Accounting For the Cost of Retiree Health and Other Benefits (GASB 45)


 

Publication Date: March 2008

Publisher: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Elizabeth C. McNichol

Research Area: Business; Government

Keywords: Economic projections; State budgets; Health care costs; Retirement

Type: Report

Abstract:

New rules issued by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) that change the way states account for the future cost of health and other non-pension benefits for retirees will force states to make some hard choices.