International GAAP 2016

Book excerpt: International GAAP® 2016 is a comprehensive reference tool to interpreting and implementing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and provides detailed analysis of how complex financial reporting problems can be addressed appropriately and effectively. It demonstrates how difficult practical issues should be approached in the new complex global world of international financial reporting, where IFRS has become the accepted financial reporting system in more than 100 countries. The International Financial Reporting Group of Ernst & Young (EY) includes financial reporting professionals from around the world. Complex technical accounting issues are explained clearly in a working context that enables immediate understanding of the point at issue. It is accompanied by numerous worked examples, a comprehensive discussion of the practical issues of the day and the possible alternative options available, and hundreds of illustrations taken from the actual financial statements of companies that report under IFRS. The volumes cover the International Accounting Standards Board's (IASB) conceptual framework, financial statements, accounting policies, non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations, consolidated financial statements, foreign exchange, inflation, intangible assets, leases, government grants, income taxes, share-based payment, statement of cash flows, hedge accounting, IAS 39, IFRS 9, insurance contracts and others.