© 2013 Grant Thornton International Ltd. All rights reserved. Financial Reporting Past, present and into the future Mark Hucklesby National Technical Director GTNZ e
© 2015 Grant Thornton New Zealand Audit Partnership. All rights reserved. Setting the scene Some financial reporting history The New Zealand story, so far … The IASB's conceptual framework project What lies ahead
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Evolution of the mobile phone
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© 2015 Grant Thornton New Zealand Audit Partnership. All rights reserved. Financial reporting development principles Public accountability Economic significance Separation of ownership and governance
© 2015 Grant Thornton New Zealand Audit Partnership. All rights reserved. The Financial Reporting Framework – Future Old GAAP Differential Reporting NZ IFRS Differential Reporting X X X
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© 2015 Grant Thornton New Zealand Audit Partnership. All rights reserved. An overview … Required to prepare GPFR? PBE or For-profit entity? SPFR PBE Standards Tier 1 criteria apply? Elect Tier 2? NZ IFRS RDR Elect Tier 3 or Tier 4 criteria (until 30 March 2016) NZ IFRS Yes For Profit No Yes PBE No Yes No
© 2015 Grant Thornton New Zealand Audit Partnership. All rights reserved. Standard XRB A1 – For Profit entities Tier 1 = Default ("pure IFRS") If meet relevant criteria may elect to be in another Tier Tier 2 NZ IFRS RDR Tier 4 Old Kiwi GAAP (temporary) Tier 3 NZ IFRS Diff Rep (temporary)
© 2015 Grant Thornton New Zealand Audit Partnership. All rights reserved. Standard XRB A1 – Public Benefit Entities Tier 1 = Default ("modified" IPSAS) If meet relevant criteria may elect to be in another Tier Tier 2 NZ IPSAS RDR Tier 4 Old Kiwi GAAP (temporary) Tier 3 NZ IFRS Diff Rep (temporary)
© 2015 Grant Thornton New Zealand Audit Partnership. All rights reserved. The Financial Reporting Framework now in place For-Profit Entity Public Benefit Entity PBE IPSAS (NFP) RDR NZ IFRS NZ IFRS RDR SPFR Framework (Optional) PBE IPSAS (NFP) Simple Format Cash (NFP) Simple Format Accrual (NFP) IRD Minimum PBE IPSAS (PS) RDR PBE IPSAS (PS) Simple Format Cash (PS) Simple Format Accrual (PS)
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So where to from here?
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