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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hello ACFR Contacts,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I wanted to send one final reminder about the requirement to watch the recorded training for GASB Statement No. 94 and 96 for those that did not attend the live
training. Please be sure to email your SARS analyst by the end of the day today.
<b><u>This is a Gold Star Date.</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Wishing everyone a great Memorial Day weekend,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Rob<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Acfr-contacts-news <acfr-contacts-news-bounces@omls.oregon.gov>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>HAMILTON Robert W * DAS<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 23, 2023 1:45 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> acfr-contacts-news@omls.oregon.gov<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [ACFR-contacts-news] GASB 96 Training - Follow-up on automatic renewal question<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Good afternoon ACFR Contacts,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thanks to everyone that has attended or watched our GASB Statement No. 94 and 96 Training. A quick reminder for those that did not attend the live session: if you haven’t already,
please watch and notify your SARS analyst that you’ve watched the recording by close of business this Friday, May 26, this is a Gold Star Date. For convenience, here’s a link to the training:
<a href="https://youtu.be/gV7Wt2rZkm0">https://youtu.be/gV7Wt2rZkm0</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">During the training, at about the 54:30 mark, we received a question about the treatment of automatic renewals, which are addressed in the Exposure Draft of Comprehensive Implementation
Guide 2023, Question 4.7 (<a href="https://gasb.org/page/ShowDocument?path=GASB%2520Exposure%2520Draft%E2%80%94Implementation%2520Guidance%2520Update%E2%80%942023.pdf&acceptedDisclaimer=true&title=GASB+EXPOSURE+DRAFT%E2%80%94IMPLEMENTATION+GUIDANCE+UPDATE%E2%80%942023&Submit=">link</a>).
As I listened back to the recording, I wanted to expand on our response to hopefully provide some additional clarity to agencies. I even reached out to the GASB staff to confirm my thinking.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For starters, our response about looking at the contract remains accurate. When in doubt, that will be the best place to get confirmation about the terms and conditions of the
SBITA. Next, per the GASB staff, the intent of Question 4.7 was to solely address whether a SBITA with an automatic renewal is an agreement that provides a perpetual license (it does not). The question does not address the particular question that was mentioned
in the training. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">With that as background, I want to turn to what agencies may want to consider when faced with an arrangement that contains an automatic renewal:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As noted in the response to Question 4.7, an automatic renewal is an option to terminate the agreement, not an agreement
to extend. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The GASB staff member I spoke with emphasized that in their research, in most cases, an automatic renewal was an option
to terminate that was available to <i>both</i> parties at the same time. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Recall the subscription term of the SBITA, which is covered by paragraph 9 of GASB 96, defining it as the “period during
which a government has a <b><u>noncancellable</u></b> right to the underlying IT asset…” (emphasis added).
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Paragraph 13 of GASB 96 has the following (emphasis added):
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As discussed in paragraph 9, periods for which both the government and the SBITA vendor have an option to terminate the SBITA without permission
from the other party (or if both parties have to agree to extend) are cancellable periods and should be excluded from the maximum possible term</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. For a SBITA that has cancellable periods,
such as a rolling month-to-month SBITA or a year-to-year SBITA, the maximum possible term of that SBITA is the noncancellable period, including any notice periods.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Circling back to the question asked during the training, if the agency’s automatic renewal arrangement is like most, it will be an option for both the agency and the vendor to
terminate the SBITA, indicating that the noncancellable period is ending. Taking it further, if that automatic renewal period occurs annually, it will most likely mean that the arrangement is a short-term SBITA, and therefore expensed as paid. I want to emphasize
that agencies consider the likelihood of options to extend or terminate only for noncancellable periods.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I hope that knowing that in majority of cases, an automatic renewal means that both parties have the option to terminate helps frame conversations between agency accounting and
procurement staff. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please feel free to reach out with any questions.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rob<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#353535">Robert W. Hamilton, CPA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#353535">Statewide Accounting and Reporting Services Manager</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#353535"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Chief Financial Office</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Cell: (971) 719-3031<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/financial/acctng"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/financial/acctng</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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