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NARROW THE GAAP

Read between the
line items.

Standards keep widening, and so does the gap between reading them and getting the numbers right. Reading between the line items is how you narrow it: build the knowledge with study material and courses, then put it to work with reporting tools, audit tools and templates.

A magnifying glass over a lease note, the words "reasonably certain" underlined

Chart of accounts. Pick your line item.

WTF: What The Financials

The IFRS facts that make accountants look twice.

Did you know?

No. 01  of 06

A calf growing up is income.

 

Living animals are measured at fair value less costs to sell, and every change in value goes straight to profit or loss. As the herd grows, so does profit.

Reference: IAS 41 Agriculture, paragraph 26

Study Material

Study the detail. Notes organised by subject, ready to revisit at your own pace.

Accounting Fundamentals

Accounting Fundamentals

Start from zero: double entry, the trial balance and your first financial statements.

Financial Reporting

Financial Reporting

Build a clear foundation in financial statements and reporting standards.

Diploma in IFRS

Diploma in IFRS

Explore IFRS standards and the judgement behind their application.

Audit & Assurance

Audit & Assurance

Understand audit risk, evidence and the purpose of assurance.

Learning Tools

Learn by doing. Interactive tools that show where every number comes from.

The Paper Trail

ACCOUNTING CYCLE TUTOR

The Paper Trail

Type transactions in plain English and follow every figure from the journal to the financial statements.

Clear Funds

BANK RECONCILIATION TRAINER

Clear Funds

Match the cash book to the bank statement, explain every difference and arrive at the corrected balance.

Timing Is Everything

DEFERRED TAX TRAINER

Timing Is Everything

Find the tax base, spot the temporary differences and follow deferred tax through to the tax charge.

Reporting Tools

Built straight from the standards. Practical tools for transition and presentation.

IAS 23 Borrowing Costs

IAS 23 · BORROWING COSTS

IAS 23 Borrowing Costs

Capitalise borrowing costs on qualifying assets: when to start, suspend and stop, and the rate for general borrowings.

IFRS 19 Eligibility Test

IFRS 19 · REDUCED DISCLOSURE

IFRS 19 Eligibility Test

Test whether a subsidiary can apply IFRS 19, then build the reduced-disclosure checklist Standard by Standard.

IFRS 9 ECL Calculator

IFRS 9 · EXPECTED CREDIT LOSS

IFRS 9 ECL Calculator

Provision matrices, PD × LGD × EAD by scenario, staging, credit-impaired and POCI assets, and the IFRS 7 reconciliation.

Reporting Templates

From standards to spreadsheets. Excel templates with instructions and a worked example.

CGU Impairment Template

IAS 36 · IMPAIRMENT

CGU Impairment Template

€30

Amortised Cost Template

IFRS 9 · AMORTISED COST

Amortised Cost Template

Free

Intercompany Loans Template

IFRS 9 · INTERCOMPANY

Intercompany Loans Template

Free

Merger Accounting Template

COMMON CONTROL

Merger Accounting Template

€30

Audit Tools

Built straight from the ISAs. Practical tools for planning, testing and concluding.

Audit Procedure Builder

ISA 330 · RESPONSES TO RISK

Audit Procedure Builder

Build the procedure from the risk and the assertion, with 1,238 drafted procedures behind it.

Audit Sampling

ISA 530 · AUDIT SAMPLING

Audit Sampling

Size a sample, choose how to select it, and project what the testing finds.

Going Concern

ISA 570 · GOING CONCERN

Going Concern

Work from 300 events and conditions to the memorandum and the reporting consequence.

Unaddressed!

Where the Standard ends! Analysis of the questions IFRS leaves open.

Accounting for fractional aircraft ownership

Accounting for fractional aircraft ownership

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Upfront non-refundable fees: material rights and the revenue recognition period

Upfront non-refundable fees: material rights and the revenue recognition period

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Perpetual leases of land

Perpetual leases of land

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