Narrada pelo técnico do IPSASB, João Carlos Fonseca, esta apresentação fornece uma visão geral dos principais aspetos da Estrutura Concetual. A Estrutura Concetual guia o desenvolvimento das Normas Internacionais de Contabilidade do Setor Público (IPSAS^®) e das Orientações Práticas Recomendadas (RPGs) e pode também orientar assuntos sobre relato financeiro que não são abordados nas IPSAS e RPGs.

Tradução parcialmente baseada na lei portuguesa.

Translation partially based on Portuguese law. 

Highlights from the IPSASB's September 20-23, 2016, meeting in Toronto, Canada.

0:10 Introduction
1:07 Revenue and Non-Exchange Expenses
2:08 Financial Instruments
5:12 Heritage
8:19 Public Sector Combinations
9:55 Leases
12:38 Social Benefits
13:56 Emissions Trading Schemes
14:29 Closing Remarks

The IPSASB has created a two-part webinar on financial instruments. It was prepared and presented by Lucy Qi, the technical staff member responsible for the IPSASB’s Financial Instruments Update project.

The webinar serves as an education session in the context of the IPSASB’s current project to update its suite of IPSAS pronouncements on financial instruments, and provides an overview of the key changes introduced by IFRS 9, Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement, as issued by the IASB. 

Part A of the webinar covers the classification and measurement, as well as impairment of financial instruments, and Part B covers hedge accounting.

As additional resources, SlideShare versions of the presentations are included below.

Click here to view the webinar.

Demi Chung has joined the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) technical staff for a four-month secondment beginning August 2. 

Dr. Chung is an Undergraduate Studies Coordinator at the School of Accounting and a senior lecturer on international financial accounting standards at the University of New South Wales Business School in Sydney. Her research specializes in management controls, risk management by contract, and public private partnerships.

During her tenure with the IPSASB, she will be investigating accounting policies and guidance for infrastructure assets and broader asset measurement and assisting IPSASB Principal Gwenda Jensen in updating comparative information on accounting policies for the Heritage project. She will also be involved with the analysis of responses to ED 61, Amendments to Financial Reporting under the Cash Basis of Accounting (the Cash Basis IPSAS^®).

"We are delighted that Demi has joined our team," said IPSASB Technical Director John Stanford. "She will bring an academic perspective to our work and we will benefit from her insight and expertise." 

"I am thrilled to have the secondment opportunity with IPSASB," Dr. Chung added. "I look forward to making a contribution to public sector accounting standard settings and, at the same time, learning from my colleagues at the IPSASB."

The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board^® has published Impairment of Revalued Assets (Amendments to IPSAS 21, Impairment of Non-Cash-Generating Assets, and IPSAS 26, Impairment of Cash-Generating Assets), which brings property, plant, and equipment and intangible assets on the revaluation model within the scope of IPSASB’s two standards on impairment, IPSAS 21 and IPSAS 26.

These amendments provide users with relevant information on impairment losses to property, plant, and equipment and intangible assets on the revaluation model. They also clarify that impairments to individual assets, or a group of assets within a class of property, plant, and equipment, in IPSAS 17, Property, Plant, and Equipment, do not necessitate a revaluation of the entire class to which that impaired asset or group of assets belongs.

The amendments have an effective date of January 1, 2018.

The IPSAS^®, Impairment of Revalued Assets (Amendments to IPSAS 21, Impairment of Non-Cash-Generating Assets, and IPSAS 26, Impairment of Cash-Generating Assets), brings property, plant and equipment and intangible assets on the revaluation model within the scope of IPSAS 21 and IPSAS 26.

The amendments have an effective date of January 1, 2018.

The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board^® (IPSASB^®) has published IPSAS^® 39, Employee Benefits, which will replace IPSAS 25, Employee Benefits, on January 1, 2018, with earlier adoption encouraged.

This limited-scope project was part of the IPSASB’s strategy to maintain its existing standards, including updating them for relevant changes made to the equivalent International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The main differences between IPSAS 39 and IPSAS 25 are:

• Removal of an option that allowed an entity to defer the recognition of changes in the net defined benefit liability (the “corridor approach”);
• Introduction of the net interest approach for defined benefit plans;
• Amendment of certain disclosure requirements for defined benefit plans and multi-employer plans;
• Simplification of the requirements for contributions from employees or third parties to a defined benefit plan when those contributions are applied to a simple contributory plan that is linked to service; and
• Removal of the requirements for Composite Social Security Programs.

The first four changes above reflect those made by the International Accounting Standards Board to its equivalent standard, International Accounting Standard (IAS) 19, Employee Benefits, up to December 2015. The fifth change, removal of the Composite Social Security Programs section, reflects the IPSASB’s conclusion that the section was unnecessary in practice.

Exposure Draft (ED) 59, Amendments to IPSAS 25, Employee Benefits, proposed significant changes to IPSAS 25 to converge with IAS 19. After considering constituents’ responses and a revised version of IPSAS 25, the IPSASB decided to issue a new standard, IPSAS 39, which reflects the revisions proposed in ED 59 in a more user-friendly format.

“IPSAS 39, Employee Benefits, ensures that financial statements provide faithfully representative and relevant information about the financial impact of employee benefits, particularly defined benefit pension plans, while maintaining convergence with IFRS,” said IPSASB Chair Ian Carruthers. “The issuance of a new standard is intended to present the new accounting requirements more clearly.”

An At-a-Glance summary of IPSAS 39 is also available. 

About the IPSASB
The IPSASB develops accounting standards and guidance for use by public sector entities. It receives support (both direct financial and in-kind) from the Government Accounting Standards Board, the Asian Development Bank, the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, the South African Accounting Standards Board, the New Zealand External Reporting Board, and the governments of Canada, New Zealand, and Switzerland.

About the Public Interest Committee
The governance and standard-setting activities of the IPSASB are overseen by the Public Interest Committee (PIC), to ensure that they follow due process and reflect the public interest. The PIC is comprised of individuals with expertise in public sector or financial reporting, and professional engagement in organizations that have an interest in promoting high-quality and internationally comparable financial information.

About IFAC
The International Federation of Accountants^® (IFAC^®) is the global organization for the accountancy profession dedicated to serving the public interest by strengthening the profession and contributing to the development of strong international economies. IFAC is comprised of more than 175 members and associates in more than 130 countries and jurisdictions, representing almost 3 million accountants in public practice, education, government service, industry, and commerce.

IPSAS^® 39, Employee Benefits, will replace IPSAS 25, Employee Benefits, on January 1, 2018, with earlier adoption encouraged.

This limited-scope project was part of the IPSASB’s strategy to maintain its existing standards. IPSAS 39 reflects amendments made by the International Accounting Standards Board to its equivalent standard, International Accounting Standard (IAS) 19, Employee Benefits, up to December 2015.

The main differences between IPSAS 39 and IPSAS 25 are:

The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) today released for comment a Consultation Paper (CP), Public Sector Specific Financial Instruments.

International Public Sector Accounting Standards™ do not currently provide guidance on how to account for a number of monetary items that the IPSASB has termed “public sector specific financial instruments.” The lack of guidance leads to reporting that is inconsistent between entities and, as a result, users may not have the information they need for accountability and decision-making purposes.

“For entities responsible for public sector financial instruments, the topics in this Consultation Paper are critically important because users need better information to evaluate the impact of these significant items on government finances,” said IPSASB Chair Ian Carruthers. “This Consultation Paper is the first step in developing consistent financial reporting for public sector specific financial instruments. We look forward to receiving constituents’ views on the accounting approaches identified for each topic.”

The CP includes three main topics related to accounting for public sector financial instruments:

• Currency in Circulation. The CP considers currency in circulation by reference to the definitions of the elements of a liability and revenue in The Conceptual Framework for General Purpose Financial Reporting by Public Sector Entities (the Conceptual Framework). The key issue is whether the issuance of currency gives rise to a present obligation, with two accounting approaches proposed, which depends on whether a liability should be recognized and, if not, alternatives for recognizing revenue.
• Monetary Gold. The CP considers which gold assets meet the proposed definition of monetary gold and the appropriate measurement bases for initial and subsequent measurement of such assets. Two accounting approaches are proposed for monetary gold, each linked to the intention of a monetary authority in holding such assets:
• Approach 1—Measurement at market value linked to an intention to hold gold because it can be traded in the global liquid markets; and
• Approach 2—Measurement at historical cost when the intention is to hold gold for an indeterminate period of time to support economic stability.
• International Monetary Fund (IMF) Quota Subscription and Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). The CP is informed by the Conceptual Framework, and puts forward the IPSASB’s view of the appropriate recognition and measurement of the IMF Quota Subscription, SDR holdings, and SDR allocations.

How to Comment

To access the Consultation Paper and the At-a-Glance document, which provides a summary of the Consultation Paper, or to submit a comment, please visit the IPSASB website at www.ipsasb.org/. Comments on the Consultation Paper are requested by December 31, 2016. The IPSASB encourages IFAC members, associates, and regional accountancy bodies to promote the availability of this Consultation Paper to their members and employees.

About the IPSASB
The IPSASB develops accounting standards and guidance for use by public sector entities. It receives support (both direct financial and in-kind) from the Government Accounting Standards Board, the Asian Development Bank, the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, the South African Accounting Standards Board, the New Zealand External Reporting Board, and the governments of Canada, New Zealand, and Switzerland.

About the Public Interest Committee
The governance and standard-setting activities of the IPSASB are overseen by the Public Interest Committee (PIC) to ensure that they follow due process and reflect the public interest. The PIC is comprised of individuals with expertise in public sector or financial reporting and professional engagement in organizations that have an interest in promoting high-quality and internationally comparable financial information.

About IFAC
The International Federation of Accountants^® (IFAC^®) is the global organization for the accountancy profession dedicated to serving the public interest by strengthening the profession and contributing to the development of strong international economies. IFAC is comprised of more than 175 members and associates in more than 130 countries and jurisdictions, representing almost 3 million accountants in public practice, education, government service, industry, and commerce.