IFRS 9 Financial Instruments
IFRS 9 Financial Instruments is one of the most challenging standards because it’s sooo complex and sometimes complicated. It belongs to the “Big 3” – the three difficult standards that need to be implemented in the near future: IFRS 9 Financial Instruments: adoption date =…
How to Implement IFRS 9
The new IFRS 9 Financial Instruments will replace the older standard IAS 39 in January 2018 and it practically means that if you are affected, you need to start getting ready NOW. Why? Because your comparative period starts in January 2017 and you will need…
IFRS 9 vs. US GAAP – Coming Closer?
We all know that IASB and US standard’s setting body FASB work together in order to prepare a single set of global accounting standards. Recently issued standard on revenue recognition, IFRS 15 and its American counterpart FAS 606 are a good example of these mutual…
Hedge Accounting Under IFRS 9: Rebalancing – What Is This New Concept?
Hedge accounting belongs to the most difficult accounting areas and I published a few articles on this topic on IFRSbox – for example, here and here. Today, I’m delighted to present another hedging article written by Mr. Kevin Mitchel,Partner – Advisory Services at Rochford, the…
The Best of CPDbox 2015
The year-end is coming closer and closer; the closings have already started to push their pressure on all of us, the exam season approaches and we live the busy lives. I know that this part of the year is usually the second busiest for any…
Monetary or Non-Monetary?
When you need to translate your items denominated in foreign currency to your own functional currency, then there’s one little problem: Is that item monetary or non-monetary? If you determine the nature of your item incorrectly, it can lead to totally wrong presentation in the…
IFRS for Banks and Financial Institutions
If you work for a bank or any other financial institution, then you are very well aware of the fact that IFRS is a little bit different there. OK, not quite like that: IFRS is still the same, just the way how you use it…
How Ignoring Hedging Can Hurt Your Business
Hedge accounting has a reputation as being one of the most difficult areas for people to get to grips with, which is a shame because it is a very useful accounting “technology”. You can find several articles related to basics of hedge accounting in line…
Accounting for Prepayments in Foreign Currency under IFRS
Transactions in foreign currencies are sometimes a nightmare. Obviously, we are trading with each other, our own currencies are different and foreign exchange rates are jumping up and down constantly. We are all aware of basic rules with regard to selection of appropriate exchange rate…
Top 5 IFRS Changes Adopted in 2014
The year 2014 brought us some very significant changes in IFRS. While some changes might not give you a hard time to adopt, the other changes can cost you a lot of money and time to make them effective in your company. The year 2014…
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