PricewaterhouseCoopers’ IFRS and corporate governance publications and tools 2009
IFRS technical publications
IFRS pocket guide 2009
Provides a summary of the IFRS recognition and
measurement requirements. Including currencies,
assets, liabilities, equity, income, expenses, business
combinations and interim financial statements.
IFRS news
Monthly newsletter focusing on the business implications
of the IASB’s proposals and new standards. Subscribe by
Illustrative interim nancial information for
existing preparers
Illustrative information, prepared in accordance with
IAS 34, for a fictional existing IFRS preparer. Includes a
disclosure checklist and IAS 34 application guidance.
Reflects standards issued up to 31 March 2009.
Illustrative IFRS corporate consolidated nancial
statements for 2009 year ends
Illustrative set of consolidated financial statements for an
existing preparer of IFRS. Includes an appendix showing
example disclosures under IFRS 3 (revised).
Included with Manual of accounting – IFRS 2010; also
available separately.
Illustrative consolidated nancial statements
• Investment property, 2009
• Private equity, 2009
• Banking, 2009
• Insurance, 2009
• Investment funds, 2009
Realistic sets of financial statements – for existing IFRS
preparers in the above sectors – illustrating the required
disclosure and presentation.
Making sense of a complex world: IFRIC 13 –
Customer loyalty programmes
Considers the accounting and practical implications
for telecom operators that arise from the guidance in
IFRIC 13, ‘Customer loyalty programmes’. Contact
Questions and answers on impairment of non-
nancial assets in the current crisis
Provides practical guidance on impairment indicators
to look out for, timing of impairment tests, suggestions
on how to do an impairment test in volatile markets and
what disclosures are critical to the market and regulators
in the current environment.
Segment reporting – an opportunity to explain
the business
Six-page flyer explaining high-level issues for
management to consider when applying IFRS 8, including
how the standard will change reporting and what
investors want to see.
Top 10 tips for impairment testing
The current economic slowdown will increase the
likelihood that impairment charges will need to be
taken and appropriate disclosures made. Each tip is
accompanied by an explanation or illustrative example.
Manual of accounting – Financial instruments 2010
Comprehensive guidance on all aspects of the
requirements for financial instruments accounting.
Detailed explanations illustrated through worked
examples and extracts from company reports.
Included with Manual of accounting – IFRS 2010; also
available separately.
Manual of accounting – IFRS 2010
Global guide to IFRS providing comprehensive practical
guidance on how to prepare financial statements in
accordance with IFRS. Includes hundreds of worked
examples and extracts from company reports. The
Manual is a three-volume set comprising:
• Manual of accounting – IFRS 2010
• Manual of accounting – Financial instruments 2010
• Illustrative IFRS corporate consolidated financial
statements for 2009 year ends
A practical guide to capitalisation of
borrowing costs
Guidance in question and answer format addressing
the challenges of applying IAS 23R, including how to
treat specific versus general borrowings, when to start
capitalisation and whether the scope exemptions are
mandatory or optional.
A practical guide to new IFRSs for 2009
40-page guide providing high-level outline of the
key requirements of new IFRSs effective in 2009, in
question and answer format.
A practical guide to segment reporting
Provides an overview of the key requirements of
IFRS 8, ‘Operating segments’ and some points to
consider as entities prepare for the application of
this standard for the first time. See also ‘Segment
reporting – an opportunity to explain the business’
below.
A practical guide to share-based payments
Answers the questions we have been asked
by entities and includes practical examples to
help management draw similarities between the
requirements in the standard and their own share-
based payment arrangements. November 2008.
Preparing your rst IFRS nancial
statements: Adopting IFRS
Outlines how companies should address the process
of selecting their new IFRS accounting policies and
applying the guidance in IFRS 1. Provides specific
considerations for US market.
Financial instruments under IFRS – A guide
through the maze
High-level summary of IAS 32, IAS 39 and IFRS 7,
updated in June 2009. For existing IFRS preparers
and first-time adopters.
IAS 39 – Achieving hedge accounting
in practice
Covers in detail the practical issues in achieving
hedge accounting under IAS 39. It provides answers to
frequently asked questions and step-by-step illustrations
of how to apply common hedging strategies.
IAS 39 – Derecognition of nancial assets
in practice
Explains the requirements of IAS 39, providing
answers to frequently asked questions and detailed
illustrations of how to apply the requirements to
traditional and innovative structures.
IFRS 3R: Impact on earnings – the crucial Q&A
for decision-makers
Guide aimed at finance directors, financial controllers
and deal-makers, providing background to the
standard, impact on the financial statements and
controls, and summary differences with US GAAP.
IFRS disclosure checklist 2009
Outlines the disclosures required by all IFRSs
published up to October 2009.
Only available in electronic format.
To download visit www.pwc.com/ifrs