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While a number of Malaysian Financial Reporting Standards were amended as a consequence of the release of MFRS 18, the most significant amendments were made to the following Malaysian Financial Reporting Standards

Under the new requirements of MFRS 18, items of income and expense are not classified based on their own nature, but rather they are classified based on the nature of the asset, liability or transaction from which they are derived.

Under the new requirements of MFRS 18, items of income and expense are not classified based on their own nature, but rather they are classified based on the nature of the asset, liability or transaction from which they are derived.

Under the new requirements of MFRS 18, items of income and expense are not classified based on their own nature, but rather they are classified based on the nature of the asset, liability or transaction from which they are derived.

Entities should begin preparing for MFRS 18 ‘Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements’ sooner rather than later. Changes from MFRS 101 ‘Presentation of Financial Statements’ could have a significant impact on the financial statements.

The Malaysian Accounting Standards Board (MASB) has released amendments to MFRS 9 (equivalent to IFRS 9) ‘Financial Instruments’ and MFRS 7 (equivalent to IFRS 7) ‘Financial Instruments: Disclosures’, following a post-implementation review (PIR) of MFRS 9 completed by International Accounting Standard Board (IASB). The amendments also include consequential changes to MFRS 19 (equivalent to IFRS 19) ‘Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures’ to reflect the amendments made to MFRS 7.

On 14 June 2024 the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board (MASB) published a new standard; The new standard, MFRS 18 ‘Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements’ (the Standard) replaces MFRS 101 ‘Presentation of Financial Statements’ and will impact every reporting entity that currently uses International Financial Reporting Standards (MFRS).

This article examines the scope of the Standard and considers situations where a contract issued by a non-insurance entity may fall within that scope.

This article focuses on share-based payments directly between the reporting entity and a counterparty.

This article provides an overview including the objective and scope of MFRS 2.

Our ‘Insights into MFRS 3’ series summarises the key areas of the Standard, highlighting aspects that are more difficult to interpret and revisiting the most relevant features that could impact your business.

Our ‘Insights into MFRS 3’ series summarises the key areas of the Standard, highlighting aspects that are more difficult to interpret and revisiting the most relevant features that could impact your business.

On 26 June 2023 the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) released its first two International Sustainability Disclosure Standards (IFRS SDS or the Standards) that become effective for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2024.

This article provides a summary of the MFRS 136 disclosure requirements and highlights particular areas of focus for regulators, including select illustrative examples for these areas of focus.

This article considers some regularly encountered application issues when applying MFRS 136, which are the ‘deferred tax and goodwill problem’, non-controlling interests, equity accounting, and the interaction between MFRS 136 and other MFRS.

Our ‘Insights into MFRS 8’ series is designed to illustrate how MFRS 8 should be applied and it provides guidance and insight in some problematic areas. We also include several examples illustrating the Standard’s requirements. This article sets out example disclosures of segment information.