SFAS 13 definition

SFAS 13 means Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 13, as amended and interpreted from time to time.
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SFAS 13 means Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 13 published by the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
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Examples of SFAS 13 in a sentence

  • FASB’s SFAS 13, Accounting for Leases [superseded by FASB’s ASC 840, which was subsequently superseded by ASC 842] b.

  • This amount was recognized as a reduction in selling and administrative expenses in the interim condensed consolidated statements of loss and comprehensive loss.

  • SFAS 13 applies only to arrangements that convey a right to use property, plant and equipment, while IAS 17 has a wider scope because it defines a lease as a right to use an asset, including most intangible assets.

  • Companies operating under the U.S. GAAP requirements of SFAS 13 will notice these metrics have a familiar ring to them as well, minus the “bright lines” (i.e. specific criteria embedded within the existing standard in order to determine whether a lease passes or fails the capitalization test).

  • Interestingly, in Reither’s (1998) survey, SFAS 13 ‘Leases’ was voted the worst standard.

  • However, thinking ahead, since this is a joint project of IASB and FASB, there will presumably need to be work done prior to finalising the standard to try to reduce or eliminate the scope differences that currently exist between SFAS 13 Accounting for Leases and IAS 17 Leases.

  • The particular characteristics of SFAS 13 that led it to be considered the worst standard were found to be lack of economic reality, lack of clarity, lack of implementation guidance and the need for frequent amendment.

  • This FSP modifies existing interpretations of SFAS 13 and associated industry practice.

  • Leases The Company accounts for its lease agreements pursuant to SFAS 13, Accounting for Leases.

  • We would prefer the scope of the new standard to be based on IAS 17 rather than SFAS 13 because we see no reason to exclude intangible assets from the scope of a lease accounting standard.

Related to SFAS 13

  • FASB means the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

  • SFAS 140 means Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities.

  • FAS means Free alongside shipment

  • Accounting Standard means GAAP.

  • Earnings from Operations for any period means net earnings excluding gains and losses on sales of investments, extraordinary items and property valuation losses, as reflected in the financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

  • Accounting Standards means the standards of accounting or any addendum thereto for companies or class of companies referred to in section 133;

  • ASC Topic 718 means the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation, as amended or any successor accounting standard.

  • FASB ASC means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

  • Capital Leases means, in respect of any Person, all leases which shall have been, or should have been, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital leases on the balance sheet of the Person liable (whether contingent or otherwise) for the payment of rent thereunder.

  • Australian Accounting Standards refers to the standards of that name, as amended from time to time, that are maintained by the Australian Accounting Standards Board referred to in section 227 of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth);

  • Applicable Accounting Standards means Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States, International Financial Reporting Standards or such other accounting principles or standards as may apply to the Company’s financial statements under United States federal securities laws from time to time.

  • ASC means the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification, as in effect from time to time.

  • Fixed GAAP Date means the Issue Date; provided that at any time after the Issue Date, the Company may by written notice to the Trustee elect to change the Fixed GAAP Date to be the date specified in such notice, and upon such notice, the Fixed GAAP Date shall be such date for all periods beginning on and after the date specified in such notice.

  • Capitalized Leases means all leases that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized leases.

  • Consolidated Net Income (Loss) of any Person means, for any period, the Consolidated net income (or loss) of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period on a Consolidated basis as determined in accordance with GAAP, adjusted, to the extent included in calculating such net income (or loss), by excluding, without duplication, (i) all extraordinary gains or losses (exclusive of all fees and expenses relating thereto), (ii) the portion of net income (or loss) of such Person and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis allocable to minority interests in unconsolidated Persons to the extent that cash dividends or distributions have not actually been received by such Person or one of its Subsidiaries, (iii) net income (or loss) of any Person combined with such Person or any of its Subsidiaries on a “pooling of interests” basis attributable to any period prior to the date of combination, (iv) any gain or loss, net of taxes, realized upon the termination of any employee pension benefit plan, (v) net gains (or losses) (except for all fees and expenses relating thereto) in respect of dispositions of assets other than in the ordinary course of business, (vi) the net income of any Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration of dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary or its stockholders, (vii) any gain arising from the acquisition of any securities, or the extinguishment, under GAAP, of any Indebtedness of such Person, (viii) transaction costs charged in connection with the Refinancing, or (ix) amortization of intangible assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis under GAAP.

  • EBITA means for any period, operating profit (loss) plus (i) amortization, including goodwill impairment, (ii) amortization of non-cash distribution and marketing expense and non-cash compensation expense, (iii) restructuring charges, (iv) non-cash write-downs of assets or goodwill, (v) charges relating to disposal of lines of business, (vi) litigation settlement amounts and (vii) costs incurred for proposed and completed acquisitions.

  • Adjusted Net Earnings from Operations means, with respect to any fiscal period of Foamex, the net income of Foamex and its Subsidiaries after provision for income taxes for such fiscal period, as determined in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis (excluding the Joint Ventures and the China Joint Venture) and reported on the Financial Statements for such period, excluding any and all of the following included in such net income: (a) gain or loss arising from the sale of any capital assets; (b) gain (or loss) arising from any write-up (or write-down) in the book value of any asset; (c) earnings of any Person, substantially all the assets of which have been acquired by Foamex or any of its Subsidiaries in any manner, to the extent realized by such other Person prior to the date of acquisition; (d) earnings of any Person (other than Foamex Canada and the Mexican Subsidiaries and their respective Subsidiaries) in which Foamex or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest unless (and only to the extent) such earnings shall actually have been received by Foamex or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries in the form of cash distributions; (e) earnings of any Person to which assets of Foamex or any of its Subsidiaries shall have been sold, transferred or disposed of, or into which Foamex or any of its Subsidiaries shall have been merged, or which has been a party with Foamex or any of its Subsidiaries to any consolidation or other form of reorganization, prior to the date of such transaction; (f) gain or loss arising from the acquisition of debt or equity securities of Foamex or any of its Subsidiaries or from cancellation or forgiveness of Debt; and (g) gain or loss arising from extraordinary items, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

  • Gains means, with respect to any Party, an amount equal to the present value of the economic benefit to it, if any (exclusive of Costs), resulting from the termination of a Terminated Transaction, determined by it in a commercially reasonable manner.

  • HGB means the German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch).

  • Pro Forma Balance Sheet as defined in Section 4.1(a).

  • Consolidated Depreciation Expense means, for any period, the depreciation expense of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

  • Adjusted Consolidated Net Income means, for any period, the aggregate net income (or loss) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined in conformity with GAAP; provided that the following items shall be excluded in computing Adjusted Consolidated Net Income (without duplication): (i) the net income of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by such Person during such period; (ii) solely for the purposes of calculating the amount of Restricted Payments that may be made pursuant to clause (C) of the first paragraph of Section 4.04 (and in such case, except to the extent includable pursuant to clause (i) above), the net income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or all or substantially all of the property and assets of such Person are acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (iii) the net income of any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of such net income is not at the time permitted by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary; (iv) any gains or losses (on an after-tax basis) attributable to Asset Sales; (v) except for purposes of calculating , the amount of Restricted Payments that may be made pursuant to clause (C) of the first paragraph of Section 4.04, any amount paid or accrued as dividends on Preferred Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary owned by Persons other than the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and (vi) all extraordinary gains and extraordinary losses (on an after-tax basis).

  • International Accounting Standards means International Accounting Standards (IAS), International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and related Interpretations (SIC-IFRIC interpretations), subsequent amendments to those standards and related interpretations, and future standards and related interpretations issued or adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB);

  • Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities of any Person shall mean (i) any repurchase obligation or liability of such Person with respect to accounts or notes receivable sold by such Person, (ii) any liability of such Person under any sale and leaseback transactions that do not create a liability on the balance sheet of such Person, (iii) any Synthetic Lease Obligation or (iv) any obligation arising with respect to any other transaction which is the functional equivalent of or takes the place of borrowing but which does not constitute a liability on the balance sheet of such Person.

  • Consolidated Total Asset Value means, as of any date of determination, with respect to the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) the quotient of (i) (x) an amount equal to (A) Adjusted Net Operating Income for the prior fiscal quarter minus (B) the aggregate amount of Adjusted Net Operating Income attributable to each Real Property Asset sold or otherwise Disposed of during such prior fiscal quarter minus (C) the aggregate amount of Adjusted Net Operating Income for the prior fiscal quarter attributable to each Real Property Asset acquired during the last four fiscal quarters multiplied by (y) four (4) divided by (ii) the Capitalization Rate, plus (b) with respect to each Real Property Asset acquired during such prior four fiscal quarters, the book value of such Real Property Asset; provided that the Borrower may, at its discretion, make a one-time irrevocable election to value a Real Property Asset acquired during the prior four fiscal quarters in an amount equal to (i) the quotient of (A) an amount equal to (y) the Adjusted Net Operating Income from such Real Property Asset multiplied by (z) four (4) divided by (B) the Capitalization Rate, plus (c) unrestricted Cash Equivalents, plus (d) the book value of Real Property Assets that constitute unimproved land holdings, plus (e) the book value of Real Property Assets that constitute construction in progress, plus (f) the carrying value of performing mortgage loans, plus (g) the Parent Guarantor’s and Subsidiaries’ pro rata share of the forgoing items and components attributable to interests in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent (A) the amount of Consolidated Total Asset Value attributable to mortgage loans would exceed five percent (5%) of Consolidated Total Asset Value, such excess shall be excluded from Consolidated Total Asset Value, (B) the amount of Consolidated Total Asset Value attributable to construction in progress would exceed fifteen percent (15%) of Consolidated Total Asset Value, such excess shall be excluded from Consolidated Total Asset Value, (C) the amount of Consolidated Total Asset Value attributable to unimproved land (calculated on the basis of acquisition cost) would exceed five percent (5%) of Consolidated Total Asset Value, such excess shall be excluded from Consolidated Total Asset Value, (D) the amount of Consolidated Total Asset Value attributable to Investments in unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures would exceed twenty percent (20%) of Consolidated Total Asset Value, such excess shall be excluded from Consolidated Total Asset Value and (E) the amount of Consolidated Total Asset Value attributable to assets of the types referred to in the immediately preceding clauses (A) through (D) would exceed twenty percent (20%) of Consolidated Total Asset Value in the aggregate, such excess shall be excluded from Consolidated Total Asset Value.

  • Capitalized Lease of a Person means any lease of Property by such Person as lessee which would be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles.