The External Reporting Board (XRB), in conjunction with DIA Charities Services, has arranged seminars to update Registered Charities on the accounting requirements that become mandatory in 2015. The seminars are aimed at Registered Charities with annual expenditure less than $2 million. These charities will be able to report using Simple Format Reporting standards.

The two hour seminars will be run throughout the country in October 2014 and will include:

• The new legislative requirements for Registered Charities to follow XRB Accounting Standards from 1 April 2015;
  
• An overview of the requirements of the Simple Format Reporting Standards issued by the XRB in November 2013;
  
• How the final standards differ from the proposed standards as a result of consultation with the sector during 2013 (which was the focus of the last seminar series);
  
• What Charities need to do now to get ready to apply the Simple Format Reporting Standards next year; and
  
• Future opportunities to learn more about the Standards and how to apply them.
  

Click here for details and to register
http://xrb.govt.nz/tools/events/list.aspx?SECT=News