accumulated other comprehensive income

ASC 220-10 governs how an entity presents comprehensive income — net income plus other comprehensive income (OCI) — in a full set of general-purpose financial statements. Comprehensive income must be reported either in a single continuous statement or in two separate but consecutive statements (net income first, then OCI beginning with net income), with totals for net income, OCI, and comprehensive income (220-10-45-1 through 45-1B). The Subtopic addresses only presentation and disclosure; it does not specify when to recognize or how to measure the items making up comprehensive income (220-10-25-1; 220-10-30-1).

ASC 815-30 provides the incremental accounting for cash flow hedges — derivatives designated as hedging the variability in expected future cash flows of a forecasted transaction or of a recognized variable-cash-flow asset/liability. The entire change in fair value of the hedging instrument that is included in the assessment of effectiveness is recorded in other comprehensive income and reclassified into earnings in the same period(s) the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings, presented in the same income statement line item as the hedged item. The Subtopic also governs excluded components, quantitative effectiveness methods for interest rate hedges, and discontinuation/dedesignation (including immediate reclassification when the forecasted transaction is probable of not occurring).