The IFRS issued the IFRS Taxonomy 2015 today, which is is consistent with IFRS as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) at 1 January 2015 which included including Standards issued but not yet effective at that date. Follow for the full news story: http://www.ifrs.org/Alerts/XBRL/Pages/The-IFRS-Foundation-publishes-the-IFRS-Taxonomy-2015-.aspx Note: The IFRS Taxonomy Team announced that they will be holding a IFRS Taxonomy

The IFRS Foundation is pleased to announce New French translations for Investment Entities: Applying the Consolidation Exception (Amendments to IFRS 10, IFRS 12 and IAS 28)and Disclosure Initiative (Amendments to IAS 1). eIFRS Professional/eIFRS Comprehensive subscribers can access theses translations from the following: http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/PDFArchive?categoryId=469&sidebarCategoryId=1 The French translation of the Exposure Draft Classification of Liabilities (Proposed Amendments to IAS 1), can

The IFRS Foundation is pleased to announce that the IFRS Taxonomy 2015 publication is expected to be issued on March the 11th. This is provided by the IFRS Foundation’s to address the demand for an electronic standard to transmit IFRS financial information.. Click here for more information as to when the IFRS Taxonomy 2015 will be available http://www.ifrs.org/XBRL/Pages/XBRL.aspx Will you

The Accounting Standards Advisory Forum meeting is set for March 26-27. This is a public meeting taking place at the IASB office in London. Follow for the Agenda and meeting details: http://www.ifrs.org/Meetings/Pages/ASAF-meeting-March-2015.aspx   The meetings audio recording(Webcast recordings) will be made available shortly after the meeting finishes on the same page as the Agenda and meeting details. Have you attended

Europe celebrates 10 years of the application of IFRS. Philippe Danjou (Member of the IASB, former Director of Accounting Affairs of the AMF) summarizes the results of an IFRS Foundation wide-ranging study in an article entitled ‘The extension of the scope of IFRS’.   Read the article here: http://www.ifrs.org/Features/Documents/Philippe-Danjou-article-Extension-of-scope-of-IFRS-February-2014.pdf     More than 52% of the largest companies in the

The consultative meeting will take place on Wednesday March 4th, 2015 at London’s IASB office. The meeting is public and they will be hosting a webcast for those of us not in the local area. To get the documentation and sign up for the discussion you can go to: http://www.ifrs.org/Meetings/Pages/Rate-regulated-Activities-Consultative-Group-meeting-March-2015.aspx Do you believe all the issues are covered? Do you

The IFRS Foundation has issued the IASB’s IFRS for SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Entities) Update. The update, which is a staff summary of news, is published on a regular basis (Usually monthly except for July and August, which is usually combined). These updates that are available in both HTML and PDF format on the IASB’s website. What are your thoughts

Stephen Cooper, a member of the IASB, presents an update for investors on the IASB’s insurance contracts project with changes that he believes will be beneficial to you. Steve and the IASB are delivering on their promise to deliver improvements on insurance contracts accounting. There is more work to do, therefore the journey continues. Key advances discussed in the article

The IASB has published a short Project Update: Definition of a Lease (February 2015) in the interest of providing feedback to stakeholders. The new definition demonstrates the IFRS Foundations commitment to extensively engage with its stakeholders. Feedback is welcomed as stakeholder views help in better understanding the implications of proposals. The result, better proposals. In fact, the IFRS Foundation is