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When a company (or another entity) plans to sell an asset and / or stop some part of its business, then it might affect its future cash flows, profitability and overall financial situation. Therefore, the users of financial statements, mainly investors, should be informed about these events. That’s why the standard IFRS 5 Non-Current Assets … Read more

Discounts are probably the most popular selling tool in business. Without a doubt, many companies discount the price for their products or services in various forms, for example: Buy 1, get 1 free (and modifications), Get 10% off for purchases over CU 100 (and modifications), Gift vouchers, Settlement discounts (bonus for early payment or for … Read more

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 efforts. On the other hand, these two bodies are not … Read more

When a company acquires control over another company, then often a goodwill arises, too. You should present it as an intangible asset, but when you think about it carefully, a goodwill is not a typical asset, because unlike other assets, you cannot sell it to somebody, you cannot use it in your production process or … Read more

In January 2016, the new standard about lease accounting IFRS 16 was issued and it introduced a few major changes. The most significant are: New definition of the lease can cause that some contracts previously treated as “service contracts” can now be treated as “lease contracts”, Accounting for leases in the lessee’s financial statements changed … Read more

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 to restate the numbers for 2017 in line with the … Read more

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The guys in the IASB (International Accounting Standards Board) are working very hard – it’s evident from lots of new standards, interpretations and amendments produced every year. In today’s article, I’d like to sum up the main changes in IFRS adopted in the past years so that you can keep them in mind and prepare. … Read more

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 = 1 January 2018 IFRS 15 Revenues from Contracts with Customers … Read more

A few weeks ago, we published the article about How to Implement IFRS 9 to assist you with the adoption of the major forthcoming IFRS update. Many accountants and CFOs are worried about IFRS 9, there are numerous discussions going on about it, but not everybody has the clear vision about WHAT is a financial … Read more