STAFF ACCOUNTING BULLETIN NO. 122
This SAB rescinds the interpretive guidance included in Topic 5.FF in the Staff Accounting Bulletin Series entitled Accounting for Obligations to Safeguard Crypto-Assets an Entity Holds for its Platform Users. Upon application of the rescission of Topic 5.FF, an entity that has an obligation to safeguard crypto-assets for others should determine whether to recognize a liability related to the risk of loss under such an obligation, and if so, the measurement of such a liability, by applying the recognition and measurement requirements for liabilities arising from contingencies in Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (“FASB ASC”) Subtopic 450-20, Loss Contingencies, or International Accounting Standard (“IAS”) 37, Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and IFRS Accounting Standards, respectively. Entities should effect the rescission of Topic 5.FF on a fully retrospective basis in annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. Entities may elect to effect the rescission in any earlier interim or annual financial statement period included in filings with the Commission after the effective date of this SAB. Entities should include clear disclosure of the effects of a change in accounting principle upon initial application of this rescission.
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