IFRS 16 ‘Leases’ applies to most entities reporting under IFRS Accounting Standards that engage in leasing transactions and often has a significant impact on lessees’ financial statements, particularly in relation to property and high‑value equipment.

Our Insights into IFRS 16 series summaries key areas of the standard and aims to demystify those key requirements that are challenging to apply in practice.

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A new global standard on revenue – Manufacturing industry

IFRS 15

Grant Thornton looks at the potential impact of IFRS 15 'Revenue from Contracts with Customers' for revenue recognition in the manufacturing industry.

IFRS 15: revenue from customer contracts

IFRS

After more than five years in development the IASB and FASB have at last published their new, converged Standard on revenue recognition – IFRS 15 ‘Revenue from Contracts with Customers’. IFRS 15 replaces IAS 18 and IAS 11 and will affect almost every revenue-generating entity that applies IFRSs. We applaud the two Boards for delivering a converged Standard in this critical area.

IFRS 9 hedge accounting

IFRS

IAS 39 ‘Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement’, the previous Standard that dealt with hedge accounting, was heavily criticised for containing complex rules which either made it impossible for entities to use hedge accounting or, in some cases, simply put them off doing so.

Valuing intangibles under IFRS 3

IFRS

This guide includes practical guidance on the detection of intangible assets in a business combination and also discusses the most common methods used in practice to estimate their fair value. It provides examples of intangible assets commonly found in business combinations and explains how they might be valued.