Dear all
I suggest you an useful newsletter published by Deloitte (iasplus.com) that provides a high level overview of new and revised Standards and Interpretations that are effective for December 2009 and later accounting periods.
Have a good joining.
Simone Salvi
http://www.iasplus.com/iasplus/0912closingout2009.pdf

Dear all
Seasons greetings!!
We have purchased a fixed asset with value of USD 100,00/- specifically at the request of our client. We had the same equipment, but the client need two instead of one and the client agreed to reimburse the cost of additional one, once we install the same on site.
I just want to know whether I can capitalise the equipment as fixed asset in my books of account and claim depreciation on the asset.
The asset will be in our name and we are the owners of the asset. …

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How to treat the income which was earned and accounted in 2007, which is being partly refunded in 2009.
The organisation had legal rights to the income and there was no error in accounting, so it is not a prior period item and there is no changes in the accounting policy.  The income is just being refunded this year to keep the good faith and relations of certain parties.
Appreciate comments on the same.

Can a funding agency enter into a bilateral contract with an external auditor to subject a non-profit entity to an external financial audit? The supposed audit engagement fee will be paid directly by the funder to the external auditor. The non-profit does not become a party to the audit engagement. Then, who becomes the addressee of the audit report? Does the external auditor become an extension of the personality of the funder? IS there such a thing as a project audit that will not be within …

Para 4 of IAS 38 says “computer
software for a computer-controlled machine tool that cannot operate without
that specific software is an integral part of the related hardware and it is treated
as property, plant and equipment. The same applies to the operating system of a
computer.”
Its true for branded computers which come pre installed with windows. But If we buy a non branded computer (without opereating system, ofcourse) and purchase windows seperately. Should I recognize the windows under IAS 38 or include in hardware’s cost (treat it under IAS 16).

The Commission of European Communities has adopted:
- IFRIC 18 – IFRIC Interpretation 18 Transfers of Assets from Customers – http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:314:0015:0020:EN:PDF
Amendments to:
- IFRS 4 and IFRS 7 – http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:314:0021:0026:EN:PDF
- IFRIC 9 and IAS 39 – http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:314:0043:0046:EN:PDF

The Commission of European Communities has adopted:
- IFRS 1 First time adoption of international financial reporting standards (restructured in 2008), that replaced International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 1 First-time adoption of international
financial reporting standards
- IFRIC 17 – IFRIC Interpretation 17 – Distributions of Non-cash Assets to Owners
Quick links to related documents:
IFRS 1 – First-time adoption of international financial reporting standards – http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:311:0006:0020:EN:PDF
- IFRIC 17 – IFRIC Interpretation 17 – Distributions of Non-cash Assets to Owners – http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:312:0008:0013:EN:PDF

Dear all
this is just to inform you about an interesting resource about IFRS 1 published by Deloitte.
This is the Link
http://www.iasplus.com/dttpubs/0911ifrs1guide.pdf

For development of qualifying assets we took a loan from bank, as per ias 23, interest cost on loan taken for qualifying assets will be capitalized to those assets, as per the loan agreement interest rate was libor+1.5, initially libor was high so to cover the loss of probable higher rate of interest co. went in to interest rate swap and as per that now co. has to pay only fix 4.5%  now libor rate has gone down so my question is, loss on interest swap will be transferred to …

Hello I Have  A question
if i have more than a qualify asset at the same time (say 4) and i only have one loan
how i captilize the interest for each asset (give Examples )as they are all at the same time and they are all different??

Hello,
Can anyone tell me how the “loss identification period” (the period between the loss event and when the company becomes aware of it) should affect the probability of default in a collective provision model under the current IFRS standard on loan impairment?
Thanks!

I work in a company specialized in doing MRO for aircrafts, the issues that the work orders of the maintenance and repair takes from a month to 4 months direct salaries and materials are issued to the tasks and salaries are expensed in monthly basis and appears in the P&L while revenue will recorded once the job is completed and invoice is issued
Percentage of completion is not adopted, and the idea is to charge the cost to job order as work in progress (balance sheet) and recognize the revenue and …

The book “Accounting for Equity and Other Comprehensive Income: Dual Reporting Under U.S. GAAP and IFRSs”, by Francesco Bellandi, CPA, CA, ACCADipIFR, MBA, Sapienza Rome State University Press is now available on-line at at Dualgaap.com or Casalini.com. Paperback purchases can be ordered at redazionecasaeditrice@uniroma1.it.
This book examines and compares the reporting of stockholders’ equity as required by U.S. GAAP, SEC rules and regulations, and IFRSs (International Financial Reporting Standards), including proposed Exposure Drafts, Discussion Papers and relevant convergence efforts of the FASB and the IASB. The book also identifies grey …

Dear all,
We have given a contract to ship builders for construcing a vessel. As per the contract terms, if the builder delay the delivery of the vessel beyond agreed delivery date, they have to give us penalty of USD 10,000 per day. Now they have delivered the vessel after 373 days of the agreed date and we have received the penalty from them. How we can account the penalty income in our books, either as penalty income or by reducing the capital cost of the vessel. Kindly refer relevant IFRS …