The Requirements Of The Fasb / Iasb Lease Project

Despite those enormous advantages, it has been argued that IFRSS adoption lead to significant costs. The main argument is that IFRSs do not consider local needs and priorities as every country has their own ‘business environment, legal systems, cultures, language and political environment’ (Henderson and Peirson, 2000 cited from Malthus, S., 2004). However, to overcome this problem, IASB can accommodate flexible reporting standards that enable companies to choose alternatives that are more suitable for their external condition. It is opinion of some opponents of IFRS adoption that IAS is ‘insufficiently detailed’ (Uddin,M.S., 2005, p.4) that require accountants’ and auditor’ professional judgment. However, overly detail might be contra productive and not flexible in anticipating every changes and differences.

Case 11-6 deals with Lessee Ltd., a company that operates in Britain and uses IFRS. The question in this case is how to classify a lease that Lessee, Ltd. acquired from Lessor Inc. The accounting standard that deals with leases under IFRS is IAS 17. IAS 17 was originally issued in September 1982 and was reissued in December 2003. It classifies leases as either finance leases or operating leases. Finance leases make it so that the lessee recognizes an asset and a liability and the lessor recognizes a receivable, basically transferring all the risks and benefits of ownership. Under operating leases, the lessor still recognizes the asset and the lessee recognizes an expense.

In 2018 it will be mandatory that AASB111 and AASB108 are replaced by AASB15. This new standards main principle necessitates entities to recognise revenue to portray the transfer of goods or services to customers in amounts that mirror the payment, of which the company expects to be entitled. AASB15 also provides regulation for transactions that were not previously addressed thoroughly, such as service revenue and contract modifications. Essentially it presents a 5 step system of Identifying the contracts with the customer, identifying the separate performance obligations in the contract, determining the transaction price, allocating the transaction price to certain performance obligations and recognizing revenue when or as the entity fulfils performance obligations – This is demonstrated towards the end of the report with a

Dhaliwal, Dan, 2011. The Impact of Operating Leases on Firm Financial and Operating Risk.. Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance., [Online]. Volume 26 Issue 2, 151-197.. Available at: http://web.ebscohost.com.simsrad.net.ocs.mq.edu.au/ehost/detail?vid=3&sid=9317bb11-bcea-4e15-99f8-3930c890a726%40sessionmgr111&hid=103&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl

Another important point is the regulatory environment Wesfarmers involved, which can have direct economic consequences and affect its accounting and disclosure requirements (Leung, 2007). The relevant auditing standards can refer to ASA 250. In this case, Wesfarmers has just take

Wide range of entities will be impacted by the introduction of AASB 15, especially in the industry of construction, manufacturing, telecommunications and real estate (Moore Stephens Australia, 2015). While Deloitte (2016) stated that many companies may face a challenging implementation as AASB could not only impact an organisation’s financial reporting, but also may have changes to existing processes, internal controls and other business elements. For Lend lease, many impacts might be arisen on transaction as it is a construction company. The first one can be concluded that by adopting AASB 15, construction companies like Lend lease can bring revenue forward. An example of AASB 15 may result in revenue being recognised earlier than existing accounting standard is where the construction contract includes an award bonus. AASB 15 will include the bonus from the

The purpose of this paper is to examine and discuss ASC 840 Leases specifically Capital, Operating and Sale-Leaseback summarizing the essential components of the standard including recognition, measurement, subsequent measurement, financial, political, and economic impact for the company and its investors.

Codification was needed to clarify entry to ASC, refine accuracy of analysis, reduce risk of non-compliance, organize the research procedure, maintain problem-solving updates and collaborate with IFRS merging

IASB. 2010, "The Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting" IFRS, pp. A21- A38, viewed 23 April 2014,

On February 24, the SEC unanimously agreed to publish a statement of continued support for a single set of high-quality global accounting standards. The SEC acknowledged that IFRS is best positioned to be the global standard. Even without a set conversion timeline from the SEC, IFRS has been affecting

With the possible of an IPO issuance, Alliance Appliance’s accounts may need to be restated on the basis of IFRS. The following report will advise you concerning the changes and intentions of such change in accounting standards on the company’s financial reporting, and any alternatives, reasoning and recommendations for your company moving forward.

Just recently the International Accounting Standards Board and the Financial Accounting Standards Board both released new requirements for leases that will be in effect for public companies 2018 and others in 2019. The purpose of this paper is to attempt to understand the thought process of the two organizations behind this change. The questions that are delved into are what changes have been made, whether managements were ethical in reporting of leases, the impact on financial reporting, the reason behind the changes, and the similarities as well as differences between the two standards.

The proposed changes regarding leases and their recognition on the balance sheet, has been released in an exposure draft ED 242 by Australian Accounting Standards Board, otherwise referred to as AASB. The purpose of these proposed changes aims to bring transparency and accountability to these reports prepared by Australian companies. Leasing “is a means of gaining access to assets, of obtaining finance, and of reducing an entity’s exposure to the risks of asset ownership.” (AASB Exposure Draft, 2013). This means provides investors with a clearer insight into the overall picture of a company’s assets and liabilities. Originally the standards set out by the AASB, were criticized as they failed in providing investors with a faithful

The new accounting standard IFRS 16 on leases is different in IAS 17 in many aspects. The adaption of this new IFRS will be applicable from 1st of Jan 2019. The thoroughly discussed standard has made attempt to bring the single model of accounting for Lessee the will discourage the off balance sheet financing and the on-balancing sheet reporting will be enhanced. However, on the Lessor end the accounting model has

IFRS addresses practical application issues that any entity is supposed and expected to encounter within the standards. These practical issues provide a comprehensive analysis. For instance, IFRS 1 provides extensive guidelines “…and addresses practical application issues that a first-time adopter of IFRSs could expect to encounter when transitioning to IFRSs”. (KPMG, 2009). The IFRS, being principle-based, generally do not contradict with Generally Accepted