements or financial information is included in another entity's filing with the SEC. In that case, the entity is only a public business entity for purposes of financial statements that are filed or furnished with the SEC.\"><span>public business entities</span></a> for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those periods.</span></span></div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">b</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_786DC3C9-6E92-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">The pending content that links to this paragraph shall be effective for all other entities for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019.</span></span></div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">c</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_786DC528-6E92-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">Earlier application of the pending content that links to this paragraph is permitted for 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id=\"sfr_786DC7BE-6E92-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">An entity shall apply the pending content that links to this paragraph prospectively as of the beginning of the period of adoption.</span></span></div></li></ol></div></div>","snippet":"Accounting Standards Update 2017-01The following represents the transition and effective date information related to Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-01, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition o…","pending":false,"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:d41bdcf21d96e4d49917ec0675c7c6bcb81b7e07af7c264827420ec5f9ceb11d","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T01:22:40.178Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T01:22:40.178Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval 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links to this paragraph is permitted in an interim or annual reporting period in which financial statements have not yet been issued (or made available for issuance). If an entity adopts the pending content that links to this paragraph in an interim reporting period, it shall adopt the pending content as of the beginning of that interim reporting period or the beginning of the annual reporting period that includes that interim reporting period.</span></span></div></li></ol><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"GUID-F2E565A2-A368-475B-8626-3DE7D8B32FCF\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\"><strong class=\"ph b\">Transition method</strong></span></span></div><ol class=\"ol-norm\"><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">c</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"GUID-FA47C3A9-B031-4778-ABED-08C775195FFC\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">An entity shall apply the pending content that links to this paragraph on a prospective basis to all <a href=\"/glossary/b/#business-combination\" class=\"term\" title=\"A transaction or other event in which an acquirer obtains control of one or more businesses. 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