IAASB Technical Director Kathleen Healy hosts the March 2016 audio podcast featuring Chairman Arnold Schilder, Deputy Chair Chuck Landes, and IAASB members Rich Sharko and Brendan Murtagh to discuss key activities and events from the board's March 14-18, 2016, meeting in New York. 

:13 – Introduction

:37 - Chairman's Overview

4:27 - ISA 540

7:12 - ISA 315 (Revised)

8:12 - Data Analytics

8:45 - NOCLAR

10:28 – Professional Skepticism

17:50 - Integrated Reporting

19:35 - Agreed upon Procedures

20:43 - Closing remarks and next meeting

During this audio podcast, Acting Technical Director John Stanford speaks with Chair Ian Carruthers, Principal Paul Mason, and Manager, Standards Development and Technical Projects, João Fonseca on key events from the IPSASB's March 8-11, 2016, meeting in New York City. 

In this audio podcast, IPSASB Acting Technical Director John Stanford and IPSASB Principal Paul Mason summarize the accounting requirements for assets and liabilities under the grant of right to the operator model in IPSAS 32, Service Concession Arrangements: Grantor. 

An accompanying Staff Questions and Answers document is also available.

IAASB Technical Director Kathy Healy hosts the December 2015 audio podcast featuring Chairman Arnold Schilder, Deputy Chair Chuck Landes, and IAASB members Annette Köhler, Rich Sharko, and Megan Zietsman as they discuss key activities and events from the board's December 7-11, 2015, meeting in New York. 

:01 – Introduction

:28 - Chairman's Overview

3:45 - Invitation to Comment: Enhancing Audit Quality in the Public Interest — A Focus on Professional Skepticism, Quality Control and Group Audits

7:44 - Professional Skepticism

11:17 - ISA 540 

14:14 - Approval of ISA 810 (Revised)

15:59 – Other Presentations and Outreach Activities

21:25 - Closing Remarks and Next Meeting 

In the wake of the sovereign debt crisis, the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) is facing increasing demands for its standards and for guidance on their adoption and implementation.

During this audio podcast, Acting Technical Director John Stanford interviews departing Chair Andreas Bergmann, incoming Chair Ian Carruthers, and Technical Managers Paul Mason and João Fonseca on the IPSASB's recent standard-setting work and other key projects discussed its December 8-11, 2015, meeting. 

IAASB Technical Director Kathy Healy hosts the September 2015 audio podcast featuring Chairman Arnold Schilder, Deputy Chair Chuck Landes, and IAASB members Annette Köhler, Rich Sharko, and Megan Zietsman as they discuss key activities and events from the board's September 21-25, 2015, meeting in New York. 

:06 - Introduction

:31 - Chairman's Overview

3:21 - Enhancing Audit Quality - Draft Invitation to Comment, Group Audits and Quality Control 

9:23 - Financial Institutions, including ISA 540 and IFRS 9

12:50 - Professional Skepticism

14:30 - Approval of ISA 800 (Revised) and ISA 805 (Revised)

16:14 - Innovation, Integrated Reporting, and Data Analytics

22:33 - Closing Remarks and Next Meeting 

In the wake of the sovereign debt crisis, the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) is facing increasing demands for its standards and for guidance on their adoption and implementation.

During this audio podcast, Acting Technical Director John Stanford interviews Chair Andreas Bergmann and Senior Technical Manager Gwenda Jensen on the IPSASB's recent standard-setting work and other key projects discussed its September 22-25, 2015, meeting. 

Highlights from the IPSASB's June 23-26, 2015, meeting in Toronto, Canada.

:49 - Chair's Opening Remarks

2:21 - Social Benefits

5:35 - Applicability of IPSAS

6:43 - Public Sector Combinations

7:44 - Chair's Closing Remarks

9:02 - Next Meeting

In this audio podcast, hosted by IAASB Technical Director Kathleen Healy, Chairman Arnold Schilder, Deputy Chair Chuck Landes, and IAASB members Brendan Murtagh and Megan Zietsman provide an overview of activities conducted during the IAASB’s June 15-19, 2015, meeting in New York.

:05 - Introduction

:31 - Chairman's Overview

2:51 - Approval of NOCLAR Exposure Draft 

4:37 - ISA 810 approval of Exposure Draft, ISA 800 and 805 review

5:21 - Quality Control and Group Audits

8:56 - Agreed-upon Procedures, Integrated Reporting, and Professional Skepticism.

13:40 - Chairman's Closing Remarks

15:10 - Next meeting 

This audio podcast and accompanying publication have been issued by the staff of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) to highlight how International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSASs) reflect the accounting consequences of sovereign debt restructuring transactions.

In this podcast, IPSASB Acting Director John Stanford and Technical Manager Ross Smith discuss issues which may be encountered in a sovereign debt restructuring.