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• GASB 72 – Fair value• GASB 73 – Certain pensions not administered
through a trust• GASB 76 – GAAP hierarchy• GASB 79 – External investment pools
Recent GASB Activity - Past
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• GASB 74 – OPEB reporting for plans• GASB 77 – Tax abatement disclosures• GASB 78 – Certain multiple-employer defined
benefit pension plans• GASB 80 – Blending requirements for certain
component units• GASB 82 – Pension issues• Implementation Guide No. 2016-1
Recent GASB Activity - Present
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• GASB 75 – OPEB reporting for employers (2018)
• GASB 81 – Irrevocable split-interest agreements (2018)
• GASB 83 – Asset retirement obligations (2019)• GASB 84 – Fiduciary activities (2020)• GASB 85 – Omnibus (2018)• GASB 86 – Debt Extinguishment (2018)
Recent GASB Activity - Future
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Exceptions to Fair Value measurement• Nonparticipating interest-earning investment
contracts– Example: Certificates of Deposit
• Money market investments < 1 year– Includes commercial paper, banker’s acceptances,
and US Treasuries• External investment pools which meet certain
requirements (GASB 79)
GASB 72 – Fair Value Measurements
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GASB 73 – More Pensions
Effective – Years beginning after 6/15/2016 AND Years beginning after 6/15/2015
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Accounting and Financial Reporting For Pensions and Related Assets That Are Not
Within The Scope of GASB 68, and Amendments to Certain Provisions of GASB 67
and 68
GASB 73 – More Pensions
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• Impacts pensions WITHOUT a trust• If the employer does not have a “special
funding situation” – should record an obligation for the Total Pension Liability
• Discount rate to use – yield or index rate for 20-year, tax-exempt GO municipal bonds with average rating of AA/Aa or better
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• Assets accumulated for the payment of pension obligations that are NOT administered through a trust should NOT be accounted for as “pension plan assets”
• Required disclosures – similar to requirements of GASB 67 and 68 in the notes and RSI
GASB 73 – More Pensions
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GASB 79 – External Investment Pools
Effective – years beginning after June
15, 2015 except provisions on portfolio quality, custodial credit risk & shadow pricing which are effective for years after December
15, 2015
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• Establishes criteria for an external investment pool to qualify for making the election to measure all of its investments at amortized cost for financial reporting purposes.
• If an external investment pool measures its investments at amortized costs, the pool’s participants should measure their investments in the pool at amortized costs.
GASB 79 – External Investment Pools
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• Establishes additional note disclosure requirements for pools that measure their investments at amortized costs.
• Disclosures for both the qualifying external investment pools & their participants include information about any limitations or restrictions on participant withdrawals.
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• 74 – Financial Reporting For Post-Employment Benefit Plans Other Than Pension PlansEffective – years beginning after June 15, 2016
• 75 – Accounting and Financial Reporting For Post-Employment Benefits Other Than PensionsEffective – years beginning after June 15, 2017
GASB 74 and 75 - OPEB
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• GASB issued #74 (plans) and #75 (employers) to make OPEB accounting & financial reporting consistent with the pension standards of #67 and #68
• Purpose – provide more transparent reporting of the OPEB liability and more useful information about both the obligation and the costs of benefits
GASB 74 and 75 - OPEB
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Plan and Asset Reporting
Scope – defined benefit and defined contribution OPEB plans administered through trusts that meet specified criteria
GASB 74 - OPEB
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Also addresses assets that are accumulated for providing OPEB benefits that are NOT
administered through trusts that meet the criteria
• Assets are reported as assets in the employer’s governmental/proprietary funds
• Assets that are held for other governments –reported in an agency fund
GASB 74 - OPEB
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• Not many changes from GASB 43 as far as financial statement recognition is concerned
• RSI and disclosure changes are primarily to reflect changes in the measurement of defined benefit liabilities of employers
GASB 74 - OPEB
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Scope and Applicability to Employers:
Same definition of OPEB as used in GASB 45(all post-employment healthcare benefits and other benefits that are not provided through a pension plan)
GASB 75 - OPEB
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Liability – based on the total OPEB liability –the portion of actuarial present value of projected benefit payments that is attributable to past periods of employee service
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• Is OPEB administered through a trust that meets specified criteria?
• If yes, recognize the net OPEB liability (total OPEB liability minus OPEB plan fiduciary net position)
• If no, recognize the total OPEB liability
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• Measurement date –• The employer’s liability to employees is
measured as of a date no earlier than the end of the employer’s prior fiscal year and no later than the employer’s current fiscal year
• Based on an actuarial valuation obtained at least biennially no more than 30 months and 1 day earlier than the employer’s most recent fiscal year-end
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Steps in measurement of the total OPEB liability
1. Project the benefit payments to be paid2. Discount the projected benefit payments to their actuarial present value3. Attribute the actuarial present value to periods
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• Alternative measurement method may be applied if there are fewer than 100 employees (active and inactive) who are provided benefits through the plan as of the beginning of the measurement period
• Generally the same simplifications to the assumptions per GASB 45 can be utilized
GASB 75 - OPEB
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Changes in the OPEB liability – Will record most changes in the liability for the current financial reporting period as immediate OPEB expense –except:1. Changes in the total OPEB liability:
a. Differences between expected and actual experience related to economic and demographic factors in the measurement of the total OPEB liability
b. Changes of assumptions in the measurement of the total OPEB liability
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2. For OPEB administered through a trust in which specified criteria are met:a. Difference between projected and actual
earnings on plan investmentsb. Employer contributions
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Cost-sharing employers:• Recognize proportionate share of collective
net OPEB liability, OPEB expense, and deferred outflows/inflows related to OPEB
GASB 75 - OPEB
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RSI and Note DisclosuresSimilar to those required for pensions:• Effect on net OPEB liability of a discount rate
+/- 1 percent• Effect on net OPEB liability of a healthcare
cost trend rate +/- 1 percent• 10 year schedules – liability, ratios,
contributions, etc.
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Sensitivity of the net OPEB liability to changes in the discount rate. The following presents the net OPEB liability of the school districts, as well as what the school districts’ net OPEB liability would be if it were calculated using a discount rate that is 1-percentage-point lower (6.5 percent) or 1-percentage-point higher (8.5 percent) than the current discount rate:
GASB 75 - OPEB
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Sensitivity of the net OPEB liability to changes in the healthcare cost trend rates. The following presents the net OPEB liability of the school districts, as well as what the school districts’ net OPEB liability would be if it were calculated using healthcare cost trend rates that are 1-percentage-point lower (8.5 percent decreasing to 4.5 percent) or 1-percentage-point higher (10.5 percent decreasing to 6.5 percent) than the current healthcare cost trend rates:
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GASB 45 GASB 74 GASB 75Actuarial Cost Method
Multiple Permissible Actual Cost
Methods
Entry Age Normal Cost Method Required
Valuation Date Not more than 24 months prior to the
beginning of the biennial or triennial
valuation cycle
No more than 24 months prior to fiscal year-end
No more than 30 months & 1 day
prior to fiscal year-end
Valuation Frequency
Biennial for employers with >
200 covered participantsTriennial for
employers < 200 participants
Once every 2 years regardless of size
Comparison to GASB 45
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GASB 45 GASB 74 GASB 75Alternative MeasurementMethod
Available for plans with < 100 participants
Discount Rate Set by actuary in conjunction with
Plan sponsor
Single equivalent discount rate: A blended rate based on plan assets,
funding policy & investment policy to the extent that the plan is funded & a 20-year tax-free municipal bond index
rate for unfunded periodsNet OPEB Obligation (Total OPEB Liability)
Accrued normal cost & amortization less benefit payments
Net OPEB Obligation replaced by Net OPEB Liability (total current liability less Plan assets) or the Unfunded
OPEB Liability
Comparison to GASB 45
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GASB 45 GASB 74 GASB 75Recognition of Changes in Liability
Changes amortized in gains/losses over a period of 30 years
or less
Investment gains & losses arerecognized – or phased in – over 5
years while changes in liability due to experience & assumption changes are amortized over the average remaining
lifetime of the populationImplicit Subsidy
Community rated plans not required
to recognize an implicit subsidy
All Plan type must recognize an implicit subsidy
Comparison to GASB 45
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GASB 77 – Tax Abatements
Tax Abatement Disclosures
Effective – years beginning after
December 15, 2015
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Requires disclosures about a government’s tax abatement agreements
WHY?“Information about revenues that governments agree to forgo is essential to understanding the financial position, economic condition, interperiod equity, sources and uses of financial resources and compliance with finance-related legal or contractual requirements”
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Emphasis is on the substance of the arrangement meeting the definition in GASB 77, not on its name or form
Does not include all transactions that reduce tax revenues – some actions can cause a reduction in taxes but are not abatements
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Applies only to arrangements that meet this definition:
A reduction in tax revenues that results from an agreement between one or more governments and an individual or entity in which:(a) One or more governments promise to forgo
tax revenues to which they are otherwise entitled ---AND
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(b) the individual or entity promises to take a specific action after the agreement has been entered into that contributes to economic development or otherwise benefits the governments or the citizens of those governments
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Disclosure Principles• Disclosure info for similar tax abatements
may be provided either individually or in the aggregate
• Disclose separately (a) its own tax abatements and (b) tax abatements that are entered into by other governments that reduce the reporting government’s tax revenues
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• Must disclose own tax abatements by major program
• Disclose those of other governments by the government and the specific tax that was abated
• May disclose individual abatements above the quantitative threshold established by the government
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• Disclosure commences in the period in which a tax abatement agreement is entered into and continues until the tax abatement expires, unless otherwise specified
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NOTE (X): Tax Abatements
The County enters into property tax abatement agreements with local businesses under the State Economic Development Opportunity Act of 20X1. Under the Act, localities may grant property tax abatements of up to 40 percent of a business’ property tax bill for the purpose of attracting or retaining businesses within their jurisdictions. The abatements may be granted to any business located within or promising to relocate to the County.
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Note (X): Tax AbatementFor the fiscal year ended September 30, 20X7, the County abated property taxes totaling $347,620 under this program, including the following tax abatement agreements that each exceeded 10 percent of the total amount abated:A 40 percent property tax abatement to a grocery store chain for purchasing and opening a store in an empty storefront in the business district. The abatement amounted to $97,500.A 40 percent property tax reduction for a local restaurant increasing the size of its restaurant and catering facility and increasing employment. The abatement amounted to $38,750.
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Brief Descriptive Info Government’s Own
Abatements
Other Government’s Abatements
Name of program X
Purpose of program X
Name of government X
Tax being abated X X
Authority to abate taxes X
Eligibility criteria X
Abatement mechanism X
Recapture provisions X
Types of recipient commitments X
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Other Disclosures Government’s Own Abatements
Other Government’s Abatements
Dollar amount of taxes abated X X
Amounts received or receivable from other governments associated with the abated taxes
X X
Other commitments by the government
X
Quantitative threshold for individual disclosure
X X
Information omitted (if any) due to legal prohibitions
X X
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GASB 78 – Multiple Employer Pensions
Pensions Provided through Certain
Multiple Employer Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Effective – years beginning after
December 15, 2015
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• Excludes certain plans from the scope of #68• Cost-sharing multiple employer defined benefit
plans that are:a. not a state or local governmental planb. used to provide benefits to both
governmental and non-governmental employers, and
c. plans with no predominant gov’t employer
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GASB 80 – Blending Component Units
Blending Requirements for
Certain Component Units
Effective – years beginning after June
15, 2016
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• Requires blending of a component unit incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation in which the primary government is the sole corporate member, as identified in the component unit’s articles of incorporation or bylaws.
• Does not alter GASB #39
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GASB 82 – Pension Issues
An Amendment of GASB Statements No.
67, 68 & 73
Effective – years beginning after June
15, 2016
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• Addresses issues regarding:a. presentation of covered payroll – defines
covered payroll as the payroll on which contributions to a pension plan are based & ratios that use that measure– Previously, covered payroll was the payroll of
employees that are provided with pensions through the plan
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• Addresses issues regarding:b. selection of assumptions and treatment of
deviations from Actuarial Standard of Practice– Deviations are not considered to be in
conformity with GASB
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• Addresses issues regarding:c. classification of payments made by
employers to satisfy employee contribution requirements as plan member contributions
– Requires employer’s expense/ expenditures for these contributions be recognized in the period assessed
– Recognized as compensation other than pension (not pension expense)
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GASB 81 – Split-Interest Agreements
Irrevocable Split-Interest Agreements
Effective – years beginning after
December 15, 2016
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• Giving agreements used by donors to provide resources to two or more beneficiaries, including governments
• Created through trusts or other legally enforceable agreements
• Donor transfers resources to an intermediary to hold & administer for the benefit of the government & at least 1 other beneficiary.
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• Requires that a government records assets, liabilities & deferred inflows at the agreement inception
• Revenue is recognized when the resources become applicable to the reporting period
• Standard should be applied retroactively
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GASB 83 – Asset Retirements Obligations
Certain Asset Retirement Obligations
Effective – years beginning after June
15, 2018
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• ARO – a legally enforceable liability associated with the retirement of a tangible capital asset.
• Establishes criteria for determining the timing, pattern of recognition & corresponding deferred outflows for ARO’s.
• Recognition occurs when liability is both incurred & reasonably estimable.
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• Laws & regulations may require governments to take specific actions to retire certain capital assets, like sewage treatment plants.– May also result from contracts or court
judgements
• Internal events include the occurrence of contamination or placing into operation an asset that is required to be retired
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• ARO is based on best estimate of the current value of outlays to be incurred– Should include probability weighting of all
potential outcomes– Alternative measure if probability weighting is
not financially feasible• Deferred outflows reduced & recognized as
outflows in a systematic manner over the life of the capital asset.
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GASB 84 – Fiduciary Activities
Fiduciary Activities
Effective – years beginning after
December 15, 2018
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• Focus is on:– Whether a government is controlling the assets
of the fiduciary activity; and– The beneficiaries with whom a fiduciary
relationship exists
• Establishes the criteria on which a fund should be reported as a fiduciary fund
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• Four fiduciary funds:– Pension (and OPEB) trust funds– Investment trust funds– Private-purpose trust funds– Custodial funds
• Liability recognized in the fiduciary fund when an event has occurred that requires the government to disburse fiduciary resources.
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• Addresses a variety of practice issues identified during the implementation & application of certain GASB statements– Blending a component unit in which the primary
government is a business-type activity with a single column for FS presentation
– Reporting amounts previously reported as goodwill
– Classifying real estate held by insurance entities
GASB 85 – Omnibus 2017
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– Measuring certain investments at amortized cost– Timing of measurement of pension or OPEB
liabilities for entities using the current financial resources measurement focus
– Recognizing on-behalf payments for pensions or OPEB
– Presenting payroll-related measures in RSI– Classifying employer paid member contributions
for OPEB
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– Simplifying certain aspects of alternative measurement method for OPEB
– Accounting & financial reporting for OPEB provided through certain multiple-employer defined benefit OPEB plans.
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GASB Technical Agenda Overview
Technical Agenda Current Stage TimingConceptual Framework: Recognition PV Redeliberations Jan 2017 –
Mar 2018
Financial Reporting Model –Reexamination of Statements 34, 35, 37, 41 & 46 and Interpretation 6
Invitation to Comment Redeliberations
Jan 2017 –May 2018
Leases – Reexamination of NCGA Statement 5 & GASB Statement 13
Final Pronouncement Q2 2017
Revenue & Expense Recognition Initial Deliberations
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GASB Technical Agenda Overview
Technical Agenda Current Stage TimingCapitalization of Interest Cost Added to AgendaCertain Debt Extinguishments Final Pronouncement Q2 2017Debt Disclosures – Including DirectBorrowing
Initial Deliberations
Equity Interest Ownership Issues Initial DeliberationsImplementation Guidance – Update Final Pronouncement Q2 2017Implementation Guide for Statements 74 & 75 on Other Postemployment Benefits
Final Pronouncement Q2 2017
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Brief note – Financial Reporting Model Reexamination
Major criticism of governmental financial reports – that they are not available on a timely basis.GASB will be looking for appropriate changes to the model that could positively impact the timeliness of reports.
GASB Technical Agenda Overview