Beyond the GAAP
Here you will find the Mazars’ newsletter on IFRS developments.
Beyond the GAAP no.121 - April 2018
Again this month IFRS 9 and IFRS 15 take centre stage in our highlights as they are the focus of attention for market regulators and the Monitoring Board of the IFRS Foundation.
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Edouard Fossat Isabelle Grauer-Gaynor
Enjoy your reading!
Edouard Fossat Isabelle Grauer-Gaynor
Beyond the GAAP no.120 - March 2018
The year began quietly with few major developments relating to standards, but March has seen a whole series of projects coming to fruition. Some of these are highly concrete, with three very detailed decisions published by the IFRS IC on the application of IFRS 15, which we explore in our ‘A Closer Look’ feature. Others are much more conceptual, such as the publication of the IFRS Conceptual Framework, and still others are forward-looking and are prompted by the European Union’s action plans on sustainable development and the fitness of public reporting by companies. Meanwhile, the European standards adoption process has started up again, with no fewer than five documents adopted into EU law since this February. At the last count published by EFRAG, there are still six documents due to be adopted in the near future and in time for entities to be able to apply them at the IASB’s proposed effective date.
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Edouard Fossat Isabelle Grauer-Gaynor
Enjoy your reading!
Edouard Fossat Isabelle Grauer-Gaynor
Beyond the GAAP no. 119 - February 2018
Editorial
With less than a year to go before the effective date of IFRS 16 on Leases, the report of the ANC’s (The French accounting standards setter) decisions on the duration of 3/6/9 leases, published in February, is certainly the most anticipated announcement for French entities. This is because it should enable most of them to resolve this thorny question in their plans for implementation. This decision will of course also be useful to entities with subsidiaries in France.
Europe is continuing its lengthy work on long-term investment and sustainable finance, with studies and consultations which could well eventually have impacts on the accounting and reporting frameworks of European entities. For its part, the IASB has held a first working meeting of the transition resource group supporting the implementation of IFRS 17, Insurance contracts.
Enjoy your reading!
Edouard Fossat Isabelle Grauer-Gaynor
With less than a year to go before the effective date of IFRS 16 on Leases, the report of the ANC’s (The French accounting standards setter) decisions on the duration of 3/6/9 leases, published in February, is certainly the most anticipated announcement for French entities. This is because it should enable most of them to resolve this thorny question in their plans for implementation. This decision will of course also be useful to entities with subsidiaries in France.
Europe is continuing its lengthy work on long-term investment and sustainable finance, with studies and consultations which could well eventually have impacts on the accounting and reporting frameworks of European entities. For its part, the IASB has held a first working meeting of the transition resource group supporting the implementation of IFRS 17, Insurance contracts.
Enjoy your reading!
Edouard Fossat Isabelle Grauer-Gaynor
Beyond the GAAP no.106 - December 2016
Following a November issue that was packed with ‘A Closer Look’ features, this month’s Beyond the GAAP is unusual in not containing any at all. However, our monthly crossword will provide a useful reminder of key issues in IFRS over the 2016 reporting period.
Beyond the GAAP no.105 - November 2016
The adoption of IFRS 9 by the European Union marks the end of the work carried out by EFRAG under the leadership of Françoise Flores, coincidentally falling at the same time as her appointment as a member of the IASB. This appointment will maintain a French presence on the Board, following the end of Philippe Danjou’s term last October.
Beyond the GAAP no.104 - October 2016
Improving the effectiveness of financial reporting is one of the IASB’s key focal areas for the coming years. Four projects fall under the theme of “Better communication”, including the Disclosure Initiative and a research project on the format of primary financial statements.
Beyond the GAAP no.103 - September 2016
The IASB’s update to its work plan on 23 September 2016 gives us a good idea of what is on the cards for IFRS over the next few months. In addition to the Insurance Contracts standard, which is scheduled for publication in March, and the Conceptual Framework (date not yet set), the next key milestones relate to research projects. Discussion Papers have been announced on business combinations under common control, dynamic risk management, financial instruments with characteristics of equity, and rate-regulated activities.
Beyond the GAAP no.102 - July-August 2016
The IASB’s major projects are drawing towards their conclusion. Since 2014, the IASB has published standards on revenue, financial instruments and leases, and it is expected to complete the Insurance Contracts project and the Conceptual Framework by the end of 2017.
Beyond the GAAP no.101 - June 2016
“You have been living in a bit of a building site for much of the last decade. However, the good news is that the majority of the structural work is now complete. The heating and plumbing systems are now in good shape.” With these words Hans Hoogervorst described his impression of the progress made in recent years at the start of the IFRS Foundation Conference in Zurich.
Beyond the GAAP no.100 - May 2016
100th Beyond the GAAP!
Since the first edition in November 2006 we accompany you in the world of IFRSs.
Since the first edition in November 2006 we accompany you in the world of IFRSs.