IFRS Talks - PwC's Global IFRS podcast

In this month’s episode, Anu Pandya is joined by Josh Contant and Stefan Schoenmakers to discuss PwC’s refreshed guidance on common control transactions.  Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepage 

In this month’s episode, Anu Pandya is joined by Mariela Isern, member of the IASB technical staff, and Deanna Louth, PwC partner, to discuss a new IFRS Accounting Standard – IFRS 20 Regulatory Assets and Regulatory Liabilities.Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepage.

In this month’s episode, Anu Pandya is joined by Gary Berchowitz for an overview of the topics discussed at the June 2026 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting. Several new IFRS 18 issues were on the agenda for discussion.  Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepage

In Episode 3 of our ‘Decoding IFRS 18’ series, Anu Pandya is joined by Tanguy Rannou and Gerda Burger to discuss the latest insights about management-defined performance measures (MPMs).  Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepage

In Episode 2 of the Decoding IFRS 18 series, Anu Pandya is joined by Pankaj Gaikwad and Olaf Pusch, who were part of the core team behind PwC's fully reinvented illustrative financial statements. Discover practical insights and key learnings from early adopting IFRS 18 for a fictional listed group — Reinvented Plc. Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepage

In this month’s episode, Anu Pandya is joined by Gary Berchowitz for an overview of the topics discussed at the March 2026 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting. Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepage

In this episode of IFRS Talks, we cover the latest ISSB developments, including the targeted amendments to IFRS S2 and progress on the biodiversity, ecosystems and ecosystem services (BEES) standard‑setting project. Topics covered also include brief updates on the GHG Protocol and the revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepage

In this month’s episode, Anu Pandya is joined by Stefan Schoenmakers and Scott Bandura to explore new illustrative examples from the IASB which clarify how entities should navigate disclosing uncertainties in financial statements. Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepage 

In this month’s episode, Anu Pandya is joined by Gary Berchowitz for an overview of the topics discussed at the November 2025 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting. The new presentation and disclosure Accounting Standard, IFRS 18, was among the topics discussed.

How are foreign exchange differences on intragroup monetary assets and liabilities classified under IFRS 18? And does an electricity retailer obtain substantially all the economic benefits from the use of a battery in an offtake arrangement? In this month’s episode, Anu Pandya is joined by Gary Berchowitz for an overview of the topics discussed at the September 2025 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting as well as Gary’s aspirations as he joins the Committee. Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepage

Dive into the Decoding IFRS 18 podcast series with Episode 1 for an introduction to the new IFRS Accounting Standard set to redefine financial performance reporting. Anu Pandya is joined by Katja van der Kuij and Tanya van Eyk who lead PwC’s IFRS 18 accounting working group. Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepage. 

In this episode, Anu Pandya is joined by Katie DeKeizer to explore proposed amendments and educational material published by the ISSB. Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepage 

Reflections on six years as an IFRS Interpretations Committee member and more. In this month’s episode, Anu Pandya is joined by Karsten Ganssauge for an overview of the topics discussed at the June 2025 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting as well as Karsten’s reflections at the end of his term as an IFRS Interpretations Committee member. Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepage

In this episode of IFRS Talks, we explore how global tariffs and economic uncertainty can affect covenant compliance. We will explore the Amendments to IAS 1 on non-current liabilities with covenants and discuss how these changes affect financial reporting. Anu Pandya is joined by Olaf Pusch and Gerda Burger from our Global Corporate Reporting Services team, who will provide valuable insights for navigating these challenges.   Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepage.

The IASB issued targeted amendments to IFRS 9 relating to the date of recognition and derecognition of financial assets and financial liabilities.  In this episode, Anu Pandya is joined by Claire Howells and Chris Raftopoulos, corporate treasury experts in PwC UK, to discuss how these amendments impact how entities account for cash transfers using common payment methods.    Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepage. 

Sustainability reporting is a vast and evolving area. PwC’s Sustainability Reporting Guide (SRG) serves as a compendium of the reporting requirements under the sustainability frameworks expected to have the broadest impact globally, including ESRS, IFRS® Sustainability Disclosure Standards, and the SEC Climate disclosure rules. We are joined by Katie Woods, from PwC’s Global CRS Sustainability Reporting team and one of the authors of the SRG. Find out more at: https://viewpoint.pwc.com/dt/gx/en/pwc-ifrs-talks/PwC-IFRS-talks/Listen-to-the-latest-episode.html

In their search for carbon neutral power, entities enter more frequently into contracts that reference nature-dependent electricity. In December 2024, the IASB amended IFRS 7 and IFRS 9 to help companies report better on these power purchase agreements. We are joined by Roger Sagmoen who is a member of PwC’s Global Corporate Services team and who has followed this IASB project from the beginning. Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepage and read our In-Brief here

In December 2024, PwC released its latest Global Investor Survey. We are joined by Eleanor Larner who shares with us some of the findings from this year’s survey. We explore what is top of mind for investors, what they are looking for in disclosures and what that means for companies as they prepare their 2024 reports. Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepage and read the Global Investor Survey.

When is an economy hyperinflationary? And can R&D expenditure relating to climate-commitments create an intangible asset?In this month’s episode, Laura Kennedy is joined by Karsten Ganssauge for an overview of the topics discussed at the December 2024 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting.Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepage   https://viewpoint.pwc.com/dt/gx/en/pwc-ifrs-talks/PwC-IFRS-talks/Listen-to-the-latest-episode.html

In our October episode, Laura Kennedy is joined by Olaf Pusch to talk about the new accounting standard - IFRS 19 ‘Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures’. The new standard will lower the costs of financial reporting by reducing disclosure requirements for eligible subsidiary financial statements.

In this month’s episode, Laura Kennedy is joined by Karsten Ganssauge for an overview of the September 2024 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting.

In this month's episode Laura is joined by Eleanor Larner and Katie DeKeizer to hear about PwC's Global CSRD Survey 2024, key sustainability reporting implementation challenges and new application guidance.

In this month’s episode, Laura Kennedy is joined by Karsten Ganssauge for an overview of the June 2024 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting.

Laura and Gary are joined by Nick Barlow from the IASB's technical staff, to talk about the new standard - IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosures in Financial Statements.IASB IFRS 18 implementation support pagehttps://www.ifrs.org/supporting-implementation/supporting-materials-by-ifrs-standards/ifrs-18/PwC In brief ‘IFRS 18 is here: redefining financial performance reporting’https://viewpoint.pwc.com/dt/gx/en/pwc/in_briefs/in_briefs_INT/in_briefs_INT/ifrs-18-is-here-redefining-financial-performance-reporting.html

In this special edition, Laura is joined by Craig Smith from the IASB technical staff, for an overview of the IASB's latest consultation on proposals aimed at improving reporting about acquisitions.Exposure Draft Business Combinations—Disclosures, Goodwill and Impairment (open for comment until 15 July 2024)https://www.ifrs.org/news-and-events/news/2024/03/iasb-consults-on-proposals-to-improve-reporting-of-acquisitions/

Climate-related commitments, post-acquisition handovers and the IFRS 9 post-implementation review.In this month’s episode, Laura Kennedy is joined by Karsten Ganssauge for an overview of the March 2024 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting.Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks https://viewpoint.pwc.com/dt/gx/en/pwc-ifrs-talks/PwC-IFRS-talks/Listen-to-the-latest-episode.html

Seven years since the IASB issued its most recent Standard (IFRS 17), 2024 is set to be the year of IFRS 18 and IFRS 19. And that 's not all. This month Laura is joined by Marie Kling and Netta Mikkilä to take a look at the IASB's standard-setting agenda for the year.Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepagehttps://viewpoint.pwc.com/dt/gx/en/pwc-ifrs-talks/PwC-IFRS-talks/Listen-to-the-latest-episode.html

Trust, tech and transformation. As we kick-off the new year, Laura Kennedy is joined by PwC’s Global Reporting Leader Nadja Picard, and Eleanor Larner from our global investor engagement programme to find out what investor’s want to know about how companies are managing crises and staying resilient, while creating and protecting long-term value in today’s fracturing world.PwC’s Global Investor Survey 2023https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/issues/c-suite-insights/global-investor-survey.html

Does a company need to record a balance sheet liability for the costs associated with its net zero commitments?In this month’s episode, Laura Kennedy is joined by Karsten Ganssauge and Scott Bandura for a special edition of our IFRIC Update, focusing on accounting implications of net zero commitments, as well as other climate-related matters.Guidance referred to in this episode:PwC 2023 Illustrative Consolidated Financial Statements (Appendix E: Impact of climate change on financial statements)PwC In brief: ESMA’s report on disclosures of climate-related matters in the financial statementsPwC In depths:Impact of ESG matters on IFRS financial statementsIFRS Financial reporting considerations for entities participating in the voluntary carbon marketAccounting for green/renewable power purchase agreements

In this month’s episode, Laura Kennedy is joined by Andy Wiggins and Gary Berchowitz to talk about the OECD’s global minimum tax (aka ‘Pillar Two’ or ‘GLoBE’).Listen in for an overview of the rules, practical challenges, safe harbours, and accounting implications.

In this month's episode, Laura Kennedy is joined by Katie DeKeizer and Jan-Ben Wiese to talk about sustainability reporting.Listen in for key developments so far in 2023, what's to come, and a guide to commonly used acronyms and terms including alphabet soup, double materiality and interoperability.Guidance referred to in this episode: PwC’s global sustainability reporting page.

Join Laura Kennedy and Karsten Ganssauge as they discuss three topics from the June 2023 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting:Energy contracts and the ‘own-use’ exemption from financial instrument accountingMergers between a parent and its subsidiaryConsolidation when the parent is hyperinflationary but the subsidiary is not

Join Raihazah Shaikh, Mark Randall and Laura Kennedy as they discuss the latest developments under IFRS 9 classification and measurement. Topics include:An overview of what is involved in the post implementation reviewThe proposed amendments to IFRS 9 covering contractual cash flow characteristics and electronic cash payment systems.

Join Raihazah Shaikh and Karsten Ganssauge for an update of the March 2023 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting. Topics include:Three new submissions: Homes and home loans provided to employees, Guarantee over a derivative contract and Premiums Receivable from an Intermediary;Potential annual improvements on the accounting for lease payments forgiven (IFRS 9 and IFRS 16) andPossible changes to the impairment test of cash-generating units containing goodwill.

How to account for carbon offsets and related costs? Claire Howells and Gina Huang join Raihazah Shaikh to share their perspectives on the accounting for carbon offsets and related costs from the perspective of a purchaser and the perspective of a project developer.

What do investors want to know about this reporting season? In this podcast, Hilary Eastman and Eleanor Leach join Raihazah Shaikh to share their perspectives.

Join Raihazah Shaikh and Henry Daubeney as they take stock of sustainability related reporting covering the three proposals, the ISSB S1 and S2 exposure drafts, the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and the SEC proposed climate rule. They also look ahead to developments that are expected in 2023

Join Raihazah and Karsten Ganssauge for an update on the November 2022 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting. Topics include assessing the definition of a lease when considering substitution rights and potential annual improvements to existing IFRS standards.

Join Raihazah Shaikh and Laura Kennedy for an overview of the accounting considerations in a rising inflation and interest rate environment. Topics include key themes to consider on the impact to the measurement and disclosures; examples of areas that might be impacted, and examples of where additional disclosures might need to be considered in accordance with IAS 1.

Join Raihazah and Karsten Ganssauge for an update on the September 2022 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting. Topics include three agenda decisions finalised on multi-currency groups of insurance contracts, accounting for warrants at acquisition in a SPAC transaction and lessor forgiveness of lease payments. The Committee also discussed the staff’s proposal on the IAS 21 amendments on lack of exchangeability.

Join Raihazah Shaikh and Gina Huang as they reflect on PwC’s learnings over the past year in relation to cloud computing arrangements following the IFRIC agenda decisions in March 2019 (Customer’s Right to Receive Access to the Supplier’s Software Hosted on the Cloud (IAS 38 Intangible Assets)) and March 2021 (Configuration or Customisation Costs in a Cloud Computing Arrangement (IAS 38 Intangible Assets)).

Join Raihazah Shaikh, Henry Daubeney and Scott Bandura for an overview of PwC’s response to the ISSB exposure drafts and a summary of next steps in sustainability related reporting.Topics include key themes in PwC’s response letter, areas of focus in each individual exposure draft and an overview of other upcoming developments.

Join Raihazah Shaikh and Peter Flick where they discuss the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) exposure drafts released by EFRAG (European Financial Reporting Advisory Group). Topics include, the scope of the requirements, an overview of cross-cutting standards, the concept of double materiality and the climate exposure draft.

Join Raihazah and Karsten Ganssauge for an update on the June 2022 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting. The topics include the consolidation of a non-hyperinflationary subsidiary by a hyperinflationary parent and the application of IFRS 17 and IAS 21 to a group of insurance contracts with foreign currency cash flows.

Join Raihazah Shaikh and Nadja Picard, where they discuss a path towards further global alignment and adoption of sustainability reporting standards. They take a close look at the role of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and how the memorandum of understanding between the GRI and the IFRS foundation can establish reporting which looks beyond a global investor focussed baseline.Click here for talking points.

Join Raihazah Shaikh and Andreas Ohl, where they discuss the SEC proposal on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors. Topics include an overview of the proposal and a summary of some of the similarities and differences with other similar proposals.

Join Raihazah Shaikh, Mark O’Sullivan and Scott Bandura, where they discuss the two new exposure drafts published by the International Sustainability Standards Board which consist of the general requirements for disclosure of sustainability-related financial information, and climate related disclosures.

Join Raihazah Shaikh and Karsten Ganssauge for an update on part 2 of the March 2022 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting, where they discuss the two issues relating to the accounting implications of special purpose acquisition companies, also referred to as SPACs.

Join Andrea Pryde and Karsten Ganssauge for an update on part 1 of the March 2022 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting. The topics include demand deposits with restrictions, recognition of profit for life contingent immediate annuity contracts, and the accounting for lease concessions. 

Join Andrea Pryde and Gary Berchowitz for an update on the Supplier Finance Exposure Draft. The podcast explores the nature of these arrangements, what the exposure draft proposes, and PwC’s preliminary views on responding to the exposure draft.