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The IASB has published IFRS 16 ‘Leases’ completing its long-running project on lease accounting. This special edition of IFRS News series explains the key features of the new Standard and provides practical insights into its application and impact.

The IASB has published IFRS 16 ‘Leases’ completing its long-running project on lease accounting. This special edition of IFRS News series explains the key features of the new Standard and provides practical insights into its application and impact.

The world is changing. The financial crisis emphasised the extent to which financial systems are connected globally. This interconnectedness not only brings greater prosperity, but also greater concentrations of systemic risk.

The IASB has published IFRS 16 ‘Leases’ completing its long-running project on lease accounting. This special edition of IFRS News series explains the key features of the new Standard and provides practical insights into its application and impact. We have covered the introduction and scope of IFRS 16 in the March 2016 issue. In this issue, the details of the new lessee accounting approach are discussed.

The IASB has published IFRS 16 ‘Leases’ completing its long-running project on lease accounting. This special edition of IFRS News series explains the key features of the new Standard and provides practical insights into its application and impact.

This issue discusses the accounting for financial liabilities with a demand feature (on-demand financial liabilities). This publication considers the accounting implications when the entity no longer expects the counter-party to demand repayment.

This is a series of issues that provide guidance on the practical application issues of MFRS 107 Statement of Cash Flows. Part V will be the last section of the series of Cash flow statements – common pitfalls and application issues.

This is a series of issues that provide guidance on the practical application issues of MFRS 107 Statement of Cash Flows. There are a number of presentation issues that have created differences in the practical application of MFRS 107.

This is a series of issues that provide guidance on the practical application issues of MFRS 107 Statement of Cash Flows. There are a number of presentation issues that have created differences in the practical application of MFRS 107.

Applying MFRS 107 Statement of Cash Flows gives rise to a number of interpretive and application issues. Increasingly, regulators and other commentators on financial statements are highlighting errors or inconsistencies in application of the standard.

Applying MFRS 107 Statement of Cash Flows gives rise to a number of interpretive and application issues. Increasingly, regulators and other commentators on financial statements are highlighting errors or inconsistencies in application of the standard.

This issue discusses the accounting for financial liabilities with a demand feature (on-demand financial liabilities). This publication considers the accounting implications when the entity no longer expects the counter-party to demand repayment.

As the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) meets today (22 July 2015) to discuss the 2017 implementation date for new global revenue recognition rules, Grant Thornton is asking the accounting board to delay implementation, as a global business survey finds that many businesses are not expecting to be ready by 2017.

Although some see International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as a regulatory burden, the evidence suggests that global standards actually oil and accelerate the wheels of global economic growth. Andrew Watchman explains.

Loan agreements often include covenants that, if breached by the borrower, permit the lender to demand repayment before the loan’s normal maturity date. Such covenants may, for example, require the borrower to maintain one or more key financial ratios (such as interest cover or a debt to equity ratio) above or below a stated benchmark level.

This issue provides guidance on accounting for debt instruments that include options allowing the borrower to repay the debt before the end of its full contractual term.