Measurement Date Change for Pension Plans and Other Postemployment Benefits Pushed Back

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Measurement Date Change for Pension Plans and Other Postemployment Benefits Pushed Back
Blogging Employee Benefits

July 27, 2006

Excerpt: [The] decision not only defers the measurement date change, but eliminates the need for an extra measurement date for measurement of cost. The issue of the cost measurement has been the source of some confusion, even among the FASB itself. Yesterday's discussion clarified that use of an early measurement date for cost merely shifts the cost measurement, rather than the cost itself.

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