Beyond the GAAP newsletter
Each month, the newsletter Beyond the GAAP aims at keeping readers informed of financial and sustainability reporting developments.
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Beyond the GAAP - No.156 - June 2021
At the end of June, Hans Hoogervorst, Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board, has stepped down after a 10-year tenure. Andreas Barckow, who has previously served on several IFRS Foundation advisory bodies, has taken over for a first mandate as head of the IASB as of 1 July.
Beyond the GAAP - No.153 - March 2021
Here we are in March again with something of a feeling of déjà vu, and it is unfortunately still difficult to estimate the full extent of the pandemic’s impact on companies’ financial performance.
Beyond the GAAP - No.151 - January 2021
2021 opens with a relatively stable IFRS framework in which to prepare the consolidated financial statements for this financial year, given the limited number and scope of the standards coming into force on 1 January.
Beyond the GAAP - No.152 - February 2021
A major development this month is the publication of a proposed amendment to IFRS 16 in the light of the ongoing public health crisis: the practical expedient that was rushed through by the IASB last spring may now be applied to rent concessions granted up to 30 June 2022, rather than 30 June 2021.