Managing the impairment of business assets in today’s environment of rapidly changing markets, technology, and regulations, has become a very important part of the overall management of business assets. In simplified terms, impairment of long lived assets (items of property, plant and equipment) occurs when an asset or a group of assets is worth less [...]
IFRS 16: Leases, is the new accounting standard for recognizing, measuring, presenting and disclosing lease transactions under IFRS. The new standard eliminates nearly all off-balance sheet lease accounting and will have significant and wide impact on financial reporting and commonly used performance metrics such as, gearing ratios and EBITDA. IFRS 16 is effective January 1. [...]
The new hedge accounting model under IFRS 9 will have a significant impact on non-financial entities. While the new hedge accounting model has a less cumbersome approach compared to IAS 39, it has significant disclosure requirements that will need close review by entities. In July 2014, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) promulgated the [...]
As the effective date of January 1, 2018 draws near, many businesses have initiated the process of analyzing the effects of the new revenue recognition standard, IFRS 15: Revenue from Contracts with Customers. However, only a few have taken the next critical steps of diving deep and implementing the new standard requirements. While the overall [...]