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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.
Discusses about accounting for loan commitments that are outside the scope of MFRS 139.
To discusses the application of MFRS 137 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets to onerous operating leases for the lessee.
This issue will provide guidance on the accounting treatment of lease extensions and renewals.
This issue will provide guidance on impairment issues of lease prepayments.
This illustrative set of financial statements sets out good practice in the application of the presentation and disclosure requirements of IFRS for year-end reporters. It reflects changes in IFRS that are effective for the year ending 31 December 2013.
IFRS News is your quarterly update on all things relating to International Financial Reporting Standards. We’ll bring you up to speed on topical issues, provide comment and points of view and give you a summary of any significant developments.
This issue will provide guidance on how and when should the investor record a change in its ownership interest when an associate (investee) issues new shares under a share-based payment scheme.
A contract to issue share-based contingent consideration (shares) should be measured at its fair value on the acquisition date for the purpose of determining the consideration transferred in exchange for the acquiree.
This publication provides a high-level summary of recent changes to IFRS that will affect companies' future financial reporting. Changes are colour coded to help Chief Financial Officers identify the changes that will affect them most.
This issue specifically provides guidance on accounting that should be applied by the joint arrangement (either a joint operation or joint venture) receiving non-monetary contributions upon its initial formation.
Grant Thornton looks at the potential impact of IFRS 15 'Revenue from Contracts with Customers' for revenue recognition in the life sciences industry.
This issue provides guidance on the accounting of acquisition of additional investments in associates and joint ventures.
The IASB has published IFRS 15 ‘Revenue from Contracts with Customers’.