International Accounting Standards Board: Developments in IFRS

Hans and Sue provide an update on the latest developments on IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts, including the Financial Stability Board’s statement on the Standard. They also talk about some of the materials the IFRS Foundation is making available to help companies prepare for the implementation of the Standard and provide an overview of investor feedback on the new accounting requirements. Sue also talks about the Board’s lively discussion about the Materiality Practice Statement, the Board’s plans to issue a minor amendment to IFRS 9 Financial Instruments. Hans summarises the education sessions on goodwill and impairment and rate-regulated activities.

Hans talks about the role conferences play in helping stakeholders implement new Standards. He also provides an overview of the Board’s June discussion on the Primary Financial Statement project and the potential introduction of new subtotals in the statement(s) of financial performance. Sue provides an overview of some of the Board’s implementation discussions, which included a potential amendment to IAS 8 regarding voluntary changes in accounting policies and the accounting for those. She also talks about the latest developments on the proposed minor amendments to IFRS 9 in relation to prepayable financial assets with so-called negative compensation.

In this podcast, Sue provides an overview of implementation and maintenance activities discussed at the May Board meeting – including the IFRIC Interpretation on IAS 12 Income Taxes and an upcoming amendment to IAS 28 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures. She also talks about the ongoing Post-implementation Review of IFRS 13, the fair value measurement Standard. Darrel provides an overview of IFRS 17, which was issued in May, before Sue summarises some of the other activity during the month – including the activities during the Trustees meeting in Tokyo, Japan, and a new agreement the IFRS Foundation has signed with the World Bank.

Sue provides an update on the Board’s most recent discussions on its Rate-regulated Activities project. Hans summarises the Board’s discussions on the definition of a business and the proposed screening test. Also discussed are some of the implementation issues that have been referred to the Board by the IFRS Interpretations Committee and two education sessions.

Wider corporate reporting: Hans explains that the Board discussed the possibility of undertaking some work in this area that may entail updating the Practice Statement on Management Commentary; Primary Financial Statements: Hans outlines the call from investors for more line items and subtotals, and gives an overview of the scope of this project; and Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity: Sue explains what the Gamma approach is and that the Board expects to publish a Discussion Paper later this year.

Feedback on the recent consultation on proposed changes to the definition of a business (IFRS 3); the Board’s discussions on how to account for rate-regulated activities; the comment period for the forthcoming proposed narrow-scope amendment to IFRS 9 regarding contracts with symmetric prepayment options; and the February ‘sweep issues discussion’ on the new insurance contracts Standard, following an external review of the draft Standard to ensure the wording is clear.

Among the topics discussed are the upcoming insurance contracts Standard, the planned Post-Implementation Review of IFRS 13 (the fair value Standard), and the Board’s planned narrow-scope amendment to IFRS 9, the financial instruments Standard.

This summary covers Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity, Implementation and maintenance of IFRS Standards, Rate-regulated Activities, the Conceptual Framework, Primary Financial Statements and the Disclosure Initiative.

This summary covers Insurance Contracts, the Disclosure Initiative: Materiality Practice Statement, the Conceptual Framework, Primary Financial Statements and Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity.

This summary covers the 2015 Agenda Consultation, IFRS for SMEs, the Disclosure Initiative: Principles of Disclosure, the Disclosure Initiative: Materiality, the Conceptual Framework and Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity.

This summary covers the Conceptual Framework, Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity, the Draft Interpretation of IFRS 9 and IAS 28: Long-term interests and the 2015 Agenda Consultation.

This summary covers Amendments to IFRS 4—Applying IFRS 9 Financial Instruments with IFRS 4 Insurance Contracts; Conceptual Framework—Definition of an asset, recognition and factors to consider when selecting a measurement basis; Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity; 2015 Agenda Consultation.

This summary covers Goodwill and Impairment, Insurance Contracts, Conceptual Framework, Interpretations Committee matters.

This summary covers Amendments to IFRS 4, 2015 Agenda Consultation, Conceptual Framework.

This summary covers Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity, IFRIC Update, Agenda Consultation, Insurance and IFRS 9, Disclosure Initiative, Conceptual Framework, Business Combinations under Common Control, Goodwill and Impairment.

This summary covers the Conceptual Framework, Amendments to IFRS 4: Applying IFRS 9 Financial Instruments with IFRS 4 Insurance Contracts, IFRS 3 Business Combinations—Definition of a business, Goodwill and Impairment, 2015 Agenda Consultation.

This summary covers Insurance Contracts, Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity, IFRS Implementation Issues, Goodwill and Impairment.

This summary covers Insurance Contracts, Fair Value Measurement, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, Research Project on Discount Rates.

Revenue from Contracts with Customers, Research Programme, Disclosure Initiative, IFRS Implementation Issues, Definition of a business, Discount rates research, Effective date of amendments to IFRS 10 and IAS 28.

Insurance Contracts, Fair Value Measurement, IFRS Implementation Issues, Post-employment benefits, Share-based Payment research, Goodwill and impairment.