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The IASB issued amendments to IAS 21 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates that require entities to provide more useful information in their financial statements when a currency cannot be exchanged into another currency. The AcSB will ballot the final amendments and complete its endorsement process in Q4 2023.

The Board reviewed a draft response letter to the IAASB’s Exposure Draft, ISA 570, Going Concern and discussed comments received on the AASB’s Exposure Draft of CAS 570, Going Concern. Read the decision summary for more details.

Read our In Brief on Section 3465, Income Taxes – International Tax Reform – Pillar Two Model Rules. We discuss how entities that apply Part II may be impacted by the Pillar Two Model rules issued by the Organisation for Economic Development (OECD).

Ensuring that standard setting in Canada is adequately resourced and the activities of the AcSB, the AASB, PSAB and the CSSB continue without disruption is of utmost importance, write the Chairs of AASOC and AcSOC, Kevin Nye and Lorraine Moore.

On July 17, 2023, the AcSB responded to the IASB Exposure Draft, “Amendments to the Classification and Measurement of Financial Instruments.” In our response letter, we were broadly supportive of the amendments outlined in the Exposure Draft. However, we recommended that the IASB clarify or provide additional application guidance for several of its proposals and give additional flexibility on the proposed criteria associated with the derecognition of financial liabilities paid using an electronic payment system. Read our letter for more on the matters we raised to the IASB for further consideration.

The AcSB is performing research to better understand and consider accounting for crypto-asset activities. The goal of our research is to identify what constitutes decision-useful information to financial statement users. Read about how we plan to bring awareness to crypto-asset accounting issues and advance evidence-informed standard setting conversations on this topic. Our first paper, “Accounting for Crypto-asset Activities: Crypto-asset Holdings – Payment Tokens,” is out now.

The AcSB discussed Sustainability, the Post-implementation Review of IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers, progress on its Annual Plan, and more. Read the Decision Summary for full details, including how you can provide feedback on these initiatives.

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board unanimously approved the draft International Standard on Sustainability Assurance (ISSA) 5000, General Requirements for Sustainability Assurance Engagements, for public consultation. The consultation will be open from early August until early December 2023. Read more details on the proposed ISSA. 

Could changing existing accounting standards through scaling better meet the needs of entities of all sizes and those who use them? Share your experience and help the AcSB decide on the direction for this project. Public sector entities have until July 31, 2023, to weigh in.

The IASB published a Request for Information, “Post-implementation Review of IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers.” Respond directly to the IASB with your feedback by October 27, 2023. In addition, stay tuned for more information on our upcoming virtual roundtables to help inform the Board’s response to the IASB.