A European example of issues arising in disaggregating revenue for disclosure purposes Here’s another of the issues arising from extracts of enforcement decisions issued in the past by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA); this is from their 24th edition: The issuer is a producer of primary minerals and secondary mineral sand products (‘secondary…
The UK’s Financial Reporting Council recently issued a report on its “follow-up thematic review” of IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Here’s how the news release summed it up: This is the third review on the application of IFRS 15 and focusses on those areas that have previously provided the greatest cause for concern. Although…
The tangled intersection of IAS 23 and IFRS 15… Here’s the background to an issue recently discussed by CPA Canada’s IFRS Discussion Group: Entity A constructs and sells an apartment unit to a customer. The customer pays the full consideration up front. Entity A concludes that revenue from apartment sales is recognized at a point…
Returning to a key element of IFRS 15… We looked in the past at the following principle: An entity transfers control eof a good or service over time and, therefore, satisfies a performance obligation and recognizes revenue over time, if it meets one of the following criteria: (a) the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the…
Kinaxis Inc. provides a recent example of a company simultaneously applying both IFRS 15 and (voluntarily in advance of the effective date) IFRS 16. The company “is a leading provider of cloud-based subscription software that enables its customers to improve and accelerate analysis and decision-making across their supply chain operations.” Here’s how it presented the…
PWC maintains a section on its website devoted to SEC comment letter trends. Of course, the issues raised in these letters relate primarily to US GAAP rather than to IFRS, but given the commonality between the two, they might often be relevant either in anticipating questions that might be posed by regulators elsewhere or, even…
CPA Canada has issued Observations on the Implementation of the New Revenue Standard by Canadian Public Companies. The publication was based on the review of financial statements of 60 Canadian public companies for the first quarter of 2018; 45 listed on the TSX and 15 on the Venture Exchange. Here are the key observations: While…
We’ve already looked in the past at one accounting issue relating to cryptocurrencies, as addressed by CPA Canada’s IFRS Discussion Group. Here’s the background to another one: A blockchain is a distributed digital ledger that is used to record transactions over a network of participating computers. The ledger tracks the creation and transfer of cryptocurrencies…
Let’s take a look at some other recent examples of changes resulting from the implementation of IFRS 15. This is from Stantec Inc.: When we looked several years ago at how the standard addresses the key step of determining the transaction price, we noted the following: Among other things, the new standard also requires adjusting the…
Let’s take a look at some other recent examples of changes resulting from the implementation of IFRS 15. This is from Freshii Inc: Of course, as in all these cases, I’m just using Freshii’s disclosure as a springboard, and not trying to comment on the company’s specific application. With that background, this seems like a…
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