Financial Reporting

19 November 2011 - The Malaysian Accounting Standards Board  (MASB) today issued a new MASB approved accounting framework, named as “Malaysian Financial Reporting Standards (MFRS Framework)”, which are word-by-word equivalent to IFRS standards issued...

On 12 May 2011, the IASB has issued IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement which replaces the guidance on fair value measurement in existing IFRS accounting literature with a single standard. The IFRS is the result...

In a meeting of National Standard Setters (NSS) in March 2011, the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board (MASB) called for limited amendments to IAS 41 Agriculture and requested the IASB to reconsider the accounting treatment...

The Malaysian Accounting Standards Board (“MASB”) has, on 28 June 2011, issued MASB Exposure Draft 75 “IFRS-compliant Financial Reporting Standards” (“MASB ED 75”), which proposes to replace the existing Financial Reporting Standards (“FRS”) in...

In January 2006, Malaysian Accounting Standards Board (MASB) issued Exposure Draft ED 50 Agriculture for public comments by professional accounting bodies, regulators, users and other interested parties. The ED 50 was closed for comments...

The Securities Commission Malaysia on 8 July 2011, launched the 5-year Corporate Governance Blueprint, which provides the action plan to raise the standards of corporate governance in Malaysia. The Blueprint focuses on 6 areas, namely...

Further to our blog on “How to determine Realised / Unrealised Profits?”, there are some new developments in the accounting profession and regulator’s directives. Revised Bursa Malaysia Directive dated 20 December 2010 In the Bursa Malaysia...

There are increasing MASB accounting standards which require the application of fair value accounting and measurement in the financial statements, notable accounting standards include fair value model under FRS 140 Investment Properties and recognition...