Search Results for: International Financial Reporting Standards
IOSCO stresses importance of implementation and disclosure related to new accounting standards
December 19th, 2016
The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published today a Statement on Implementation of New Accounting Standards related to revenue, financial instruments, and leases. The three new International Financial Reporting (IFRS) Standards, issued by the International ...
IFRS publishes the global financial reporting language
May 11th, 2016
The 2016 edition of the Pocket Guide to IFRS® Standards: the global financial reporting languagewas published today by the IFRS Foundation. Put together by ex-Board member Paul Pacter, the analysis outlined in the Pocket Guide is conducted across 143 jurisdictions representing 98 per ...
FASB issues an Accounting Standards Update
February 29th, 2016
FASB issues new Quidance on Lease Accounting The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) intended to improve financial reporting about leasing transactions. The ASU affects all companies and other organizations that lease assets such as ...
Markit reports fourth quarter and full year 2015 financial results
February 11th, 2016
Markit Ltd has issued an announcement to make publish its financial results under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31st 2015. Financial highlights for fourth quarter and full year 2015 Fourth quarter ...
The Common Reporting Standard: Automatic Information Exchange Goes Global
October 16th, 2015
Automatic exchange of information for tax law enforcement purposes started first in Europe with the EU Savings Tax Directive, went international with the US Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act, and, from 2017, will go global with the recently-agreed Common ...
EU report: international accounting rules did not worsen 2008 crisis
June 22nd, 2015
The European Commission said on Friday there was no clear evidence that adopting international accounting rules made the bloc’s banking crisis worse and that its benefits outweighed the costs. The independent International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) rules replaced a ...
Investors Leery of Separate Accounting Standards for Private Companies
May 19th, 2015
The majority of investors are apprehensive about the creation of separate accounting standards for private companies, and the argument in favor of such standards “doesn’t withstand scrutiny,” according to a new report by the CFA Institute. The study, Addressing Financial Reporting ...
IFAC Group: Better Public Sector Financial Reporting, Accountability. Now.
April 28th, 2015
Accountability. Now. Coalition Meets for First Time to Drive Campaign Forward Convened by the International Federation of Accountants® (IFAC®), the Accountability. Now. coalition, comprising civil society organizations, major international bodies, and the accountancy profession, met for the first time to ...
International and regional bodies that combat money laundering (part B)
March 2nd, 2015
Introduction Money laundering is a global phenomenon that thrives parasitically on the world’s financial markets. It ignores national boundaries in much the same way that the financial market place does. It has been accepted that this problem requires both ...
IFRS improves cross-border financial communication – consistency is key
February 2nd, 2015
With debate around the rationale for global accounting standards continuing throughout 2014, there is still concern expressed about the use of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), with some policymakers around the world preferring a less committal form of global ...
