Status of Interpretation No. 45

Guarantor's Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others—an interpretation of FASB Statements No. 5, 57, and 107 and rescission of FASB Interpretation No. 34

Status

Issued: November 2002

Effective Date:

Prospectively for guarantees issued or modified after December 31, 2002 for initial recognition and initial measurement provisions; for financial statements of interim of annual periods ending after December 15, 2002 for disclosure requirements

Affects:

Supersedes FIN 34

Affected by:

Paragraph 3 amended by FSP FIN 45-3, paragraph 5

Paragraph 6 amended by FSP EITF 00-19-2, paragraph 15

Paragraphs 9(a) and 9(b) amended by FAS 157, paragraph E28

Footnote 3 effectively amended by FAS 156, paragraph A10

Other Interpretive Releases:

FASB Staff Positions FIN 45-1 through FIN 45-3

AICPA Accounting Standards Executive Committee (AcSEC)

Related Pronouncement: SOP 94-6

Issues Discussed by FASB Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF)

Affects:

Partially nullifies EITF Issues No. 85-20, 86-33, 89-11, 89-20, 95-1, 96-21, and 00-24

Interpreted by:

No EITF Issues

Related Issues:

EITF Issues No. 84-5, 84-23, 84-37, 85-25, 85-40, 86-17, 89-2, 89-12, 90-20, 91-10, 92-1, 92-2, 93-6, 93-14, 97-1, 97-8, 97-10, 97-15, 99-2, 00-19, 01-12, and 03-12

Abbreviations for Accounting Pronouncements

FAS - FASB Statements
FIN - FASB Interpretations
FTB - FASB Technical Bulletins
APB - APB Opinions
AIN - AICPA Interpretations
ARB - Accounting Research Bulletins
CON - FASB Concepts
EITF - EITF Issues
Q&A - FASB Implementation Guides