IFRS
These newsletters from our Auckland based technical specialist Natalie Tyndall cover the complexities of the changes in the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). For updates from BDO around the world, go here.
Assurance Alert - November 2009
The latest edition of Assurance Alert includes:
- MAJOR changes on the way for Financial Reporting
- Handy tables depicting the summaries the proposed changes
Download your copy here.
Assurance Alert - October 2009
The latest edition of Assurance Alert includes:
- Reminders for Dec 2009 year end reporters
- Big changes proposed to financial instruments
- Hard times increase fraud risk
Download your copy here.
July 2009
- How to calculate an effective interest rate on a financial instrument
- Brace yourself for the next big bang! (The Balance Sheet has gone again)
Download the July Assurance Alert here
June 2009
- Operating Segments: Amendments to NZ IFRS 8
- More Financial Reporting Issues during the Economic Crisis
Download the June Assurance Alert here
April 2009
- Applying fair value in the global economic crisis
- Credit Card Fraud in the Current Economic Climate
- Amendments to NZ IFRS 7: Improving Disclosures about Financial Instruments
Download the April Assurance Alert here
February 2009
Includes:
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Reminders for current year end audits
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Guidance on measuring & disclosing fair value
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31 Dec 2008 Year Ends
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NZ IFRIC 15: Agreements for the Construction of Real Estate
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NZ IFRIC 17: Distributions of Non-cash Assets to Owners
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Download the February Assurance Alert here.
Download the February Alert here
October 2008
Includes:
Download the October edition here.
September 2008
Includes:
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NZ IAS 1 Presentation of financial statements
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Latest standards released by the ASRB
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BDO Seidman launch of Effective Audit Committees
Download the September Assurance Alert here
July 2008
Includes:
- Interest Rates to Impact June 2008 Financial Reports
- Latest Standards Released by the ASRB
- Current Exposure Drafts and Discussion Papers in Issues
- When is a Decrease in Value of an Available-for-Sale Equity Investment an Impairment?
Assurance Alert July 2008
May 2008
Includes:
- Issues faced by all entitites: disclosure checklist
- Industry Specific Issues (Finance Companies & Credit Unions, Aged Care, Investment Entities & Investments in Managed Funds
Assurance Alert May 2008
March 2008
Includes:
- NZ IFRS 07 - implications for your business
- Securities Commission Financial Reporting Surveillance Programme
- Delay of the Mandatory Adoption of NZ Equivalents to IFRS for certain small entities
- Impact of the Business Law Reform Bill on your business
Assurance Alert March 2008