Help, support and insight from CIPFA for the implementation of IFRS 16, considered the biggest change to lease accounting in over 30 years.
What is IFRS 16?
IFRS 16 is an International Financial Reporting Standard and provides a single lessee accounting model that requires assets and liabilities arising from almost all major lease arrangements to be recognised on balance sheet. Formal implementation for local authorities will be through the Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting in the United Kingdom.
How CIPFA supports you with IFRS 16
CIPFA offers a range of guidance, insight and support to help with the implementation of IFRS 16. Below you will find links to a range of events, publications, policy briefings and consultations.
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Policy
- Local Authority Leasing in Accounting Code Briefings | CIPFA
Guidance
Including reference material on the future accounting requirements for leases for local authorities:
- Code Of Practice On Local Authority Accounting In The United Kingdom
- IFRS 16 Leases: Early Guide for Local Authority Practitioners
Articles
- IFRS 16: A Valuer’s Perspective, Donna Best, CIPFA Property, December 2021
- To have and to leasehold: accounting for leases by Sarah Sheen, Public Finance on 5 September 2018
Training and Networks
IFRS 16 property and infrastructure solutions
Whether building homes, hospitals, schools or roads, CIPFA's property networks will keep you up-to-date with the latest thinking, helping you with your IFRS 16 issues.
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Subscribers to CIPFA's Finance Advisory Network (FAN) can access past network event materials covering the planned changes introduced under IFRS 16 including:
- materials in the FAN’s Capital Hot Topics events
- keynote Accounts Closedown and Financial Reporting series.
For details of FAN event materials available to subscribers please login to the CIPFA FAN website pages. View any planned FAN events please at www.cipfa.org/training and search IFRS16 for the latest position. Events are also open to non-subscribers.
CIPFA solutions
- With public sector organisations required to hold more details on leases, for inclusion on the balance sheet, CIPFA’s AssetManager.NET software system helps meet the requirements of IFRS 16.