Pwc's Cfodirect Podcast

Tom Barbieri, PwC’s Chief Accountant, is accelerating the first episode in our October all-star series to share insights on critical accounting and reporting topics.To kick off the series, Tom is joined by Gary Sardo, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) practice fellow, to discuss FASB’s disaggregation of income statement expenses (DISE) project.In this episode, you’ll hear:3:51 - An overview of investor feedback and background on the FASB’s decision to propose enhancing the disclosure requirements for income statement expenses7:54 - Companies impacted by the proposed standards10:32 - A breakdown of the proposed disclosure requirements, including:13:42 - Defining “relevant expense captions,” distinguishing features of each caption and the associated proposed requirements16:22 - Materiality considerations17:30 - Investor and preparer feedback on the proposed standard, including practical challenges in the inventory expense breakdown21:26 - Details on the proposal to further break down inventory and man