1 EU allows member states to delay introduction of ESEF by one year
Tucked away in the second half of a press release about Coronavirus published last Saturday, the EU opens the window for member states to delay application of the ESEF mandate by a year. Seeing how this option becomes available a week before the winter break when accounting politics grinds to a halt, we doubt (and hope!) that any country over and above the UK, which already has taken the liberty to bow out anyway, will follow suit now. Issuers will have made their preparations long ago in any case.
2 From data reporting to data sharing …
While the paper does not even mention our four letter acronym of choice, its reach within the novel regtech / suptech ideas and concepts discussed is pervasive. The need for more granular structured data to be delivered or shared through new channels inevitably will up the tech game at the authorities as well. Watch this space!
3 Общеевропейский формат электронной отчетности учитывает теперь все последние МСФО
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