Segment Reporting for IFRS 8

Segment reporting provides financial information about the individual units of the company. It’s intended to give information to users of the financial statements regarding the financial performance and position of the most important operating units of a company.

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Four Things About Employee Benefits You Should Know for IAS 19

What you need to know for IAS 19 Employee Benefits

  1. Accounting treatment of short term and long term employee benefits
  2. Accounting treatment of pension plans (defined contribution and defined benefit)
  3. How to account for gains and losses on settlements and curtailments
  4. How to account for the “Asset Ceiling” test and the reporting of actuarial gains and losses.

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What are ‘Earnings’ for EPS in IAS 33?

Earnings For the purpose of calculating basic earnings per share under IAS 33, earnings is the net profit after deducting: Tax Non-Controlling Interest (Minority Interest) Non-controlling interest So earnings is the net profit after tax minus any minority interest. So how do we adjust the minority interest out of the EPS calculations? Simply take the …

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Two Things to Know About Leases for IAS 17

In this article we’ll look at: Accounting treatment of leases by lessors (as well as lessees) How to account and discuss sale and leaseback transactions Lease Accounting Treatment – Lessor For Finance Leases De-recognises the tangible asset (and recognises resultant gain/loss). Lessor recognises a receivable equal to the net investment of the lease. Leased asset …

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