Beyond the GAAP newsletter

Each month, the newsletter Beyond the GAAP aims at keeping readers informed of financial and sustainability reporting developments.

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Beyond the GAAP - No.160 - November 2021

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As 2021 approaches its close, we present our traditional year-end overview of the new standards and amendments applicable at 31 December. Once again, no major new standards have been published this year, but insurers should take note: the European Union has finally adopted IFRS 17 (with some tweaks) and it will come into effect from 1 January 2023. Early application is permitted.

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Beyond the GAAP - No.159 - October 2021

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At the end of October, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its common priorities at European level for the 2021 reporting period.

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Beyond the GAAP - No.158 - September 2021

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While many were waiting, sometimes apprehensively, for the IASB's (tentative) decision on the reintroduction of goodwill amortisation, the Board held off at its September meeting, asking the staff to conduct further research on the subsequent accounting for goodwill.

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Beyond the GAAP - No.157 - July & August 2021

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In mid-July, the European adoption process for IFRS 17 took a big step forward when the Accounting Regulatory Committee voted to endorse the new standard. EU endorsement is now expected in the fourth quarter of 2021.

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Beyond the GAAP - No.155 - May 2021

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As is now traditional at this time of year, this issue of Beyond the GAAP presents a rundown of the new standards that are mandatory or permitted at the 30 June 2021 half-yearly closing.

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