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Monthly Archives: September 2015

Of course it makes sense – it’s our business model!

The IASB recently posted on its website a summary report on an investor outreach event on profit or loss and the role of other comprehensive income, held on July 1, 2015 in cooperation with the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG), the European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies (EFFAS), and the Association Belge des Analystes…

September 27, 2015 in Comprehensive income, IFRS.

Proposed changes to IFRS 15, or rather, proposed non-changes

As we discussed here, the IASB has issued its exposure draft of clarifications to IFRS 15, with comments to be received by October 28, 2015. We’ve looked at the proposed changes in four previous posts. However, the FASB is proposing changes to its corresponding revenue standard in other areas as well. Here they are, along…

September 22, 2015 in IFRS, Revenue.

Deferring the effective date of IFRS 15 – an unnecessary gift?

To no one’s surprise, the IASB has issued an amendment to the revenue standard, IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers, formalizing the deferral of its effective date by one year to 2018. Here’s how the news release summarizes this action: “The publication of the amendment, Effective Date of IFRS 15, follows from the IASB’s…

September 17, 2015 in IFRS, Revenue.

Proposed changes to IFRS 15 – promises, distinct promises…

As we discussed here, the IASB has issued its exposure draft of clarifications to IFRS 15, with comments to be received by October 28, 2015. The standard is built around a five-step framework, including the key step of identifying the performance obligations contained in a contract with a customer: that is, the separate promises contained…

September 12, 2015 in IFRS, Revenue.

No dead parrot! – assessing an active market

A European example of interpreting one of the key concepts in measuring fair values under IFRS 13 Here’s another of the issues arising from extracts of enforcement decisions issued in the past by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) (for more background see here); this is from their 16th edition: “The issuer is a…

September 7, 2015 in Fair value, Financial instruments, IFRS.

Proposed changes to IFRS 15 – identifying the performance obligations

As we discussed here, the IASB has issued its exposure draft of clarifications to IFRS 15, with comments to be received by October 28, 2015. The standard is built around a five-step framework, including the key step of identifying the performance obligations in a contract. You’ll recall the definition of a performance obligation: A promise…

September 2, 2015 in IFRS, Revenue.

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