The IASB recently issued its revised conceptual framework for financial reporting. It seemed to me that the project might have been ongoing for as long as I’d been more than vaguely aware of IFRS, and for once my memory wasn’t too flawed: the IASB and the FASB initiated a joint project to revise their conceptual…
Let’s return to the IASB’s Principles of Disclosure discussion paper, for which the comment period closed in October…. The discussion paper carved out some space to describe an approach developed by the staff of the New Zealand Accounting Standards Board, with the following main features: (a) the inclusion of disclosure objectives, comprising an overall disclosure objective…
The IASB has issued Accounting Policy Changes, an exposure draft of proposed changes to IAS 8, with comments to be received by July 27, 2018. The exposure draft proposes adding the following new definition to IAS 8: An agenda decision is a decision published by the IFRS Interpretations Committee explaining its rationale for not adding…
I wrote last year about the Canadian Securities Administrators’ CSA Consultation Paper 51-404 Considerations for Reducing Regulatory Burden for Non-Investment Fund Reporting Issuers, seeking “comments on potential options for reducing regulatory burden for non-investment fund reporting issuers in the public markets.” The CSA has now issued CSA Staff Notice 51-313, providing an update on what came of…
A European example of issues arising in applying IAS 36 As part of its activities, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) organizes a forum of enforcers from 30 different European jurisdictions, all of whom carry out monitoring and review programs similar to those carried out here by the Canadian Securities Administrators. ESMA recently published…
Let’s return to the IASB’s Principles of Disclosure discussion paper, for which the comment period closed in October…. I commented last time that it’s very much a document for a linear, paper-based world, barely acknowledging the impact of technology. This is how the IASB staff summed it up in a staff paper: Many respondents were…
We looked briefly last April at the IASB’s Principles of Disclosure discussion paper, for which the comment period closed in October…. Although accounting policy disclosures aren’t usually among the most decision-critical aspects of any particular set of financial statements, they often contribute very disproportionately to their overall volume. My anecdotal impression is that many larger…
How IFRS provides benefits to emerging jurisdictions From time to time (or perhaps more often than that) I cite various doubts or reservations about the utility of IFRS financial statements. Let’s forget about that today and focus on areas where the benefits of IFRS-compliant reporting seem to be a bit clearer. This is from an…
How helpful are financial statements in the new economy? A recent blog post took off from the following premise: With only 20% of companies’ market value found in the tangible assets in the financial statements, it is no wonder companies around the world are increasingly using the International <IR> Framework to support integrated thinking and help…
I tuned in a bit late to the EFRAG discussion paper Goodwill impairment test: can it be improved?, which was published last June As always with such a title, there’s very little likelihood that the answer would turn out to be, basically, no it can’t. The paper – which is timely as the IASB is…
Let’s look at another recent disclosure about the impact of IFRS 15. Here’s an extract from what SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. had to say: Let’s pick out a few of the items there: Variable consideration We’ve noted before that an entity doesn’t include any amount of variable consideration in the transaction price unless “it is highly…
As we addressed here, the IASB has published for public consultation proposed narrow-scope amendments to IAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors, open for comment until January 15, 2018. As the comment period has recently closed, we’ll continue to look at some of the responses. You’ll recall that IAS 8 in its current form…
