FASB Rules on Pension Accounting

Arden Dale for SFGate.com reports FASB ruled yesterday that companies with defined benefit pension plans will for the first time have to issue quarterly financial reports on their plans. Currently, companies are only required to provide financial statements on their defined benefit plans once a year. FASB’s decision is expected to become part of new pension disclosure rules that could go into effect as early as the end of this year. Peter Proestakes, FASB’s pension project manager, said the group hopes to have a draft of the new rule out by August.