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IFRS 9 began as a joint project between IASB and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), which promulgates accounting standards in the United States. The boards published a joint discussion paper in March 2008 proposing an eventual goal of reporting all financial instruments at fair value, with all changes in fair value reported in net income (FASB) or profit and loss (IASB). [1]
IAS 13 Presentation of Current Assets and Current Liabilities 1979 January 1, 1981: July 1, 1998: IAS 1: IAS 14: Reporting Financial Information by Segment (1981) Segment reporting (1997) 1981 January 1, 1983: January 1, 2009: IFRS 8: IAS 15 Information Reflecting the Effects of Changing Prices 1981 January 1, 1983: January 1, 2005: N/A IAS 16
These are based on information from various sources. The starting point was the responses provided by standard-setting and other relevant bodies to a survey that the IFRS Foundation conducted. As of August 2019, profiles are completed for 166 jurisdictions, with 166 jurisdictions requiring the use of IFRS Standards. [7]
Comprehensive income (IAS 1: "Total Comprehensive Income") is the total non-owner change in equity for a reporting period. This change encompasses all changes in equity other than transactions from owners and distributions to owners.
A journal entry is the act of keeping or making records of any transactions either economic or non-economic. Transactions are listed in an accounting journal that shows a company's debit and credit balances. The journal entry can consist of several recordings, each of which is either a debit or a credit. The total of the debits must equal the ...
IAS prescribes that the discount rate should be based on high quality corporate bonds (usually interpreted as corporate bonds with a credit rating of AA) (paragraphs 78-82 of IAS 19). “Surplus” (the excess of assets over liabilities) can be increased or reduced when actuarial assumptions are not realised, and the accounting method needs to ...
In accounting, adjusting entries are journal entries usually made at the end of an accounting period to allocate income and expenditure to the period in which they actually occurred. The revenue recognition principle is the basis of making adjusting entries that pertain to unearned and accrued revenues under accrual-basis accounting .
Closing entries are journal entries made at the end of an accounting period to transfer temporary accounts to permanent accounts. An "income summary" account may be used to show the balance between revenue and expenses, or they could be directly closed against retained earnings where dividend payments will be deducted from.