It is at the core of accounting for any business activities to identify and report revenue from those activities correctly in the entity’s financial statements. IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (‘IFRS 15’) establishes the principles to account for...
South Africa: Deferred tax at 27% or 28%?
The South African National Treasury announced on 23 February 2022 that the corporate tax rate is reduced from 28% to 27% for years of assessment that end on or after 31 March 2023. One of the accounting questions that stem from this announcement is how companies...
Accounting for power purchase agreements in terms of IFRS
There is a global drive towards renewable energy. In this context, entities have increasingly entered into renewable power purchase agreements (‘PPAs’). These agreements enable funding of the development of medium to long-term investments in renewable energy. They...
Accounting for employee share plans
Companies use employee share plans (or employee stock ownership plans as they are also called in some jurisdictions) to incentivise key staff members and align their objectives with those of the shareholders of the company. These plans must often be accounted for as...
IFRS 10: A simple matter of control?
IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements (‘IFRS 10’) governs the presentation of consolidated financial statements that represent the affairs of a parent and its subsidiaries as a single economic unit. The consolidation accounting model is centred around control. An...
Accounting for VAT on leases
The accounting treatment of VAT was considered by the IFRS Interpretations Committee (the IFRIC) during some of its meetings in 2021. More specifically, the committee considered a request that related to the treatment of non-recoverable VAT paid by lessees. Lessees...






