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The AcSB discussed Financial Statement Concepts, Contributions, its performance report, and more. Read the Decision Summary for full details.

The AcSB issued its Exposure Draft that corresponds to the IASB’s Exposure Draft on this topic. If you would like your feedback considered prior to our Board finalizing our comment letter, please respond by June 14, 2024. 

The IASB’s recently released Exposure Draft, “Addendum to the Exposure Draft Third edition of the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard,” supplements the Exposure Draft published in September 2022. We encourage you to respond directly to the IASB by July 31, 2024, to help shape accounting standards for SMEs.

The IASB’s newly issued IFRS Accounting Standard, IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements, aims to improve the usefulness of information presented and disclosed in financial statements. IFRS 18 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2027, with earlier application permitted.

The AcSB will ballot IFRS 18 and complete its endorsement process in Q2 2024. Find out more. 

The AASB wants your input on its 2026-2029 Strategic Plan! Complete our survey by June 28, 2024, to provide your views on whether our goals are responsive to the changing environment. Weigh in on what areas will significantly influence the audit and assurance landscape over the next five years and help us set the direction of our work. 

On March 28, 2024, the AcSB responded to the IASB’s Exposure Draft, “Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity,” issued in November 2023. The AcSB’s letter expressed overall support for the proposed disclosure and financial statement presentation requirements but noted that the classification and measurement proposals do not achieve the IASB’s objectives for the project. Read our letter to find out more! This letter is posted on an external website; if you need an accessible version, please email us at [email protected]. 

Read our overview of the IASB’s Exposure Draft “Business Combinations – Disclosures, Goodwill and Impairment,” and how it impacts your business. The proposed amendments affect how entities perform their goodwill impairment assessments and enhance disclosure requirements for business combinations. 

Watch our on-demand webinar to learn about the Exposure Drafts on proposed Canadian Sustainability Disclosure Standards (CSDS) 1 & 2, and to help prepare your response for our key documents.

The AcSB invites you to share your input on its Subsequent Measurement of Goodwill and Acquired Intangible Assets project to address challenges faced by private enterprises and not-for-profit organizations.

PSAB encourages interested and affected parties to respond to the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board’s (IPSASB) recently released Exposure Draft 88, Arrangements Conveying Rights over Assets (Amendments to IPSAS 47 and IPSAS 48). Respond directly to IPSASB by May 31, 2024, to ensure Canadian-specific issues and perspectives are considered.