Ajustes às atividades de controles internos em face da adoção do IFRS 15

Abstract

Through the change of normative scenary for revenue recognition by the IFRS 15 adoption, that occurs from January 1st, 2018, it is necessary to adjust internal controls environmnent around revenue recognition in order to make the internal controls environment adherent to IFRS 15. The objective of this research is to identify the internal control activities that may be necessary for the IFRS 15 adoption in consulting outsorced services companies. To reach the main objective, two secondary objectives was traced: (1) the crictical review ex ante the IFRS 15 impact over the internal control environment in oder to offer insights for the organizations that intend to addopt IFRS 15; and (2) build na Internal Control Matrix for consulting outsorced companies when IFRS 15 is addopted. The objectives were reached through literature review of classic authors as well as scientific research for objective 1 and focus group for objective 2. The conclusion is that the differences between IFRS 15 and actual practices for revenue recognition are pretty close and there is the need for few controls to be implemented for the IFRS 15 adoption, however these controls although are not complex and difficult to be implemented, are high risk and essencial for the accurate revenue recognition.Besides attending all proposed objectives, this researh brings as a ontribution the development of a theme where academic research is scarce throught a real problem on outsorced services companies, where the benefits are not only a internal control matrix, but the real concern on implementing internal controls around a relevant standard as revenue recognition, that can cause relevant impacts on companies P&L.