Here’s how one website defines “circular debt” in a Pakistani context: Circular debt is a unique but not necessarily unheard of problem. Two entities ultimately owe debt to each other but cannot balance out their debt because it is indirectly owed through additional entities. At least three parties must be involved. In the simplest terms,…

In the past I’ve sometimes referred to Tom Selling’s Accounting Onion blog (here for instance)… It’s been a while though, since the blog hadn’t been updated since June 2018, and I assumed it had gone the way of all other accounting blogs (as far as I’m aware, I’m the global recordholder for consistent longevity –…

Here’s another fact pattern recently considered by CPA Canada’s IFRS Discussion Group, relating to a form of financing that’s becoming more common in Canada On December 15, 20X2, Company A completed a public offering of 1 million subscription receipts for gross proceeds of CAD$1 million (for simplicity, this example ignores transaction costs). Company A raised…

Here’s a recent fact pattern discussed by CPA Canada’s IFRS Discussion Group Company A holds a combination of common shares and preferred shares in Company B. Company A has 20 per cent voting rights of Company B through its investment in common shares. The preferred shares are non-voting but are convertible into common shares on…

Let’s now enjoy another compilation of tweets that made mention of IFRS in one way or another, presented here in all their original unedited oddity and possible offensiveness (the last edition was here). I’ve mentioned before that Twitter searches on this topic continue to be, well, infected by bulletins on Covid-driven fatality rates, often quite…

The Globe and Mail recently published an article on “Why the booming business of ESG ratings may be giving investors a false sense of sustainability” It’s written by Jeffrey Jones and David Milstead. Here are some extracts: Investors around the world are ploughing tens of billions of dollars a year into companies and funds that…

As we addressed here, IFRIC recently considered a fact pattern involving government measures that apply to entities that produce or import passenger vehicles for sale in a specified market. Under the measures, entities receive positive credits if in a calendar year they have produced or imported vehicles whose average fuel emissions are lower than a…

Let’s look at another entry from the Ontario Securities Commission’s refilings and errors list: Fire & Flower Holdings Corp….wishes to provide additional information in respect of the events and circumstances that led to the withdrawal of certain forward-looking information contained in the Company’s prior disclosure. Prior to the Company’s filing of its management discussion and…

As all readers are doubtless aware, the International Sustainability Standards Board has issued its first two exposure drafts, General Sustainability-related Disclosures and Climate-related Disclosures, both open for comment until July 29, 2022. At my usual pace of posting, I could likely devote this blog entirely for the next few years to the two exposure drafts…

Like the pandemic before it, the Russian invasion of Ukraine triggers the expected number of guidance pieces on accounting and reporting implications… These include possible impairment of various long-lived assets and financial instruments, impacts on lease and other contracts, expanded disclosure about risks and uncertainties and significant estimates and judgments, and so on. Among these…