Accounting Standard Updates
12 Days of SSAP: INT 20-01: ASU 2020-04 – Reference Rate Reform
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This article covers the latest on the replacement of LIBOR, INT 20-01: ASU 2020-04 – Reference Rate Reform, which was issued to provide statutory accounting guidance for the adoption of ASU 2020-04 – Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting.
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One of the earliest interpretations adopted by the NAIC Statutory Accounting Principles Working Group (SAPWG) this year was INT 20-01: ASU 2020-04 – Reference Rate Reform, which was issued to provide statutory accounting guidance for the adoption of ASU 2020-04 – Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. SAPWG adopted ASU 2020-14 in every aspect other than areas where SAP has previously rejected GAAP or where statutory accounting is not applicable.
INT 20-01 applies to all SSAPs with contracts within the scope of ASU 2020-04, which allows for modifications due to reference rate reform and provides for the optional expedient to be accounted for as a continuation of the existing contract, while companies move to restructure contracts referenced to LIBOR or other rates being replaced.
Interprets the following SSAPs:
SSAP No. 15—Debt and Holding Company Obligations
SSAP No. 22R—Leases
SSAP No. 86—Derivatives
Effective date:
April 15, 2020, which corresponds to the ASU effectiveness period (March 12, 2020–December 31, 2022).
Deeper dive on this topic:
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