IFRS is the language of the global capital markets. PwC professionals will help you to keep up to date and share their perspectives on an increasingly complex financial reporting environment.
Reflections on six years as an IFRS Interpretations Committee member and more. In this month’s episode, Anu Pandya is joined by Karsten Ganssauge for an overview of the topics discussed at the June 2025 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting as well as Karsten’s reflections at the end of his term as an IFRS Interpretations Committee member. Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepage...
In this episode of IFRS Talks, we explore how global tariffs and economic uncertainty can affect covenant compliance. We will explore the Amendments to IAS 1 on non-current liabilities with covenants and discuss how these changes affect financial reporting. Anu Pandya is joined by Olaf Pusch and Gerda Burger from our Global Corporate Reporting Services team, who will provide valuable insights for navigating these challenges. Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepage ....
The IASB issued targeted amendments to IFRS 9 relating to the date of recognition and derecognition of financial assets and financial liabilities. In this episode, Anu Pandya is joined by Claire Howells and Chris Raftopoulos, corporate treasury experts in PwC UK, to discuss how these amendments impact how entities account for cash transfers using common payment methods. Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepage ....
Sustainability reporting is a vast and evolving area. PwC’s Sustainability Reporting Guide (SRG) serves as a compendium of the reporting requirements under the sustainability frameworks expected to have the broadest impact globally, including ESRS, IFRS® Sustainability Disclosure Standards, and the SEC Climate disclosure rules. We are joined by Katie Woods, from PwC’s Global CRS Sustainability Reporting team and one of the authors of the SRG. Find out more at: https://viewpoint.pwc.com/dt/gx/en/...
In their search for carbon neutral power, entities enter more frequently into contracts that reference nature-dependent electricity. In December 2024, the IASB amended IFRS 7 and IFRS 9 to help companies report better on these power purchase agreements. We are joined by Roger Sagmoen who is a member of PwC’s Global Corporate Services team and who has followed this IASB project from the beginning. Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepage and read our In-Brief here...
In December 2024, PwC released its latest Global Investor Survey. We are joined by Eleanor Larner who shares with us some of the findings from this year’s survey. We explore what is top of mind for investors, what they are looking for in disclosures and what that means for companies as they prepare their 2024 reports. Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepage and read the Global Investor Survey ....
When is an economy hyperinflationary? And can R&D expenditure relating to climate-commitments create an intangible asset? In this month’s episode, Laura Kennedy is joined by Karsten Ganssauge for an overview of the topics discussed at the December 2024 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting. Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepage https://viewpoint.pwc.com/dt/gx/en/pwc-ifrs-talks/PwC-IFRS-talks/Listen-to-the-latest-episode.html...
In our October episode, Laura Kennedy is joined by Olaf Pusch to talk about the new accounting standard - IFRS 19 ‘Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures’. The new standard will lower the costs of financial reporting by reducing disclosure requirements for eligible subsidiary financial statements.
In this month’s episode, Laura Kennedy is joined by Karsten Ganssauge for an overview of the September 2024 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting.
In this month's episode Laura is joined by Eleanor Larner and Katie DeKeizer to hear about PwC's Global CSRD Survey 2024, key sustainability reporting implementation challenges and new application guidance.
In this month’s episode, Laura Kennedy is joined by Karsten Ganssauge for an overview of the June 2024 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting.
Laura and Gary are joined by Nick Barlow from the IASB's technical staff, to talk about the new standard - IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosures in Financial Statements. IASB IFRS 18 implementation support page https://www.ifrs.org/supporting-implementation/supporting-materials-by-ifrs-standards/ifrs-18/ PwC In brief ‘IFRS 18 is here: redefining financial performance reporting’ https://viewpoint.pwc.com/dt/gx/en/pwc/in_briefs/in_briefs_INT/in_briefs_INT/ifrs-18-is-here-redefining-financial-perfor...
In this special edition, Laura is joined by Craig Smith from the IASB technical staff, for an overview of the IASB's latest consultation on proposals aimed at improving reporting about acquisitions. Exposure Draft Business Combinations—Disclosures, Goodwill and Impairment (open for comment until 15 July 2024) https://www.ifrs.org/news-and-events/news/2024/03/iasb-consults-on-proposals-to-improve-reporting-of-acquisitions/
Climate-related commitments, post-acquisition handovers and the IFRS 9 post-implementation review. In this month’s episode, Laura Kennedy is joined by Karsten Ganssauge for an overview of the March 2024 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting. Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks https://viewpoint.pwc.com/dt/gx/en/pwc-ifrs-talks/PwC-IFRS-talks/Listen-to-the-latest-episode.html
Seven years since the IASB issued its most recent Standard (IFRS 17), 2024 is set to be the year of IFRS 18 and IFRS 19. And that 's not all. This month Laura is joined by Marie Kling and Netta Mikkilä to take a look at the IASB's standard-setting agenda for the year. Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepage https://viewpoint.pwc.com/dt/gx/en/pwc-ifrs-talks/PwC-IFRS-talks/Listen-to-the-latest-episode.html
Trust, tech and transformation. As we kick-off the new year, Laura Kennedy is joined by PwC’s Global Reporting Leader Nadja Picard, and Eleanor Larner from our global investor engagement programme to find out what investor’s want to know about how companies are managing crises and staying resilient, while creating and protecting long-term value in today’s fracturing world. PwC’s Global Investor Survey 2023 https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/issues/c-suite-insights/global-investor-survey.html...
Does a company need to record a balance sheet liability for the costs associated with its net zero commitments? In this month’s episode, Laura Kennedy is joined by Karsten Ganssauge and Scott Bandura for a special edition of our IFRIC Update, focusing on accounting implications of net zero commitments, as well as other climate-related matters. Guidance referred to in this episode: PwC 2023 Illustrative Consolidated Financial Statements (Appendix E: Impact of climate change on financial statement...
In this month’s episode, Laura Kennedy is joined by Andy Wiggins and Gary Berchowitz to talk about the OECD’s global minimum tax (aka ‘Pillar Two’ or ‘GLoBE’). Listen in for an overview of the rules, practical challenges, safe harbours, and accounting implications.
In this month's episode, Laura Kennedy is joined by Katie DeKeizer and Jan-Ben Wiese to talk about sustainability reporting. Listen in for key developments so far in 2023, what's to come, and a guide to commonly used acronyms and terms including alphabet soup, double materiality and interoperability. Guidance referred to in this episode: PwC’s global sustainability reporting page .
Join Laura Kennedy and Karsten Ganssauge as they discuss three topics from the June 2023 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting: Energy contracts and the ‘own-use’ exemption from financial instrument accounting Mergers between a parent and its subsidiary Consolidation when the parent is hyperinflationary but the subsidiary is not
Join Raihazah Shaikh, Mark Randall and Laura Kennedy as they discuss the latest developments under IFRS 9 classification and measurement. Topics include: An overview of what is involved in the post implementation review The proposed amendments to IFRS 9 covering contractual cash flow characteristics and electronic cash payment systems.
Join Raihazah Shaikh and Karsten Ganssauge for an update of the March 2023 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting. Topics include: Three new submissions: Homes and home loans provided to employees, Guarantee over a derivative contract and Premiums Receivable from an Intermediary; Potential annual improvements on the accounting for lease payments forgiven (IFRS 9 and IFRS 16) and Possible changes to the impairment test of cash-generating units containing goodwill.
How to account for carbon offsets and related costs? Claire Howells and Gina Huang join Raihazah Shaikh to share their perspectives on the accounting for carbon offsets and related costs from the perspective of a purchaser and the perspective of a project developer.
What do investors want to know about this reporting season? In this podcast, Hilary Eastman and Eleanor Leach join Raihazah Shaikh to share their perspectives.
Join Raihazah Shaikh and Henry Daubeney as they take stock of sustainability related reporting covering the three proposals, the ISSB S1 and S2 exposure drafts, the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and the SEC proposed climate rule. They also look ahead to developments that are expected in 2023
Join Raihazah and Karsten Ganssauge for an update on the November 2022 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting. Topics include assessing the definition of a lease when considering substitution rights and potential annual improvements to existing IFRS standards.
Join Raihazah Shaikh and Laura Kennedy for an overview of the accounting considerations in a rising inflation and interest rate environment. Topics include key themes to consider on the impact to the measurement and disclosures; examples of areas that might be impacted, and examples of where additional disclosures might need to be considered in accordance with IAS 1.
Join Raihazah and Karsten Ganssauge for an update on the September 2022 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting. Topics include three agenda decisions finalised on multi-currency groups of insurance contracts, accounting for warrants at acquisition in a SPAC transaction and lessor forgiveness of lease payments. The Committee also discussed the staff’s proposal on the IAS 21 amendments on lack of exchangeability.
Join Raihazah Shaikh and Gina Huang as they reflect on PwC’s learnings over the past year in relation to cloud computing arrangements following the IFRIC agenda decisions in March 2019 (Customer’s Right to Receive Access to the Supplier’s Software Hosted on the Cloud (IAS 38 Intangible Assets)) and March 2021 (Configuration or Customisation Costs in a Cloud Computing Arrangement (IAS 38 Intangible Assets)).
Join Raihazah Shaikh, Henry Daubeney and Scott Bandura for an overview of PwC’s response to the ISSB exposure drafts and a summary of next steps in sustainability related reporting. Topics include key themes in PwC’s response letter, areas of focus in each individual exposure draft and an overview of other upcoming developments.
