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FASB Finalizes Its Decisions on Rerunning Leveraged Leases
As reported last month by Bill Bosco, the Financial Accounting Standards Board planned to, and did in fact, meet on March 2 to finalize its decisions on the issue of recalculating a leveraged lease in the event of changes in timing of tax benefits. The Board affirmed its tentative conclusions that a change in timing of the realization of tax benefits should require a recalculation of the leveraged lease and a re-evaluation of the classification of the leveraged lease.
The Board's decision applies to all leveraged leases. Changes in tax position due to AMT or NOL will continue to follow EITF 87-8 and no rerun is required unless the AMT or NOL is permanent and thus changes total net income. No bright-line materiality test was established, but rather left up to judgment.
The guidance will be in the form of an FASB Staff Position (“FSP”) that will be available in early April for a 60-day comment period. The FSP should be completed by the end of the third quarter of 2005 and will be effective for fiscal years ending after Dec. 15, 2005. (Dec. 31, 2005 for calendar year-end preparers). The adjustment will be a cumulative-effect adjustment (below the line on the income statement).
Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
The Article 8 Opt In
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
Legal Possession: What Does It Mean?
Possession of real property is a matter of physical fact. Having the right or legal entitlement to possession is not "possession," possession is "the fact of having or holding property in one's power." That power means having physical dominion and control over the property.
Removing Restrictive Covenants In New York
In Rockwell v. Despart, the New York Supreme Court, Third Department, recently revisited a recurring question: When may a landowner seek judicial removal of a covenant restricting use of her land?