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Public Sector Accounting Standards

2024-2025 Annual Improvements

Summary

Our Exposure Draft, “ 2024-2025 Annual Improvements to Public Sector Accounting Standards,” is intended to correct errors or clarify existing pronouncements in the CPA Canada Public Sector Accounting (PSA) Handbook. These annual improvements are not expected to propose any new principles or change any existing principles. Most important, the proposed annual improvements are not intended to change practice.

This Exposure Draft reflects the following main categories of improvements:

  • terminology updates;
  • amendments to enhance alignment of various sections of the PSA Handbook with PSAB’s Conceptual Framework and Reporting Model; and
  • other minor editorial updates to the PSA Handbook.

The final amendments will be issued in the Fall 2025 PSA Handbook update.

Staff Contact(s)

Sandra Waterson, CPA, CA Associate Director, Public Sector Accounting Board

Project Status

  • Information gathering
  • Approving project

    PSAB approval of draft PSAB Exposure Draft – 2024-2025 Annual Improvements at its Board meeting held December 2024

  • Engaging communities

    PSAB issued its Exposure Draft with a deadline of April 11, 2025

  • Deliberating feedback

    PSAB deliberated feedback on its Exposure Draft, “2024-2025 Annual Improvements to Public Sector Accounting Standards”

  • Final pronouncement

    The final PSA Handbook amendments will be published in November 2025, with an effective date of April 1, 2026.

Meeting & event summaries


December 11, 2024

PSAB Decision Summary – December 11-12, 2024

PSAB approved the Exposure Draft, “2024-2025 Annual Improvements.” The Exposure Draft is expected to be issued in early 2025, with a 60-day comment period. The Exposure Draft reflects the following main categories of improvements:

  • terminology updates;
  • amendments to enhance alignment of various sections of the PSA Handbook with PSAB’s Conceptual Framework and Reporting Model; and
  • other minor editorial updates to the PSA Handbook.

The proposed annual improvements are not intended to change practice.

Disclaimer

This project summary has been prepared for information purposes only. Decisions reported are tentative and reflect only the current status of discussions on this project, which may change after further Board deliberations. Decisions to publish Handbook material are final only after a formal voting process.