International Accounting Standards Board: Developments in IFRS

Hans and Sue discuss events including the World Standard-setters Conference and meetings of the Accounting Standards Advisory Forum and the IFRS Advisory Council. They also discuss how the Board may improve the impairment model for goodwill and simplify the impairment testing that companies are required to do. They describe how the work on goodwill sprung out of the Post-implementation Review of the business combinations Standard, IFRS 3, and reflect on why goodwill and impairment is such a hot topic. Other projects discussed include the Conceptual Framework and current implementation issues.