Dialogue with standard setters. Amendments to IAS 1 regarding non-current liabilities with covenants

By | 2023-09-28T10:03:10+02:00 September 28th, 2023|

Stefano Bianchi / Financial Reporting / 1-2023


The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) in January 2020 issued “Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current”, which amended IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements. The main purpose of the amend-ments regards the classification of financial liabilities and how to classify them under particular circumstances. The amendments are proposed to be effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2023, with earlier application permitted. Due to feedback received and enquiries about the classification of financial liabilities with financial covenants, in December 2020 the IFRS Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) published a tentative agenda decision in response to such feedback. Subsequently, in October 2022 the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) published a document titled “Non-current Liabilities with Covenants (Amendments to IAS 1)”. The purpose of this document is to clarify the conditions with which an entity must comply within twelve months after the reporting period affect the classification of a liability. The amendments are ef-fective for reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2024. The classification of financial liabilities as current or non-current is an im-portant consideration for financial reporting purposes, as it can have a significant impact on a company’s financial statements and financial ratios. Current liabilities are those that are expected to be settled within one year, while non-current liabilities are those that are expected to be settled beyond that time frame. The purpose of the following review is to analyse the main impacts of the amendments on the classification of the financial liabilities with covenants and the project’s history and timeline.


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Exploring the accounting community perspective on the “Consultation Paper on Sustainability Reporting”

By | 2023-09-28T09:58:18+02:00 September 25th, 2023|

Cristian Carini, Laura Rocca, Monica Veneziani, Claudio Teodori/ Financial Reporting / 1-2023


The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) in January 2020 is-sued “Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current”, which amended IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements. The main purpose of the amend-ments regards the classification of financial liabilities and how to classify them under particular circumstances. The amendments are proposed to be effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2023, with earlier application permitted. Due to feedback received and enquiries about the classification of financial liabilities with financial covenants, in December 2020 the IFRS Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) published a tentative agenda decision in response to such feedback. Subsequently, in October 2022 the International Accounting Stand-ards Board (IASB) published a document titled “Non-current Liabilities with Covenants (Amendments to IAS 1)”. The purpose of this document is to clarify the conditions with which an entity must comply within twelve months after the reporting period affect the classification of a liability. The amendments are ef-fective for reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2024. The classification of financial liabilities as current or non-current is an important consideration for financial reporting purposes, as it can have a significant impact on a company’s financial statements and financial ratios. Current liabilities are those that are expected to be settled within one year, while non-current liabilities are those that are expected to be settled beyond that time frame. The purpose of the following review is to analyse the main impacts of the amendments on the classification of the financial liabilities with covenants and the project’s history and timeline.

 


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Dialogue with standard setters. The impairment test in contexts of socio-economic and financial turbulence

By | 2023-09-25T10:51:35+02:00 February 9th, 2023|

Marco Vulpiani, Simone Chirchiglia, Claudio Rossetti/ Financial Reporting / 2-2022


 


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The role of the Big Four audit firms and the legal system in non-GAAP comparability

By | 2022-07-29T16:10:10+02:00 June 5th, 2022|

Riccardo Macchioni, Alessandra Allini, Martina Prisco / Financial Reporting / 1-2022


The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the firms with the same Big Four audit firm and from the same legal system disclose more comparable non-GAAP measures. Using 23,436 pairs of European firms, we hand-collected information on the non-GAAP measures disclosed in the statement of comprehensive income. The results showed that the firms with the same Big Four audit firm or from the same legal system are positively and significantly associated with non-GAAP comparability. Our work adds to the studies on accounting comparability. Furthermore, it provides fresh insights that support the latest IASB activity on the Primary Financial Statement project, under which the standard setter has endorsed ED/2019/7 General Presentation and Disclosures.

 


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IAS 1 revised e nuova rappresentazione della performance economica nel bilancio: evidenze empiriche da Italia e Francia

By | 2017-12-29T17:33:55+01:00 December 27th, 2017|

Incollingo Alberto, Di Carlo Ferdinando/ Financial ReportingRiviste / Fascicolo: 2-2012


A partire dai bilanci dell’esercizio 2009, l’applicazione dello IAS 1 revised richiede al conto economico l’evidenza del total comprehensive income, una misura di performance che si ottiene sommando alla tradizionale figura del profit or loss quei valori non realizzati (segnatamente, variazioni di fair value) che, in precedenza, erano iscritti direttamente a patrimonio netto e quindi non partecipavano alla formazione del reddito di periodo. Con questa ricerca gli autori si pongono l’obiettivo di misurare l’impatto che l’adozione del prospetto di conto economico complessivo ha comportato sulla rappresentazione della performance periodica d’impresa, in Italia e Francia, osservando l’entità e la volatilità del nuovo risultato economico, nonché la sua composizione.

From the annual reports of the year 2009, the adoption of the IAS 1 revised has required to show in the income statement the total comprehensive income, a performance measure that results adding to the traditional figure of profit or loss the unrealized gains and losses (particularly, fair value changes) that, previously, were directly placed in the net equity and weren’t part of net income. In this research authors want to investigate the impact of the new statement of comprehensive income on the firm performance representation, in Italy and France, by observing the amount and the volatility of this new measure, as well as its composition.

Keywords: IAS 1, performance, comprehensive income, financial statement presentation, statement of comprehensive income, volatility


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