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Accounting | February 6, 2023

GASB Proposes New Guidance for Subscription-Based IT Services

If cleared as final implementation guidance, the question and answer in this supplemental Exposure Draft will be added to previously exposed questions and ...

Isaac M. O'Bannon

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has issued proposed implementation guidance that is intended to clarify, explain, or elaborate on existing guidance on subscription-based information technology arrangements (SBITAs).

The Exposure Draft, Additional Proposal for Implementation Guidance Update—2023, addresses the single issue of whether a cloud computing arrangement meets the definition of a SBITA as defined in GASB Statement No. 96, Subscription-Based Information Technology Arrangements.

If cleared as final implementation guidance, the question and answer in this supplemental Exposure Draft will be added to previously exposed questions and answers to result in a final Implementation Guide, Implementation Guidance Update—2023.

The guidance in Implementation Guides is cleared by the Board and constitutes Category B GAAP.

Stakeholders are asked to review the proposal and provide input to the GASB by March 10, 2023. Comments may either be submitted in writing or through an electronic input form.

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Isaac M. O'Bannon

Isaac M. O'Bannon

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Isaac M. O'Bannon is the managing editor and digital content manager for CPA Practice Advisor (www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com), drawing on two decades of experience covering the areas of professional accounting, taxation, business productivity and consumer technologies. . Prior to CPA Practice Advisor, O'Bannon was a consultant at firms in San Francisco, Denver and Tulsa, serving clients that included Logitech, Polycom, Hilti, Microsoft, the Stanford Research Institute, the University of Oklahoma's College of Engineering and other technology leaders. He is a U.S. Navy groundforces veteran (never a SEAL). Email: isaac.obannon - @ - cpapracticeadvisor.com . Isaac OBannon 2019 Cropped Small Headshot