Issues of the Institute
of Chartered Accountants
of the Caribbean’s (ICAC) quarterly
newsletter are no longer
available in hard
copies. The newsletters
are available
electronically from the
ICAC’s website at
www.icac.org.jm.
The
Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Caribbean (ICAC) has entered
into a strategic
partnership with KESDEE
Inc., USA to provide
e-learning course to ICAC
members. Click here for
details
September 19, 2008
Members' Lyme
This
Members' Lyme will feature exciting entertainment.
Members are being invited to perform and show
their talent!
The
Institute of
Chartered
Accountants of
Jamaica (ICAJ) has
adopted twenty-five
standards as Interim
Standards for
qualifying small
companies. These
standards comprise
selected
International
Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS).... click here
for more
MEMBERS UPDATE
ICAJ
MEMBERSHIP PINS
Dear
members,
The ICAJ has introduced for the
first time membership pins which are
available free of cost to members.
The gold pins are for members in the
category of Fellow and the silver
pins are for members in the category
of Associate.
Members who have not yet collected
their pins are being asked to
contact the ICAJ Secretariat.
IFRS 7 – ARE YOU READY TO TELL THE
MARKET
HOW YOU MANAGE RISK?
IFRS 7,
Financial Instruments: Disclosures is
effective for annual accounting
periods beginning on or after January
1, 2007. Hence, IFRS 7 disclosures
will be mandatory for the upcoming
December 31, 2007 year-ends with
comparatives required in respect of
the previous year. The standard was
actually issued over two years ago in
August 2005…
click here for more
IAS 19 - Revised
Discount Rate for Measuring Defined
Benefit Obligations
A Technical Group comprising
representatives of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of Jamaica (ICAJ)
and the Actuarial profession met on
July 16, 2007 to review the discount
rate to measure long-term defined
benefit obligations…
click
here for more
2006
Continuing Professional Education
Returns
Members are being reminded that CPE
returns for 2006 are now due.
Persons who have not yet submitted
their returns are being asked to do
so…login
to the members' area to access a
copy of the 2006 CPE return form(Your user name and password is
required to access the secured
members' area)
Members
are being asked to contact the ICAJ
Secretariat at 929-5869, extension 229
to get a login identification and
password to access the Secure Members
Area of the website.
The
December 2007 Quarterly Newsletter is now available! Click here to view.
In
this week's feature, Current Affairs Committee Chairman, Carlton
Barclay, comments on the advantages and disadvantages of investing
in Foreign Currency vis-à-vis Jamaican Currency
......... Get
More
ICAJ
Trivia
Members,
gain CPD credits by answering this
quarter's trivia question:
The question is:
How many
external entities have an ICAJ
representative on their boards or governing
bodies?
The
first person to email us with the correct
answer will get ADMISSION FEES for 6 CPE
HOURS ABSOLUTELY FREE!
Student Matters
