Understanding IFRS/ PSAK 73 regulations
New Accounting Standards in IFRS and US GAAP Figure 1: Scenario Figure 2: Motivation to Replace IAS 17 Most operating leases are comprised of financial obligations similar to finance leases and other financial commitments (such as loans). The flexibility to design leases as operating leases or finance leases gave companies an option to hide their financial obligations on the balance sheet. Therefore, boards had concerns about the lack of transparency of information about lease obligations for investors and analysts. Listed companies using IFRS Standards or US GAAP are estimated to have around US$ 3.3 trillion lease commitments. Over 85% of these lease commitments do not appear on balance sheets today. Figure 3: The IFRS16 Leases Standard Quick Overview The new lease accounting standard IFRS16 Leases was published by the International Accounting standards board (IASB) on January 13th, 2016. The effective date of the new IFRS16 is January 1st, 2019. H...