This publication is designed to give preparers and reviewers of IFRS financial statements a high-level awareness of recent changes to International Financial Reporting Standards. It covers both new Standards and Interpretations that have been issued and amendments made to existing ones.
The 2025 edition of this publication has been updated for changes to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) that have been published between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024.
The publication will help you complete annual financial statements for 31 March 2024, 30 June 2024, 30 September 2024, 31 December 2024 and 31 March 2025 year ends.
How to use the publication
The effective dates table lists all the changes covered in the publication and their effective dates. It has been colour coded in the PDF to help entities planning for a specific financial reporting year end, and identifies:
- changes mandatorily effective for the first time
- changes not yet effective
- changes already in effect.
Where a change is not yet mandatorily effective for a particular year end, it may still be possible for an entity to adopt it early (depending on local legislation and the ability to be able to fully comply with all the requirements).
Where a change has been made but an entity is yet to apply it, certain disclosures are required to be made under IAS 8 ‘Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors’.
Disclosures required include:
- the fact that the new or amended Standard or Interpretation has been issued but it has not yet been applied
- any known or reasonably estimable information relevant to assessing its possible impact on the financial statements in the period of initial application.
Identifying the commercial significance of the changes in the publication
For each change covered in the publication, we have included a box on its commercial implications. These sections focus on two questions:
- how many entities will be affected?
- what will be the impact on affected entities?
A traffic light system indicates our assessment of the answers to these questions.
