Dr. Kobayashi is a professor at the Graduate School of Political Science, Waseda. She was a president of the Board of Audit of Japan from 2018-2019, and the deputy president of the Board of Audit of Japan from 2013-2018. Dr. Kobayashi is the chair of JICPA Self-Regulatory Monitoring Conference from 2021. She is the chair of Subcommittee on Financial Inspection, Intellectual Property Committee, Industrial Structural Counsil from 2021. She is also a member of a JICPA project team studying governance for public service deliverers from 2023.
In Japan, Dr. Kobayashi was a member of the Fiscal System Council; Business Accounting Council; Secretariat of Supervisory Commission for Public-Private and Private-Private Competitive Tenderings; Committee for the Promotion of the Private Finance Initiative; and Commission on Policy Evaluation and Evaluation of Incorporated Administrative Agencies, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Dr. Kobayashi was also a member and chief of executive committee for the working group on local public enterprise strategy throughout the 21st century for the Local Public Enterprise preCommunications, and an expert advisor for the Committee for the Promotion of the Private Finance Initiative.
Dr. Kobayashi earned a PhD in commerce at Waseda University and has published many articles and books including, the Management Accounting for the Government.
Renée Pichard, FCPA, FCA, became a member of the IPSASB in January 2021. She was nominated by CPA Canada. Ms. Pichard is a partner at Deloitte Canada and a leader in the Public Sector Assurance practice with 30 years of diverse professional and executive leadership experience in both the public and private sectors. She leverages her expertise to help public sector organizations navigate through change and improve their ability to provide reliable financial and sustainability related information. Prior to joining Deloitte, Ms. Pichard held the position of Assistant Auditor General at the Office of the Auditor General of Canada, where she spent 17 years developing expertise in advising public sector clients on complex accounting transactions under IFRS as well as Canadian and International Public Sector Accounting Standards.
Ms. Pichard was a technical advisor with the IPSASB between 2013 and 2019. She has also contributed to the establishment of auditing and accounting standards in Canada as a member of various task forces.
Ms. Pichard graduated from the Université du Québec en Outaouais in 1993 and received her accounting designation in 1995.
Mr. Hervé-Adrien Metzger was appointed as IPSAS Board Member in January 2021, nominated by the Conseil Supérieur de l'Ordre des experts-comptables and the Compagnie Nationale des Commissaires aux comptes of France.
Mr. Metzger joined the Cour des comptes, the French Supreme Audit Institution, in 1990 following a previous career as a naval officer (admin, financial and legal) which he retired with the grade of Captain (N). He was appointed as Senior Judge in 2006. His areas of expertise are in education, culture and defence as he served as the lead advisor for economic and financial affairs in the private office of the Minister of Defence in 1997. Since 1993, Mr. Metzger has been particularly involved in financial and performance auditing of many international organisations, including but not limited to, the International Criminal Court (ICC); the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); the Western European Union (WEU); the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN (FAO); and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). He also served four years on the International Board of Auditors for NATO of which he is a past chairman.
Mr. Metzger is a trained engineer (Ecole Polytechnique of France), lawyer and auditor. He was a recipient of the Legion of Honor in 2001 and received the decoration of Officer in the French National order of Merit and of Knight in the Order of Arts and Literature.
Sayja Barton became a Technical Advisor for Renée Pichard in 2021. Ms. Barton is the Director of National Accounting Standards for Binder Dijker Otte (BDO) Canada LLP. In her current role, she assists engagement teams with complex accounting issues related to Canadian Public Sector Accounting Standards (PSAS), Accounting Standards for Private Enterprises (ASPE) and Accounting Standards for Not-for-Profit Organizations (ASNPO). She also develops BDO's courses and tools related to accounting and financial reporting, writes internal and external accounting and financial reporting publications and training, and provides accounting advisory services on complex matters.
Ms. Barton has held positions in the public accounting sector and has worked for a large government business enterprise. Ms. Barton contributes to accounting standard setting by preparing feedback to standards setters on documents available for comment on behalf of BDO Canada. She is also a member of the Canadian Public Sector Accounting Board's (PSAB) Public Sector Accounting Discussion Group and the Chair of PSAB’s Technical Advisory Group.
Ms. Barton is a chartered professional accountant and holds a Bachelor of Arts (Chartered Accountancy Studies) and a Master of Accounting from the University of Waterloo.
ED 75 proposes an IFRS 16, Leases aligned model for lease accounting in the public sector. For lessees, as with the IPSASB’s previous proposals in ED 64, ED 75 proposes a right-of-use model that will replace the risks and rewards incidental to ownership model in International Public Sector Accounting Standard® (IPSAS®) 13, Leases. For lessors, ED 75 proposes to substantially carry forward the risks and rewards incidental to ownership model in IPSAS 13 in response to ED 64 comments and practical IFRS 16 implementation experience.
Issued alongside ED 75, the Request for Information will provide the IPSASB with further information on the issues that need to be considered in accounting for concessionary leases and other arrangements similar to leases that are quite common in the public sector. This will then allow the IPSASB to determine the nature and extent of the additional guidance required in phase two of the Leases project.
“In light of the responses to ED 64, Leases, and emerging practical experience with implementing IFRS 16, the IPSASB decided to revise its overall approach to the Leases project,” said IPSASB Chair Ian Carruthers. “The proposals in ED 75 will improve the transparency of lease accounting in the public sector, while allowing it to benefit from the private sector experience in implementing IFRS 16. The Request for Information will provide the IPSASB with further background on the more complex lease-related transactions common in the public sector, enabling the Board to decide what further guidance is required.”
How to Comment To access the Exposure Draft, its summary At-a-Glance document, and the Request for Information or to submit a comment, visit the IPSASB website, www.ipsasb.org. Comments are requested by May 17, 2021. The IPSASB encourages IFAC members, associates, and Network Partners to promote the availability of this Consultation Paper to their members and employees.
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Exposure Draft 75, Leases, and Request for Information, Concessionary Leases and Other Arrangements Similar to Leases
The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board(IPSASB®) has issued Request for Information, Concessionary Leases and Other Arrangements Similar to Leases.
The Request for Information will provide the IPSASB with further information on the issues that need to be considered in accounting for concessionary leases and other arrangements similar to leases that are quite common in the public sector. This will then allow the IPSASB to determine the nature and extent of the additional guidance required in phase two of the Leases project.
00:00 Welcome and introduction: Ross Smith, IPSASB Program & Technical Director
00:38 Chair’s meeting overview: Ian Carruthers, IPSASB Chair
02:45 Approval of Request For Information, Concessionary Leases and Other Arrangements Similar to Leases: Ian Carruthers, IPSASB Chair
03:12 Preliminary approvals of ED 76, Conceptual Framework - limited scope update, ED 77, Measurement and ED 78, Property, Plant, and Equipment: Ian Carruthers, IPSASB Chair
05:50 Chair’s 2020 Review: Ian Carruthers, IPSASB Chair
12:35 Chair’s 2021 prospects: Ian Carruthers, IPSASB Chair
13:24 Closing remarks: Ross Smith, IPSASB Program & Technical Director
The IPSASB held its fourth meeting of the year virtually on December 1-2;8-11; and 15, 2020.
ED 77, Measurement
The IPSASB voted to preliminary approve ED 77, Measurement. ED 77 provides detailed guidance on the implementation of commonly used measurement bases, including historical cost, current operational value, fair value and cost of fulfillment, and the circumstances under which these measurement bases are expected to be used. The IPSASB will finalize ED 77 at its February 2021 meeting.
ED 76, Conceptual Framework - Limited Scope Update
The IPSASB voted to preliminary approve ED 76, Conceptual Framework – Limited Scope Update. ED 76 updates Chapter 7 of the IPSASB’s Conceptual Framework to align with measurement in IPSAS, reflect experience in use of the Framework since publication in 2014, and post-2014 developments in the International Accounting Standards Board. The IPSASB will finalize ED 76 at its February 2021 meeting.
ED 78, Property, Plant, and Equipment
The IPSASB voted to preliminary approve ED 78, Property, Plant, and Equipment, which will replace the requirements in IPSAS 17, Property, Plant, and Equipment. ED 78 updates the accounting principles drawn from IPSAS 17 and proposes additional guidance related to the:
Measurement project by bringing in guidance on public sector specific measurement concepts.
Heritage project by adding accounting requirements for heritage assets.
Infrastructure project by introducing clarifications related to the accounting for infrastructure assets.
ED 75, Leases
The IPSASB approved ED 75, Leases and the Request for Information, Concessionary Leases and Other Arrangements Similar to Leases for publication with a 4-month comment period. Both documents are planned for publication in January 2021.
Natural Resources
The IPSASB continued its discussions on the draft Consultation Paper (CP) and:
Considered advice from the Consultative Advisory Group (CAG) on sovereign powers and the asset recognition criteria;
Reviewed the draft CP chapter on subsoil resources and provided input on whether subsoil resources can be controlled prior to extraction and when such resources can be reliably measured; and
Discussed IFRS 6, Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources and its potential applicability in the public sector.
Revenue & Transfer Expenses - ED 70-72
The staff presented the IPSASB with a preliminary analysis of the responses to Exposure Drafts (ED) 70-72, along with feedback from the December 2020 CAG meeting on the issues of the interrelation of the EDs and the extent of disclosures. The IPSASB provided feedback and further items for consideration at the March 2021 meeting, when staff will also provide further analysis on the responses received to the EDs, as well as a project management plan.
Next Meeting
The IPSASB will hold a virtual check-in meeting in February 2021 and hold its next full meeting in March, 2021. For more information, or to register as an observer for either meeting, visit the IPSASB website.
