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With 13 members newly appointed, the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) Implementation Committee has begun its work to develop the initial institutional structure for this new standard-setting board. Membership includes representation from both of Canada’s standard-setting oversight councils and subject matter experts in sustainability from across the country. 

The IASB issued narrow-scope amendments to add subsequent measurement requirements to IFRS 16 Leases. The amendments explain how a company accounts for a sale and leaseback after the date of the transaction. The AcSB will ballot the final amendments and complete its endorsement process in Q4 2022. 

The Board discussed its draft response to the IAASB’s Exposure Draft, “Proposed Narrow Scope Amendments to ISA 700 (Revised), Forming an Opinion and Reporting on Financial Statements, and ISA 260 (Revised), Communication with Those Charged with Governance.” It also discussed issues related to Audit Evidence, Fraud, Going Concern, Sustainability, and more. Read the full Decision Summary for details.

The Board discussed the Independent Review of Standard Setting, International Strategy, Financial Statement Presentation Standard, Employee Benefits, and other matters. Read the Decision Summary for full details.

The IASB has published an Exposure Draft, Third edition of the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard as part of its second comprehensive review of the standard. Stakeholders are encouraged to respond by March 7, 2023.

The AcSB discussed Contributions, Cloud Computing Arrangements, Related Party Combinations, Reporting Controlled and Related Entities, Sustainability, Pension Plans, and more. Read the Decision Summary for full details, including how stakeholders can provide feedback on these initiatives.

The AASB has provided an update on its progress to finding a solution for practitioners in applying Canadian Auditing Standards to audits of less complex entities. Read the Report for full details.

PSAB is embarking on its Future Work Plan Consultation to gather input on the projects it should take on, to help fulfill the strategies identified in its Strategic Plan 2022-2027. Read the Consultation Paper and provide your input via our Survey.

AcSOC and AASOC formulated their response to the ISSB’s “Climate-related Disclosures” Exposure Draft, using feedback gathered from an extensive cross-section of Canadian stakeholders through various forums. Read our comment letter for Canada’s response to the proposed objective of the Exposure Draft, requirements for identifying climate-related risks and opportunities, scenario analysis, transition plans and carbon offsets and more.

AcSOC and AASOC formulated their response to the ISSB’s “General Sustainability-related Disclosures” Exposure Draft, using feedback gathered from an extensive cross-section of Canadian stakeholders through various forums. Read our comment letter for Canada’s response to the Exposure Draft which includes feedback to issues such as: the overall approach to sustainability-related risks and opportunities disclosure, objectives and definition of sustainability-related financial information, materiality, global baseline, frequency of reporting, and more.