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    IAS8AccountingPolicy

    IAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates, Errors

    by Silvia

    Updated in March 2023 I bet every single company needed to change something in its accounting records and financial statements. Often, the change is very small, so you just don’t worry about it and make correction on the go. But sometimes, the change can impact…

    Accounting Policies and Estimates, IFRS Videos 76

    Accounting for CAPEX threshold and its change under IFRS

    by Silvia

    What happens when you buy lots of assets below your capex threshold, but still high expense? And, should you revise your capex threshold retrospectively? Learn here!

    Accounting Policies and Estimates, Financial Statements, IFRS Videos, Non-current Assets 20

    How to account for free assets received under IFRS

    by Silvia

    The best things in life are free… … at least that’s what Janet Jackson sang in one of her top hits. However, when your company receives some free assets, then the question is: Are they really received at no cost and no strings attached? Is…

    Accounting Policies and Estimates, Current Assets, Non-current Assets 108

    How to make a change in functional currency

    by Silvia

    Some time ago I was a part of an audit team auditing the financial statements of a medium-sized manufacturing company. When we received the trial balance of that client, we spotted something strange: There were loads of transactions in a foreign currency and resulting impact…

    Financial Statements, Foreign Currency 32

    IFRS 2019 Update: Major changes you should be aware of

    by Silvia

    Here we go again – another year has started and a number of changes or amendments of IFRS came into effect. I am pretty sure that you are aware of the biggest ones like new IFRS 16, but let me sum up all the new…

    Accounting Policies and Estimates, Consolidation and Groups, Financial Instruments, Financial Statements, Provisions and Other Liabilities, Revenue Recognition 37
    How to account for artwork under IFRS

    How to Account for Artwork under IFRS

    by Silvia

    A few weeks ago I visited our dentist together with my little 4-year old girl just to check up everything’s OK with her little teeth. While we were sitting in the waiting room, my little one playing with the small teeth replicas (OMG!), I looked…

    Accounting Policies and Estimates, Current Assets, Non-current Assets 59
    IAS 8 Fully depreciated assets still in use

    Our machines are fully depreciated, but we still use them! What shall we do?

    by Silvia

    Do you work in the production company? And did you find out that some of your production assets are still in operation but they were fully depreciated? In this case, the original estimate of machinery’s useful life proved to be incorrect. Here’s one of the…

    Accounting Policies and Estimates, IFRS Videos, Non-current Assets 224

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