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Technical Roundup 21 April 2023

Apr 20, 2023

Welcome to this week’s Technical Roundup.  

In developments this week, the Financial Reporting Council has issued a new web page providing conversation starters to help promote better engagement between investors and audit committees; the European Securities and Markets Authority has published the third edition of its Data Quality Report under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) and the Securitised Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) reporting regimes.

Read more on these and other developments that may be of interest to members below. 

Financial Reporting

The FRS 102 & FRS 105 Periodic Review Consultation (FRED 82) closes on 30 April. Individuals and organisations wishing to contribute to the future direction of Irish and UK accounting standards can submit a response to this. Details of the questions raised by the FRC and how to respond are contained in the “Invitation to comment” section of FRED 82. A summary of the changes proposed in FRED 82 can be found in our recent event with the FRC.

The IASB have issued their Supplementary Update April 2023.  This Update highlights preliminary decisions of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). Projects affected by these decisions can be found on the work plan.

The UK Endorsement Board (UKEB) has published the 2023 IFRS Standards on behalf of the UK Government.

Audit and Assurance 

IAASA has published its annual Profile of the Profession for 2022. This contains statistical data provided by the six Prescribed Accountancy Bodies (‘PABs’) within IAASA’s supervisory remit. The Profile of the Profession presents an overview of the PABs’ members and students and includes statistics about the PABs’ regulatory and monitoring activities.

The FRC has issued a new web page providing conversation starters to help promote better engagement between investors and audit committees. The goal of this is to facilitate better understanding of companies and their approach to financial reporting and internal control.

Sustainability

The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) will shortly be seeking feedback on its future priorities for the next two years. In May 2023, the ISSB plans to publish a request for information about its agenda priorities with a comment period of 120 days.

Anti money laundering, terrorist financing

The National Crime Agency in the UK has recently issued its April 2023 edition (Issue 19) of SARs IN ACTION. It contains items such as a summary of the 2022 SARs Annual Report (which can be accessed in full here), which features statistics covering the years 2020-21 and 2021-22, an article on modern slavery and human trafficking, and looks at SARs related to cryptocurrency and  trust or company service providers. It also has some information on the new SARs portal and on two new podcast episodes on Evolving Payments and Banking Firms and the UK Fraud Communications Toolkit.

Other Areas of Interest  

Accountancy Europe’s latest online blog ‘Beyond the books: soft skills as important for accountants as technical knowledge’ by Jens Poll, AE Deputy President, discusses how, if the profession wants to be a part of the transition and accompany clients through it, we must adapt and be open to change. Soft skills and openness help build long-lasting client relationships based on mutual communication. With time and trust, our advice becomes more diverse and personal.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has published the third edition of its Data Quality Report under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) and the Securitised Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) reporting regimes.  The report highlights the increased use of transaction data by EU financial regulatory authorities in their day-to-day supervision and identifies significant quality improvements following a new approach to data monitoring.

The Dept. of Enterprise Trade & Employment has published its April 2023 Enterprise newsletter. It includes details on a couple of consultations, one on the EU proposal for a directive on liability for defective products and a consultation on guidelines for the export of cyber-surveillance items. It also includes the latest round of the Online Retail Scheme where retailers can access up to €25,000 in grant funding to strengthen their ecommerce capabilities. Details of application requirements including provision of statutory accounts can be found in the link in the newsletter and submissions should be made by 3rd May 2023 at 12.00pm (noon).

The Companies Registration Office has delayed the implementation of the CRO PPSN project which was due to go live on April 23rd. The CRO have indicted that it is a short delay and we will keep you updated. In the meantime, members are advised to continue to prepare for the new requirements.

We are pleased to have recently launched new webpages providing information and resources to members in the area of protected disclosures legislation. The pages are located on the Institute’s technical hub. Click here for the protected disclosures landing page. The pages cover both the Republic of Ireland and the UK and deal with areas such as updates to Irish legislation since the commencement of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022 earlier this year. For example, an expanded definition of worker, wrongdoing and penalisation. The pages also deal with reporting requirements including the new internal reporting channel and procedures required under the 2022 Act. The pages also collate some of the many resources available on the topic. We hope members will find the new resource useful.

For further technical information and updates please visit the Technical Hub on the Institute website. 

 

 

 

 

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