Description

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This workshop is designed specifically for accountants and auditors who wish to learn more about the latest disclosure requirements for preparing the 2020 Annual Reports for non-listed companies, excluding matters specifically relating to companies in the financial sectors.

The emphasis will be on the major changes and new disclosure requirements for FRS 1, FRS 107, FRS 115 and FRS 116. Extracts of selected financial statements of listed companies with best practices will be shared in the workshop to enhance learning.

Programme Outline

Main Focus

• FRS 115 : Revenue from Contracts with Customers
• FRS 116 : Leases
• FRS 1 : Presentation of Financial Statements
• FRS 107 : Financial Instruments – Disclosures

Disclosure Requirements for other FRSs

• FRS 2 : Inventories
• FRS 7 : Statement of Cash Flows
• FRS 8 : Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors
• FRS 10 : Events after the Reporting Period
• FRS 12 : Income Taxes
• FRS 16 : Property, Plant and Equipment
• FRS 20 : Accounting for Government Grants and Disclosure of Government Assistance
• FRS 21 : The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates
• FRS 23 : Borrowing Costs
• FRS 24 : Related Party Disclosures
• FRS 36 : Impairment of Assets
• FRS 37 : Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets
• FRS 38 : Intangible Assets
• FRS 40 : Investment Property
• FRS 103 : Business Combinations
• FRS 105 : Non-Current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinuing Operations
• FRS 112 : Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities
• FRS 113 : Fair Value Measurements

This workshop qualifies for 7.0 CPE hours in Financial Reporting Standards and Pronouncements (Category 1).

What you will learn

At the end of this workshop, you will:

• Be more familiar with the disclosure requirements for preparing the 2020 Annual Reports for non-listed companies
• Learn to avoid the disclosures errors commonly made
• Learn about the disclosures practised by award winning listed companies in Singapore

Expert Speaker

Sardool Singh

Sardool is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting of the NUS Business School. He has been lecturing for the past 20 years, and is a highly sought-after seminar leader in the areas of Financial Reporting Standards, Cash Flow Statements, Analysis of Financial Statements, Consolidation and other technical accounting topics. Sardool brings a commercial perspective to the understanding of complex Accounting Standards and simplifies the requirements of these Standards to enable the participants to have a clear understanding of the topic.

Sardool is also the Chief Financial Officer of an investment company. Prior to his current appointment, he was the Group Financial Controller of a Singapore listed healthcare company. During his ten years in the healthcare industry, he was responsible for the entire Group financial functions and the IPOs of two subsidiaries on SESDAQ. He had also gained his working experience with KPMG Peat Marwick and a Japanese merchant bank.