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IFRS® Accounting Standards

Post-implementation Review of IFRS 9 – Classification and Measurement

Summary

The Accounting Standards Board (AcSB) is participating in the International Accounting Standards Board’s (IASB) post-implementation review of IFRS 9 Financial Instruments to provide input on the standard’s effectiveness.

In undertaking the review, the IASB:

  • considers important or contentious issues in the development of the IFRS Standards;
  • considers issues that have come to the IASB’s attention since publication; and
  • identifies areas in which unexpected costs or implementation problems were encountered.

The AcSB is participating in the consultations and activities on this project to ensure that Canadian entities’ financial reporting needs are considered by the IASB. The review of IFRS 9 may lead to the IASB making minor amendments to the standard, preparing an agenda proposal for a broader revision of the standard, or perhaps no changes at all.

Staff Contact(s)

Jamie Goodman, CPA, CA Principal, Accounting Standards Board

Project Status

  • Information gathering

    Completed prior to October 2020

  • Approving project

    The IASB commenced the first phase of its post-implementation of IFRS 9 review. This phase focused on the classification and measurement requirements, including the related financial disclosure requirements

    The classification and measurement stage of the project was approved by the IASB in October 2020

    The IASB will seek feedback separately on the impairment requirements and hedge accounting requirements when more information is available about the effects of the application of those sections

  • Engaging Communities

    Stage 1 – Classification and Measurement: The IASB issued Request for Information, “Post-implementation Review of IFRS 9—Classification and Measurement” in September 2021

    The AcSB conducted outreach with stakeholders on the IASB’s Request for Information from October 2021 to December 2021

  • Deliberating feedback

    The AcSB submitted its response letter to the IASB in January 2022

    The IASB deliberated comments on their Request for Information

  • Final pronouncement

    The IASB published a Project Report and Feedback Statement in December 2022

    The IASB started a project to develop narrow scope amendments to IFRS 9 Financial Instruments and IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures in response to the feedback

Read the IASB’s Project Report

Disclaimer

This project summary has been prepared for information purposes only. Decisions reported are tentative and reflect only the current status of discussions on this project, which may change after further Board deliberations. Decisions to publish Handbook material are final only after a formal voting process.