The long awaited revisions to the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s hedge accounting standard are in, but the FASB is advising against adopting the new standards too quickly.
“The accounting standards update for hedging, which FASB issued Monday, takes effect for public companies in 2019 and private companies in 2020 (see FASB releases hedge accounting standard). But FASB is also allowing early adoption for companies if they want to begin using it right away…” [ Read more here ]