Provision of Research into IFRS16 Changes to the Treatment of Financial and Operational Leases

At ONS we have been following the debate around operational and finance lease changes under IFRS16. The current business account recording for leases (e.g. under IAS17) is considered to be broadly consistent with the recording required in the National Accounts under European System of Accounts 2010 (ESA 2010). However, there will no longer be comparability with the business accounting standards and the statistical standards when the new IFRS 16 comes into effect in January 2019. This opens a risk that ONS surveys a...