IFRS 16

Impairment of leases… think outside the box!

In my last article I discussed impairment considerations regarding the new IFRS standard—IFRS 16 Leases—and its implications for a lessee. In this article I would like to show you one more consideration regarding the impairment of leases which may not be so apparent at first glance. Additionally I’ll discuss the accounting treatment of an impairment of lea […]

How does impairment look under IFRS 16 Leases?

As we’ve seen over the last few months, IFRS 16 has brought about a lot of changes to the existing treatment of leases, especially for lessees. Probably everyone, even if not significantly affected by this accounting standard, remembers at least the most important change: in many cases the lessees will now have to recognize their operating lease on balance she […]

The less obvious sides of ESMA’s enforcement priorities

Seeing as the dust hasn’t quite settled around IFRS 9, 15 and 16, it can be easy to focus all your attention on compliance with these standards and to sweep everything else under the rug for now. Good news: to a limited extent, you can! ESMA has indeed announced that their main enforcement priorities will involve the three standards mentioned above. However […]

What IFRS disclosure priorities to expect from the CSSF

In October, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) released its 2018 enforcement priorities for listed entities. They mainly focus on IFRS 9 and IFRS 15, which are effective from 1 January 2018, as well as on IFRS 16, which goes live in about a month, on 1 January 2019. Why are these priorities important in Luxembourg? Well, anyone who looks int […]

Don’t neglect this one aspect of IFRS 16 (Leases)!

As I’m sure everyone is well aware, IFRS 16 is now effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019. Although for most of you this means a very real impact only in your 2019 financial statements, there are the (un)lucky few that have to prepare half year reports. But even before we hit that mark, there is the future impact assessment—require […]

We wanted IFRS insights—so we went straight to the source

Reserved, technical, conservative... is generally what comes to mind when picturing the writer of an accounting standard. That was the image our IFRS team took to Frankfurt, to the annual IFRS conference hosted by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). Our plan was to corner one IASB board member in particular for insights—Mary Tokar, who literal […]