International Accounting Standards Board: Developments in IFRS

Michael Stewart, Ken Yoshimura and Kazu Sakaguchi give an overview of some of the issues discussed at the September 2012 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, including IAS 19 Employee Benefits—Accounting for contribution-based promises—Reconsideration of Draft Interpretation D9 Employee Benefit Plans with a Promised Return on Contributions or Notional Contributions, IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement Income and expenses arising on financial instruments with a negative yield—Presentation in the statement of comprehensive income, IAS 19 Employee Benefits—Measurement of the net defined benefit obligation (DBO) for post-employment benefit plans with employee contributions and IAS 40 Investment Property—Accounting for a structure that appears to lack the physical characteristics of a building.