Many sole practitioners and small firms may need an external cold file review before the end of 2016 in order to comply with Irish Audit Regulations. One of the contributing reasons why audit firms’ get a poor rating on their monitoring visits is because they have not been in the habit of having experienced external… Read More
Since the implementation of the new Companies Act, 2014 on 1 June 2015, the financial statements of regulated insurance intermediaries and investment brokers will no longer qualify for certain exemptions. Those affected are those carrying on business under the Insurance Act, 1989 or otherwise authorised by the Central Bank. The full list of entities… Read More
The proposed Companies (Accounting), Act 2016 is expected to make some changes in Irish company law. These changes have been expected almost since the Companies Act 2014 became effective on 1 June 2015. Publication of this new company law has been delayed by the formation of the new Government. We understand that legislators are actively… Read More
The Companies (Accounting) Bill, 2016 is expected to introduce several changes to the Companies Act, 2014. The Bill has been in draft since prior to Christmas last year and it is speculated that it will be introduced in the Dail before the Summer recess. Among the changes the Bill will introduce is: 1. A new… Read More
The advent of the new accounting standard FRS 102 for financial periods commencing 1 January 2015 has triggered the need to update engagement letters for both audit and audit exempt companies. Some of the issues that the new engagement letters will need to deal with include: the Companies Act, 2014 allocating responsibility for the decision to… Read More
Welcome to our second of a two part series of blogs on preparing for FRS 102 transition. This is an area that is causing a lot of difficulty for firms at the moment while their clients are probably not very interested. Clients may become a lot more interested at some point in the future when… Read More
Thirty important issues arising from transition to FRS 102 (new Irish GAAP). For further training, support and information on the changes, please visit www.jmcc.ie, call 00 353 86 839 8360 or email john@jmcc.ie We hope your FRS 102 preparation plans are going well. In order to assist our readers with FRS 102 we have developed… Read More
Accounting for investment properties prior to the introduction of FRS 102 was probably a minority sport. Many companies and groups that don’t’ specialize in renting properties can often have periods when some of their properties are rented out or held for capital appreciation (e.g. construction companies with property stocks that they cannot readily sell).… Read More
More on Parts of FRS 102 That Are Not Yet Applicable in the RoI Following on last week’s blog piece about Section 1A Small Entities FRS 102, which as you know, does not yet apply in the Republic of Ireland (RoI). There was an error in the blog which stated that charities that were formed… Read More
Section 1A of FRS 102 Not Applicable – Suggested Solution The unwary reader of the latest version of FRS 102 could be forgiven for not realising that Section 1A Small Entities inserted into FRS 102 in September 2015 to accommodate some exemptions for certain qualifying ‘small’ entities, does not yet apply in the Republic of… Read More