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Live: Thursday 17.9.2026 at 9.00-16.00
IFRS Advanced training deepens your practical understanding of key International Financial Reporting Standards and how they are applied through real-world case examples. You will explore important IFRS standards and gain concrete insights into their use in financial reporting, building on basic knowledge of IFRS principles and requirements
This advanced course is ideal for finance and accounting professionals who already have some experience with IFRS and want to strengthen their skills in applying standards such as revenue recognition, leases, business combinations, financial instruments, employee benefits and more in practice. The training also highlights current developments in IFRS reporting and the regulator’s perspective. It is a natural next step after introductory IFRS training such as IFRS Basics.
Practical case studies and examples support your learning, helping you understand how to interpret and apply IFRS standards to real reporting situations.
8.45 Joining the online training
9.00 Introduction and IFRS in practice
- key judgement areas in IFRS reporting
- management estimates and assumptions
- common challenges in preparing IFRS financial statements
Accounting and Reporting Advisor Timo Salmi, KPMG Oy Ab
10.00 Break
10.15 Group accounting under IFRS
- assessing control
- business combinations (IFRS 3)
- accounting for goodwill
- associates and joint ventures
Senior University Lecturer Nina Sormunen, Aalto-university
12.00 Lunch break
13.00 Impairment testing and fair value
- IAS 36 – impairment testing in practice
- cash-generating units
- fair value measurement (IFRS 13)
- valuation techniques and hierarchy
KHT, Manager Joanna Suomalainen, EY
14.15 Break
14.30 Selected advanced IFRS standards
- IAS 19 – employee benefits
- IFRS 8 – segment reporting
- IAS 24 – related party disclosures
- IAS 10 – events after the reporting period
DPP IFRS Accounting, IFRS / Financial Reporting Specialist Kikka Pihlgren, KPMG Oy Ab
15.30 IFRS update (shortly)
- recent changes in IFRS standards
- upcoming developments in financial reporting
DPP IFRS Accounting, IFRS / Financial Reporting Specialist Kikka Pihlgren, KPMG Oy Ab
16.00 Training ends
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