ASC

Concept

notes to financial statements

Referenced in 4 subtopics across 1 area.

Presentation4

  1. 235-10Overall235 Notes to Financial Statements

    ASC 235-10 requires an entity whose financial statements purport to present fairly financial position, cash flows, and results of operations in accordance with GAAP to include a description of all significant accounting policies as an integral part of those statements (235-10-50-1). "Accounting policies" are the specific accounting principles and the methods of applying them that management judges most appropriate in the circumstances (235-10-05-3). The disclosure must cover principles and methods that materially affect the financial statements, especially selections among acceptable alternatives, industry-peculiar methods, and unusual or innovative applications of GAAP (235-10-50-3).

  2. 235-910Contractors—Construction235 Notes to Financial Statements

    ASC 235-910 was the construction-contractor industry supplement to ASC 235 on notes to financial statements, which required disclosure of the accounting policies used for construction-type contracts. Every paragraph in the subtopic (05-1, 15-1, 50-1 and 50-2) was superseded by Maintenance Update No. 2019-01, so the subtopic now contains no operative guidance. Contractors instead look to the general accounting policy disclosure requirements of ASC 235-10 and to the revenue disclosures in ASC 606.

  3. 235-912Contractors—Federal Government235 Notes to Financial Statements

    ASC 235-912 formerly provided accounting-policy disclosure guidance in the notes to financial statements for entities contracting with the federal government. All of its content (paragraphs 235-912-05-1, 15-1 and 50-1) was superseded by ASU 2014-09, the revenue recognition standard, so the subtopic now carries no operative guidance.

  4. 235-915Development Stage Entities235 Notes to Financial Statements

    This subtopic formerly required development stage entities to disclose their accounting policies and their development stage status within the notes to the financial statements. Every paragraph in it (Sections 05, 15, and 50) was superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-10, which eliminated the development stage entity reporting concept from U.S. GAAP. As a result, there are no remaining requirements under ASC 235-915.