Changes To Accounting For Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans: Discussion And Illustration

Abstract

Requests that the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) address issues related to employers’ accounting for defined benefit postretirement plans have increased in recent years. Those requests have been made by users of financial statements and others, including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff and representatives of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. Constituents are interested in improved transparency and understandability.