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[15 Dec 2008 | No Comment | 2,346 views]

Dear all,
 
An answer to the following question would be much appreciated:
 
If no hedge accounting is applied, should all changes in fair value of derivatives be recognized as financial income or expense (so below operating result) or is recording of the change in fair value within operating result allowed?
 
 
Further, does anyone have one clear memo, including example journal entries of the various possble accounting issues (cf hedge, fv hedge net investment in foreign operation) applying hedge accounting and not-applying hedge accounting and if possible, all other accounting (including journal entries) not applying …

IFRS »

[15 Dec 2008 | No Comment | 1,608 views]

Dear IFRSListers
Has anyone in the group dealt with carbon credit accounting under IFRS
yet? If so, please advise.
Regards
Vatsala

No business case as such. IFRIC 3 dealt with Emissions and was applied
by many companies until its withdrawal in 2005 as it resulted in
massive volatilities in the financial statements though it was the
correct way to apply IFRS for carbon credit accounting. IAS 8 applies
now.A fellow professional asked me this question and my research proved
unsatisfactory. I just want to know if any colleagues on this list are
still applying IFRS accounting and how they are dealing …

IFRS »

[14 Dec 2008 | No Comment | 3,785 views]

Is there any guideline for measurement of loan impairment and recognition of interest income by using effective rate method

Asim

well Esther the UK leads the path i.e. the UK tax authorities are the only ones in Europe which accept IFRS reporting to the extent that its website http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/ does have a section allocated to differences between IFRS and UK GAAP
I wish in Germany they had the same thing!!!!!

 

Asim
 
Below is the list of applicable paragraphs from IAS 39 for measurement of loan impairment:
 

                 Financial assets carried at amortized cost

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If there is objective evidence …

IFRS »

[28 Aug 2008 | No Comment | 4,182 views]

Hi everyone
I want to know the difference between IFRS and IAS.  As, there are IAS 1 to 41 standards already existing then why IFRS 1 to 8 was developed.
Secondly, are these two standards working parallel to each other or IAS is abondoned and now IFRS is working?
If someone could please guide me.Well I am “sorry” to ask a basis question from honourable members.
Sincerely,

Salman

See this link for the first question,

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Financial_Reporting_Standards
 
The second Q: yes they are parallel, as long as an IAS is not replaced by an IFRS it remains valid. Companies …