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FASB issues new income statement expense rules for public companies

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More information on cost of sales, cost of goods sold, and research and development in reports expected from new rules.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) today published an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) that FASB says improves financial reporting and responds to investor input by requiring public companies to disclose, in interim and annual reporting periods, additional information about certain expenses in the tabular-style notes to financial statements.

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