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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 19 (Thursday, January 30, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 8492-8493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01864]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

17 CFR Part 211

[Release No. SAB 122]

Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 122

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission.

ACTION: Publication of Staff Accounting Bulletin.

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SUMMARY: This staff accounting bulletin (``SAB'') rescinds the 
interpretive guidance included in Section FF of Topic 5 in the Staff 
Accounting Bulletin Series entitled Accounting for Obligations to 
Safeguard Crypto-Assets an Entity Holds for its Platform Users (``Topic 
5.FF'').

DATES: Effective January 30, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of the Chief Accountant, at 
(202) 551-5300; or Division of Corporation Finance, at (202) 551-3400, 
Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 
20549.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The statements in staff accounting bulletins 
are not rules or interpretations of the Commission, nor are they 
published as bearing the Commission's official approval. They represent 
interpretations and practices followed by the Division of Corporation 
Finance and the Office of the Chief Accountant in administering the 
disclosure requirements of the Federal securities laws.

List of Subjects in 17 CFR Part 211

    Accounting, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Securities.

    Dated: January 23, 2025.
Vanessa A. Countryman,
Secretary.

    Accordingly, part 211 of title 17 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations is amended as follows:

PART 211--INTERPRETATIONS RELATING TO FINANCIAL REPORTING MATTERS

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1. The authority citation for 17 CFR 211 is amended to read as follows:

    Authority:  15 U.S.C. 77g, 15 U.S.C. 77s(a), 15 U.S.C. 77aa(25) 
and (26), 15 U.S.C. 78c(b), 15 U.S.C. 78l(b), 15 U.S.C. 78m(b), 15 
U.S.C. 80a-8, 15 U.S.C. 80a-29(e), 15 U.S.C. 80a-30, and 15 U.S.C. 
80a-37.

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2. Amend the table in subpart B by removing the entry for ``Staff 
Accounting Bulletin No. 121'' and adding an entry for ``Staff 
Accounting Bulletin No. 122'' at the end of the table to read as 
follows:

Subpart B--Staff Accounting Bulletins

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Publication of Staff Accounting   SAB 122..............  January 30, 2025..........  [INSERT FEDERAL REGISTER
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    Note:  The text of SAB 122 will not appear in the Code of 
Federal Regulations.

Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 122

    This SAB rescinds the interpretive guidance included in Topic 
5.FF in the Staff Accounting Bulletin Series entitled Accounting for 
Obligations to Safeguard Crypto-Assets an Entity Holds for its 
Platform Users. Upon application of the rescission of

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Topic 5.FF, an entity that has an obligation to safeguard crypto-
assets for others should determine whether to recognize a liability 
related to the risk of loss under such an obligation, and if so, the 
measurement of such a liability, by applying the recognition and 
measurement requirements for liabilities arising from contingencies 
in Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards 
Codification (``FASB ASC'') Subtopic 450-20, Loss Contingencies, or 
International Accounting Standard (``IAS'') 37, Provisions, 
Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets, under U.S. generally 
accepted accounting principles and IFRS Accounting Standards, 
respectively. Entities should effect the rescission of Topic 5.FF on 
a fully retrospective basis in annual periods beginning after 
December 15, 2024. Entities may elect to effect the rescission in 
any earlier interim or annual financial statement period included in 
filings with the Commission after the effective date of this SAB. 
Entities should include clear disclosure of the effects of a change 
in accounting principle upon initial application of this 
rescission.\1\
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    \1\ See FASB ASC 250-10-50-1 through 50-3 and IAS 8. See also, 
e.g., Item 302 of Regulation S-K [17 CFR 229.302] and PCAOB Auditing 
Standard 2820 (par. 8).
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    The staff reminds entities that they should continue to consider 
existing requirements to provide disclosures that allow investors to 
understand an entity's obligation to safeguard crypto-assets held 
for others. These requirements include, but are not limited to, 
Items 101, 105, and 303 of Regulation S-K; \2\ FASB ASC Subtopic 
450-20; \3\ and FASB ASC Topic 275, Risks and Uncertainties.\4\
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    \2\ 17 CFR 229.101, 105, and 303.
    \3\ See also IAS 37.
    \4\ See also IAS 1, Presentation of Financial Statements.
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    Accordingly, the staff hereby amends the Staff Accounting 
Bulletin Series as follows:
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Topic 5: Miscellaneous Accounting

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    FF. Removed by SAB 122

[FR Doc. 2025-01864 Filed 1-29-25; 8:45 am]
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