Course Details

This short webinar will examine the changes that are proposed to alter the existing accounting standard IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets

together with a brief look at the existing position and why there is a need for change. This will be particularly important for those accountants in the UK and Ireland that are involved in either preparing or advising clients on how to comply with international financial reporting standards. However, the changes will ultimately be incorporated into the local accounting standard FRS 102 so it is important that those accountants involved in the preparation of FRS 102 financial statements also have a clear understanding of the likely changes that will be incorporated in due course into FRS 102.

 

In this webinar Robert Kirk will cover the following topics:

  1. The objective and scope of IAS 37
  2. The definition of a provision and understanding of what is a constructive obligation.
  3. The calculation of the amount of a provision
  4. The accounting treatment of reimbursements
  5. Specific applications – future operating losses, restructuring etc
  6. Relationship between provisions and contingencies
  7. The impact of the revised conceptual framework on the topic
  8. Review of the three main targeted amendments to IAS 37 proposed by the Exposure Draft issued in November 2024

 

By attending this session, you will be able to prepare and advise clients on the likely implications of the changes to reporting provisions and contingencies in financial statements under international financial reporting standards.

 

The session be of most interest to accountants involved in the preparation of IFRS financial statements but also to practicing accountants who provide financial advice and auditors  

 

Course level: Intermediate / Advanced

(Those attending do not necessarily have to have an existing knowledge of the existing IAS 37 in order to appreciate the changes being proposed)

CPD Course Speaker

Consultant

Robert Kirk

Robert qualified in first place in 1975 as an Irish Chartered Accountant after graduating in Economics from Queens University. He trained in practice with Price Waterhouse and later worked in industry with a subsidiary of Shell (UK). His teaching career started with Business and Accounting Training (now Griffith College) in Dublin where he taught mainly on the professional examination courses for ICAI, CPA, CIMA and ACCA in Belfast and Dublin.

Robert specialises in the teaching of and research into the development of accounting standards in the United Kingdom. He has published 18 books and numerous articles in both academic and professional journals. His latest publication (co authored with Stephen McNamee) is the second edition of ‘A practical guide to UK and Irish Gaap’ (May 2020) (552pp) published by Chartered Accountants Ireland.