Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815)

1 Derivatives and Hedging ( topic 815 ) No. 2017 -12 August 2017 Targeted Improvements to Accounting forHedging Activities An Amendment of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification The FASB Accounting Standards Codification is the source of authoritative generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. An Accounting Standards update is not authoritative; rather, it is a document that communicates how the Accounting Standards Codification is being amended.

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4 Financial Accounting Foundation claims no copyright in any portion hereof that constitutes a work of the United States Government. An Amendment of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification No. 2017 -12 August 2017 Derivatives and Hedging ( topic 815 ) Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities Accounting Standards update Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards update 2017 -12 Derivatives and Hedging ( topic 815 ) Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities August 2017 CONTENTS Page Numbers Summary.

5 1 8 Amendments to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification .. 9 330 Background Information and Basis for Conclusions .. 331 398 Amendments to the XBRL Taxonomy .. 399 1 Summary Why Is the FASB Issuing This Accounting Standards update ( update )? Stakeholders indicated that the hedge accounting requirements in current generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) sometimes do not permit an entity to properly recognize the economic results of its Hedging strategies in its financial statements.

6 Those stakeholders maintained that improvements to the hedge accounting model are needed to facilitate financial reporting that more closely reflects an entity s risk management activities. In addition, stakeholders note that the effect of hedge accounting on an entity s reported results often is difficult to understand and interpret. They emphasize that reported results should help financial statement users to better understand an entity s risk exposures and how Hedging strategies are used to manage those exposures.

7 To address stakeholders concerns, the Board has issued this update with the objective of improving the financial reporting of Hedging relationships to better portray the economic results of an entity s risk management activities in its financial statements. In addition to that main objective, the amendments in this update make certain targeted improvements to simplify the application of the hedge accounting guidance in current GAAP based on the feedback received from preparers, auditors, users, and other stakeholders.

8 Who Is Affected by the Amendments in This update ? The amendments in this update apply to any entity that elects to apply hedge accounting in accordance with current GAAP. What Are the Main Provisions and How Do They Differ from Current Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)? Alignment of Risk Management Activities and Financial Reporting The amendments in this update better align an entity s risk management activities and financial reporting for Hedging relationships through changes to both the designation and measurement guidance for qualifying Hedging relationships and the presentation of hedge results.

9 To meet that objective, the amendments expand and refine hedge accounting for both nonfinancial and financial risk components 2 and align the recognition and presentation of the effects of the Hedging instrument and the hedged item in the financial statements. Risk Component Hedging Current GAAP contains limitations on how an entity can designate the hedged risk in certain cash flow and fair value Hedging relationships. To address those current limitations, the amendments in this update permit hedge accounting for risk components in Hedging relationships involving nonfinancial risk and interest rate risk as follows: 1.

10 For a cash flow hedge of a forecasted purchase or sale of a nonfinancial asset, an entity could designate as the hedged risk the variability in cash flows attributable to changes in a contractually specified component stated in the contract. The amendments remove the requirement in current GAAP that only the overall variability in cash flows or variability related to foreign currency risk could be designated as the hedged risk in a cash flow hedge of a nonfinancial asset. 2. For a cash flow hedge of interest rate risk of a variable-rate financial instrument, an entity could designate as the hedged risk the variability in cash flows attributable to the contractually specified interest rate.