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The term “asset” is often heard when a business’s financial value is assessed. An asset can be any resource an individual or a corporation controls that generates a positive economic benefit for its ...

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The Financial Accounting Standards Board proposed an accounting standards update Tuesday to improve the accounting for purchased financial assets, including those acquired in a business combination.

The question of how to account for digital assets has emerged as a challenging one for accountants as use of these assets becomes increasingly common. Although accounting for exchange-traded digital ...

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And in dealing with these questions, we shall primarily be referring to the International Accounting Standard (IAS) 7 and IAS 32 for balance sheet classification of cryptos. Plus, IAS 2 and IAS 38 for ...

Editor's note: A version of this article was initially published on March 2, 2017. It is part of Morningstar's Tax and IRA Guide special report. You've run the numbers and determined whether your ...

In other words, a $570 million unrealized and not recognized gain. This is just one example of how current accounting guidance for digital assets creates reporting complications for those who buy, ...