2020 Business Links Seminars and Webinars

Access information and recordings from the 2020 Business Links Seminar and Webinar series.

COVID-19: The Implications for Financial Reporting and Audit in the Public Sector

15 July 2020

This webinar, hosted by the External Reporting Board and the Centre for Accounting, Governance, and Taxation Research saw discussion on the significant implications of the pandemic crisis and economic recovery for financial reporting and audit issues such as fair value measurement, impairment of assets, leases, expected credit loss assessment, subsequent events, revenue recognition, assessment of going concern, and audit reporting.

At this seminar, Ian Ball chaired a panel discussion on the above issues with Angela Ryan and Francis Caetano focussing on financial reporting by central and local government entities respectively and Stephen Walker and Robert Cox commenting on audit issues for both central and local government.

COVID-19—the implications for financial reporting and audit

17 June 2020

This webinar, hosted by the External Reporting Board and the Centre for Accounting, Governance, and Taxation Research, saw discussion on the significant implications of the pandemic crisis and economic recovery for financial reporting and audit issues such as fair value measurement, impairment of assets, leases, expected credit loss assessment, subsequent events, revenue recognition, assessment of going concern, and audit reporting.

Michele Embling chaired a panel discussion on the above issues with Jackie Robertson Cheyne giving a governance perspective, John Kensington focusing on the issues for Tier 1 and 2 for profit and PBE entities, and Craig Fisher commenting on the concerns for the SME and NFP sectors.