FASB backs off bigger software accounting revamp
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It's been decades since the Financial Accounting Standards Board has made any major changes to GAAP accounting rules for software.
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It's been decades since the Financial Accounting Standards Board has made any major changes to GAAP accounting rules for software.
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The ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) has received recommendations by the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) on the Indian Accounting Standard (Ind AS) 117 for insurance contracts, he told ET."The The standards will soon be notified under the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules 2015," he added.
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