Management commentary practice statement- IASB standard setting
- Active
- Monitoring
- Vincent Papa, Aleksandra Sivash
Description
Project background
In November 2017, the IASB added a project to its agenda to revise and update the IFRS Practice Statement Management Commentary issued in 2010.
The IASB's research indicated that the existing Practice Statement does not always provide investors and creditors with the information they need and that it lacked focus on matters that are important for the entity's long-term prospects; contained too much generic information and not enough entity-specific information.
The IASB's main aim in revising the Practice Statement is to address these shortcomings and outreach and consultation with its Management Commentary Consultative Group (MCCG), The IASB published an exposure draft 'Management Commentary' (the 'ED) in May 2021 with a 180-day comment period.
EFRAG response to the MCPS ED
EFRAG published its draft comment letter in July 2021 (see DCL here ). Following targeted outreach with several working groups, EFRAG published its Final Comment Letter in December 2021 with support for the proposed objective-based approach and proposed content elements and with suggestions for improvements including having governance as a separate content element and giving equal emphasis to opportunities and risks. EFRAG made several other detailed recommendations to improve the guidance.
Project status
In response to constituents’ feedback, the IASB put the
project on hold while awaiting the ISSB to decide on whether to undertake a project on integration in reporting based on the feedback to the 2023 ISSB agenda consultation.
IASB decision on project direction
In April 2024, the ISSB decided not to add a project on integration in reporting. In June 2024, after consulting the MCCG and other stakeholders including securities regulators, the IASB decided to finalise the project and will make targeted refinements to the proposals in the Exposure Draft Management Commentary based on the feedback to the ED.
Next steps
Though the Practice Statement is voluntary and not endorsed in the EU, EFRAG will continue monitoring the finalisation of the project. This is because a) the MCPS could help with the cross-pollination of best practices of the management report guidance across jurisdictions; b) the MCPS is connectivity related as it can help to enhance the connectivity of IFRS general purpose financial reporting
Documents
Project news
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01/02/2022 - EFRAG's Feedback Statement on Management Commentary
The Feedback Statement summarises constituents' feedback on EFRAG's Draft Comment Letter relating to the IASB Exposure Draft 2021/06 Management Commentary and explains how EFRAG considered this feedback in developing its Final Comment Letter.
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03/12/2021 - EFRAG's Final Comment Letter on ED/2021/6 Management Commentary
EFRAG has published its Final Comment Letter in response to the IASB's exposure draft Management Commentary.
EFRAG's Final Comment Letter can be found here.
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28/07/2021 - EFRAG is consulting on its Draft Comment Letter in response to the IFRS Practice Statement Exposure Draft ED/2021/6 Management Commentary
EFRAG has published its Draft Comment Letter in response to the IFRS Practice Statement Exposure Draft ED/2021/6 Management Commentary (the 'ED') and seeks constituents' views on the proposals.
Comments on the Draft Comment Letter are requested by 15 November 2021, by close of business. The draft comment letter can be found here.
