1082: IFRS Technical Update

This two-day course brings delegates up-to-date with IFRSs and IFRICs that were issued, amended or become effective within 12 months, and presents information on other recent and impending pronouncements. Topics to be covered are finalized in the run-up to the course in order to be as current as possible.

The course covers the following new Standards, Interpretations and amendments to existing Standards (includes those effective 2010 or later):

• Revised IFRS 3 Business Combinations (January 2008, effective July 2009)
• Consequential amendments to IAS 27 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements, IAS 28 Investments in Associates and IAS 31 Interests in Joint Ventures (January 2008, effective July 2009)
• Amendments to IFRS 1 – Additional Exemptions for First-time Adopters (July 2009, effective January 2010)
• Amended IFRS 2 Share-based Payment – Group Cash-settled Transactions (June 2009, effective January 2010)
• Improvements to 12 IFRSs (April 2009, effective January 2010)
• Amendments to IAS 24 – Related Party Transactions (November 2009, effective January 2011
• New Standard – IFRS 9 Financial Instruments: Classification and Measurement (November 2009, effective 2013)
• Improvements to 7 IFRSs (May 2010, effective January 2011)
• IFRIC 17: Distribution of Non-cash Assets to Owners (November 2008, effective July 2009)
• IFRIC 18: Transfers of Assets from Customers (January 2009, effective July 2009)
• IFRIC 19: Extinguishing Financial Liabilities with Equity Instruments (November 2009, effective July 2010) )
• IFRS for Small and Medium-sized Entities (SMEs) (July 2009, effective when jurisdictions choose to adopt)
• Amendment to IFRIC 14 – Prepayments of a Minimum Funding Requirement (November 2009, effective January 2011)