Implementation Guide−Pension Accounting and Financial Reporting
Primary Description: The objective of this project is to publish guidance to assist pension plans, employers, and governmental nonemployer contributing entities as they prepare to implement Statements No. 67, Financial Reporting for Pension Plans, or Statement No. 68, Accounting and Financial Reporting for Pensions, as applicable.
Status: The Guide to Implementation of GASB Statement 67 on Financial Reporting for Pension Plans was issued in June 2013. The Guide to Implementation of GASB Statement 68 on Accounting and Financial Reporting for Pensions was issued in January 2014.
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Implementation Guide−Pension Accounting and Financial Reporting—Project Plan
Project Description: The objective of this project is to publish guidance to assist pension plans, employers, and governmental nonemployer contributing entities as they prepare to implement Statements No. 67, Financial Reporting for Pension Plans, or Statement No. 68, Accounting and Financial Reporting for Pensions, as applicable.
Background: Statements 67 and 68 were approved in June 2012. Statement 67 is effective for plans for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2013. Statement 68 is effective for employers and governmental nonemployer contributing entities for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2014.
Project History: In the final third of 2012, an advisory committee was formed and staff began to compile issues to be considered for inclusion in the guides.
In the first third of 2013, staff continued to compile issues to be considered for inclusion in the guides.
In addition, a draft of proposed questions and answers for the guide addressing Statement 67 was distributed to the project Advisory Committee for review.
In June 2013, the Board reviewed and cleared for issuance the Guide to Implementation of GASB Statement 67 on Financial Reporting for Pension Plans.
In the final third of 2013, a draft of proposed questions and answers for the guide addressing Statement 68 was distributed to the project Advisory Committee for review.
Implementation Guide—Pension Accounting and Financial Reporting—Minutes for Deliberation
Minutes of Meetings, December 10-12, 2013
The Board reviewed and provided comments on the ballot draft of the Guide to Implementation of GASB Statement 68 on Accounting and Financial Reporting for Pensions. The Board provided suggestions to clarify the content of certain questions and answers in the staff’s proposal. After discussing these suggested clarifications, the Board unanimously cleared the guide for issuance.
Minutes of Meetings, May 14-16, 2013
The Board reviewed and provided comments on the ballot draft of the Guide to Implementation of GASB Statement 67 on Financial Reporting for Pension Plans. The Board provided suggestions to clarify the content of certain questions and answers in the staff’s proposal. After discussing these suggested clarifications, the Board unanimously cleared the guide for issuance.
Minutes of Teleconference, March 11, 2013
The Board evaluated a list of potential illustrative material to accompany the illustrations originally presented in Statement No. 67, Financial Reporting for Pension Plans, in an Implementation Guide to that Statement. The Board tentatively agreed that the following illustrations should be included:
- An expansion of the illustration of the discount rate “crossover” calculation that was presented in Statement 67 to present data for all years of the calculation
- A crosswalk showing the relationship between amounts displayed in plan financial statements and the amounts used as the beginning and ending fair value of investments in the calculation of the money-weighted rate of return on pension plan investments
- An illustration of a discount rate “crossover” calculation that uses a different fact set related to the employer’s contribution basis
- An illustration of financial statements, note disclosures, and required supplementary information for an agent plan
- An illustration of the calculation of a money-weighted rate of return using bi-directional net cash flows
- An illustration of the calculation of a money-weighted rate of return using more frequent than monthly determination of net external cash flows.
Implementation Guide—Pension Accounting and Financial Reporting—Tentative Board Decisons
The Guide to Implementation of GASB Statement 67 on Financial Reporting for Pension Plans was issued in June 2013. The Guide to Implementation of GASB Statement 68 on Accounting and Financial Reporting for Pensions was issued in January 2014.