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Example Consolidated Financial Statements 2008

12 Nov 2008

'Example Consolidated Financial Statements 2008' is a publication by the IFRS team at Grant Thornton International Ltd.  The preparation of financial statements in accordance with IFRS is always challenging.  Recently the challenges have increased further as a result of the publication by the IASB of several new Standards and Amendments that will have a significant impact both on the presentation of the primary statements and the accompanying disclosures.

BSP Issues Guidelines

06 Nov 2008

The Monetary Board (MB) of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) adopted and issued Circular 628 on October 30, 2008 guidelines to financial institutions on relassifying financial assets between categories in response to amendments made by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) on International Accounting Standard (IAS) 39, Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement and International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 7, Financial Instruments: Disclosures.  Earlier, on October 23, 2008, the BSP also issued Circular 626 adopting the amendments to IAS 39 and IFRS7. 

IASB Expert Advisory Panel Published Fair Value

02 Nov 2008

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) recently issued amendments to IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement and IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures that would permit the reclassification of some financial instruments in rare circumstances.

October 2008 IFRS News

30 Oct 2008

The October edition leads with an article on the announcement by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission of a roadmap which sets out the milestones to the possible adoption of IFRS by US companies.  This also include recent changes that have taken place and some that are expected in the near future before finishing with a round up of the proposals the IASB currently has out for comment and the implementation dates of Standards that are about to come into effect.

July 2008 IFRS News

30 Oct 2008

The July edition leads with an article on the International Accounting Standards Board’s (IASB) latest plans for convergence with its counterpart in the United States, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).  It also includes recent changes that have taken place and some that are expected to occur in the near future as well as commenting on the effect the credit crisis may have on the future reporting of financial instruments.