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IFRS is the lead story in new FEE European Update

25 Sep 2004

The European Federation of Accountants (FEE) has published a new edition of its European Update newsletter.

Several stories relate to IFRSs including the lead story "Call for Global Standards: IFRS". Click to (PDF 219k). Also, FEE is sponsoring a European Congress for SMP/SME Accountants in 7-8 October 2004 in Spain. The IASB's SME Project is on the agenda.
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Richard G Humphry of Australia is new IASCF trustee

25 Sep 2004

Richard G Humphry of Australia has been named a Trustee of the IASC Foundation (parent body of the IASB) representing the Asia-Pacific region.

Mr Humphry will fill the vacancy left by the death of Kenneth Spencer and will begin his three-year term on 1 January 2005. Mr Humphry is Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) Limited. His nomination carries the support of the International Federation of Accountants and the Financial Reporting Council of Australia. Click for Press Release (PDF 18k).
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Notes from the third day of the IASB meeting

24 Sep 2004

The IASB met in London on 21-24 September 2004. You will find our Combined Notes from the Four-Day Meeting Here.

The Board also met with its partner national standard-setters 27 and 29 September 2004 and with representatives of standard setting bodies from over 30 countries on 27 and 28 September.
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AAA International Accounting Section website

22 Sep 2004

The International Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association has launched its New Website.

The URL is http://aaahq.org/international/index.html.
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Normas para el Sector Público en Español

22 Sep 2004

Las Normas Contables Internacionales para el Sector Público (International Public Sector Accounting Standards - IPSASs), elaboradas por el Comité del Sector Público de la Federación Internacional de Contadores se encuentran ahora Disponibles en Español. .

Las Normas Contables Internacionales para el Sector Público (International Public Sector Accounting Standards - IPSASs), elaboradas por el Comité del Sector Público de la Federación Internacional de Contadores se encuentran ahora Disponibles en Español.

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ARC will consider IAS 32 and IFRIC 1

22 Sep 2004

In our news story of 20 September we noted that after the EC Accounting Regulatory Committee (ARC) meets on 1 October 2004, both IAS 32 and IFRIC 1 will remain to be considered for endorsement in Europe.

The ARC is scheduled to meet again on 30 November 2004, at which time those two pronouncements will be considered.
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Notes from the second day of the IASB meeting

22 Sep 2004

The IASB met in London on 21-24 September 2004. You will find our Combined Notes from the Four-Day Meeting Here.

The Board also met with its partner national standard-setters 27 and 29 September 2004 and with representatives of standard setting bodies from over 30 countries on 27 and 28 September.
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Notes from the day one of the IASB meeting

22 Sep 2004

The IASB met in London on 21-24 September 2004. You will find our Combined Notes from the Four-Day Meeting Here.

The Board also met with its partner national standard-setters 27 and 29 September 2004 and with representatives of standard setting bodies from over 30 countries on 27 and 28 September.
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Deloitte comment letter on IFRIC D9

22 Sep 2004

We have submitted our letter of comment on IFRIC Draft Interpretation D9 Employee Benefit Plans with a Promised Return on Contributions or Notional Contributions: (PDF 59k). Summary of D9. Deloitte's overall view: We note that the IFRIC's conclusions in paragraphs 4(a) and 5 of the draft interpretation are consistent with the tentative decisions of the US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).

Given the similarities between International Financial Reporting Standards and US GAAP in the accounting for employee benefits, we encourage the IFRIC to coordinate with the FASB (and other national standard-setters) in the development of guidance on the accounting for employee benefit plans that have a promised return (sometimes referred to as 'cash balance plans').

We generally agree that an employee benefit plan with a promised return on contributions or notional contributions is a defined benefit plan under IAS 19 Employee Benefits (IAS 19) and that in applying IAS 19 to such benefits the specified changes in the plan liability should be treated as actuarial gains and losses

You will find all past Deloitte comment letters to IASB/IASC Here.
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New IASB financial instruments working group

21 Sep 2004

The IASB has announced the membership of its new working group on financial instruments.

The financial instruments working group will help the IASB take a fresh look at the accounting standard IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement by examining and questioning the fundamentals of the standard within the context of the IASB's Framework. "The review will therefore focus on improving, simplifying, and ultimately replacing IAS 39 and will examine broader questions of the application and extent of fair value accounting – a topic on which the IASB has not reached any conclusion. Although any major revision of IAS 39 may take several years to complete, the IASB is willing to revise the standard in the short term if any immediate solutions emerge from the working group's discussions", the Board's announcement said.

Members of the IASB Financial Instruments Working Group

Name

Title

Organisation

Country

Melissa Allen

European Head of New Business and Technical Accounting Support

Credit Suisse First Boston

United Kingdom

Jeannot Blanchet

Managing Director - Equity Research

Morgan Stanley

France

Joseph Boateng

Manager, Pension Funds

Johnson & Johnson

United States

Philippe Bordenave

Group Chief Financial Officer

BNP

France

Gunther Gebhardt

Professor

Johann Wolfgang Goethe University

Germany

Mark Kirkland

Vice President, Corporate Treasury

Philips

The Netherlands

Francois Masquelier

Head of Corporate Finance and Treasury

RTL

France

Esther Mills

First Vice President, Head of Accounting Policy

Merrill Lynch

United States

Ralph Odermatt

Managing Director, Head of Group Accounting Policies and Support

UBS

Switzerland

Russell Picot

Group Chief Accounting Officer

HSBC

United Kingdom

Francis Ruijgt

ING Group Corporate Insurance Risk Management, Deputy Chief Insurance Risk Officer

International Actuarial Association/ING Group

The Netherlands

Yoshio Sato

Partner in Financial Industries Group

Deloitte

Japan

Elisabeth Schmalfuss

Head of Accounting and Controlling Policies

Siemens

Germany

Sadaki Takagi

Senior Director for Bank Accounting

Japanese Bankers Association

Japan

Bob Uhl

Partner

Deloitte

United States

Pauline Wallace

Partner in IFRS Services

PwC

United Kingdom

Peter Zegger

Corporate Centre Controller

Unilever

The Netherlands

Observers

  • Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
  • European Central Bank
  • European Financial Reporting Advisory Group
  • International Organization of Securities Commissions

 

Also participating:

  • Staff of the US Financial Accounting Standards Board

 

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