What's New (Jun, 2016)

June 29,2016

JICPA and IFRS Foundation will host a third joint workshop on Framework-based understanding of IFRS on August 24 and 25, 2016, at JICPA headquarters.

This two-day workshop will demonstrate the Framework-based approach to understanding IFRS and will be of particular interest to trainers, advisors and auditors preparing to support those adopting IFRS in Japan. During this interactive workshop, participants will get the opportunity to make the judgements and estimates that are necessary to apply IFRS.

Presenters and facilitators will include, Takatsugu Ochi, IASB board member, Michael Wells, Former Director, IFRS Education Initiative, IASB, Mitsuhiro Takemura, Office Director, Asia-Oceania Office, IASB, and Tatsumi Yamada, Partner, KPMG (formerly IASB board member). It is recommended that participants have sufficient understanding of English and Japanese.

For more information about the workshop program, please see:

http://www.hp.jicpa.or.jp/english/news/files/5-0-0-2e-20160629.pdf

For those interested members of institutes in GAA, please contact JICPA secretariat at international@sec.jicpa.or.jp (TEL: 03-3515-1130) by July 30, 2016.

June 9,2016

The Myanmar Institute of CPAs (MICPA), the Japanese Institute of CPAs (JICPA), and Daiwa Myanmar- Japan Foundation (DMJF) announced, on June 8, 2016, signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on mutual cooperation for the advancement of knowledge, professional and intellectual competence of professional accountants in Myanmar and for the enhancement of self-regulatory functions of the MICPA.

With this MoU, MICPA, JICPA and DMJF form a partnership to contribute to the healthy functioning of the capital markets and the development of Myanmar economy.

Signing of Memorandum of Understanding between MICPA, JICPA, and DMJF