Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A main purpose of the project to develop IFRS 15 was that, although revenue is a critical metric for financial statement users, there were important differences between the IASB and FASB definitions of revenue, and there were different definitions of revenue even within each board's guidance for similar transactions accounting for under different standards. [3]
In May 2014, the FASB and IASB issued new, converged guidance on revenue recognition. This guidance, known as ASC 606 (or IFRS 15), aims to improve consistency in recognizing revenue from contracts with customers. [3] ASC 606 became effective in 2017 for public companies and 2018 for private companies. [4]
IFRIC 15 Agreements for the Construction of Real Estate 2008 January 1, 2009: January 1, 2018: IFRS 15: IFRIC 16 Hedges of a Net Investment in a Foreign Operation 2008 October 1, 2008: IFRIC 17 Distributions of Non-cash Assets 2008 July 1, 2009: IFRIC 18 Transfers of Assets from Customers 2009 July 1, 2009: January 1, 2018: IFRS 15: IFRIC 19
International Financial Reporting Standards, commonly called IFRS, are accounting standards issued by the IFRS Foundation and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). [1] They constitute a standardised way of describing the company's financial performance and position so that company financial statements are understandable and ...
In 2021, The IFRS Foundation introduced a new semantic twist as it decided to establish the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) as a sister standard-setter to the IASB. Under the new terminology, IFRS consist of the combination of accounting standards issued by the IASB and of sustainability-related standards issued by the ISSB.
IFRS 1; IFRS 2; IFRS 4; IFRS 5; IFRS 7; IFRS 9; IFRS 10; IFRS 10, 11 and 12; IFRS 11; IFRS 12; IFRS 13; IFRS 15; IFRS 16; IFRS 17; IFRS Foundation; International Public Sector Accounting Standards; International Sustainability Standards Board
IFRS are issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). IPSASB adapts IFRS to a public sector context when appropriate. In undertaking that process, the IPSASB attempts, wherever possible, to maintain the accounting treatment and original text of the IFRS unless there is a significant public sector issue which warrants a departure.
In particular, Shyam Sunder of the Yale School of Management has called the link between convergence and comparability "overblown", [6] while the cost and pace of adoption have been cited as the most common criticism of the SEC's 2008 convergence roadmap, [5] which set milestones that potentially lead to mandatory adoption of IFRS in 2014. [15]