FASB clarifies guidance on cloud computing arrangements
Aug 29, 2018
On August 29, 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued a new standard that is designed to reduce complexity for the accounting for costs of implementing a cloud computing service arrangement.
The ASU clarifies certain aspects of ASU 2015-05, Customer’s Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement, which was issued in April 2015. Specifically, ASU 2018-15 “align[s] the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software (and hosting arrangements that include an internal-use software license).” The ASU does not affect the accounting for the service element of a hosting arrangement that is a service contract.
Review the press release and ASU on the FASB’s website.
