IFRS Box

Some time ago I published an article with an example of very simple method of consolidating a parent and a subsidiary. This article still applies and you can learn the basic steps and methodology of consolidation with a nice video in it. Many of my readers then asked me for a different situation: How to … Read more

There are three IFRS covering the area of the most complex IFRS topic – financial instruments: IAS 32 Presentation of Financial Statements – this standard contains basic definitions and rules for presenting of financial instruments; IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures – here, you can find a list of all necessary information that you need to … Read more

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 things so that you keep them in mind. In this … Read more

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 of constant conversion to the local currency on profit or … Read more

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 there something else behind? Many years ago I attended the … Read more

“They waste time asking the same questions every year.” “They do not know my business and they are wasting my time.” “They are expensive and offer zero value to us – in fact they are The necessary evil!” These are some of an infinite list of references to auditors that I am sure you have … Read more

The Conceptual Framework for the Financial Reporting (let’s title it just “Framework”) is a basic document that sets objectives and the concepts for general purpose financial reporting. Its predecessor, Framework for the preparation and presentation of the financial statements was issued back in 1989. Then in 2010, IASB published the new document, Conceptual Framework for … Read more

The end of 2018 spelled out relief for most accounting and financial modelling experts responsible for the implementation of IFRS 9: all necessary changes to accounting policies, models and methodologies were designed and enforced, all in time for a lovely Christmas break at the end of 2018! But for another group of professionals, namely auditors, … Read more

Impairment tests are one of the most judgmental areas in IFRS. It is all about estimating, judging, evaluating and forecasting. Sometimes it is almost like fortune telling, isn’t it? When I audited a few companies, I really disliked going through their impairment tests because all of them seemed nice and always showed no impairment whatsoever. … Read more

In my last article, I tried to outline the main things to consider and to avoid when preparing the cash flow projections for the impairment tests under IAS 36. Here let’s illustrate the theory and show the numerical example of making cash flow projections for impairment tests. Please be warned that there are many variations … Read more