Accounting for revenue – allocating the transaction price

As we summarized here, the IASB has issued IFRS 15, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2017 (NB this was subsequently amended to January 1, 2018). The new standard is built around a five-step framework, and we discussed the first three of these steps here,…

The limits of IFRS, or: terrible coffee

by John Hughes I often look on Twitter for interesting IFRS-related material, but it’s nearly always a barren exercise. How could it be otherwise, you might ask. But I recently came across the following provocative outburst from one user (if you’re not familiar with the format, it reads from the bottom up): Although the train of…

Accounting for revenue – determining the transaction price

Some issues around the third step in the IASB’s new framework for recognizing revenue As we summarized here, the IASB has issued IFRS 15, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2017 (NB this was subsequently amended to January 1, 2018). The new standard is built…

IFRS 9 – looking forward to the single approach!

by John Hughes Well, the final version of IFRS 9 Financial Instruments has finally been issued, effective for financial years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. These are some of the Standard’s headline achievements, as summed up in the IASB’s press release: Impairment During the financial crisis, the delayed recognition of credit losses on…

Accounting for revenue – assessing the contract

Some issues around the first step in the IASB’s new framework for recognizing revenue As we summarized here, the IASB has issued IFRS 15, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2017 (NB this was subsequently amended to January 1, 2018). The new standard is built…

CSA proposals for venture issuers – more suitable and manageable?

The Canadian Securities Administrators recently issued for comment a package of proposed amendments to existing continuous disclosure, prospectus, and audit committee rules and related policies, intended “to make the disclosure requirements for venture issuers more suitable and manageable for issuers at their stage of development.” The proposals are open for comment until August 20, 2014.…