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IASB podcasts
Every month, after the monthly meeting of the International Accounting Standards Board (Board), the IFRS Foundation produces a podcast.
The podcasts summarise the Board's discussions and some of the key decisions taken, and provide a bit of context: why is the Board working on this project, what was the focus of the latest Board discussion, and what are the next steps? They also give an update on other key events.
The podcasts are typically between 10 and 15 minutes long and normally feature the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board, Hans Hoogervorst and Sue Lloyd.
Date
Topics covered
Podcast
Feb 2021
International Accounting Standards Board Chair Hans Hoogervorst and Vice-Chair Sue Lloyd discuss highlights from two sessions held in February 2021: the supplementary Board meeting on IFRS 16 Leases and covid-19-related rent concessions as well as the regular monthly Board meeting. They talk about developments in the Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity and the Extractive Activities projects, among others.
Jan 2021
International Accounting Standards Board Vice-Chair Sue Lloyd talks about projects discussed at the January 2021 meeting as well as other relevant news and developments. Topics include: feedback received on our consultation paper Exposure Draft General Presentation and Disclosures; decisions made in the Disclosure Initiative—Subsidiaries that are SMEs project; an overview of the Board’s current work plan; the recently published Exposure Draft Regulatory Assets and Regulatory Liabilities; and the upcoming consultation on Disclosure Initiative—Targeted Standards-level Review of Disclosures.
Date
Topics covered
Podcast
Dec 2020
IASB Chair Hans Hoogervorst and IASB Vice-Chair Sue Lloyd talk about the Board’s discussions on the recent consultations on Primary Financial Statements and the IFRS for SMEs Standard. They also focus on the approval of agenda decision Supply Chain Financing Arrangements—Reverse Factoring, updates on the Subsidiaries that are SMEs and Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity projects and plans for the Post-implementation Review of the classification and measurement requirements in IFRS 9.
Nov 2020
In the November 2020 episode of our monthly IASB podcast, Hans Hoogervorst and Sue Lloyd, Chair and Vice-Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board, talk about the IASB’s annual joint education session with the US standard-setter FASB, current Post-implementation Review projects, Management Commentary and Subsidiaries that are SMEs.
Oct 2020
In this episode of our monthly IASB podcast, Sue Lloyd, Vice-Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board (Board), and Executive Technical Director Nili Shah cover work plan changes, the upcoming Agenda Consultation and technical topics that include Subsidiaries that are SMEs, Management Commentary and the Equity Method of Accounting.
Sep 2020
In this episode of our monthly IASB podcast, Sue Lloyd, Vice-Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board (Board), and Board Member Darrel Scott cover Management Commentary and Rate-regulated Activities, among other topics.
Jul 2020
In this episode of our monthly IASB podcast, Hans Hoogervorst and Sue Lloyd, Chair and Vice-Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board, talk about the IBOR reform and Management Commentary projects, among others.
Jun 2020
In this episode of our monthly IASB podcast, Hans Hoogervorst and Sue Lloyd, Chair and Vice-Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board, talk about the IBOR reform and Disclosure Initiative projects, among others, and bid farewell to two long-serving Board members.
May 2020
In this episode of our monthly IASB podcast, Hans Hoogervorst and Sue Lloyd, Chair and Vice-Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board, talk about the amendment to IFRS 16 Leases to help companies with covid-19-related rent concessions as well as developments in the IFRS 17 and IBOR reform projects, among others.
Apr 2020
IASB Chair Hans Hoogervorst and IASB Vice-Chair Sue Lloyd focus on the Board’s discussions around the effects of covid-19 on our stakeholders and our work plan at a supplementary meeting held remotely on Friday 17 April 2020.
Mar 2020
International Accounting Standards Board Vice-Chair Sue Lloyd talks through the projects discussed during the March 2020 Board meeting. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this month’s meeting was held virtually and the agenda was reduced to three main topics: IFRS 17 and the extension of its effective date; the objectives of the Management Commentary project; and principles relevant to Rate-regulated Activities.
Feb 2020
IASB Chair Hans Hoogervorst and IASB Vice-Chair Sue Lloyd discuss the major projects covered during the February 2020 Board meeting. Topics discussed include the IASB’s Disclosure Initiative, Business Combinations Under Common Control, phase 2 of reforms to IBOR and Amendments to IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts.
Jan 2020
International Accounting Standards Board (Board) Vice-Chair Sue Lloyd and Board member Nick Anderson look at the topics discussed at the January 2020 Board meeting. Projects covered in this podcast include: Subsidiaries that are SMEs project; targeted amendments to IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets; Pension Benefits the Depend on Asset Returns, amendments to the insurance contracts Standard, IFRS 17, IBOR Reform, Business Combinations Under Common Control, Disclosures Initiatives and the recently published Request for Information on the IFRS for SMEs Standard.
Date
Topics covered
Podcast
Dec 2019
IASB Chair Hans Hoogervorst and Vice-Chair Sue Lloyd start the podcast with the game-changing proposals outlined in the newly published General Presentation and Disclosures Exposure Draft. They then discuss key developments from the December Board meeting, beginning with progress in amendments to IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts, IBOR Reform and Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity projects. More work is covered, including discussing a review of the IFRS for SMEs Standard, before Hans and Sue share their highlights from the year.
Nov 2019
IASB Chair Hans Hoogervorst and Vice Chair Sue Lloyd join Board member Darrell Scott to discuss recent developments in proposed amendments to IFRS 17, Management Commentary (a project to revise and update IFRS Practice Statement 1 Management Commentary), Review of Disclosures, recommendations from the IFRS Interpretations Committee, Subsidiaries that are SMEs, Lack of Exchangeability and disclosure requirements.
Oct 2019
IASB Chair Hans Hoogervorst and Vice Chair Sue Lloyd join communications officer Kasia Gilewska to discuss recent developments in IBOR, dynamic risk management, financial instruments with characteristics of equity (including proposed amendments to IAS 32), business combinations under common control, management commentary and this month's stakeholder event and meeting of the IFRS Trustees.
Sep 2019
Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board (Board) Hans Hoogervorst and Vice-Chair Sue Lloyd are joined by communications team member Kasia Gilewska to summarise the decisions made at September’s Board meeting and talk about other key developments and events that have taken place during September, covering IBOR, Financial Instruments, Business Combinations, Agenda Consultation and the recent IFRS Advisory Council meeting.
Aug 2019
Vice-Chair of the Board Sue Lloyd joins communications team member Kirstina Reitan for a conversation about the Interest Rate Benchmark Reform project, including a recap on its background, the decisions taken by the Board during the August meeting and what happens next.
Jul 2019
Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board Hans Hoogervorst and Sue Lloyd join communications team member Kasia Gilewska to summarise the July Board meeting and discuss other developments and events this month, including the Board's recent meeting with the Accounting Standards Advisory Forum, deliberations of stakeholders' feedback regarding IBOR reform, the Dynamic Risk Management model, review of the IFRS for SMEs Standard, the Disclosure Initiative, Management Commentary, and the projects Goodwill and Impairment, Primary Financial Statements and Rate-regulated Activities.
Jun 2019
In our June podcast, members of the International Accounting Standards Board (Board) Nick Anderson, Darrel Scott and Ann Tarca provide an update on the Board's latest meeting as well as on other developments and events this month, including discussions on Goodwill and Impairment, the Primary Financial Statements project, Rate-regulated Activities, the upcoming Request for Information which is part of the 2019 Review of the IFRS for SMEs Standard, Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity, Business Combinations Under Common Control projects, and implementation questions linked to IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment.
May 2019
Chair of the Board Hans Hoogervorst and Vice-Chair Sue Lloyd join Technical Staff Member Matt Tilling to provide a summary of discussions held at the May Board meeting as well as of other developments. Projects covered in this podcast include: Amendments to IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts, Disclosure Initiative, Management Commentary, Rate-regulated Activities, Goodwill and Impairment and 2019 Comprehensive Review of the IFRS for SMEs Standard.
Apr 2019
Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board Hans Hoogervorst and Sue Lloyd join Technical Staff Member Matt Tilling to provide an update on the Board's latest meeting as well as on other developments this month. Hans covers his recent speech on sustainability reporting, the Board's work to update the Management Commentary Practice Statements and the Primary Financial Statements and Business Combinations projects. Sue provides a summary of the latest meeting of the TRG for IFRS 17 and summarises the Board discussions on IFRS 17. Other projects discussed include Goodwill and Impairment and Dynamic Risk Management.
Mar 2019
Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board Hans Hoogervorst and Sue Lloyd join technical staff member Matt Tilling to discuss new appointments to the Board, possible narrow-scope amendments to IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements and IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts, classification of liabilities as current or non-current, guidance on the circumstances in which equity-settlement features affect liabilities, subsidiaries that are SMEs, a review of the SMEs Standard, the Discussion Paper on financial instruments with characteristics of equity and Primary Financial Statements.
Feb 2019
February's IASB podcast brings together Vice-Chair Sue Lloyd, Board member Darrel Scott and Technical Staff member Matt Tilling to discuss amendments to IFRS 17, IBOR reform, the IFRS for SMEs Standard, Management Commentary, Primary Financial Statements and more.
Jan 2019
Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board Hans Hoogervorst and Vice-Chair Sue Lloyd join IFRS Technical Staff member Matt Tilling to discuss the latest Board meeting and the road ahead. Hans discusses the proposed IFRS 17 amendments and the meeting of the Trustees. Sue examines those amendments as well the ones proposed for IAS 12 Income Tax. A roundup of key projects the Board is working on this year concludes the podcast.
Date
Topics covered
Podcast
Dec 2018
The last monthly podcast of 2018 features Hans Hoogervorst and Sue Lloyd, Chair and Vice-Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board, together with Technical Staff Member Matt Tilling. They discuss the December meeting of the Board and other developments, including IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts, Primary Financial Statements, IBOR Reform, Rate-regulated Activities and ASAF.
Nov 2018
Vice-Chair and Member of the International Accounting Standards Board Sue Lloyd and Darrel Scott join Technical Staff member Matt Tilling to provide a summary of the November Board meeting. Topics include the IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts and exception from applying IFRS 9 Financial Instruments, the objectives of management commentary, the Rate-regulated Activities project and others.
Oct 2018
Chair and Vice-Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board (Board) Hans Hoogervorst and Sue Lloyd join technical staff member Matt Tilling in a new IASB podcast to discuss the new insurance contracts Standard, IFRS 17, goodwill accounting, Primary Financial Statements, possible amendments to the IASB's Practice Statement on making materiality judgements in relation to accounting policy disclosures, potential work on IAS 12 and the income tax Standard, which has come to the Board from the IFRS Interpretations Committee as a consequence of the new leases Standard, IFRS 16.
Sep 2018
Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board Hans Hoogervorst and Vice-Chair Sue Lloyd join the IFRS Foundation’s Education Director Matt Tilling for the September podcast to discuss the Board meeting and other developments that have taken place this month. Topics include Primary Financial Statements, Dynamic Risk Management, the upcoming World Standard-setters Conference, the IFRS Trustees' meeting and the IFRS Advisory Council meeting.
Jul 2018
In this month’s podcast, the IFRS Foundation’s Education Director Matt Tilling is joined by IASB Chair Hans Hoogervorst and Vice-Chair Sue Lloyd to provide a summary of the main discussions during the July Board meeting as well as other developments and events that have taken place this month. The technical topics discussed include: goodwill and impairment, rate-regulated activities, accounting for cryptocurrencies and others.
Jun 2018
Recorded in Frankfurt, during the IFRS Foundation’s annual international conference, Vice-Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board Sue Lloyd joins the IFRS Foundation’s Education Director Matt Tilling for the June podcast about the Board’s recent discussions and activities. Sue provides an overview of the conference, the Board’s consultation on Financial Instruments with the Characteristics of Equity and a joint FASB and IASB education meeting. Other topics from the IASB June meeting covered include the IFRS Taxonomy, the Board’s discussions on the definition of material, Business Combinations under Common Control and the Dynamic Risk Management projects.
May 2018
IASB Chairman Hans Hoogervorst is joined by Vice-Chair Sue Lloyd and Education Director Matt Tilling to provide an update on the most recent IASB meeting and other developments. Projects raised in this podcast include Primary Financial Statements, Disclosure Initiative, Business Combinations under Common Control, Rate-regulated Activities, and Goodwill and Impairment.
Apr 2018
Hans Hoogervorst and Sue Lloyd, Chair and Vice-Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board (Board), provide an update on the April meeting of the Board and other recent developments. Hans gives a summary of what’s new in the revised Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting, which was issued at the end of March. He also covers the Board’s discussions about the projects on Primary Financial Statements and Goodwill and Impairment. Sue summarises the discussion on the definition of ‘material’, which focused on the feedback received to the consultation on proposed amendments that was published last year, and updates on the work to develop an accounting model for business combinations between companies that are owned by the same parent company.
Mar 2018
In the latest IASB podcast, Sue Lloyd talks disclosures and dynamic risk management and Darrel Scott discusses rate-regulation and management commentary, and the outcomes of recent key stakeholder group meetings. Other topics covered include the latest discussions about the work following post-implementation reviews of IFRS 13 and IFRS 8.
Feb 2018
The IFRS Foundation’s Education Director Matt Tilling is joined by Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board (Board) Hans Hoogervorst and Board member Darrel Scott to provide a summary of the Board’s February 2018 meeting as well as other key developments. Topics discussed include: disclosures, rate-regulation, IFRS 17 implementation, cash flows, management performance measures and business combinations under common control.
Jan 2018
In the first podcast of 2018, Chair Hans Hoogervorst summarises the Board's discussions on the Primary Financial Statements project and reports on the progress of the Conceptual Framework. Vice-Chair Sue Lloyd provides an update on the Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity (FICE) project and the two further issues brought to the Board table from the IFRS Interpretations Committee this month. Also discussed: Feedback from the IFRS 13 Post-implementation Review and the Board’s ongoing discussions about goodwill and impairment.
Date
Topics covered
Podcast
Dec 2017
Chairman Hans Hoogervorst and Board member Amaro Gomes join Education Director Matt Tilling to talk about the latest Board discussions and take a look back at the highlights of 2017.
Nov 2017
Hans Hoogervorst, Nick Anderson and Ann Tarca of the International Accounting Standards Board are joined by Education Director Matt Tilling to discuss recent events, such as the meeting of the IFRS Foundation Trustees in Brazil. They also discuss a new project added to the work plan, two possible approaches to accounting for dynamic risk management, how potential changes to IFRS 8 stem from the post-implementation review of the Standard, and how primary financial statements fit into a larger initiative—Better Communication in Financial Reporting.
Oct 2017
Hans and Sue discuss events including the World Standard-setters Conference and meetings of the Accounting Standards Advisory Forum and the IFRS Advisory Council. They also discuss how the Board may improve the impairment model for goodwill and simplify the impairment testing that companies are required to do. They describe how the work on goodwill sprung out of the Post-implementation Review of the business combinations Standard, IFRS 3, and reflect on why goodwill and impairment is such a hot topic. Other projects discussed include the Conceptual Framework and current implementation issues.
Sep 2017
Hans Hoogervorst and Sue Lloyd introduce new Board members and talk about the recently issued Materiality Practice Statement. They also provides updates on the Primary Financial Statements project, rate-regulated activities, business combinations under common control and dynamic risk management. There are further updates on the Conceptual Framework and current IFRS Interpretations Committee projects.
Jul 2017
Hans and Sue provide an update on the latest developments on IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts, including the Financial Stability Board’s statement on the Standard. They also talk about some of the materials the IFRS Foundation is making available to help companies prepare for the implementation of the Standard and provide an overview of investor feedback on the new accounting requirements. Sue also talks about the Board’s lively discussion about the Materiality Practice Statement, the Board’s plans to issue a minor amendment to IFRS 9 Financial Instruments. Hans summarises the education sessions on goodwill and impairment and rate-regulated activities.
Jun 2017
Hans talks about the role conferences play in helping stakeholders implement new Standards. He also provides an overview of the Board’s June discussion on the Primary Financial Statement project and the potential introduction of new subtotals in the statement(s) of financial performance. Sue provides an overview of some of the Board’s implementation discussions, which included a potential amendment to IAS 8 regarding voluntary changes in accounting policies and the accounting for those. She also talks about the latest developments on the proposed minor amendments to IFRS 9 in relation to prepayable financial assets with so-called negative compensation.
May 2017
In this podcast, Sue provides an overview of implementation and maintenance activities discussed at the May Board meeting – including the IFRIC Interpretation on IAS 12 Income Taxes and an upcoming amendment to IAS 28 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures. She also talks about the ongoing Post-implementation Review of IFRS 13, the fair value measurement Standard. Darrel provides an overview of IFRS 17, which was issued in May, before Sue summarises some of the other activity during the month – including the activities during the Trustees meeting in Tokyo, Japan, and a new agreement the IFRS Foundation has signed with the World Bank.
Apr 2017
Sue provides an update on the Board’s most recent discussions on its Rate-regulated Activities project. Hans summarises the Board’s discussions on the definition of a business and the proposed screening test. Also discussed are some of the implementation issues that have been referred to the Board by the IFRS Interpretations Committee and two education sessions.
Mar 2017
Wider corporate reporting: Hans explains that the Board discussed the possibility of undertaking some work in this area that may entail updating the Practice Statement on Management Commentary; Primary Financial Statements: Hans outlines the call from investors for more line items and subtotals, and gives an overview of the scope of this project; and Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity: Sue explains what the Gamma approach is and that the Board expects to publish a Discussion Paper later this year.
Feb 2017
Feedback on the recent consultation on proposed changes to the definition of a business (IFRS 3); the Board’s discussions on how to account for rate-regulated activities; the comment period for the forthcoming proposed narrow-scope amendment to IFRS 9 regarding contracts with symmetric prepayment options; and the February ‘sweep issues discussion’ on the new insurance contracts Standard, following an external review of the draft Standard to ensure the wording is clear.
Jan 2017
Among the topics discussed are the upcoming insurance contracts Standard, the planned Post-Implementation Review of IFRS 13 (the fair value Standard), and the Board’s planned narrow-scope amendment to IFRS 9, the financial instruments Standard.
Date
Topics covered
Podcast
Dec 2016
This summary covers Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity, Implementation and maintenance of IFRS Standards, Rate-regulated Activities, the Conceptual Framework, Primary Financial Statements and the Disclosure Initiative.
Nov 2016
This summary covers Insurance Contracts, the Disclosure Initiative: Materiality Practice Statement, the Conceptual Framework, Primary Financial Statements and Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity.
Oct 2016
This summary covers the 2015 Agenda Consultation, IFRS for SMEs, the Disclosure Initiative: Principles of Disclosure, the Disclosure Initiative: Materiality, the Conceptual Framework and Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity.
Sep 2016
This summary covers the Conceptual Framework, Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity, the Draft Interpretation of IFRS 9 and IAS 28: Long-term interests and the 2015 Agenda Consultation.
Jul 2016
This summary covers Amendments to IFRS 4—Applying IFRS 9 Financial Instruments with IFRS 4 Insurance Contracts; Conceptual Framework—Definition of an asset, recognition and factors to consider when selecting a measurement basis; Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity; 2015 Agenda Consultation.
Jun 2016
This summary covers Goodwill and Impairment, Insurance Contracts, Conceptual Framework, Interpretations Committee matters.
May 2016
This summary covers Amendments to IFRS 4, 2015 Agenda Consultation, Conceptual Framework.
Apr 2016
This summary covers Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity, IFRIC Update, Agenda Consultation, Insurance and IFRS 9, Disclosure Initiative, Conceptual Framework, Business Combinations under Common Control, Goodwill and Impairment.
Mar 2016
This summary covers the Conceptual Framework, Amendments to IFRS 4: Applying IFRS 9 Financial Instruments with IFRS 4 Insurance Contracts, IFRS 3 Business Combinations—Definition of a business, Goodwill and Impairment, 2015 Agenda Consultation.
Feb 2016
This summary covers Insurance Contracts, Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity, IFRS Implementation Issues, Goodwill and Impairment.
Jan 2016
This summary covers Insurance Contracts, Fair Value Measurement, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, Research Project on Discount Rates.
Date
Topics covered
Podcast
Dec 2015
Revenue from Contracts with Customers, Research Programme, Disclosure Initiative, IFRS Implementation Issues, Definition of a business, Discount rates research, Effective date of amendments to IFRS 10 and IAS 28.
Nov 2015
Insurance Contracts, Fair Value Measurement, IFRS Implementation Issues, Post-employment benefits, Share-based Payment research, Goodwill and impairment.
Oct 2015
Leases, Pollutant pricing mechanisms, Update on Impairment Transition Group, Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity, Disclosure Initiative, Insurance Contracts, Different effective dates of IFRS 9 and the new Insurance Contracts Standard, IFRS Implementation Issues, Goodwill and Impairment, Definition of a business.
Sep 2015
Insurance Contracts, Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, Research Programme, Conceptual Framework, Disclosure Initiative, IFRS Implementation Issues, Business Combinations, Present value measurements.
Jul 2015
Insurance Contracts, Accounting for Dynamic Risk Management, Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity, Fair Value Measurement, Revenue from Contracts with Customer, Rate-regulated Activities, IFRS Implementation Issues, IFRS Taxonomy, Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets, Agenda Consultation .
Jun 2015
Insurance Contracts, Accounting for Dynamic Risk Management, Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity, Pollutant Pricing Mechanisms, Revenue from Contracts with Customer, Research Programme, Disclosure Initiative, IFRS Implementation Issues, The Equity Method of Accounting, Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets.
Apr 2015
Revenue Recognition, Disclosure Initiative, Research project on high inflation, Draft interpretation that the Interpretations Committee is going to issue relating to accounting for uncertainties in income taxes.
Mar 2015
Leases, Research Update, Disclosure Initiative, Revenue from Contracts with Customers—Issues emerging from TRG discussions, Conceptual Framework, Insurance Contracts.
Feb 2015
Revenue Recognition, Leases, PIR for IFRS 3 Business Combinations, Disclosure Initiative, Comprehensive review of IFRS for SMEs, public consultation for Rate Regulation and Macro Hedging.
Jan 2015
Leases, Disclosure Initiative, Insurance Contracts, Conceptual Framework, Comprehensive review of IFRS for SMEs, Emissions Trading Scheme.
Date
Topics covered
Podcast
Dec 2014
Leases, Comprehensive review of IFRS for SMEs, Disclosure Initiative, and various IFRS Interpretations Committee issues
Nov 2014
Insurance Contracts, Disclosure Initiative, Conceptual Framework, and Emission Trading Schemes
Oct 2014
Research Project, Disclosure Initiative, Leases, Conceptual Framework, and Insurance Contracts
Sep 2014
Disclosure Initiative, Insurance Contracts, Conceptual Framework (Materiality, Long-term Investing, Equity and Liabilities), and Post-implementation Review IFRS 3: Business Combinations
May 2014
Conceptual Framework, Leases, Insurance Contracts, Equity Method of Accounting, and Equity Method: Share of Other Net Asset Changes
Apr 2014
Conceptual Framework, Leases, Disclosure Initiative, Insurance Contracts, and Research Programme
Feb 2014
Fair Value Measurement: Unit of Account, Financial Instruments: Impairment, and Financial Instruments: Classification and Measurement
Jan 2014
Financial Instruments : Classification and Measurement, Financial Instruments: Impairment, Insurance Contracts, Leases, and Agriculture: Bearer Plants
Date
Topics covered
Podcast
Dec 2013
Equity Method: Share of Other Net Assets Changes (proposed amendment to IAS 28), Financial Instruments: Impairment, Financial Instruments: Classification and Measurement, and Fair Value Measurement: Unit of Account
Nov 2013
Revenue Recognition, Hedge Accounting, Impairment, Classification and Measurement, Leases, and Rate-regulated Activities
Sep 2013
Financial Instruments: Classification and Measurement, Financial Instruments : Impairment, Revenue Recognition, IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements amendments
Jul 2013
Revenue Recognition, Financial Instruments: Classification and Measurement, Financial Instruments: Impairment, Post-implementation Reviews, and Accounting for Macro Hedging
Jun 2013
Financial Instruments: Classification and Measurement, Comprehensive review of the IFRS for SMEs, Annual Improvements to IFRSs 2011-2013 Cycle, and Annual Improvements to IFRSs 2010-2012 Cycle
May 2013
Comprehensive review of the IFRS for SMEs, IFRS 3 Business Combinations: Mandatory Purchases of Non-controlling Interests, IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement: Novation of Derivatives and Continuation of Hedge Accounting, Conceptual Framework, Accounting for Macro Hedging, Revenue Recognition, and Financial Instruments: Classification and Measurement
Apr 2013
Comprehensive review of the IFRS for SMEs, Conceptual Framework, Financial Instruments: Hedge Accounting, and Post-implementation Review of IFRS 8 Operating Segments
Mar 2013
Agriculture: Bearer Biological Assets, IFRS for SMEs: Comprehensive Review 2012–2014, Conceptual Framework, Fair Value Measurement, Annual Improvements 2010–2012, proposed narrow-focus amendment to IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements, Revenue Recognition, and put options written on non-controlling-interests
Feb 2013
Insurance Contracts, Conceptual Framework, Revenue Recognition, Rate-regulated Activities, and Agriculture
Jan 2013
Disclosure Forum, Conceptual Framework, Insurance Contracts, Rate-regulated Activities, Financial Instruments: Hedge Accounting, matters arising from the IFRS Interpretations Committee, and Post-implementation Review of IFRS 8 Operating Segments
Date
Topics covered
Podcast
Dec 2012
Conceptual Framework, Financial Instruments: Impairment, Revenue Recognition, Insurance Contracts, Bearer Biological Assets, and Rate-regulated Activities
Nov 2012
Financial Instruments: Impairment, Revenue Recognition, Conceptual Framework, Insurance Contracts, Offsetting Disclosures—Amendments to IFRS 7 (Update), due process documents, and Enhanced Disclosure Task Force Report
Oct 2012
Insurance Contracts, Accounting for Macro Hedges, Impairment, Revenue Recognition, and IAS 8
Sep 2012
Leases, Insurance Contracts, Accounting for Macro Hedges, Classification and Measurement of Financial Instruments, Impairment, Revenue Recognition, Investment Entities, Rate regulated Activities, Bearer Biological Assets and Conceptual Framework
Jul 2012
Classification and Measurement of Financial Instruments, Impairment, Insurance Contracts, Investment Entities, Leases and Revenue Recognition
Jun 2012
Leases, Classification and Measurement of Financial Instruments, Insurance, investment Entities, reviews of IFRS 8: Operating Segments, and IFRS for SMEs
May 2012
Classification and Measurement of Financial Instruments, Impairment, Insurance Contracts, Investment Entities, Agenda Consultation, Leases and Revenue Recognition
Mar 2012
Insurance, Macro Hedge Accounting, post-implementation reviews, effective dates, and review of efficiency and effectiveness of the IFRS Interpretations Committee
Feb 2012
Impairment of Financial Assets, Insurance Contracts, Classification and Measurement of Financial Instruments, and Leases
Jan 2012
IFRS 9 Impairment, Classification and Measurement, Macro Hedge Accounting, Insurance Contracts, Agenda Consultation, and effective dates
Date
Topics covered
Podcast
Dec 2011
IFRS 9 Impairment, Classification and Measurement, Leases, and Insurance Contracts
Nov 2011
IFRS 9, Insurance, Leases, Macro Hedge Accounting, Offsetting, and Annual improvements
Jul 2011
Effective date of IFRS 9, Hedge Accounting, eg risk components and disclosures
Jul 2011
Lease Accounting, Impairment, effective dates (IFRS 9 and Revenue Recognition), Agenda Consultation and other matters (Hedge Accounting, Insurance, Disclosure)
Jun 2011
Insurance, Hedge Accounting, education sessions on Leases and Revenue Recognition
May 2011
Insurance, Leases, Revenue Recognition, Financial Instruments, and future activities
May 2011
Insurance, Hedge Accounting, education sessions on Leases and Revenue Recognition
Apr 2011
Insurance, Leases, Revenue Recognition, Hedge Accounting, Impairment, and future activities
Mar 2011
Revenue Recognition, Insurance, Leases, Financial Statement Presentation, effective dates consultation, and coming events
Feb 2011
Cross-cutting issues, Insurance Contracts, Revenue Recognition, Leases, Post-employment Benefits and Financial Instruments: Impairment
Feb 2011
Revenue Recognition, cross-cutting issues, Insurance, Leases, and Post-employment Benefits
Jan 2011
Revenue Recognition, Leases, comment letter database, Post-employment Benefits, and Insurance
Date
Topics covered
Podcast
Nov 2010
Technical plan, Emissions Trading Schemes, Impairment, and Post-employment Benefits
Oct 2010
Annual Improvements, Fair Value Measurement, Financial instruments: Amortised Cost and Impairment, Financial instruments: Hedge Accounting, Financial Statement Presentation, Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity, Leases, and Post-employment Benefits
Sep 2010
Emissions Trading Schemes, Fair Value Option for Financial Liabilities, Financial Instruments: Hedge Accounting, Financial Instruments: Impairment, Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity, Liabilities, and Rate-regulated Activities
Jul 2010
Insurance, Leases, Rate-regulated Activity, Financial Instruments, Impairment, and Income Taxes
Apr 2010
Insurance, Financial Statement Presentation, Leases, and Financial Instruments—Liabilities, and Consolidation
Jan 2010
Financial Instruments, Financial Statement Presentation, Insurance Contracts, and Leases
Interpretations Committee podcasts
Every quarter, the IFRS Foundation produces a podcast that focuses on the work undertaken by the International Accounting Standards Board and the IFRS Interpretations Committee to support consistent application of IFRS Standards. These podcasts report on discussions at meetings of the Interpretations Committee and provide an overview of other relevant activities in the period. They feature Sue Lloyd, vice-chair of the Board and chair of the Interpretations Committee, in discussion with a technical staff member.
Date
Topics covered
Podcast
Dec 2020
IFRS Interpretations Committee Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board Sue Lloyd joins Technical Staff Member Patrina Buchanan to talk about Board and Committee activities to support consistent application during the final quarter of 2020. They reflect on topics discussed at the Interpretations Committee meeting in December 2020 as well as the recently published educational materials on climate-related matters; topics covered include reverse factoring arrangements, classification of debt as current or non-current, cloud computing arrangements, defined benefit plans and inflation cash flow hedge accounting.
Oct 2020
IFRS Interpretations Committee Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board Sue Lloyd joins Technical Staff member Patrina Buchanan to talk about Board and Committee activities to support consistent application during the third quarter of 2020. They cover Board and Committee projects on sale and leaseback transactions, and discuss the IBOR amendments issued in August, as well as recent changes to the Due Process Handbook relating to agenda decisions.
Jul 2020
IFRS Interpretations Committee Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board Sue Lloyd joins Technical Staff member Patrina Buchanan to talk about Board and Committee activities to support consistent application during the second quarter of 2020. They reflect on topics under discussion at the Interpretations Committee meetings held in April and June 2020; topics covered include sale and leaseback transactions, player transfer payments, deferred tax and reverse factoring arrangements.
Apr 2020
IFRS Interpretations Committee Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board Sue Lloyd joins Technical Staff member Patrina Buchanan to talk about Board and Committee activities to support consistent application during the first quarter of 2020. They reflect on topics under discussion at the Interpretations Committee meetings held in January and March 2020, as well as other developments in that period. They cover the various questions discussed at these meetings, including the agenda decisions finalised on the definition of a lease, on training costs and on hyperinflationary foreign operations.
Date
Topics covered
Podcast
Dec 2019
Vice-Chair of the Board and Chair of the Interpretations Committee Sue Lloyd joins Technical Staff member Patrina Buchanan to discuss relevant activities and developments between October and December 2019. They summarise one final agenda decision to do with lease term and useful life of leasehold improvements, and two tentative agenda decisions—one relating to deferred taxes and the other to player transfer payments. They also discuss the status of several narrow-scope amendments that are currently in the process of being finalised.
Sep 2019
Vice-Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board and Chair of the Interpretations Committee Sue Lloyd joins Technical Staff member Patrina Buchanan to discuss IFRIC activities between June and September 2019, including updates to narrow-scope amendments. They summarise two finalised agenda decisions to do with hedge accounting and disclosure of financial liabilities, and five tentative agenda decisions relating to IFRS 15, IFRS 16, IAS 21, IAS 29 and hyperinflation.
Jul 2019
Vice-Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board and Chair of the Interpretations Committee Sue Lloyd joins Technical Staff member Patrina Buchanan for a discussion focusing on the June 2019 meeting of the Interpretations Committee. The podcast covers questions about applying the new financial instruments, revenue recognition and leases Standards—IFRS 9, IFRS 15 and IFRS 16—as well as the accounting for holdings of cryptocurrencies.
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Nov 2015
Michael Stewart, Jawaid Dossani, April Pitman and Bernadette Whittick give an overview of some of the issues discussed at the November 2015 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment and IAS 38 Intangible Assets—Variable payments for asset purchases, IAS 2 Inventories—Prepayments in long-term supply contracts and IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation—Offsetting and cash pooling.
Sep 2015
Michael Stewart, Takashi Yamagami, Jawaid Dossani and Bernadette Whittick give an overview of some of the issues discussed at the September 2015 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IFRS 5 Non-current Assets held for Sale and Discontinued Operations—Allocation of impairment losses to non-current assets within a disposal group and presentation of intragroup transactions between continuing and discontinued operations, IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements—Remeasurement of previously held interests in various transactions, IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement—Separation of an embedded interest rate floor from a floating rate host contract in a negative interest rate environment, and IFRS 9 Financial Instruments and IAS 28 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures: Impairment of long-term interests.
Jul 2015
Michael Stewart, Jawaid Dossani, Denise Durant and Akemi Miura give an overview of some of the issues discussed at the July 2015 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IAS 23 Borrowing Costs—Borrowing costs on completed qualifying assets, IFRS 2 Share-based Payment—Clarification and measurement of share-based payment transactions and IFRIC 14 IAS 19—The Limit on a Defined Benefit Asset, Minimum Funding Requirements and their Interaction: Should an entity assume continuation of a minimum funding requirement for contributions relating to future service?
Mar 2015
Michael Stewart, Hannah King, Jooeun Chung and Takashi Yamagami give an overview of some of the issues discussed at the March 2015 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IAS 21 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates—Draft Interpretation Foreign Currency Transactions and Advance Consideration: What is the date of the transaction for the purpose of identifying the applicable exchange rate?, IAS 12 Income Taxes—Exposure Draft Recognition of deferred tax assets for unrealised losses (Proposed amendments to IAS 12), IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements—Classification of joint arrangements: the assessment of ‘other facts and circumstances’ and IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements—Accounting by the joint operator: recognition of revenue by a joint operator.
Jan 2015
Michael Stewart, Hannah King, Shandhir Lachman and Denise Durant give an overview of some of the issues discussed at the January 2015 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IAS 21 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates–Transactions denominated in a foreign currency that involve a prepayment: Identifying the applicable exchange rate, IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement–the fair value hierarchy when third-party consensus prices are used, and IAS 40 Investment property–Should an investment property under construction be transferred from inventory to investment property when there is an evident change in use?
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Podcast
Nov 2014
Michael Stewart, April Pitman, Hannah King and Koichiro Kuramochi give an overview of some of the issues discussed at the November 2014 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IAS 2 Inventories—Should interest be accreted on prepayments in long-term supply contracts? IAS 21 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates—Revenue transaction denominated in a foreign currency—What is the date of the transaction for the purpose of identifying the applicable exchange rate for revenue recognition? IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment—Accounting for net proceeds and costs of testing for property, plant and equipment.
Sep 2014
Michael Stewart, Akemi Miura, Koichiro Kuramochi and Denise Durant give an overview of some of the issues discussed at the September 2014 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IFRIC 14 IAS 19—The Limit on a Defined Benefit Asset, Minimum Funding Requirements and their Interaction—Availability of refunds from a defined benefit plan managed by an independent trustee, IAS 28 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures—Fund manager’s significant influence over a fund and IFRS 12 Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities—Disclosures for a dubsidiary with a material non-controlling interest and for a material joint venture or associate.
Jul 2014
Michael Stewart, Won-Hee Han, Irina Makarova and Koichiro Kuramochi give an overview of some of the issues discussed at the July 2014 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements—Analysis of implementation issues, IAS 12 Income Taxes—Measurement of current income tax on uncertain tax position and IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment—Accounting for net proceeds and costs of testing for property, plant and equipment.
May 2014
Michael Stewart, Leo Piombino and Akemi Miura give an overview of some of the issues discussed at the May 2014 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IAS 12 Income Taxes—Threshold of recognition of an asset in the situation in which the tax position is uncertain, IAS 19 Employee Benefits—Remeasurement on a plan amendment, curtailment or settlement, IFRIC 14 IAS 19—The Limit on a Defined Benefit Asset, Minimum Funding Requirements and their Interaction—Availability of refunds from a defined benefit plan managed by an independent trustee.
Mar 2014
Michael Stewart, Won-Hee Han, Irina Makarova, Koichiro Kuramochi and Denise Durant give an overview of some of the issues discussed at the March 2014 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements—Classification of joint arrangements, IAS 2 Inventories and IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment—Accounting for core inventories, IAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors—Distinction between a change in an accounting policy and a change in an accounting estimate and IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting—Condensed statement of cash flows.
Jan 2014
Michael Stewart, Leo Piombino, Denise Durant, Won-Hee Han and Koichiro Kuramochi give an overview of some of the issues discussed at the January 2014 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IAS 12 Income Taxes—Threshold of recognition of an asset on uncertain tax position, IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements—Issues related to the application of IAS 1, IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements—Classification of joint arrangements, IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements—An investment entity subsidiary that also provides investment-related services.
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Podcast
Nov 2013
Michael Stewart, Koichiro Kuramochi, Anna Heining and Won-Hee Han give an overview of some of the issues discussed at the November 2013 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements: Investment Entities amendments—Definition of investment-related services or activities, IAS 17 Leases—Meaning of ‘incremental costs’, IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement—Accounting for a term-structure repo transaction and IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements—Summary of outreach on implementation issues.
Sep 2013
Michael Stewart, Kazu Sakaguchi, Denise Durant and Won-Hee Han give an overview of some of the issues discussed at the September 2013 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IAS 19 Employee Benefits—Exposure Draft Defined Benefit Plans: Employee Contributions, IFRS 2 Share-based Payment—Measurement of cash-settled share-based payment transactions that include a performance condition, IFRS 2—Price difference between the institutional offer price and the retail offer price for shares in an initial public offering and IFRS 5 Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations—Write-down of a disposal group and reversal of impairment losses relating to goodwill recognised for a disposal group.
Jul 2013
Michael Stewart, Liz Figgie, Leo Piombino and Patrick Le Flao give an overview of some of the issues discussed at the July 2013 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation—Classification of a financial instrument that is mandatorily convertible into a variable number of shares (subject to a cap and a floor) but gives the issuer the option to settle by delivering the maximum (fixed) number of shares, IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation—Classification of a financial instrument that is mandatorily convertible into a variable number of shares upon a contingent ‘non-viability’ event, IAS 19 Employee Benefits—Actuarial assumptions—Discount rate, IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures—Applicability of the amendments to IFRS 7 to condensed interim financial statements and IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements and IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements—Transitional provisions in respect of impairment, foreign exchange and borrowing costs.
May 2013
Michael Stewart, Thomas Harzheim, Denise Durant and Leonardo Piombino give an overview of some of the issues discussed at the May 2013 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IAS 12 Income Taxes—Recognition of deferred tax assets for unrealised losses, IFRS 5 Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations—Classification in conjunction with a planned IPO, but where the prospectus has not been approved by the securities regulator, IFRS 5 Non-current Assets held for Sale and Discontinued Operations—Change in Methods of Disposal and IAS 19 Employee Benefits—Actuarial assumptions—Discount rate.
Mar 2013
Michael Stewart, Ken Yoshimura, April Pitman, Leo Piombino, and Won-Hee Han give an overview of some of the issues discussed at the March 2013 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IFRS 2 Share-Based Payment—Share-based payment awards settled net of tax withholdings, IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements—Effect of protective rights on an assessment of control, IAS 19 Employee Benefits—Actuarial assumptions—Discount rate and IAS 28 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures—Elimination of gains arising from a transaction between a joint venturer and its joint venture.
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Podcast
Nov 2012
Michael Stewart, April Pitman, Leo Piombino and Patrick Le Flao give an overview of some of the issues discussed at the November 2012 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements—Disclosures about going concern, IAS 19 Employee Benefits—Actuarial assumptions—Discount rate and IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets—Interpretation on levies.
Sep 2012
Michael Stewart, Ken Yoshimura and Kazu Sakaguchi give an overview of some of the issues discussed at the September 2012 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IAS 19 Employee Benefits—Accounting for contribution-based promises—Reconsideration of Draft Interpretation D9 Employee Benefit Plans with a Promised Return on Contributions or Notional Contributions, IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement Income and expenses arising on financial instruments with a negative yield—Presentation in the statement of comprehensive income, IAS 19 Employee Benefits—Measurement of the net defined benefit obligation (DBO) for post-employment benefit plans with employee contributions and IAS 40 Investment Property—Accounting for a structure that appears to lack the physical characteristics of a building.
Jul 2012
Michael Stewart, Martin Friedhoff and Patrick Le Flao give an overview of the issues discussed in the July 2012 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements, IAS 28 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures—Accounting for the loss of control of a group of assets or a subsidiary between an investor and its associate or joint venture, IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement—Scope of paragraph AG5 and IAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows—Examples illustrating the classification of cash flows.
May 2012
Michael Stewart, Martin Friedhoff, Patrick Le Flao and Liz Figgie give an overview of the issues discussed in the May 2012 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement—Accounting for different aspects of restructuring Greek Government Bonds, IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets—Determining when to recognise a liability for levies and IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation—Put options written over non-controlling interests.
Mar 2012
Michael Stewart, Gary Berchowitz and Denise Durant give an overview of the issues discussed in the March 2012 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets—Determining when to recognise a liability for levies, IFRIC 12 Service Concession Arrangements—How to account for contractual payments made by operator under service concession arrangement, IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements—Presentation of expense for non-income taxes, IAS 12 Income Taxes—Accounting for the tax effects of market value uplifts allowed by new tax legislation for tax depreciation purposes, IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment/IAS 38 Intangible Assets—Revenue-based depreciation and amortisation, IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements—Purchase of an interest in a joint operation that contains a business, IAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows—Cash flow classification.
Jan 2012
Michael Stewart, Gary Berchowitz and Patrick Le Flao give an overview of the issues discussed in the January 2012 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets—Determining when to recognise a liability for levies, IAS 28 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures—Accounting for associate’s changes in equity, IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation—Accounting for put options written over shares held by non-controlling interests, IAS 2 Inventories—Long-term prepayments for inventory supply contracts and Annual Improvements—Deliberation of comments received on exposure draft.
Date
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Podcast
Nov 2011
Michael Stewart and Gary Berchowitz give an overview of the issues discussed in the November 2011 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets—Determining when to recognise a liability for levies, IAS 19 Employee Benefits—Applying the definition of termination benefits, IAS 38 Intangible Assets and IFRIC 12 Service Concession Arrangements—Selection of amortisation method, IFRIC 15 Agreements for the Construction of Real Estate—Clarification of the meaning of continuous transfer and IFRIC 12—Payments made by the operator in a service concession arrangement.
Sep 2011
Wayne Upton and Michael Stewart give an overview of the issues discussed during the September 2011 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets—Determining when to recognise a liability for levies, IAS 12 Income Tax—Applying the rebuttable presumption to determine the manner of recovery of investment property, IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements—Transitional requirements, meaning of 'the date of initial application', IFRS 3 Business Combinations—Definition of a business and IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements—Acquisition of an Interest in a Joint Operation.
Jul 2011
Robert Garnett and Michael Stewart give an overview of the issues discussed during the July 2011 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including consideration of when to recognise a liability (and associated charge) for levies (IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets), determining when the purchase of an investment property is a business combination (IFRS 3 Business Combinations and IAS 40 Investment Property), consideration of how to account for the acquisition of an interest in a joint operation where that joint operation carries on a business (IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements) and a discussion of concerns relating to the aggregation of operating segments and the identification of the Chief Operating Decision Maker in the context of segment disclosures (IFRS 8 Operating Segments).
May 2011
Robert Garnett and Michael Stewart give an overview of the issues discussed during the May 2011 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IAS 19 Employee Benefits—Defined contribution plans with vesting conditions, IAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows—Classification of interest paid that is capitalised as part of the cost of an asset, IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets and IFRIC 6 Liabilities arising from Participating in a Specific Market—Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment—Use of IFRIC 6 by analogy.
Mar 2011
Robert Garnett and Michael Stewart give an overview of the issues discvussed during the January 2011 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including accounting for production phase stripping costs in the mining industry, put options written over non-controlling interests, contingent pricing of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, and clarification of meaning of continuous transfer.
Jan 2011
Robert Garnett and Michael Stewart give an overview of the issues discussed during the January 2011 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including accounting for production phase stripping costs in the mining industry, put options written over non-controlling interests, current/non current classification of debt (rollover agreements), and contingent pricing of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets.
Date
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Podcast
Nov 2010
Robert Garnett and Michael Stewart give an overview of the issues discussed at the November 2010 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including put options written over non-controlling interests, current/non-current classification of debt, the Illustrative example 1 in IAS 41 relating to the issue of presentation of revenue, and vesting and non-vesting conditions.
Sep 2010
Robert Garnett and Michael Stewart give an overview of the issues discussed at the September 2010 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including developments on vesting and non-vesting conditions of share-based payments, statutory employee profit sharing arrangements, put options written over non-controlling interests and identifying key management personnel.
Jul 2010
Robert Garnett and Michael Stewart give an overview of the issues discussed during the July 2010 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting including accounting for waste removal costs of a surface mine, vesting and non-vesting conditions of share-based payments, accounting for put options written over non-controlling interests, amending the hard-wired dates in IFRS 1, reporting in accordance with IFRSs after a period of chronic hyperinflation and looking forward—Accounting for statutory profit sharing arrangements.
May 2010
Robert Garnett and Michael Stewart give an overview of the issues discussed during the May 2010 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting including Accounting for production stripping costs, Vesting and non-vesting conditions, Put options written over non-controlling interests, IFRS Interpretations Committee agenda decisions, IFRS Interpretations Committee tentative agenda decisions, Annual Improvements, and IFRS Interpretations Committee work in progress.
May 2010
Robert Garnett and Michael Stewart give an introduction to the IFRS Interpretations Committee and provide an overview of its work
The IFRS Foundation produces podcasts on an ad hoc basis that focus on developments in particular projects for which there is high stakeholder interest.
IFRS 17 podcasts
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Additional info
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May 2020
Darrel Scott, member of the International Accounting Standards Board, and Vitalina Kobernik, member of the technical staff, report on the discussion at the May 2020 meeting of the Board about Amendments IFRS 17.
Apr 2020
Darrel Scott, member of the International Accounting Standards Board, and Roberta Ravelli, member of the technical staff, report on the discussion at the April 2020 meeting of the Board about Amendments IFRS 17.
Mar 2020
Darrel Scott, member of the International Accounting Standards Board, and Chalani Mohotti, member of the technical staff, report on the discussion at the March 2020 meeting of the Board about Amendments IFRS 17.
Feb 2020
Darrel Scott, member of the International Accounting Standards Board, and Anne McGeachin, member of the technical staff, report on the discussion at the February 2020 meeting of the Board about the Amendments IFRS 17 project.
Jan 2020
Darrel Scott, member of the International Accounting Standards Board, and Roberta Ravelli, member of the technical staff, report on the discussion at the January 2020 meeting of the Board about Amendments IFRS 17.
Date
Additional info
Podcast
Dec 2019
Darrel Scott, member of the International Accounting Standards Board, and Vitalina Kobernik, member of the technical staff, report on the discussion at the December 2019 meeting of the Board about IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts.
Nov 2019
Darrel Scott and Nick Anderson, members of the International Accounting Standards Board, and Roberta Ravelli, member of the technical staff, report on the discussion at the November 2019 meeting of the Board about IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts.
May 2019
Darrel Scott, member of the International Accounting Standards Board, and Andrea Pryde, technical staff, report on the discussion at the May 2019 meeting of the Board about IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts.
Apr 2019
Darrel Scott, member of the International Accounting Standards Board, and Andrea Pryde, technical staff, report on the discussion at the April 2019 meetings of the Transition Resource Group for IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts and of the Board.
Mar 2019
Darrel Scott, member of the International Accounting Standards Board, and Andrea Pryde, technical staff, report on the discussion at the March 2019 meeting of the Board about IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts.
Feb 2019
Darrel Scott, member of the International Accounting Standards Board, and Laura Kennedy, technical staff, report on the discussion at the February 2019 meeting of the Board about IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts.
Jan 2019
Darrel Scott, member of the International Accounting Standards Board, and Roberta Ravelli, technical staff, report on the discussion at the January 2019 meeting of the Board about IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts.
Date
Additional info
Podcast
Dec 2018
Darrel Scott, member of the International Accounting Standards Board, and Roberta Ravelli, technical staff, report on the discussion at the December 2018 meeting of the Board about IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts.
Nov 2018
IASB member Darrel Scott and technical staff member Andrea Pryde report on the discussion at the November 2018 meeting of the Board regarding IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts.
Oct 2018
IASB member Darrel Scott and technical staff member Roberta Ravelli report on the discussion at the October 2018 meeting of the Board regarding IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts.
Sep 2018
The Transition Resource Group for IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts (TRG) held a meeting on 26–27 September 2018 at the London office of the IFRS Foundation. This podcast summarises the discussion.
May 2018
The Transition Resource Group for IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts (TRG) held a meeting on 2 May 2018 at the London office of the IFRS Foundation. This podcast summarises the discussion.
Feb 2018
Board member Darrel Scott joins staff member Hagit Keren to talk about the first technical meeting of the TRG. Topics discussed include: separation of insurance components, contract boundary, insurance acquisition cash flows, coverage units and other submissions received.
Date
Additional info
Podcast
Nov 2017
Board member Darrel Scott joins staff member Hagit Keren to talk about the first administrative meeting of the TRG. Topics discussed include: the purpose of the TRG, introduction to TRG members, process for submitting questions and future meetings.
Other podcasts released by the IFRS Foundation, including one-off episodes.
Date
Topics covered
Podcast
Oct 2020
Departing International Accounting Standards Board Member Darrel Scott and incoming Board Member Bruce Mackenzie talk about what it means to be an IASB member, what it’s like to work remotely and the importance of stakeholder engagement to the work of the IASB.
Date
Topics covered
Podcast
Sep 2018
IFRS Advisory Council Chair Joanna Perry joins IFRS Foundation’s Education Director Matt Tilling to provide a summary of the September Advisory Council meeting. Topics from this meeting include: the interplay between stakeholder engagement and timeliness and how to balance these with due process, comment letters and whether a more flexible approach would encourage appropriate feedback from a wider range of stakeholders and the future of talent and how the Foundation can attract it in the future.
Feb 2018
In the first meeting podcast of the IFRS Advisory Council, Advisory Council Chair Joanna Perry joins Director of Education Matt Tilling to discuss the role of the advisory body and how its suggestions are addressed by the International Accounting Standards Board, as well as other developments.
