All IFRS articles
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ArticleESG reporting: A summary of preparers’ perspectives
Preparers speaking at a pair of recent high-profile accounting and auditing conferences discuss current practices and the challenges their controllership teams face in ESG reporting and governance.
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ArticleIFAC: Strong support for international accounting standards
A first-of-its-kind report from the International Federation of Accountants shows “strong and sustained support” for both the adoption and implementation of international standards.
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ArticleSEC proposes new disclosures for acquisitions, dispositions
The SEC has proposed steps to improve the information investors receive regarding the acquisition and disposition of businesses.
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ArticleAnalysts offer tips on reading financials with leases added
Analysts are advising investors to buckle up in preparation for first-quarter results that will, for the first time, include leases on the balance sheet.
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Blog
Lease adoption work will spill into 2019, poll suggests
Plenty of companies adopting new lease accounting rules for a Jan. 1, 2019, effective date are likely to continue their implementation work even into the first quarter.
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Blog
SEC will watch for SAB 74 disclosure leading to CECL
The SEC will be looking for increasingly detailed disclosures to investors about the expected effects of moving to a new method for recognizing credit losses.
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Blog
SEC answers questions on XBRL for IFRS filers
Foreign private issuers who file their financial statements following IFRS are getting some helpful tips from the SEC on how to do so in XBRL.
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Companies scramble to wrap up new revenue recognition
In the transition to new accounting rules on revenue recognition, it appears many companies are still trying to wrap up their implementation work.
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Blog
Is IFRS 9 shaking up U.S. activity to adopt CECL?
Accounting activity at publicly held financial institutions apparently is picking up to prepare for new requirements for the recognition of loan losses.
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Blog
FASB proposes updated, new taxonomies for 2018
FASB has completed its annual update to the GAAP taxonomy and has added a new taxonomy for companies to consider addressing international standards.
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Article
Banks wrangle models, data in early stages of CECL prep
As most public companies deal with revenue recognition and lease accounting changes coming in 2018 and 2019, the banking sector is trying to tame an even bigger beast.
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Blog
CCH Tagetik launches IFRS solution portfolio
CCH Tagetik, part of Wolters Kluwer, announced this month the availability of its IFRS solution portfolio, created to help finance teams meet the significant new and evolving reporting standards.
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Blog
IASB issues big change in accounting for insurance contracts
The IASB has issued new standard on how to account for insurance contracts, considered among the most significant changes ever made to international accounting rules.
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Blog
FASB asks for ideas to make GAAP Taxonomy easier to use
Companies that have struggled with navigating the U.S. GAAP Taxonomy to complete their XBRL filings will want to weigh in on the effort to make it more useable.
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Blog
SEC approves 2017 GAAP Taxonomy for use in XBRL filings
The SEC has given its final approval to the 2017 GAAP Taxonomy that public companies will use to prepare their XBRL financial statement exhibits.
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Blog
SEC proposes requiring inline XBRL, provides IFRS taxonomy
The SEC has taken steps to advance the use and accuracy of digital financial statement data, proposing required use of inline XBRL and providing IFRS taxonomy.
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Blog
Oracle and PwC team up to offer IFRS 9 compliance expertise
Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications and PwC have announced a global collaboration to offer technology, implementation, and consulting solutions to help financial institutions meet near-term and ongoing compliance with the International Accounting Standards Board’s new IFRS9 and FASB’s proposed CECL reporting standards.
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Blog
White plugs for accounting convergence in parting statement
Outgoing SEC Chair Mary Jo White is urging her successor to prioritize continued improvement and convergence of accounting standards globally. Tammy Whitehouse has more.
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Blog
SAS helps banks comply with IFRS 9 accounting standards
Shifting regulatory compliance and financial standards create an urgent need for banks to dismantle barriers between finance and risk departments. SAS Expected Credit Loss is a new solution that’s helping them succeed.