The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board^® (IAASB^®)’s new ISA^® 701, Communicating Key Audit Matters in the Independent Auditor's Report, and other revised standards designed to enhance auditor’s reports for investors and other users of financial statements, have been published in French.

The other revised standards consist of:

• ISA 260 (Revised), Communication with Those Charged with Governance;
• ISA 570 (Revised), Going Concern;
• ISA 700 (Revised), Forming an Opinion and Reporting on Financial Statements; and
• ISA 706 (Revised), Emphasis of Matter Paragraphs and Other Matter Paragraphs in the Independent Auditor's Report

In addition, three other French translations of International Standards on Auditing^® were published: ISA 800 (Revised), Special Considerations─Audits of Financial Statements Prepared in Accordance with Special Purpose Frameworks, ISA 805 (Revised), Special Considerations─Audits of Single Financial Statements and Specific Elements, Accounts or Items of a Financial Statement, and ISA 810 (Revised), Engagements to Report on Summary Financial Statements.

These standards are effective for audits of financial statements for periods ending on or after December 15, 2016.

The French translations were performed by the Chartered Professional Accountants Canada.

For an overview of translations of International Federation of Accountants^® (IFAC^®) publications, please visit the Translations Database.

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB)’s new and revised auditor reporting standards, Reporting on Audited Financial Statements – New and Revised Auditor Reporting Standards and Related Conforming Amendments, designed to enhance auditor’s reports for investors and other users of financial statements, have been published in Spanish. This includes the International Standard on Auditing (ISA) 701, Communicating Key Audit Matters in the Independent Auditor's Report, and changes to other ISAs related to auditor reporting, as well as to those addressing the auditor’s responsibilities in relation to going concern and communication with those charged with governance.

The Instituto de Censores Jurados de Cuentas de España performed this Spanish translation, which is a result of the Ibero-American cooperation framework, known as the IberAm project. Established in 2012, the IberAm project—which includes IFAC and member organizations in Argentina, Mexico, and Spain—is an IFAC-authorized translation and review process that strives to achieve longer-term, sustainable processes for single, high-quality Spanish translations of international standards and other IFAC publications. The Interamerican Accounting Association, IFAC’s regional organization for Latin America and the Caribbean, is an observer to the project. The project also involves a Review Committee of technical experts representing IFAC member organizations in nine Spanish-speaking countries.

An overview of translations of IFAC’s publications is available online in the Translations Database.

The International Federation of Accountants^® (IFAC^®) has published the IPSAS™ 33-38 and Recommended Practice Guideline 3 in Spanish. The IPSAS pronouncements deal with a variety of important issues, including first-time adoption of accrual basis IPSAS. These publications include:

• NICSP 33, Adopción por Primera vez de las Normas Internacionales de Contabilidad del Sector Público de Base de Acumulación (o devengo) (IPSAS 33, First-time Adoption of Accrual Basis IPSASs)           
• NICSP 34, Estados Financieros Separados (IPSAS 34, Separate Financial Statements)
• NICSP 35, Estados financieros consolidados (IPSAS 35, Consolidated Financial Statements)
• NICSP 36, Inversiones en Asociadas y Negocios Conjuntos (IPSAS 36, Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures)
• NICSP 37, Acuerdos conjuntos (IPSAS 37, Joint Arrangements)
• NICSP 38, Información a Revelar sobre Participaciones en Otras Entidades (IPSAS 38, Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities)
• Guía de Práctica Recomendada 3 - Presentación de Información sobre el Rendimiento de los Servicios (Recommended Practice Guideline 3 - Reporting Service Performance Information) 

These Spanish translations were performed by faculty members from the Department of Accounting and Finance, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, at the University of Zaragoza, Spain. They have been reviewed by an international committee consisting of public sector experts from Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Spain, and Uruguay.

For an overview of translations of IFAC’s publications, please visit the IFAC Translations Database.

Leaders from the public sector and professional accountancy organizations from throughout the Caribbean met Nassau April 12-14, 2016, to revitalize efforts to improve public sector financial management and support the region’s economic growth.

Hosted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean (ICAC), the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), and the World Bank, Strengthening Public Financial Reporting and Accountability explored the Caribbean social-economic situation and how better public financial management, especially improved financial accounting and reporting, can support sustainable development.

International and regional experts shared their experiences of overcoming challenge and realizing the benefits of public sector financial management reform. Forward-looking sessions discussed how stakeholders can make public financial accounting and reporting reform a success. The roundtable concluded by summarizing the actions that governments and stakeholders can take toward strengthening public financial reporting and accountability.

This invitation-only event covered regional economic, social, and business imperatives; public financial reporting reforms (regional and international perspectives); engaging stakeholders; challenges of the accountancy profession in the Caribbean and capacity-building strategies; and technical training on latest developments in International Public Sector Accounting Standards.

The event opened on Tuesday 12th April by the The Hon. Michael Halkitis, MP, Minister of State for Finance, Government of The Bahamas.

For more information, please contact Jasmine Davis, ICAC President, president@icacorg.com, Misha Lobban Clarke, ICAC CEO, ceo@icacorg.com or Vincent Tophoff, Senior Technical Manager, Accountability. Now.