The IASB recently published the conclusions from its recent Agenda Consultation and its five-year work plan. Here’s how the news release summed it up: Listening to feedback from stakeholders, the Board has confirmed that a central theme for its activities until 2021 will be Better Communication in financial statements. The Board aims to improve the communication effectiveness of…
Let’s return now to the topic of Integrated Reporting, as we no doubt should from time to time. Scrolling through the recent material on the <IR> website, I came across a September 2016 speech by Jonathan Labrey, Chief Strategy Officer, IIRC. Here are some extracts: “It is not possible to put a price on trust…
In this space I’ve sometimes commented on initiatives and issues which don’t directly have anything to do with IFRS, the headline topic of this blog, and I suppose the link back to that (because I always feel obliged to make some sort of link) is always pretty much the same: shouldn’t this topic have more…
As we discussed here, the IASB has issued IFRS 16 Leases, effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2019. We’ve covered the main aspects of lessee accounting in a series of articles. It’ll only take this one post though to cover the other side of the transaction, the implications for lessors.…
CPA Canada recently published Technological Disruption of Capital Markets and Reporting? An Introduction to Blockchain. The preface sums up the main theme: “Blockchain originated as the technology underlying the digital currency Bitcoin but is currently receiving attention for its expanding applicability, particularly within capital markets and reporting. Blockchain-enabled automated processes could significantly affect the way…
Once in a while, it’s appropriate to pay a little tribute to the staff of the IASB. I wouldn’t have the patience, the dedication or the intellectual capacity to do what they do – that is to focus on the smallest nuances of potential changes to IFRS, and to work on identifying their possible impact as…
Almost Zero Chance of SEC Accepting Global Accounting Rules announces the headline of a recent article on Bloomberg BNA. Here’s what it has to say on that: “The Securities and Exchange Commission isn’t showing any movement toward acceptance of international accounting standards for financial reporting by U.S. public companies, the chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board…
The Globe and Mail recently devoted a surprising amount of space to non-GAAP earnings measures. Here’s how it framed the issue: “Imagine, if you will, something terrible: A fire begins in your home and rages, uncontrolled. No one is hurt, thankfully, because you’re away from the house at the time. But the structure is ruined and,…
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…
In a recent speech, IASB Chairman Hans Hoogervorst returns to familiar territory: “…There is still a lot of work to do. But our focus will not be so much on creating more big new Standards as on improving the presentation of the information that we already require. We recently sought feedback on our future Agenda…
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