Summary of the July 2019 ASAF meeting now available

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12 Aug, 2019

The IASB staff have published a summary of the Accounting Standards Advisory Forum (ASAF) meeting held in London on 11 and 12 July 2019.

The topics covered during the meeting were the following (numbers in brackets are ref­er­ences to the cor­re­spond­ing para­graphs of the summary):

  • Business combination under common control (1–12): The ASAF provided views related to the application of alternative approaches as well as how to apply a current value approach and predecessor approach.
  • Man­age­ment com­men­tary (13–26): The ASAF provided views on the staff’s proposals related to the notion of narrative coherence and identifying and reporting matters that could affect the entity’s long-term success.
  • IBOR reform (27–43): The ASAF provided information on the current state of interest rate benchmark reform in their jurisdictions and discussed their views on financial reporting issues discovered. The members also discussed how they should address the issues in phase II of the project.
  • Better communication — Primary financial statements (44–59):  The ASAF commented on possible approaches to structuring the new requirements. In addition, the members planned outreach events during the comment period.
  • Variable and contingent consideration (60–65) — The ASAF discussed the FRC’s project on the conceptual basis for transactions involving variable and contingent consideration.
  • Business reporting of intangibles: realistic proposals (66–70): The ASAF provided views on the FRC’s discussion paper and gave suggestions for developing FRC’s analysis on intangible assets.
  • Discussion Paper Accounting for Pensions Plans with an Asset-return Promise (71–73): The ASAF commented on the EFRAG’s discussion paper where they had mix views on the three accounting alternatives.
  • Updated and agenda plan (74–76): The ASAF discussed items to be added to the proposed agenda for the October 2019 ASAF meeting.

A full summary of the meeting is available on the IASB's website.

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