Understanding General Provisions: Definition and Usage in Finance

Learn how general provisions function as financial safeguards, set aside by companies to cover potential future losses, and the regulations that guide their use.
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Use of Accounting Term of Art in Arbitration Provision of Asset Purchase Agreement Narrows its Scope in Favor of Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction Over Post-Closing Dispute

The Delaware District Court affirmed the bankruptcy court’s decision that the combination of a narrow arbitration provision and the bankruptcy court’s reservation of jurisdiction warranted denial of a ...
Accounting Today

IASB proposes to tweak requirements for provisions

The International Accounting Standards Board is looking for feedback on some targeted improvements it's proposing to make to improve the requirements for recognizing and measuring provisions on ...
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The enforceability of a trust accounting clause’s failure-to-object provision (the non-judicial settlement of trustees’ accounts)

It is common for the accounting clause of an inter vivos trust instrument to contain a provision along the lines of the following: “The written approval of such an account by the person or persons ...