Quarterly GASB Accounting Support Fee Due

FINRA Regulatory Notice 15-12 reflects that  FINRA established an accounting support fee (GASB Accounting Support Fee) to adequately fund the annual budget of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). The GASB Accounting Support Fee is collected on a quarterly basis from member firms that report trades to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB). Each member firm’s assessment is based on the firm’s portion of the total par value of municipal securities transactions reported by all FINRA member firms to the MSRB during the previous quarter. FINRA will assess and collect a total of $7,357,300 to adequately fund the GASB’s annual budget by collecting $1,839,325 from its member firms each calendar quarter beginning in May 2015.