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December 2024 IFRS Taxonomy Consultative Group meeting summary now available

SASB Standards now available in Japanese

IFRS Foundation Trustees consult on updates to standard-setting handbook to reflect the creation of the ISSB

IOSCO’s GEM Committee launches a dedicated Network to support its members in the adoption or other use of ISSB Standards

IASB updates IFRS Accounting Standards for nature-dependent electricity contracts

IASB student visit dates for 2025 now available

IFRS Foundation Trustees to publish proposed updates to the Due Process Handbook

December 2024 IASB Update and podcast now available

IASB to issue targeted amendments to nature-dependent electricity contracts

December 2024 Sustainability Consultative Committee agenda and meeting papers available

Q4 2024 IFRS Interpretations Committee podcast now available

Adapting to a changing world—Keynote address by the IASB Chair at the EFRAG Conference

IASB completes technical work on Management Commentary

Islamic Finance Consultative Group completes its role

December 2024 IFRS Taxonomy Consultative Group agenda and meeting papers now available

IFRS Foundation Trustees invite applications for three new members to the IFRS Interpretations Committee

December 2024 International Accounting Standards Board agenda and meeting papers now available

December 2024 International Sustainability Standards Board agenda and meeting papers now available

November 2024 IASB podcast now available

IFRS Foundation Trustees reappoint two members of the IFRS Interpretations Committee

New external jurisdictional sustainability consultation

December 2024 Islamic Finance Consultative Group agenda and meeting papers available

Join us for the sixth episode of the IFRS Sustainability webinar series ‘Perspectives on sustainability disclosure’

IASB Update November 2024 now available

December 2024 Accounting Standards Advisory Forum agenda and meeting papers now available

November 2024 IFRS Sustainability Reference Group meeting slides and recordings now available

November 2024 IFRS Interpretations Committee agenda and meeting papers now available

November 2024 International Sustainability Standards Board agenda and meeting papers now available

IASB proposes targeted improvements to requirements for provisions

Join us for the fifth episode of the IFRS Sustainability webinar series ‘Perspectives on sustainability disclosure’

November 2024 International Accounting Standards Board agenda and meeting papers now available

November 2024 IFRS Advisory Council agenda and meeting papers now available

Call for investors and other stakeholders to help shape the IASB’s project on accounting requirements for intangibles

October 2024 IASB podcast now available

September 2024 Accounting Standards Advisory Forum meeting summary now available

October 2024 IASB Update now available

SASB Standards Taxonomy updated

IFRS Foundation Trustees announce ASAF membership 2025–2027

September 2024 IFRS Taxonomy Consultative Group meeting summary now available

October 2024 National Standard-setters Newsletter now available

Webcast series: Explore the Equity Method Exposure Draft in Chinese, French, Japanese and Spanish

October 2024 International Sustainability Standards Board agenda and meeting papers now available

October 2024 International Accounting Standards Board agenda and meeting papers now available

October 2024 Sustainability Standards Advisory Forum meeting papers and agenda now available

Q3 2024 IFRS Interpretations Committee podcast now available

October 2024 Trustees of the IFRS Foundation agenda and meeting papers now available

IFRS Foundation publishes guide for companies as investors call for voluntary application of ISSB Standards

September 2024 IFRS Taxonomy Consultative Group agenda and meeting papers now available

September 2024 IASB Update now available

Sue Lloyd delivers speech at World Standard-setters Conference 2024

IFRS Foundation Trustees create strategic insights group

World Standard-setters Conference 2024 materials now available

IASB proposes improvements to the equity method

IASB launches review of the statement of cash flows

IASB to publish Exposure Draft Equity Method of Accounting—IAS 28 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures (revised 202x)

September 2024 International Sustainability Standards Board agenda and meeting papers now available

September 2024 International Accounting Standards Board agenda and meeting papers now available

IFRS Foundation and ISSB at Climate Week NYC

New IFRS Accounting translations available—Arabic, French, Georgian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish

IASB proposes updates to IFRS Accounting Taxonomy 2024

IASB to publish IFRS Accounting Taxonomy 2024—Proposed Update 3

IASB proposes IFRS Accounting Taxonomy update for Contracts for Renewable Electricity

IFRS Foundation Trustees reappoint IASB members to serve a second term

IASB to publish IFRS Accounting Taxonomy 2024—Proposed Update 2

Giovanni Sabatini appointed as Trustee of the IFRS Foundation

New IFRS Sustainability translations available—Japanese and Korean

July 2024 IASB podcast now available

IFRS Foundation publishes guide to support regulators implementing the IFRS digital taxonomies

IASB proposes illustrative examples to improve reporting of climate-related and other uncertainties in financial statements

IASB proposes amendments to IFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures

Q2 2024 ISSB Implementation Insights podcast now available

IASB proposes amendments for translating financial information into hyperinflationary currencies

IASB completes technical decisions on three projects

IASB to publish three Exposure Drafts

IASB issues annual improvements to IFRS Accounting Standards

IASB to issue Annual Improvements to IFRS Accounting Standards—Volume 11

IFRS Foundation Conference 2024—Key highlights

Q2 2024 IFRS Interpretations Committee podcast now available

Join the staff—IASB Technical Staff 

IASB publishes its review of impairment requirements relating to financial instruments

Join us for the next episode of the IFRS Sustainability webinar series ‘Perspectives on sustainability disclosure’

June 2024 IASB podcast now available

Michel Madelain appointed as IFRS Foundation Managing Director

IFC and IFRS Foundation announce partnership to improve sustainability reporting in emerging markets

Complexity in focus—keynote address by the IASB Chair

The IASB work program and contemporary issues facing accounting practitioners and academics

IASB unanimously agrees to finalise the revision of the Management Commentary Practice Statement

IFRS Foundation Trustees appoint three new IFRS Interpretations Committee members

IASB issues call for papers for the 2025 IASB Research Forum

IASB issues narrow-scope amendments to classification and measurement requirements for financial instruments

May 2024 IASB podcast now available

IFRS Foundation and African Development Bank to join forces to promote sustainability-related financial disclosures

Jurisdictions representing over half the global economy by GDP take steps towards ISSB Standards

IASB to issue Amendments to the Classification and Measurement of Financial Instruments (Amendments to IFRS 9 and IFRS 7)

IFRS Foundation Trustees seek new Chair of the IFRS Advisory Council from 2025

IFRS Foundation Trustees seek new members of the IFRS Advisory Council

GRI and IFRS Foundation collaboration to deliver full interoperability that enables seamless sustainability reporting

Keynote address from Andreas Barckow, IASB Chair, at the EAA Annual Congress: ‘Let’s stay connected’

IASB proposes IFRS Accounting Taxonomy update for IFRS 18

Watch new webcasts from the IFRS Foundation on current and anticipated financial effects

IASB to publish IFRS Accounting Taxonomy 2024—Proposed Update 1

IFRS Foundation announces new webinar series ‘Perspectives on sustainability disclosure’

IASB simplifies financial reporting for eligible subsidiary companies with new IFRS Accounting Standard

Your views on refining the IFRS Foundation’s digital offering

IASB proposes amendments for renewable electricity contracts

ISSB Standards now available in Simplified Chinese

IFRS Foundation and EFRAG publish interoperability guidance

Registration opens for live webinars on IFRS 18

April 2024 IASB podcast now available

IASB to publish Exposure Draft Contracts for Renewable Electricity

IFRS Foundation publishes 2023 Annual Report

ISSB to publish inaugural IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Taxonomy

IASB to issue IFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures

Video explainer—what are the IFRS digital taxonomies?

IASB consults on proposals to improve reporting of acquisitions

IASB to publish Exposure Draft Business Combinations—Disclosures, Goodwill and Impairment

Erkki Liikanen reappointed to serve as Chair of the IFRS Foundation Trustees until September 2027

February 2024 IASB Update and podcast now available

Opening remarks by Erkki Liikanen, Chair of the IFRS Foundation Trustees, at the Trustees’ stakeholder dinner in Madrid, Spain

IFRS Foundation publishes summary of national accounting standard-setters’ research on materiality judgement guidance

IFRS Sustainability Symposium convenes in New York City as market participants get ready to use the ISSB Standards

Call for members—IFRS Sustainability Reference Group

IFRS Foundation Trustees announce appointments to the IFRS Advisory Council from 1 January 2024

IFRS Foundation webcast highlights importance of industry-specific disclosures to investors

February IASB meeting agenda change—additional day added

Q4 2023 IFRS Interpretations Committee podcast now available

January 2024 IASB podcast now available

ISSB Standards now available in French

IFRS Foundation publishes special IASB-ISSB podcast episode

January 2024 IASB and joint IASB-ISSB Update now available

New resource on emissions reporting using GRI and ISSB Standards

January 2024 IASB and joint IASB-ISSB meeting papers now available

IFRS Foundation Trustees reappoints IFRS Interpretations Committee members and launches search for new candidates

December 2023 IASB podcast now available

IASB partners with RAST for 2026 joint conference

New and updated resources to help companies apply IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 from 2024

IFRS Accounting Taxonomy 2023 now available in Ukrainian and Spanish

New webcast: A regulator’s perspective of the forthcoming IFRS Accounting Standard for subsidiaries

IFRS Foundation announces appointments to the Capital Markets Advisory Committee from 2024

IASB summarises its completed project on extractive activities

ISSB at COP28: IFRS Foundation and ISO commit to future cooperation towards effective communication about sustainability-related risks and opportunities

ISSB at COP28: IFRS Foundation launches knowledge hub in support of global drive to build capacity for the ISSB Standards

IFRS Foundation implements focused updates to IFRS.org

IASB consults on improved accounting requirements for financial instruments with both debt and equity features

IASB to publish Exposure Draft Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity

New webcast: Overview of forthcoming IFRS Accounting Standard for subsidiaries

Key highlights and recordings from the 2023 IASB Research Forum

November 2023 IASB podcast now available

IFRS Interpretations Committee: Watch our new explainer video and read the November meeting papers

GRI establishes Sustainability Innovation Lab in coordination with the IFRS Foundation

IASB student visit dates for 2024 now available

Lee White to depart IFRS Foundation early 2024; Trustees initiate international search for successor

IFRS Foundation proposes changes to the IFRS Accounting Taxonomy 2023

IFRS Foundation to publish IFRS Accounting Taxonomy 2023—Proposed Update 2

October 2023 IASB podcast now available

Request for Proposal—Internal Audit Partner and associated services

Brazil adopts ISSB global baseline, as IFRS Foundation Trustees meet in Latin America

IFRS Foundation Trustees meet in Latin America

Q3 2023 IFRS Interpretations Committee podcast now available

Investor Perspectives: IASB Member Nick Anderson discusses cash flow economics

IASB proposes updates to the IFRS Accounting Taxonomy 2023

IASB to publish IFRS Accounting Taxonomy 2023—Proposed Update 1

IASB amends the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard related to international tax reform

IFRS Foundation appoints Montreal and Asia-Oceania office directors

September 2023 IASB podcast now available

IASB to issue International Tax Reform—Pillar Two Model Rules—Amendments to the IFRS for SMEs Standard

Andreas Barckow speaks at World Standard-setters Conference 2023

IASB to explore ways to improve reporting of climate-related and other uncertainties in the financial statements

Members of Transition Implementation Group on IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 announced

IASB to publish Exposure Draft Annual Improvements to IFRS Accounting Standards—Volume 11

IFRS Foundation Trustees announce two senior role changes

IASB sets out accounting requirements for when a currency is not exchangeable

Insights from the 2023 IFRS Foundation Conference

IASB to issue Lack of Exchangeability

July 2023 IASB Update and podcast now available

ISSB consults on proposed digital taxonomy to improve global accessibility and comparability of sustainability information

IASB completes technical work on two new IFRS Accounting Standards

Erkki Liikanen comments on IOSCO endorsement of ISSB Standards

IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards endorsed by international securities regulators

ISSB to publish Proposed IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Taxonomy

IFRS Foundation publishes comparison of IFRS S2 with the TCFD Recommendations

Join the IFRS Advisory Council

IFRS Interpretations Committee Q2 2023 podcast

Call for academics to carry out research on IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures

IASB seeks input for review of Accounting Standard on revenue

Ten things to know about the first ISSB Standards

IASB Chair Andreas Barckow at the IFRS Foundation Conference: Communicating with investors in uncertain times

ISSB issues inaugural global sustainability disclosure standards

International Sustainability Standards Board to issue IFRS S1 and IFRS S2

ISSB consultation documents now available in several languages

Watch IASB and ISSB Chairs’ keynote speeches live from the IFRS Foundation Conference

IFRS Foundation opens ISSB office in Beijing

Tadeu Cendon and Rika Suzuki to serve a second term as IASB members

New appointments made to the SME Implementation Group

CEO of London Stock Exchange plc to give keynote address at the IFRS Foundation Conference

IASB consults on proposed amendments to IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard related to international tax reform

IFRS Foundation Trustees and IFRS Foundation Monitoring Board agree updated MoU

May 2023 IASB Update and podcast now available

IASB to propose urgent amendments to the IFRS for SMEs Standard for OECD tax reform

IASB begins planned review of financial-crisis-era reform to loan-loss accounting

IASB to publish Request for Information Post-implementation Review of IFRS 9 Financial Instruments—Impairment

IASB increases transparency of companies’ supplier finance

IASB to issue Supplier Finance Arrangements

IASB amends tax accounting requirements to help companies respond to international tax reform

IASB Research Forum 2024—call for papers

IASB to issue International Tax Reform—Pillar Two Model Rules

IFRS Accounting Taxonomy 2022 now available in Korean, Japanese, Spanish and Ukrainian

IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard educational material: the effects of climate-related matters on financial statements

IASB moves Equity Method project to standard-setting work plan

Consultation to enhance the International Applicability of the SASB Standards now open

ISSB to publish Exposure Draft Methodology for Enhancing the International Applicability of the SASB Standards

Statement on the death of former IASB Vice-Chair Ian Mackintosh

Consultation now open: The ISSB seeks feedback on its priorities for the next two years

April 2023 IASB podcast now available

International Sustainability Standards Board to publish Request for Information Consultation on Agenda Priorities

IASB supplementary meeting on international tax reform and SME Accounting Standard

Transition Implementation Group on IFRS S1 and IFRS S2—Call for candidates

Help shape the future of the IFRS Foundation's main website by taking this short survey

Call for members—IFRS Taxonomy Consultative Group

ISSB prepares to consult on future priorities and international applicability of the SASB Standards

Appointments made to the SME Implementation Group

Members reappointed to IFRS Interpretations Committee

Join the staff—IASB Assistant Technical Staff

Join the Staff—IASB Technical Staff (digital financial reporting/digital taxonomy/data modelling)

Join the staff—IASB Technical staff vacancies

New Chair and member appointed to the Islamic Finance Consultative Group

IASB confirms temporary relief from deferred tax accounting following OECD Pillar Two tax reform

Q1 2023 IFRS Interpretations Committee podcast now available

Join the staff—Sustainability Standards Integration Manager

IFRS Foundation publishes 2022 Annual Report

March 2023 IASB podcast now available

Connectivity in practice: the IASB’s new project on Climate-related Risks in the Financial Statements

IASB initiates project to consider climate-related risks in financial statements

IFRS Foundation publishes IFRS Accounting Taxonomy 2023

IFRS Foundation to publish IFRS Accounting Taxonomy 2023

IASB proposes narrow-scope amendments to classification and measurement requirements for financial instruments

IASB to publish Exposure Draft: Amendments to the Classification and Measurement of Financial Instruments

IFRS Foundation and ISSB thank Janine Guillot for her contributions as special advisor

IASB concludes project to improve its approach to developing disclosure requirements in IFRS Accounting Standards

Invitation for nominations for membership of the SME Implementation Group

Seven key takeaways from the IFRS Sustainability Symposium

IFRS Foundation leaders meet with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida

Representatives of the ISSB and the Sustainability Standards Board of Japan hold inaugural bilateral meeting in Japan

Representatives of the IASB and the ASBJ hold bilateral meeting in Japan

IFRS Foundation and FASF of Japan sign an MoU to extend support for the Foundation and its Asia-Oceania office in Tokyo

G20 focuses on launch of ISSB’s inaugural standards

February 2023 IASB Update and podcast now available

ISSB ramps up activities to support global implementation ahead of issuing inaugural standards end Q2 2023

January 2023 IASB podcast now available

合併及び買収に係る開示とのれんの会計処理に係るIASBの洞察

IASB gives insights into decisions made on merger and acquisition disclosures and goodwill accounting

Register for webinar on the application and impact of the hedge accounting requirements of IFRS 9

IFRS Foundation Trustees announce appointments to the IFRS Advisory Council from 1 January 2023

Q4 2022 IFRS Interpretations Committee podcast now available

IASB proposes temporary relief from deferred tax accounting for OECD Pillar Two taxes

International Accounting Standards Board to publish Exposure Draft International Tax Reform—Pillar Two Model Rules

December 2022 IASB podcast now available

Inaugural membership of Sustainability Standards Advisory Forum announced

IASB publishes its review of classification and measurement requirements relating to financial instruments

IFRS Foundation appoints new Trustees with broad range of accounting and sustainability reporting expertise

“A global baseline needs a global effort”—Insights from the Korean Stakeholders Dinner with the IFRS Foundation

IASB Chair Andreas Barckow discusses IFRS 17 becoming effective from 1 January 2023

Linda Mezon-Hutter appointed as IASB Vice-Chair

ISSB announces guidance and reliefs to support Scope 3 GHG emission disclosures

Call for papers on hedge accounting requirements of financial instruments Accounting Standard

ISSB deepens engagement with Global South jurisdictions to advance adoption of IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards

Prepared remarks by IASB Chair Andreas Barckow at US SEC/AICPA conference