Earnings per share – what’s the objective again?

One of the many oddities of computing diluted earnings per share Among much else, IAS 33 addresses the issue of contracts that may be settled either in common shares or in cash at the issuer’s option, and says the enterprise should presume for this purpose the contract will be settled in common shares, and include the…

Disclosing cash flow per share in financial statements – don’t do it!

A while ago, at its June 2010 meeting, CPA Canada’s IFRS Discussion group addressed the issue of reporting cash flow per share, in the following terms: Since 2003, (old) Canadian standards have specifically prohibited financial statement presentation of cash flow per share information. IFRSs are silent on this issue; neither IAS 7 Statement of Cash…