The following six exposure documents from the FASB are now open for public comment—and all with deadlines before the close of the first quarter, 2012:

1. Proposed Accounting Standards Update—Consolidation (Topic 810): Parent’s Accounting for the Cumulative Translation Adjustment upon the Sale or Transfer of a Group of Assets that Is a Nonprofit Activity or a Business within a Consolidated Foreign Entity (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force); comments due Feb. 6, 2012;
   
   
2. Proposed Accounting Standards Update—Real Estate—Investment Property Entities (Topic 973); comments due Feb. 15, 2012;
   
   
3. Proposed Accounting Standards Update—Financial Services—Investment Companies (Topic 946): Amendments to the Scope, Measurement, and Disclosure Requirements; comments due Feb. 15, 2012;
   
   
4. Proposed Accounting Standards Update—Consolidation (Topic 810): Principal versus Agent Analysis; comments due Feb. 15, 2012;
   
   
5. Proposed Accounting Standards Update (Revised)—Revenue Recognition (Topic 605): Revenue from Contracts with Customers; comments due March 13, 2012; and
   
   
6. Proposed Accounting Standards Update—Revenue Recognition (Topic 605): Revenue from Contracts with Customers—Proposed Amendments to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification; comments due March 13, 2012.

For copies of the current FASB exposure drafts and comment feedback forms, click here.