Course Details

Recent IFRSs can really only be fully understood once they have been implemented into practice. By investigating how Irish listed companies have adopted both IFRS 15 and 16 customers should gain a better insight into how to apply the standards themselves. 

The changes to lease accounting, in particular, are fundamental and will also impact local FRS companies in the not too distant future so it is important to be ahead of the game.

  • The key issues in IFRS 16 Leases
  • The transitional and disclosure requirements of IFRS 16 Leases
  • How the 5 steps of revenue recognition in IFRS 15 Revenue from contracts with customers work in practice
  • The disclosure requirements in IFRS 15 Revenue from contracts with customers

CPD Course Speaker

Consultant

Robert Kirk

Robert qualified in first place in 1975 as an Irish Chartered Accountant after graduating in Economics from Queens University. He trained in practice with Price Waterhouse and later worked in industry with a subsidiary of Shell (UK). His teaching career started with Business and Accounting Training (now Griffith College) in Dublin where he taught mainly on the professional examination courses for ICAI, CPA, CIMA and ACCA in Belfast and Dublin.

Robert specialises in the teaching of and research into the development of accounting standards in the United Kingdom. He has published 18 books and numerous articles in both academic and professional journals. His latest publication (co authored with Stephen McNamee) is the second edition of ‘A practical guide to UK and Irish Gaap’ (May 2020) (552pp) published by Chartered Accountants Ireland.