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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 of 3 November 2008 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)
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Article 1.The international accounting standards, as defined in Article 2 of...
Article 2.Regulation (EC) No 1725/2003 is hereby repealed. References to the...
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INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
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INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD 1
Presentation of Financial Statements
2 An entity shall apply this Standard in preparing and presenting...
3 Other IFRSs set out the recognition, measurement and disclosure requirements...
4 This Standard does not apply to the structure and content...
5 This Standard uses terminology that is suitable for profit-oriented entities,...
6 Similarly, entities that do not have equity as defined in...
Fair presentation and compliance with IFRSs
15 Financial statements shall present fairly the financial position, financial performance...
16 An entity whose financial statements comply with IFRSs shall make...
17 In virtually all circumstances, an entity achieves a fair presentation...
18 An entity cannot rectify inappropriate accounting policies either by disclosure...
19 In the extremely rare circumstances in which management concludes that...
22 Paragraph 21 applies, for example, when an entity departed in...
23 In the extremely rare circumstances in which management concludes that...
24 For the purpose of paragraphs 19–23, an item of information...
38 Except when IFRSs permit or require otherwise, an entity shall...
39 An entity disclosing comparative information shall present, as a minimum,...
40 In some cases, narrative information provided in the financial statements...
41 When the entity changes the presentation or classification of items...
42 When it is impracticable to reclassify comparative amounts, an entity...
43 Enhancing the inter-period comparability of information assists users in making...
44 IAS 8 sets out the adjustments to comparative information required...
Identification of the financial statements
49 An entity shall clearly identify the financial statements and distinguish...
50 IFRSs apply only to financial statements, and not necessarily to...
51 An entity shall clearly identify each financial statement and the...
52 An entity meets the requirements in paragraph 51 by presenting...
53 An entity often makes financial statements more understandable by presenting...
Statement of financial position
Information to be presented in the statement of financial position...
54 As a minimum, the statement of financial position shall include...
55 An entity shall present additional line items, headings and subtotals...
56 When an entity presents current and non-current assets, and current...
57 This Standard does not prescribe the order or format in...
58 An entity makes the judgement about whether to present additional...
59 The use of different measurement bases for different classes of...
Current/non-current distinction
60 An entity shall present current and non-current assets, and current...
61 Whichever method of presentation is adopted, an entity shall disclose...
62 When an entity supplies goods or services within a clearly...
63 For some entities, such as financial institutions, a presentation of...
64 In applying paragraph 60, an entity is permitted to present...
65 Information about expected dates of realisation of assets and liabilities...
70 Some current liabilities, such as trade payables and some accruals...
71 Other current liabilities are not settled as part of the...
72 An entity classifies its financial liabilities as current when they...
73 If an entity expects, and has the discretion, to refinance...
74 When an entity breaches a provision of a long-term loan...
75 However, an entity classifies the liability as non-current if the...
76 In respect of loans classified as current liabilities, if the...
Information to be presented either in the statement of financial...
Statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income
81 An entity shall present all items of income and expense...
81A The statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income...
81B An entity shall present the following items, in addition to...
Information to be presented in profit or loss section or...
82 In addition to items required by other IFRSs, the profit...
Information to be presented in the other comprehensive income section...
83 An entity shall disclose the following items in the statement...
85 An entity shall present additional line items, headings and subtotals...
86 Because the effects of an entity’s various activities, transactions and...
Other comprehensive income for the period
90 An entity shall disclose the amount of income tax relating...
91 An entity may present items of other comprehensive income either:...
92 An entity shall disclose reclassification adjustments relating to components of...
93 Other IFRSs specify whether and when amounts previously recognised in...
94 An entity may present reclassification adjustments in the statement(s) of...
95 Reclassification adjustments arise, for example, on disposal of a foreign...
96 Reclassification adjustments do not arise on changes in revaluation surplus...
Information to be presented in the statement(s) of profit or...
97 When items of income or expense are material, an entity...
98 Circumstances that would give rise to the separate disclosure of...
99 An entity shall present an analysis of expenses recognised in...
100 Entities are encouraged to present the analysis in paragraph 99...
101 Expenses are subclassified to highlight components of financial performance that...
102 The first form of analysis is the ‘nature of expense’...
103 The second form of analysis is the ‘function of expense’...
104 An entity classifying expenses by function shall disclose additional information...
105 The choice between the function of expense method and the...
Statement of changes in equity
Information to be presented in the statement of changes in...
Information to be presented in the statement of changes in...
107 An entity shall present, either in the statement of changes...
108 In paragraph 106, the components of equity include, for example,...
109 Changes in an entity’s equity between the beginning and the...
110 IAS 8 requires retrospective adjustments to effect changes in accounting...
Disclosure of accounting policies
117 An entity shall disclose in the summary of significant accounting...
119 In deciding whether a particular accounting policy should be disclosed,...
120 Each entity considers the nature of its operations and the...
121 An accounting policy may be significant because of the nature...
122 An entity shall disclose, in the summary of significant accounting...
123 In the process of applying the entity’s accounting policies, management...
124 Some of the disclosures made in accordance with paragraph 122...
Sources of estimation uncertainty
125 An entity shall disclose information about the assumptions it makes...
126 Determining the carrying amounts of some assets and liabilities requires...
127 The assumptions and other sources of estimation uncertainty disclosed in...
128 The disclosures in paragraph 125 are not required for assets...
129 An entity presents the disclosures in paragraph 125 in a...
130 This Standard does not require an entity to disclose budget...
131 Sometimes it is impracticable to disclose the extent of the...
132 The disclosures in paragraph 122 of particular judgements that management...
133 Other IFRSs require the disclosure of some of the assumptions...
139 An entity shall apply this Standard for annual periods beginning...
139A IAS 27 (as amended by the International Accounting Standards Board...
139B Puttable Financial Instruments and Obligations Arising on Liquidation (Amendments to...
139C Paragraphs 68 and 71 were amended by Improvements to IFRSs...
139D Paragraph 69 was amended by Improvements to IFRSs issued in...
139F Paragraphs 106 and 107 were amended and paragraph 106A was...
139J Presentation of Items of Other Comprehensive Income (Amendments to IAS...
139K IAS 19 Employee Benefits (as amended in June 2011) amended...
INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD 2
23 The cost of inventories of items that are not ordinarily...
24 Specific identification of cost means that specific costs are attributed...
25 The cost of inventories, other than those dealt with in...
26 For example, inventories used in one operating segment may have...
27 The FIFO formula assumes that the items of inventory that...
28 The cost of inventories may not be recoverable if those...
29 Inventories are usually written down to net realisable value item...
30 Estimates of net realisable value are based on the most...
31 Estimates of net realisable value also take into consideration the...
32 Materials and other supplies held for use in the production...
INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD 7
REPORTING CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES
CHANGES IN OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN SUBSIDIARIES AND OTHER BUSINESSES
39 The aggregate cash flows arising from obtaining or losing control...
40 An entity shall disclose, in aggregate, in respect of both...
41 The separate presentation of the cash flow effects of obtaining...
42A Cash flows arising from changes in ownership interests in a...
42B Changes in ownership interests in a subsidiary that do not...
48 An entity shall disclose, together with a commentary by management,...
49 There are various circumstances in which cash and cash equivalent...
50 Additional information may be relevant to users in understanding the...
51 The separate disclosure of cash flows that represent increases in...
52 The disclosure of segmental cash flows enables users to obtain...
INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD 8
Accounting policies, changes in accounting estimates and errors
Selection and application of accounting policies
7 When an IFRS specifically applies to a transaction, other event...
8 IFRSs set out accounting policies that the IASB has concluded...
9 IFRSs are accompanied by guidance to assist entities in applying...
10 In the absence of an IFRS that specifically applies to...
11 In making the judgement described in paragraph 10, management shall...
12 In making the judgement described in paragraph 10, management may...
Changes in accounting policies
14 An entity shall change an accounting policy only if the...
15 Users of financial statements need to be able to compare...
17 The initial application of a policy to revalue assets in...
18 Paragraphs 19-31 do not apply to the change in accounting...
Applying changes in accounting policies
20 For the purpose of this standard, early application of an...
21 In the absence of an IFRS that specifically applies to...
41 Errors can arise in respect of the recognition, measurement, presentation...
42 Subject to paragraph 43, an entity shall correct material prior...
Limitations on retrospective restatement
43 A prior period error shall be corrected by retrospective restatement...
44 When it is impracticable to determine the period-specific effects of...
45 When it is impracticable to determine the cumulative effect, at...
46 The correction of a prior period error is excluded from...
47 When it is impracticable to determine the amount of an...
48 Corrections of errors are distinguished from changes in accounting estimates....
IMPRACTICABILITY IN RESPECT OF RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION AND RETROSPECTIVE RESTATEMENT
INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD 10
INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD 11
17 Costs that relate directly to a specific contract include:
18 Costs that may be attributable to contract activity in general...
19 Costs that are specifically chargeable to the customer under the...
20 Costs that cannot be attributed to contract activity or cannot...
21 Contract costs include the costs attributable to a contract for...
RECOGNITION OF CONTRACT REVENUE AND EXPENSES
22 When the outcome of a construction contract can be estimated...
25 The recognition of revenue and expenses by reference to the...
26 Under the percentage of completion method, contract revenue is recognised...
27 A contractor may have incurred contract costs that relate to...
28 The outcome of a construction contract can only be estimated...
29 An entity is generally able to make reliable estimates after...
30 The stage of completion of a contract may be determined...
31 When the stage of completion is determined by reference to...
32 When the outcome of a construction contract cannot be estimated...
34 Contract costs that are not probable of being recovered are...
35 When the uncertainties that prevented the outcome of the contract...
40 An entity shall disclose each of the following for contracts...
41 Retentions are amounts of progress billings that are not paid...
43 The gross amount due from customers for contract work is...
44 The gross amount due to customers for contract work is...
45 An entity discloses any contingent liabilities and contingent assets in...
INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD 12
6 Tax expense (tax income) comprises current tax expense (current tax...
8 The tax base of a liability is its carrying amount,...
1. Current liabilities include accrued expenses with a carrying amount of...
2. Current liabilities include interest revenue received in advance, with a...
3. Current liabilities include accrued expenses with a carrying amount of...
4. Current liabilities include accrued fines and penalties with a carrying...
11 In consolidated financial statements, temporary differences are determined by comparing...
RECOGNITION OF CURRENT TAX LIABILITIES AND CURRENT TAX ASSETS
RECOGNITION OF DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES AND DEFERRED TAX ASSETS
Deductible temporary differences
24 A deferred tax asset shall be recognised for all deductible...
26 The following are examples of deductible temporary differences which result...
27 The reversal of deductible temporary differences results in deductions in...
28 It is probable that taxable profit will be available against...
29 When there are insufficient taxable temporary differences relating to the...
30 Tax planning opportunities are actions that the entity would take...
Investments in subsidiaries, branches and associates and interests in joint...
38 Temporary differences arise when the carrying amount of investments in...
39 An entity shall recognise a deferred tax liability for all...
40 As a parent controls the dividend policy of its subsidiary,...
41 The non-monetary assets and liabilities of an entity are measured...
42 An investor in an associate does not control that entity...
43 The arrangement between the parties to a joint venture usually...
44 An entity shall recognise a deferred tax asset for all...
45 In deciding whether a deferred tax asset is recognised for...
46 Current tax liabilities (assets) for the current and prior periods...
47 Deferred tax assets and liabilities shall be measured at the...
48 Current and deferred tax assets and liabilities are usually measured...
49 When different tax rates apply to different levels of taxable...
51 The measurement of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets...
52 In some jurisdictions, the manner in which an entity recovers...
52A In some jurisdictions, income taxes are payable at a higher...
52B In the circumstances described in paragraph 52A, the income tax...
53 Deferred tax assets and liabilities shall not be discounted.
54 The reliable determination of deferred tax assets and liabilities on...
55 Temporary differences are determined by reference to the carrying amount...
RECOGNITION OF CURRENT AND DEFERRED TAX
57 Accounting for the current and deferred tax effects of a...
Items recognised outside profit or loss
61A Current tax and deferred tax shall be recognised outside profit...
62 International Financial Reporting Standards require or permit particular items to...
62A International Financial Reporting Standards require or permit particular items to...
63 In exceptional circumstances it may be difficult to determine the...
64 IAS 16 does not specify whether an entity should transfer...
65A When an entity pays dividends to its shareholders, it may...
Current and deferred tax arising from share-based payment transactions
Tax assets and tax liabilities
71 An entity shall offset current tax assets and current tax...
72 Although current tax assets and liabilities are separately recognised and...
73 In consolidated financial statements, a current tax asset of one...
74 An entity shall offset deferred tax assets and deferred tax...
75 To avoid the need for detailed scheduling of the timing...
76 In rare circumstances, an entity may have a legally enforceable...
79 The major components of tax expense (income) shall be disclosed...
82A In the circumstances described in paragraph 52A, an entity shall...
84 The disclosures required by paragraph 81(c) enable users of financial...
85 In explaining the relationship between tax expense (income) and accounting...
86 The average effective tax rate is the tax expense (income)...
87 It would often be impracticable to compute the amount of...
87A Paragraph 82A requires an entity to disclose the nature of...
87B It would sometimes not be practicable to compute the total...
87C An entity required to provide the disclosures in paragraph 82A...
88 An entity discloses any tax-related contingent liabilities and contingent assets...
89 This standard becomes operative for financial statements covering periods beginning...
90 This standard supersedes IAS 12 Accounting for taxes on income,...
91 Paragraphs 52A, 52B, 65A, 81(i), 82A, 87A, 87B, 87C and...
92 IAS 1 (as revised in 2007) amended the terminology used...
93 Paragraph 68 shall be applied prospectively from the effective date...
94 Therefore, entities shall not adjust the accounting for prior business...
95 IFRS 3 (as revised by the International Accounting Standards Board...
98B Presentation of Items of Other Comprehensive Income (Amendments to IAS...
INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD 16
15 An item of property, plant and equipment that qualifies for...
29 An entity shall choose either the cost model in paragraph...
31 After recognition as an asset, an item of property, plant...
32 The fair value of land and buildings is usually determined...
33 If there is no market-based evidence of fair value because...
34 The frequency of revaluations depends upon the changes in fair...
35 When an item of property, plant and equipment is revalued,...
36 If an item of property, plant and equipment is revalued,...
37 A class of property, plant and equipment is a grouping...
38 The items within a class of property, plant and equipment...
39 If an asset’s carrying amount is increased as a result...
40 If an asset's carrying amount is decreased as a result...
41 The revaluation surplus included in equity in respect of an...
42 The effects of taxes on income, if any, resulting from...
44 An entity allocates the amount initially recognised in respect of...
46 To the extent that an entity depreciates separately some parts...
47 An entity may choose to depreciate separately the parts of...
48 The depreciation charge for each period shall be recognised in...
49 The depreciation charge for a period is usually recognised in...
Depreciable amount and depreciation period
50 The depreciable amount of an asset shall be allocated on...
52 Depreciation is recognised even if the fair value of the...
53 The depreciable amount of an asset is determined after deducting...
55 Depreciation of an asset begins when it is available for...
56 The future economic benefits embodied in an asset are consumed...
58 Land and buildings are separable assets and are accounted for...
73 The financial statements shall disclose, for each class of property,...
75 Selection of the depreciation method and estimation of the useful...
76 In accordance with IAS 8 an entity discloses the nature...
77 If items of property, plant and equipment are stated at...
78 In accordance with IAS 36 an entity discloses information on...
79 Users of financial statements may also find the following information...
81 An entity shall apply this standard for annual periods beginning...
81A An entity shall apply the amendments in paragraph 3 for...
81B IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements (as revised in 2007)...
81C IFRS 3 Business Combinations (as revised by the International Accounting...
81D Paragraphs 6 and 69 were amended and paragraph 68A was...
81E Paragraph 5 was amended by Improvements to IFRSs issued in...
INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD 17
7 The classification of leases adopted in this standard is based...
9 Because the transaction between a lessor and a lessee is...
11 Indicators of situations that individually or in combination could also...
12 The examples and indicators in paragraphs 10 and 11 are...
13 Lease classification is made at the inception of the lease....
15A When a lease includes both land and buildings elements, an...
16 Whenever necessary in order to classify and account for a...
18 Separate measurement of the land and buildings elements is not...
LEASES IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF LESSEES
20 At the commencement of the lease term, lessees shall recognise...
21 Transactions and other events are accounted for and presented in...
22 If such lease transactions are not reflected in the lessees...
23 It is not appropriate for the liabilities for leased assets...
24 Initial direct costs are often incurred in connection with specific...
25 Minimum lease payments shall be apportioned between the finance charge...
26 In practice, in allocating the finance charge to periods during...
27 A finance lease gives rise to depreciation expense for depreciable...
28 The depreciable amount of a leased asset is allocated to...
30 To determine whether a leased asset has become impaired, an...
31 Lessees shall, in addition to meeting the requirements of IFRS...
32 In addition, the requirements for disclosure in accordance with IAS...
LEASES IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF LESSORS
40 A lessor aims to allocate finance income over the lease...
41 Estimated unguaranteed residual values used in computing the lessor's gross...
42 Manufacturer or dealer lessors shall recognise selling profit or loss...
43 Manufacturers or dealers often offer to customers the choice of...
44 The sales revenue recognised at the commencement of the lease...
45 Manufacturer or dealer lessors sometimes quote artificially low rates of...
46 Costs incurred by a manufacturer or dealer lessor in connection...
47 Lessors shall, in addition to meeting the requirements in IFRS...
49 Lessors shall present assets subject to operating leases in their...
50 Lease income from operating leases shall be recognised in income...
51 Costs, including depreciation, incurred in earning the lease income are...
52 Initial direct costs incurred by lessors in negotiating and arranging...
53 The depreciation policy for depreciable leased assets shall be consistent...
54 To determine whether a leased asset has become impaired, an...
55 A manufacturer or dealer lessor does not recognise any selling...
56 Lessors shall, in addition to meeting the requirements of IFRS...
57 In addition, the disclosure requirements in IAS 16, IAS 36,...
SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS
58 A sale and leaseback transaction involves the sale of an...
59 If a sale and leaseback transaction results in a finance...
60 If the leaseback is a finance lease, the transaction is...
61 If a sale and leaseback transaction results in an operating...
64 For finance leases, no such adjustment is necessary unless there...
65 Disclosure requirements for lessees and lessors apply equally to sale...
66 Sale and leaseback transactions may trigger the separate disclosure criteria...
INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD 18
14 Revenue from the sale of goods shall be recognised when...
15 The assessment of when an entity has transferred the significant...
16 If the entity retains significant risks of ownership, the transaction...
17 If an entity retains only an insignificant risk of ownership,...
18 Revenue is recognised only when it is probable that the...
19 Revenue and expenses that relate to the same transaction or...
20 When the outcome of a transaction involving the rendering of...
21 The recognition of revenue by reference to the stage of...
22 Revenue is recognised only when it is probable that the...
23 An entity is generally able to make reliable estimates after...
24 The stage of completion of a transaction may be determined...
25 For practical purposes, when services are performed by an indeterminate...
26 When the outcome of the transaction involving the rendering of...
28 When the outcome of a transaction cannot be estimated reliably...
INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD 19
9 Accounting for short-term employee benefits is generally straightforward because no...
Short-term compensated absences
11 An entity shall recognise the expected cost of short-term employee...
12 An entity may compensate employees for absence for various reasons,...
13 Accumulating compensated absences are those that are carried forward and...
14 An entity shall measure the expected cost of accumulating compensated...
15 The method specified in the previous paragraph measures the obligation...
16 Non-accumulating compensated absences do not carry forward: they lapse if...
POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS: DISTINCTION BETWEEN DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLANS AND DEFINED BENEFIT...
25 Post-employment benefit plans are classified as either defined contribution plans...
26 Examples of cases where an entity's obligation is not limited...
28 Paragraphs 29-42 below explain the distinction between defined contribution plans...
29 An entity shall classify a multi-employer plan as a defined...
30 When sufficient information is not available to use defined benefit...
31 One example of a defined benefit multi-employer plan is one...
32 Where sufficient information is available about a multi-employer plan which...
32A There may be a contractual agreement between the multi-employer plan...
32B IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets requires an...
33 Multi-employer plans are distinct from group administration plans. A group...
Defined benefit plans that share risks between various entities under...
POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS: DEFINED BENEFIT PLANS
48 Accounting for defined benefit plans is complex because actuarial assumptions...
Accounting for the constructive obligation
52 An entity shall account not only for its legal obligation...
Statement of financial position
54 The amount recognised as a defined benefit liability shall be...
55 The present value of the defined benefit obligation is the...
56 An entity shall determine the present value of defined benefit...
57 This standard encourages, but does not require, an entity to...
58 The amount determined under paragraph 54 may be negative (an...
58A The application of paragraph 58 shall not result in a...
60 The limit in paragraph 58(b) does not override the delayed...
Recognition and measurement: present value of defined benefit obligations and...
Attributing benefit to periods of service
67 In determining the present value of its defined benefit obligations...
68 The Projected Unit Credit Method requires an entity to attribute...
69 Employee service gives rise to an obligation under a defined...
70 The obligation increases until the date when further service by...
71 Where the amount of a benefit is a constant proportion...
72 Actuarial assumptions shall be unbiased and mutually compatible.
73 Actuarial assumptions are an entity's best estimates of the variables...
74 Actuarial assumptions are unbiased if they are neither imprudent nor...
75 Actuarial assumptions are mutually compatible if they reflect the economic...
76 An entity determines the discount rate and other financial assumptions...
77 Financial assumptions shall be based on market expectations, at the...
Actuarial assumptions: salaries, benefits and medical costs
83 Post-employment benefit obligations shall be measured on a basis that...
84 Estimates of future salary increases take account of inflation, seniority,...
86 Actuarial assumptions do not reflect future benefit changes that are...
87 Some post-employment benefits are linked to variables such as the...
88 Assumptions about medical costs shall take account of estimated future...
89 Measurement of post-employment medical benefits requires assumptions about the level...
90 The level and frequency of claims is particularly sensitive to...
91 Some post-employment health care plans require employees to contribute to...
92 In measuring its defined benefit liability in accordance with paragraph...
93 The portion of actuarial gains and losses to be recognised...
93B Actuarial gains and losses recognised in other comprehensive income as...
93C An entity that recognises actuarial gains and losses in accordance...
93D Actuarial gains and losses and adjustments arising from the limit...
94 Actuarial gains and losses may result from increases or decreases...
95 In the long term, actuarial gains and losses may offset...
96 In measuring its defined benefit liability under paragraph 54, an...
97 Past service cost arises when an entity introduces a defined...
99 An entity establishes the amortisation schedule for past service cost...
100 Where an entity reduces benefits payable under an existing defined...
101 Where an entity reduces certain benefits payable under an existing...
109 An entity shall recognise gains or losses on the curtailment...
110 Before determining the effect of a curtailment or settlement, an...
111A When a plan amendment reduces benefits, only the effect of...
112 A settlement occurs when an entity enters into a transaction...
113 In some cases, an entity acquires an insurance policy to...
114 A settlement occurs together with a curtailment if a plan...
115 Where a curtailment relates to only some of the employees...
120 An entity shall disclose information that enables users of financial...
120A An entity shall disclose the following information about defined benefit...
121 Paragraph 120A(b) requires a general description of the type of...
122 When an entity has more than one defined benefit plan,...
123 Paragraph 30 requires additional disclosures about multi-employer defined benefit plans...
124 Where required by IAS 24 an entity discloses information about:...
125 Where required by IAS 37 an entity discloses information about...
132 This standard deals with termination benefits separately from other employee...
133 An entity shall recognise termination benefits as a liability and...
134 An entity is demonstrably committed to a termination when, and...
135 An entity may be committed, by legislation, by contractual or...
136 Some employee benefits are payable regardless of the reason for...
137 Termination benefits do not provide an entity with future economic...
138 Where an entity recognises termination benefits, the entity may also...
157 This standard becomes operative for financial statements covering periods beginning...
158 This standard supersedes IAS 19 Retirement benefit costs approved in...
159 The following become operative for annual financial statements covering periods...
159A The amendment in paragraph 58A becomes operative for annual financial...
159B An entity shall apply the amendments in paragraphs 32A, 34-34B,...
159C The option in paragraphs 93A-93D may be used for annual...
159D Paragraphs 7, 8(b), 32B, 97, 98 and 111 were amended...
160 IAS 8 applies when an entity changes its accounting policies...
161 IAS 1 (as revised in 2007) amended the terminology used...
INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD 20
Accounting for government grants and disclosure of government assistance
7 Government grants, including non-monetary grants at fair value, shall not...
8 A government grant is not recognised until there is reasonable...
10 A forgivable loan from government is treated as a government...
10A The benefit of a government loan at a below-market rate...
11 Once a government grant is recognised, any related contingent liability...
12 Government grants shall be recognised in profit or loss on...
13 There are two broad approaches to the accounting for government...
14 Those in support of the capital approach argue as follows:...
15 Arguments in support of the income approach are as follows:...
16 It is fundamental to the income approach that government grants...
17 In most cases the periods over which an entity recognises...
18 Grants related to non-depreciable assets may also require the fulfilment...
20 A government grant that becomes receivable as compensation for expenses...
21 In some circumstances, a government grant may be awarded for...
22 A government grant may become receivable by an entity as...
Presentation of grants related to assets
24 Government grants related to assets, including non-monetary grants at fair...
25 Two methods of presentation in financial statements of grants (or...
26 One method recognises the grant as deferred income that is...
27 The other method deducts the grant in calculating the carrying...
28 The purchase of assets and the receipt of related grants...
INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD 21
The effects of changes in foreign exchange rates
Elaboration on the definitions
9 The primary economic environment in which an entity operates is...
10 The following factors may also provide evidence of an entity's...
11 The following additional factors are considered in determining the functional...
12 When the above indicators are mixed and the functional currency...
13 An entity's functional currency reflects the underlying transactions, events and...
14 If the functional currency is the currency of a hyperinflationary...
REPORTING FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS IN THE FUNCTIONAL CURRENCY
Recognition of exchange differences
28 Exchange differences arising on the settlement of monetary items or...
29 When monetary items arise from a foreign currency transaction and...
31 Other standards require some gains and losses to be recognised...
32 Exchange differences arising on a monetary item that forms part...
33 When a monetary item forms part of a reporting entity's...
USE OF A PRESENTATION CURRENCY OTHER THAN THE FUNCTIONAL CURRENCY...
Translation to the presentation currency
38 An entity may present its financial statements in any currency...
39 The results and financial position of an entity whose functional...
40 For practical reasons, a rate that approximates the exchange rates...
41 The exchange differences referred to in paragraph 39(c) result from:...
42 The results and financial position of an entity whose functional...
43 When an entity's functional currency is the currency of a...
Disposal or partial disposal of a foreign operation
48 On the disposal of a foreign operation, the cumulative amount...
48A In addition to the disposal of an entity’s entire interest...
48B On disposal of a subsidiary that includes a foreign operation,...
48C On the partial disposal of a subsidiary that includes a...
48D A partial disposal of an entity’s interest in a foreign...
49 An entity may dispose or partially dispose of its interest...
51 In paragraphs 53 and 55-57 references to ‘functional currency’ apply,...
53 When the presentation currency is different from the functional currency,...
55 When an entity presents its financial statements in a currency...
56 An entity sometimes presents its financial statements or other financial...
57 When an entity displays its financial statements or other financial...
58 An entity shall apply this standard for annual periods beginning...
58A Net investment in a foreign operation (amendment to IAS 21),...
59 An entity shall apply paragraph 47 prospectively to all acquisitions...
60 All other changes resulting from the application of this standard...
60A IAS 1 (as revised in 2007) amended the terminology used...
60B IAS 27 (as amended in 2008) added paragraphs 48A–48D and...
60D Paragraph 60B was amended by Improvements to IFRSs issued in...
60H Presentation of Items of Other Comprehensive Income (Amendments to IAS...
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8 An entity shall capitalise borrowing costs that are directly attributable...
9 Borrowing costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition, construction...
Borrowing costs eligible for capitalisation
10 The borrowing costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition,...
11 It may be difficult to identify a direct relationship between...
12 To the extent that an entity borrows funds specifically for...
13 The financing arrangements for a qualifying asset may result in...
14 To the extent that an entity borrows funds generally and...
15 In some circumstances, it is appropriate to include all borrowings...
Excess of the carrying amount of the qualifying asset over...
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13 Relationships between a parent and its subsidiaries shall be disclosed...
14 To enable users of financial statements to form a view...
15 The requirement to disclose related party relationships between a parent...
16 Paragraph 13 refers to the next most senior parent. This...
17 An entity shall disclose key management personnel compensation in total...
18 If an entity has had related party transactions during the...
19 The disclosures required by paragraph 18 shall be made separately...
20 The classification of amounts payable to, and receivable from, related...
21 The following are examples of transactions that are disclosed if...
22 Participation by a parent or subsidiary in a defined benefit...
23 Disclosures that related party transactions were made on terms equivalent...
24 Items of a similar nature may be disclosed in aggregate...
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Accounting and reporting by retirement benefit plans
1 This standard shall be applied in the financial statements of...
2 Retirement benefit plans are sometimes referred to by various other...
3 This standard deals with accounting and reporting by the plan...
4 IAS 19 Employee benefits is concerned with the determination of...
5 Retirement benefit plans may be defined contribution plans or defined...
6 Retirement benefit plans with assets invested with insurance companies are...
7 This standard does not deal with other forms of employment...
9 Some retirement benefit plans have sponsors other than employers; this...
10 Most retirement benefit plans are based on formal agreements. Some...
11 Many retirement benefit plans provide for the establishment of separate...
12 Retirement benefit plans are normally described as either defined contribution...
17 The financial statements of a defined benefit plan shall contain...
18 For the purposes of paragraph 17, the actuarial present value...
19 The financial statements shall explain the relationship between the actuarial...
20 Under a defined benefit plan, the payment of promised retirement...
21 A defined benefit plan needs the periodic advice of an...
22 The objective of reporting by a defined benefit plan is...
INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD 27
Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements
SCOPE OF CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
12 Consolidated financial statements shall include all subsidiaries of the parent...
13 Control is presumed to exist when the parent owns, directly...
14 An entity may own share warrants, share call options, debt...
15 In assessing whether potential voting rights contribute to control, the...
16 A subsidiary is not excluded from consolidation simply because the...
17 A subsidiary is not excluded from consolidation because its business...
18 In preparing consolidated financial statements, an entity combines the financial...
19 When potential voting rights exist, the proportions of profit or...
20 Intragroup balances, transactions, income and expenses shall be eliminated in...
21 Intragroup balances and transactions, including income, expenses and dividends, are...
22 The financial statements of the parent and its subsidiaries used...
23 When, in accordance with paragraph 22, the financial statements of...
24 Consolidated financial statements shall be prepared using uniform accounting policies...
25 If a member of the group uses accounting policies other...
26 The income and expenses of a subsidiary are included in...
27 Non-controlling interests shall be presented in the consolidated statement of...
28 Profit or loss and each component of other comprehensive income...
29 If a subsidiary has outstanding cumulative preference shares that are...
30 Changes in a parent’s ownership interest in a subsidiary that...
31 In such circumstances the carrying amounts of the controlling and...
ACCOUNTING FOR INVESTMENTS IN SUBSIDIARIES, JOINTLY CONTROLLED ENTITIES AND ASSOCIATES...
38 When an entity prepares separate financial statements, it shall account...
38A An entity shall recognise a dividend from a subsidiary, jointly...
38B When a parent reorganises the structure of its group by...
38C Similarly, an entity that is not a parent might establish...
39 This Standard does not mandate which entities produce separate financial...
40 Investments in jointly controlled entities and associates that are accounted...
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3 Financial statements in which the equity method is applied are...
4 Separate financial statements are those presented in addition to consolidated...
5 Entities that are exempted in accordance with paragraph 10 of...
6 If an investor holds, directly or indirectly (e.g. through subsidiaries),...
7 The existence of significant influence by an investor is usually...
8 An entity may own share warrants, share call options, debt...
9 In assessing whether potential voting rights contribute to significant influence,...
10 An entity loses significant influence over an investee when it...
APPLICATION OF THE EQUITY METHOD
13 An investment in an associate shall be accounted for using...
14 Investments described in paragraph 13(a) shall be accounted for in...
15 When an investment in an associate previously classified as held...
17 The recognition of income on the basis of distributions received...
18 An investor shall discontinue the use of the equity method...
19A If an investor loses significant influence over an associate, the...
20 Many of the procedures appropriate for the application of the...
22 Profits and losses resulting from ‘upstream’ and ‘downstream’ transactions between...
23 An investment in an associate is accounted for using the...
24 The most recent available financial statements of the associate are...
25 When, in accordance with paragraph 24, the financial statements of...
26 The investor's financial statements shall be prepared using uniform accounting...
27 If an associate uses accounting policies other than those of...
28 If an associate has outstanding cumulative preference shares that are...
29 If an investor's share of losses of an associate equals...
30 After the investor's interest is reduced to zero, additional losses...
41 An entity shall apply this standard for annual periods beginning...
41A IAS 1 (as revised in 2007) amended the terminology used...
41B IAS 27 (as amended in 2008) amended paragraphs 18, 19...
41C Paragraphs 1 and 33 were amended by Improvements to IFRSs...
41E Paragraph 41B was amended by Improvements to IFRSs issued in...
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Financial reporting in hyperinflationary economies
THE RESTATEMENT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
5 Prices change over time as the result of various specific...
6 Entities that prepare financial statements on the historical cost basis...
7 In a hyperinflationary economy, financial statements, whether they are based...
8 The financial statements of an entity whose functional currency is...
10 The restatement of financial statements in accordance with this standard...
Historical cost financial statements
Statement of financial position
11 Statement of financial position amounts not already expressed in terms...
12 Monetary items are not restated because they are already expressed...
13 Assets and liabilities linked by agreement to changes in prices,...
14 All other assets and liabilities are non-monetary. Some non-monetary items...
15 Most non-monetary items are carried at cost or cost less...
16 Detailed records of the acquisition dates of items of property,...
18 Some non-monetary items are carried at amounts current at dates...
19 The restated amount of a non-monetary item is reduced, in...
20 An investee that is accounted for under the equity method...
21 The impact of inflation is usually recognised in borrowing costs....
22 An entity may acquire assets under an arrangement that permits...
24 At the beginning of the first period of application of...
Current cost financial statements
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4 Financial statements in which proportionate consolidation or the equity method...
5 Separate financial statements are those presented in addition to consolidated...
6 Entities that are exempted in accordance with paragraph 10 of...
9 The existence of a contractual arrangement distinguishes interests that involve...
10 The contractual arrangement may be evidenced in a number of...
11 The contractual arrangement establishes joint control over the joint venture....
12 The contractual arrangement may identify one venturer as the operator...
13 The operation of some joint ventures involves the use of...
14 An example of a jointly controlled operation is when two...
15 In respect of its interests in jointly controlled operations, a...
16 Because the assets, liabilities, income and expenses are recognised in...
17 Separate accounting records may not be required for the joint...
18 Some joint ventures involve the joint control, and often the...
19 These joint ventures do not involve the establishment of a...
20 Many activities in the oil, gas and mineral extraction industries...
21 In respect of its interest in jointly controlled assets, a...
22 In respect of its interest in jointly controlled assets, each...
23 The treatment of jointly controlled assets reflects the substance and...
24 A jointly controlled entity is a joint venture that involves...
25 A jointly controlled entity controls the assets of the joint...
26 A common example of a jointly controlled entity is when...
27 Many jointly controlled entities are similar in substance to those...
28 A jointly controlled entity maintains its own accounting records and...
29 Each venturer usually contributes cash or other resources to the...
Financial statements of a venturer
30 A venturer shall recognise its interest in a jointly controlled...
31 A venturer recognises its interest in a jointly controlled entity...
32 When recognising an interest in a jointly controlled entity, it...
33 The application of proportionate consolidation means that the statement of...
34 Different reporting formats may be used to give effect to...
35 Whichever format is used to give effect to proportionate consolidation,...
36 A venturer shall discontinue the use of proportionate consolidation from...
37 A venturer discontinues the use of proportionate consolidation from the...
REPORTING INTERESTS IN JOINT VENTURES IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF...
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Financial instruments: presentation
Liabilities and equity (see also paragraphs AG13-AG14J and AG25–AG29A)
15 The issuer of a financial instrument shall classify the instrument,...
16 When an issuer applies the definitions in paragraph 11 to...
Instruments, or components of instruments, that impose on the entity...
Reclassification of puttable instruments and instruments that impose on the...
No contractual obligation to deliver cash or another financial asset...
Settlement in the entity's own equity instruments (paragraph 16(b))
21 A contract is not an equity instrument solely because it...
22 Except as stated in paragraph 22A, a contract that will...
22A If the entity’s own equity instruments to be received, or...
23 With the exception of the circumstances described in paragraphs 16A...
24 A contract that will be settled by the entity delivering...
Compound financial instruments (see also paragraphs AG30-AG35 and Illustrative Examples...
28 The issuer of a non-derivative financial instrument shall evaluate the...
29 An entity recognises separately the components of a financial instrument...
30 Classification of the liability and equity components of a convertible...
31 IAS 39 deals with the measurement of financial assets and...
32 Under the approach described in paragraph 31, the issuer of...
Interest, dividends, losses and gains (see also paragraph AG37)
35 Interest, dividends, losses and gains relating to a financial instrument...
36 The classification of a financial instrument as a financial liability...
37 An entity typically incurs various costs in issuing or acquiring...
38 Transaction costs that relate to the issue of a compound...
39 The amount of transaction costs accounted for as a deduction...
40 Dividends classified as an expense may be presented in the...
41 Gains and losses related to changes in the carrying amount...
Offsetting a financial asset and a financial liability (see also...
42 A financial asset and a financial liability shall be offset...
43 This standard requires the presentation of financial assets and financial...
44 Offsetting a recognised financial asset and a recognised financial liability...
47 An entity's intentions with respect to settlement of particular assets...
48 Simultaneous settlement of two financial instruments may occur through, for...
49 The conditions set out in paragraph 42 are generally not...
50 An entity that undertakes a number of financial instrument transactions...
96 An entity shall apply this standard for annual periods beginning...
96A Puttable Financial Instruments and Obligations Arising on Liquidation (Amendments to...
96B Puttable Financial Instruments and Obligations Arising on Liquidation introduced a...
96C The classification of instruments under this exception shall be restricted...
97A IAS 1 (as revised in 2007) amended the terminology used...
97B IFRS 3 (as revised in 2008) deleted paragraph 4(c). An...
97C When applying the amendments described in paragraph 96A, an entity...
97D Paragraph 4 was amended by Improvements to IFRSs issued in...
97E Paragraphs 11 and 16 were amended by Classification of Rights...
97G Paragraph 97B was amended by Improvements to IFRSs issued in...
97K Presentation of Items of Other Comprehensive Income (Amendments to IAS...
AG1 This Application Guidance explains the application of particular aspects of...
AG2 The standard does not deal with the recognition or measurement...
DEFINITIONS (PARAGRAPHS 11-14)
Financial assets and financial liabilities
AG3 Currency (cash) is a financial asset because it represents the...
AG4 Common examples of financial assets representing a contractual right to...
AG5 Another type of financial instrument is one for which the...
AG6 ‘Perpetual’ debt instruments (such as ‘perpetual’ bonds, debentures and capital...
AG7 A contractual right or contractual obligation to receive, deliver or...
AG8 The ability to exercise a contractual right or the requirement...
AG10 Physical assets (such as inventories, property, plant and equipment), leased...
AG11 Assets (such as prepaid expenses) for which the future economic...
AG12 Liabilities or assets that are not contractual (such as income...
AG13 Examples of equity instruments include non-puttable ordinary shares, some puttable...
AG14 A purchased call option or other similar contract acquired by...
The class of instruments that is subordinate to all other...
Total expected cash flows attributable to the instrument over the...
Transactions entered into by an instrument holder other than as...
No other financial instrument or contract with total cash flows...
Derivative financial instruments
AG15 Financial instruments include primary instruments (such as receivables, payables and...
AG16 Derivative financial instruments create rights and obligations that have the...
AG17 A put or call option to exchange financial assets or...
AG18 Another example of a derivative financial instrument is a forward...
AG19 Many other types of derivative instruments embody a right or...
Contracts to buy or sell non-financial items (paragraphs 8-10)
Compound financial instruments (paragraphs 28-32)
AG30 Paragraph 28 applies only to issuers of non-derivative compound financial...
AG31 A common form of compound financial instrument is a debt...
AG32 On conversion of a convertible instrument at maturity, the entity...
AG33 When an entity extinguishes a convertible instrument before maturity through...
AG34 Once the allocation of the consideration is made, any resulting...
AG35 An entity may amend the terms of a convertible instrument...
Offsetting a financial asset and a financial liability (paragraphs 42-50)...
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9 An entity shall calculate basic earnings per share amounts for...
10 Basic earnings per share shall be calculated by dividing profit...
11 The objective of basic earnings per share information is to...
12 For the purpose of calculating basic earnings per share, the...
13 All items of income and expense attributable to ordinary equity...
14 The after-tax amount of preference dividends that is deducted from...
15 Preference shares that provide for a low initial dividend to...
16 Preference shares may be repurchased under an entity's tender offer...
17 Early conversion of convertible preference shares may be induced by...
18 Any excess of the carrying amount of preference shares over...
19 For the purpose of calculating basic earnings per share, the...
20 Using the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during...
21 Shares are usually included in the weighted average number of...
22 Ordinary shares issued as part of the consideration transferred in...
23 Ordinary shares that will be issued upon the conversion of...
24 Contingently issuable shares are treated as outstanding and are included...
26 The weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the...
27 Ordinary shares may be issued, or the number of ordinary...
29 A consolidation of ordinary shares generally reduces the number of...
30 An entity shall calculate diluted earnings per share amounts for...
31 For the purpose of calculating diluted earnings per share, an...
32 The objective of diluted earnings per share is consistent with...
Dilutive potential ordinary shares
41 Potential ordinary shares shall be treated as dilutive when, and...
42 An entity uses profit or loss from continuing operations attributable...
43 Potential ordinary shares are antidilutive when their conversion to ordinary...
44 In determining whether potential ordinary shares are dilutive or antidilutive,...
Options, warrants and their equivalents
45 For the purpose of calculating diluted earnings per share, an...
46 Options and warrants are dilutive when they would result in...
47 Options and warrants have a dilutive effect only when the...
47A For share options and other share-based payment arrangements to which...
48 Employee share options with fixed or determinable terms and non-vested...
52 As in the calculation of basic earnings per share, contingently...
53 If attainment or maintenance of a specified amount of earnings...
54 The number of ordinary shares contingently issuable may depend on...
55 The number of ordinary shares contingently issuable may depend on...
56 In other cases, the number of ordinary shares contingently issuable...
57 Contingently issuable potential ordinary shares (other than those covered by...
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CONTENT OF AN INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT
6 In the interest of timeliness and cost considerations and to...
7 Nothing in this standard is intended to prohibit or discourage...
Significant events and transactions
15 An entity shall include in its interim financial report an...
15A A user of an entity’s interim financial report will have...
15B The following is a list of events and transactions for...
15C Individual IFRSs provide guidance regarding disclosure requirements for many of...
16 An entity shall include the following information, as a minimum,...
17 Examples of the kinds of disclosures that are required by...
Periods for which interim financial statements are required to be...
Same accounting policies as annual
28 An entity shall apply the same accounting policies in its...
29 Requiring that an entity apply the same accounting policies in...
31 Under the Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of Financial...
32 For assets, the same tests of future economic benefits apply...
33 An essential characteristic of income (revenue) and expenses is that...
34 In measuring the assets, liabilities, income, expenses, and cash flows...
35 An entity that reports half-yearly uses information available by mid-year...
36 An entity that reports more frequently than half-yearly measures income...
46 This standard becomes operative for financial statements covering periods beginning...
47 IAS 1 (as revised in 2007) amended the terminology used...
48 IFRS 3 (as revised by the International Accounting Standards Board...
49 Paragraph 15 was amended, paragraphs 15A–15C and 16A were added...
51 Presentation of Items of Other Comprehensive Income (Amendments to IAS...
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IDENTIFYING AN ASSET THAT MAY BE IMPAIRED
7 Paragraphs 8-17 specify when recoverable amount shall be determined. These...
8 An asset is impaired when its carrying amount exceeds its...
10 Irrespective of whether there is any indication of impairment, an...
11 The ability of an intangible asset to generate sufficient future...
12 In assessing whether there is any indication that an asset...
14 Evidence from internal reporting that indicates that an asset may...
15 As indicated in paragraph 10, this standard requires an intangible...
16 As an illustration of paragraph 15, if market interest rates...
18 This standard defines recoverable amount as the higher of an...
19 It is not always necessary to determine both an asset's...
22 Recoverable amount is determined for an individual asset, unless the...
23 In some cases, estimates, averages and computational short cuts may...
Measuring the recoverable amount of an intangible asset with an...
30 The following elements shall be reflected in the calculation of...
32 The elements identified in paragraph 30(b), (d) and (e) can...
Basis for estimates of future cash flows
34 Management assesses the reasonableness of the assumptions on which its...
35 Detailed, explicit and reliable financial budgets/forecasts of future cash flows...
36 Cash flow projections until the end of an asset's useful...
37 When conditions are favourable, competitors are likely to enter the...
38 In using information from financial budgets/forecasts, an entity considers whether...
Composition of estimates of future cash flows
40 Estimates of future cash flows and the discount rate reflect...
41 Projections of cash outflows include those for the day-to-day servicing...
43 To avoid double-counting, estimates of future cash flows do not...
45 Because future cash flows are estimated for the asset in...
46 A restructuring is a programme that is planned and controlled...
47 When an entity becomes committed to a restructuring, some assets...
48 Until an entity incurs cash outflows that improve or enhance...
49 Estimates of future cash flows include future cash outflows necessary...
51 Estimated future cash flows reflect assumptions that are consistent with...
RECOGNISING AND MEASURING AN IMPAIRMENT LOSS
58 Paragraphs 59-64 set out the requirements for recognising and measuring...
60 An impairment loss shall be recognised immediately in profit or...
61 An impairment loss on a non-revalued asset is recognised in...
62 When the amount estimated for an impairment loss is greater...
63 After the recognition of an impairment loss, the depreciation (amortisation)...
64 If an impairment loss is recognised, any related deferred tax...
CASH-GENERATING UNITS AND GOODWILL
65 Paragraphs 66–108 and Appendix C set out the requirements for...
Identifying the cash-generating unit to which an asset belongs
Recoverable amount and carrying amount of a cash-generating unit
74 The recoverable amount of a cash-generating unit is the higher...
75 The carrying amount of a cash-generating unit shall be determined...
77 When assets are grouped for recoverability assessments, it is important...
78 It may be necessary to consider some recognised liabilities to...
79 For practical reasons, the recoverable amount of a cash-generating unit...
Allocating goodwill to cash-generating units
80 For the purpose of impairment testing, goodwill acquired in a...
81 Goodwill recognised in a business combination is an asset representing...
82 Applying the requirements in paragraph 80 results in goodwill being...
83 A cash-generating unit to which goodwill is allocated for the...
84 If the initial allocation of goodwill acquired in a business...
85 In accordance with IFRS 3 Business Combinations , if the...
86 If goodwill has been allocated to a cash-generating unit and...
87 If an entity reorganises its reporting structure in a way...
Impairment loss for a cash-generating unit
104 An impairment loss shall be recognised for a cash-generating unit...
105 In allocating an impairment loss in accordance with paragraph 104,...
106 If it is not practicable to estimate the recoverable amount...
107 If the recoverable amount of an individual asset cannot be...
108 After the requirements in paragraphs 104 and 105 have been...
109 Paragraphs 110-116 set out the requirements for reversing an impairment...
111 In assessing whether there is any indication that an impairment...
112 Indications of a potential decrease in an impairment loss in...
113 If there is an indication that an impairment loss recognised...
114 An impairment loss recognised in prior periods for an asset...
115 A reversal of an impairment loss reflects an increase in...
126 An entity shall disclose the following for each class of...
128 The information required in paragraph 126 may be presented with...
129 An entity that reports segment information in accordance with IFRS...
130 An entity shall disclose the following for each material impairment...
131 An entity shall disclose the following information for the aggregate...
132 An entity is encouraged to disclose assumptions used to determine...
133 If, in accordance with paragraph 84, any portion of the...
Estimates used to measure recoverable amounts of cash-generating units containing...
Transitional provisions and effective date
140 Entities to which paragraph 139 applies are encouraged to apply...
140A IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements (as revised in 2007)...
140B IFRS 3 (as revised by the International Accounting Standards Board...
140C Paragraph 134(e) was amended by Improvements to IFRSs issued in...
140D Cost of an Investment in a Subsidiary, Jointly Controlled Entity...
140E Improvements to IFRSs issued in April 2009 amended paragraph 80(b)....
USING PRESENT VALUE TECHNIQUES TO MEASURE VALUE IN USE
Traditional and expected cash flow approaches to present value
A7 The expected cash flow approach is, in some situations, a...
A8 The expected cash flow approach also allows use of present...
A9 The expected present value of CU892,36 differs from the traditional...
A10 The use of probabilities is an essential element of the...
A11 Many estimates developed in current practice already incorporate the elements...
A12 The application of an expected cash flow approach is subject...
A13 Some maintain that expected cash flow techniques are inappropriate for...
A14 Assertions like the one just outlined reflect underlying disagreement with...
Impairment testing cash-generating units with goodwill and non-controlling interests
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Provisions, contingent liabilities and contingent assets
1 This standard shall be applied by all entities in accounting...
2 This standard does not apply to financial instruments (including guarantees)...
3 Executory contracts are contracts under which neither party has performed...
5 When another Standard deals with a specific type of provision,...
6 Some amounts treated as provisions may relate to the recognition...
7 This standard defines provisions as liabilities of uncertain timing or...
8 Other standards specify whether expenditures are treated as assets or...
9 This standard applies to provisions for restructurings (including discontinued operations)....
32 Contingent assets usually arise from unplanned or other unexpected events...
33 Contingent assets are not recognised in financial statements since this...
34 A contingent asset is disclosed, as required by paragraph 89,...
35 Contingent assets are assessed continually to ensure that developments are...
36 The amount recognised as a provision shall be the best...
37 The best estimate of the expenditure required to settle the...
38 The estimates of outcome and financial effect are determined by...
39 Uncertainties surrounding the amount to be recognised as a provision...
40 Where a single obligation is being measured, the individual most...
41 The provision is measured before tax, as the tax consequences...
APPLICATION OF THE RECOGNITION AND MEASUREMENT RULES
70 The following are examples of events that may fall under...
71 A provision for restructuring costs is recognised only when the...
72 A constructive obligation to restructure arises only when an entity:...
73 Evidence that an entity has started to implement a restructuring...
75 A management or board decision to restructure taken before the...
76 Although a constructive obligation is not created solely by a...
77 In some countries, the ultimate authority is vested in a...
78 No obligation arises for the sale of an operation until...
80 A restructuring provision shall include only the direct expenditures arising...
81 A restructuring provision does not include such costs as:
82 Identifiable future operating losses up to the date of a...
83 As required by paragraph 51, gains on the expected disposal...
85 An entity shall disclose the following for each class of...
86 Unless the possibility of any outflow in settlement is remote,...
87 In determining which provisions or contingent liabilities may be aggregated...
88 Where a provision and a contingent liability arise from the...
89 Where an inflow of economic benefits is probable, an entity...
90 It is important that disclosures for contingent assets avoid giving...
91 Where any of the information required by paragraphs 86 and...
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18 The recognition of an item as an intangible asset requires...
19 Paragraphs 25-32 deal with the application of the recognition criteria...
21 An intangible asset shall be recognised if, and only if:...
22 An entity shall assess the probability of expected future economic...
23 An entity uses judgement to assess the degree of certainty...
25 Normally, the price an entity pays to acquire separately an...
26 In addition, the cost of a separately acquired intangible asset...
27 The cost of a separately acquired intangible asset comprises:
29 Examples of expenditures that are not part of the cost...
30 Recognition of costs in the carrying amount of an intangible...
31 Some operations occur in connection with the development of an...
32 If payment for an intangible asset is deferred beyond normal...
Acquisition as part of a business combination
33 In accordance with IFRS 3 Business Combinations , if an...
34 In accordance with this Standard and IFRS 3 (as revised...
Measuring the fair value of an intangible asset acquired in...
35 If an intangible asset acquired in a business combination is...
36 An intangible asset acquired in a business combination might be...
37 The acquirer may recognise a group of complementary intangible assets...
38 The only circumstances in which it might not be possible...
39 Quoted market prices in an active market provide the most...
40 If no active market exists for an intangible asset, its...
41 Entities that are involved in the purchase and sale of...
Subsequent expenditure on an acquired in-process research and development project...
Internally generated intangible assets
51 It is sometimes difficult to assess whether an internally generated...
52 To assess whether an internally generated intangible asset meets the...
53 If an entity cannot distinguish the research phase from the...
57 An intangible asset arising from development (or from the development...
58 In the development phase of an internal project, an entity...
60 To demonstrate how an intangible asset will generate probable future...
61 Availability of resources to complete, use and obtain the benefits...
62 An entity's costing systems can often measure reliably the cost...
63 Internally generated brands, mastheads, publishing titles, customer lists and items...
64 Expenditure on internally generated brands, mastheads, publishing titles, customer lists...
72 An entity shall choose either the cost model in paragraph...
75 After initial recognition, an intangible asset shall be carried at...
77 The revaluation model is applied after an asset has been...
78 It is uncommon for an active market with the characteristics...
79 The frequency of revaluations depends on the volatility of the...
80 If an intangible asset is revalued, any accumulated amortisation at...
81 If an intangible asset in a class of revalued intangible...
85 If an intangible asset’s carrying amount is increased as a...
86 If an intangible asset's carrying amount is decreased as a...
87 The cumulative revaluation surplus included in equity may be transferred...
89 The accounting for an intangible asset is based on its...
90 Many factors are considered in determining the useful life of...
91 The term ‘indefinite’ does not mean ‘infinite’. The useful life...
92 Given the history of rapid changes in technology, computer software...
94 The useful life of an intangible asset that arises from...
95 There may be both economic and legal factors influencing the...
96 Existence of the following factors, among others, indicates that an...
INTANGIBLE ASSETS WITH FINITE USEFUL LIVES
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND EFFECTIVE DATE
130A An entity shall apply the amendments in paragraph 2 for...
130B IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements (as revised in 2007)...
130C IFRS 3 (as revised in 2008) amended paragraphs 12, 33–35,...
130D Paragraphs 69, 70 and 98 were amended and paragraph 69A...
130E Improvements to IFRSs issued in April 2009 amended paragraphs 40...
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Financial instruments: recognition and measurement
Derecognition of a financial asset
15 In consolidated financial statements, paragraphs 16-23 and Appendix A paragraphs...
16 Before evaluating whether, and to what extent, derecognition is appropriate...
17 An entity shall derecognise a financial asset when, and only...
18 An entity transfers a financial asset if, and only if,...
19 When an entity retains the contractual rights to receive the...
20 When an entity transfers a financial asset (see paragraph 18),...
21 The transfer of risks and rewards (see paragraph 20) is...
22 Often it will be obvious whether the entity has transferred...
23 Whether the entity has retained control (see paragraph 20(c)) of...
Transfers that qualify for derecognition (see paragraph 20(a) and (c)(i))...
Transfers that do not qualify for derecognition (see paragraph 20(b))...
Continuing involvement in transferred assets (see paragraph 20(c)(ii))
30 If an entity neither transfers nor retains substantially all the...
32 The entity shall continue to recognise any income arising on...
33 For the purpose of subsequent measurement, recognised changes in the...
34 If an entity's continuing involvement is in only a part...
35 If the transferred asset is measured at amortised cost, the...
Initial measurement of financial assets and financial liabilities
50A The following changes in circumstances are not reclassifications for the...
50B A financial asset to which paragraph 50(c) applies (except a...
50C If an entity reclassifies a financial asset out of the...
50D A financial asset to which paragraph 50(c) applies that would...
50E A financial asset classified as available for sale that would...
50F If an entity reclassifies a financial asset out of the...
52 Whenever sales or reclassification of more than an insignificant amount...
53 If a reliable measure becomes available for a financial asset...
71 If there is a designated hedging relationship between a hedging...
85 Hedge accounting recognises the offsetting effects on profit or loss...
88 A hedging relationship qualifies for hedge accounting under paragraphs 89-102...
89 If a fair value hedge meets the conditions in paragraph...
90 If only particular risks attributable to a hedged item are...
91 An entity shall discontinue prospectively the hedge accounting specified in...
92 Any adjustment arising from paragraph 89(b) to the carrying amount...
93 When an unrecognised firm commitment is designated as a hedged...
94 When an entity enters into a firm commitment to acquire...
95 If a cash flow hedge meets the conditions in paragraph...
96 More specifically, a cash flow hedge is accounted for as...
97 If a hedge of a forecast transaction subsequently results in...
98 If a hedge of a forecast transaction subsequently results in...
100 For cash flow hedges other than those covered by paragraphs...
101 In any of the following circumstances an entity shall discontinue...
103 An entity shall apply this standard (including the amendments issued...
103A An entity shall apply the amendment in paragraph 2(j) for...
103B Financial guarantee contracts (amendments to IAS 39 and IFRS 4),...
103C IAS 1 (as revised in 2007) amended the terminology used...
103D IFRS 3 (as revised in 2008) deleted paragraph 2(f). An...
103E IAS 27 (as amended by the International Accounting Standards Board...
103F An entity shall apply the amendment in paragraph 2 for...
103G An entity shall apply paragraphs AG99BA, AG99E, AG99F, AG110A and...
103H Reclassification of Financial Assets (Amendments to IAS 39 and IFRS...
103I Reclassification of Financial Assets — Effective Date and Transition (Amendments...
103J An entity shall apply paragraph 12, as amended by Embedded...
103K Improvements to IFRSs issued in April 2009 amended paragraphs 2(g),...
103N Paragraph 103D was amended by Improvements to IFRSs issued in...
104 This standard shall be applied retrospectively except as specified in...
105 When this standard is first applied, an entity is permitted...
105A An entity shall apply paragraphs 11A, 48A, AG4B-AG4K, AG33A and...
105B An entity that first applies paragraphs 11A, 48A, AG4B-AG4K, AG33A...
105C An entity that first applies paragraphs 11A, 48A, AG4B-AG4K, AG33A...
105D An entity shall restate its comparative financial statements using the...
106 Except as permitted by paragraph 107, an entity shall apply...
107 Notwithstanding paragraph 106, an entity may apply the derecognition requirements...
107A Notwithstanding paragraph 104, an entity may apply the requirements in...
108 An entity shall not adjust the carrying amount of non-financial...
108A An entity shall apply the last sentence of paragraph 80,...
108B An entity need not apply paragraph AG99B to comparative information...
108C Paragraphs 9, 73 and AG8 were amended and paragraph 50A...
AG1 Some contracts require a payment based on climatic, geological or...
AG2 This standard does not change the requirements relating to employee...
AG3 Sometimes, an entity makes what it views as a ‘strategic...
AG3A This standard applies to the financial assets and financial liabilities...
AG4 Financial guarantee contracts may have various legal forms, such as...
AG4A Assertions that an issuer regards contracts as insurance contracts are...
DEFINITIONS (paragraphs 8 and 9)
AG16 An entity does not have a positive intention to hold...
AG17 A debt instrument with a variable interest rate can satisfy...
AG18 The criteria for classification as a held-to-maturity investment are met...
AG19 A financial asset that is puttable (i.e. the holder has...
AG20 For most financial assets, fair value is a more appropriate...
AG21 A disaster scenario that is only remotely possible, such as...
AG22 Sales before maturity could satisfy the condition in paragraph 9...
AG23 An entity does not have a demonstrated ability to hold...
AG24 Circumstances other than those described in paragraphs AG16-AG23 can indicate...
AG25 An entity assesses its intention and ability to hold its...
EMBEDDED DERIVATIVES (paragraphs 10-13)
AG27 If a host contract has no stated or predetermined maturity...
AG28 An embedded non-option derivative (such as an embedded forward or...
AG29 Generally, multiple embedded derivatives in a single instrument are treated...
AG30 The economic characteristics and risks of an embedded derivative are...
AG31 An example of a hybrid instrument is a financial instrument...
AG33 The economic characteristics and risks of an embedded derivative are...
RECOGNITION AND DERECOGNITION (paragraphs 14-42)
Regular way purchase or sale of a financial asset (paragraph...
Derecognition of a financial liability (paragraphs 39-42)
AG57 A financial liability (or part of it) is extinguished when...
AG58 If an issuer of a debt instrument repurchases that instrument,...
AG59 Payment to a third party, including a trust (sometimes called...
AG61 Although legal release, whether judicially or by the creditor, results...
AG62 For the purpose of paragraph 40, the terms are substantially...
AG63 In some cases, a creditor releases a debtor from its...
MEASUREMENT (paragraphs 43-70)
Initial measurement of financial assets and financial liabilities (paragraph 43)...
Subsequent measurement of financial assets (paragraphs 45 and 46)
Fair value measurement considerations (paragraphs 48-49)
AG69 Underlying the definition of fair value is a presumption that...
AG70 This standard uses the terms ‘bid price’ and ‘asking price’...
No active market: valuation technique
AG74 If the market for a financial instrument is not active,...
AG75 The objective of using a valuation technique is to establish...
AG76 Therefore, a valuation technique (a) incorporates all factors that market...
AG76A The subsequent measurement of the financial asset or financial liability...
AG77 The initial acquisition or origination of a financial asset or...
AG78 The same information may not be available at each measurement...
AG79 In applying discounted cash flow analysis, an entity uses one...
Impairment and uncollectability of financial assets (paragraphs 58-70)
Financial assets carried at amortised cost (paragraphs 63-65)
AG84 Impairment of a financial asset carried at amortised cost is...
AG85 The process for estimating impairment considers all credit exposures, not...
AG86 The process for estimating the amount of an impairment loss...
AG87 For the purpose of a collective evaluation of impairment, financial...
AG88 Impairment losses recognised on a group basis represent an interim...
AG89 Future cash flows in a group of financial assets that...
AG90 As an example of applying paragraph AG89, an entity may...
AG91 When using historical loss rates in estimating future cash flows,...
AG92 Formula-based approaches or statistical methods may be used to determine...
Hedging instruments (paragraphs 72-77)
Hedged items (paragraphs 78-84)
Qualifying items (paragraphs 78-80)
AG98 A firm commitment to acquire a business in a business...
AG99 An equity method investment cannot be a hedged item in...
AG99A Paragraph 80 states that in consolidated financial statements the foreign...
AG99B If a hedge of a forecast intragroup transaction qualifies for...
AG99BA An entity can designate all changes in the cash flows...
Designation of financial items as hedged items (paragraphs 81 and...
Designation of non-financial items as hedged items (paragraph 82)
Designation of groups of items as hedged items (paragraphs 83...
AG105 A hedge is regarded as highly effective only if both...
AG106 Effectiveness is assessed, at a minimum, at the time an...
AG107 This standard does not specify a single method for assessing...
AG108 If the principal terms of the hedging instrument and of...
AG109 Sometimes the hedging instrument offsets only part of the hedged...
AG110 To qualify for hedge accounting, the hedge must relate to...
AG110A Paragraph 74(a) permits an entity to separate the intrinsic value...
AG110B If an entity designates a purchased option in its entirety...
AG111 In the case of interest rate risk, hedge effectiveness may...
AG112 In assessing the effectiveness of a hedge, an entity generally...
AG113 If an entity does not meet hedge effectiveness criteria, the...
Fair value hedge accounting for a portfolio hedge of interest...
AG114 For a fair value hedge of interest rate risk associated...
AG115 This approach is described in more detail below. The approach...
AG116 The portfolio identified in paragraph AG114(a) could contain assets and...
AG117 In applying paragraph AG114(b), the entity determines the expected repricing...
AG118 As an example of the designation set out in paragraph...
AG119 The entity also complies with the other designation and documentation...
AG120 The hedging instrument referred to in paragraph AG114(e) may be...
AG121 When the entity measures the change in the fair value...
AG122 The standard does not specify the techniques used to determine...
AG123 Paragraph 89A requires that if the hedged item for a...
AG124 Paragraph AG114(i) notes that ineffectiveness arises to the extent that...
AG125 Generally, the effectiveness of the hedge will be improved:
AG127 When measuring effectiveness, the entity distinguishes revisions to the estimated...
AG128 Items that were originally scheduled into a repricing time period...
AG129 In addition, any amount relating to a particular time period...
AG131 If the hedged amount for a repricing time period is...
INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD 40
7 Investment property is held to earn rentals or for capital...
9 The following are examples of items that are not investment...
10 Some properties comprise a portion that is held to earn...
11 In some cases, an entity provides ancillary services to the...
12 In other cases, the services provided are significant. For example,...
13 It may be difficult to determine whether ancillary services are...
14 Judgement is needed to determine whether a property qualifies as...
20 An investment property shall be measured initially at its cost....
21 The cost of a purchased investment property comprises its purchase...
23 The cost of an investment property is not increased by:...
24 If payment for an investment property is deferred, its cost...
27 One or more investment properties may be acquired in exchange...
28 An entity determines whether an exchange transaction has commercial substance...
29 The fair value of an asset for which comparable market...
30 With the exceptions noted in paragraphs 32A and 34, an...
31 IAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors...
32 This standard requires all entities to determine the fair value...
32B Some insurers and other entities operate an internal property fund...
32C If an entity chooses different models for the two categories...
33 After initial recognition, an entity that chooses the fair value...
37 An entity determines fair value without any deduction for transaction...
38 The fair value of investment property shall reflect market conditions...
39 Fair value is time-specific as of a given date. Because...
40 The fair value of investment property reflects, among other things,...
41 Paragraph 25 specifies the basis for initial recognition of the...
42 The definition of fair value refers to ‘knowledgeable, willing parties’....
43 A willing seller is neither an over-eager nor a forced...
44 The definition of fair value refers to an arm's length...
47 In some cases, the various sources listed in the previous...
48 In exceptional cases, there is clear evidence when an entity...
50 In determining the carrying amount of investment property under the...
51 The fair value of investment property does not reflect future...
52 In some cases, an entity expects that the present value...
Inability to determine fair value reliably
53 There is a rebuttable presumption that an entity can reliably...
53A Once an entity becomes able to measure reliably the fair...
53B The presumption that the fair value of investment property under...
54 In the exceptional cases when an entity is compelled, for...
55 If an entity has previously measured an investment property at...
57 Transfers to, or from, investment property shall be made when,...
58 Paragraph 57(b) requires an entity to transfer a property from...
59 Paragraphs 60-65 apply to recognition and measurement issues that arise...
60 For a transfer from investment property carried at fair value...
61 If an owner-occupied property becomes an investment property that will...
62 Up to the date when an owner-occupied property becomes an...
63 For a transfer from inventories to investment property that will...
64 The treatment of transfers from inventories to investment property that...
65 When an entity completes the construction or development of a...
66 An investment property shall be derecognised (eliminated from the statement...
67 The disposal of an investment property may be achieved by...
68 If, in accordance with the recognition principle in paragraph 16,...
69 Gains or losses arising from the retirement or disposal of...
70 The consideration receivable on disposal of an investment property is...
71 An entity applies IAS 37 or other standards, as appropriate,...
72 Compensation from third parties for investment property that was impaired,...
73 Impairments or losses of investment property, related claims for or...
INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD 41
10 An entity shall recognise a biological asset or agricultural produce...
11 In agricultural activity, control may be evidenced by, for example,...
12 A biological asset shall be measured on initial recognition and...
13 Agricultural produce harvested from an entity's biological assets shall be...
15 The determination of fair value for a biological asset or...
16 Entities often enter into contracts to sell their biological assets...
19 In some cases, the information sources listed in paragraph 18...
20 In some circumstances, market-determined prices or values may not be...
21 The objective of a calculation of the present value of...
22 An entity does not include any cash flows for financing...
23 In agreeing an arm's length transaction price, knowledgeable, willing buyers...
24 Cost may sometimes approximate fair value, particularly when:
25 Biological assets are often physically attached to land (for example,...
34 An unconditional government grant related to a biological asset measured...
35 If a government grant related to a biological asset measured...
36 Terms and conditions of government grants vary. For example, a...
37 If a government grant relates to a biological asset measured...
38 This standard requires a different treatment from IAS 20, if...
40 An entity shall disclose the aggregate gain or loss arising...
41 An entity shall provide a description of each group of...
42 The disclosure required by paragraph 41 may take the form...
43 An entity is encouraged to provide a quantified description of...
44 Consumable biological assets are those that are to be harvested...
45 Biological assets may be classified either as mature biological assets...
46 If not disclosed elsewhere in information published with the financial...
47 An entity shall disclose the methods and significant assumptions applied...
50 An entity shall present a reconciliation of changes in the...
52 Biological transformation results in a number of types of physical...
53 Agricultural activity is often exposed to climatic, disease and other...
Additional disclosures for biological assets where fair value cannot be...
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARD 1
First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards
7 An entity shall use the same accounting policies in its...
8 An entity shall not apply different versions of IFRSs that...
9 The transitional provisions in other IFRSs apply to changes in...
10 Except as described in paragraphs 13–19 and Appendices B–E, an...
11 The accounting policies that an entity uses in its opening...
12 This IFRS establishes two categories of exceptions to the principle...
20 This IFRS does not provide exemptions from the presentation and...
Explanation of transition to IFRSs
23 An entity shall explain how the transition from previous GAAP...
24 To comply with paragraph 23, an entity’s first IFRS financial...
25 The reconciliations required by paragraph 24(a) and (b) shall give...
26 If an entity becomes aware of errors made under previous...
27A If during the period covered by its first IFRS financial...
28 If an entity did not present financial statements for previous...
Use of deemed cost for investments in subsidiaries, jointly controlled...
Use of deemed cost for operations subject to rate regulation...
35 An entity shall apply the amendments in paragraphs D1(n) and...
36 IFRS 3 Business Combinations (as revised in 2008) amended paragraphs...
37 IAS 27 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements (as amended in...
38 Cost of an Investment in a Subsidiary, Jointly Controlled Entity...
39 Paragraph B7 was amended by Improvements to IFRSs issued in...
39A Additional Exemptions for First-time Adopters (Amendments to IFRS 1), issued...
39C Limited Exemption from Comparative IFRS 7 Disclosures for First-time Adopters...
39E Improvements to IFRSs issued in May 2010 added paragraphs 27A,...
39F Disclosures—Transfers of Financial Assets (Amendments to IFRS 7), issued in...
39K Presentation of Items of Other Comprehensive Income (Amendments to IAS...
39L IAS 19 Employee Benefits (as amended in June 2011) amended...
Investments in subsidiaries, jointly controlled entities and associates
Assets and liabilities of subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures
Fair value measurement of financial assets or financial liabilities at...
Decommissioning liabilities included in the cost of property, plant and...
Financial assets or intangible assets accounted for in accordance with...
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARD 2
EQUITY-SETTLED SHARE-BASED PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS
10 For equity-settled share-based payment transactions, the entity shall measure the...
11 To apply the requirements of paragraph 10 to transactions with...
12 Typically, shares, share options or other equity instruments are granted...
13 To apply the requirements of paragraph 10 to transactions with...
13A In particular, if the identifiable consideration received (if any) by...
Transactions measured by reference to the fair value of the...
Modifications to the terms and conditions on which equity instruments...
26 An entity might modify the terms and conditions on which...
27 The entity shall recognise, as a minimum, the services received...
28 If a grant of equity instruments is cancelled or settled...
28A If an entity or counterparty can choose whether to meet...
29 If an entity repurchases vested equity instruments, the payment made...
SHARE-BASED PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS WITH CASH ALTERNATIVES
34 For share-based payment transactions in which the terms of the...
Share-based payment transactions in which the terms of the arrangement...
35 If an entity has granted the counterparty the right to...
36 For other transactions, including transactions with employees, the entity shall...
37 To apply paragraph 36, the entity shall first measure the...
38 The entity shall account separately for the goods or services...
39 At the date of settlement, the entity shall remeasure the...
Share-based payment transactions in which the terms of the arrangement...
SHARE-BASED PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS AMONG GROUP ENTITIES (2009 AMENDMENTS)
43A For share-based payment transactions among group entities, in its separate...
43B The entity receiving the goods or services shall measure the...
43C The entity settling a share-based payment transaction when another entity...
43D Some group transactions involve repayment arrangements that require one group...
44 An entity shall disclose information that enables users of the...
46 An entity shall disclose information that enables users of the...
49 If the entity has rebutted the presumption in paragraph 13,...
50 An entity shall disclose information that enables users of the...
52 If the information required to be disclosed by this IFRS...
53 For equity-settled share-based payment transactions, the entity shall apply this...
54 The entity is encouraged, but not required, to apply this...
55 For all grants of equity instruments to which this IFRS...
56 For all grants of equity instruments to which this IFRS...
57 If, after the IFRS becomes effective, an entity modifies the...
58 For liabilities arising from share-based payment transactions existing at the...
59 The entity is encouraged, but not required, to apply retrospectively...
Estimating the fair value of equity instruments granted
B1 Paragraphs B2-B41 of this appendix discuss measurement of the fair...
B4 For share options granted to employees, in many cases market...
B5 The entity shall consider factors that knowledgeable, willing market participants...
B6 All option pricing models take into account, as a minimum,...
B7 Other factors that knowledgeable, willing market participants would consider in...
B8 For example, a share option granted to an employee typically...
B9 Similarly, another factor common to employee share options is the...
B10 Factors that a knowledgeable, willing market participant would not consider...
B16 Employees often exercise share options early, for a variety of...
B17 The means by which the effects of expected early exercise...
B18 Factors to consider in estimating early exercise include:
B19 As noted in paragraph B17, the effects of early exercise...
B20 Separating an option grant into groups for employees with relatively...
B21 Similar considerations apply when using a binomial or similar model....
B31 Whether expected dividends should be taken into account when measuring...
B32 For example, if employees were granted options and are entitled...
B33 Similarly, when the grant date fair value of shares granted...
B34 Conversely, if the employees are not entitled to dividends or...
B35 Option pricing models generally call for expected dividend yield. However,...
B36 Generally, the assumption about expected dividends should be based on...
Modifications to equity-settled share-based payment arrangements
Share-based payment transactions among group entities (2009 amendments)
B45 Paragraphs 43A–43C address the accounting for share-based payment transactions among...
B46 Although the discussion below focuses on transactions with employees, it...
B47 Four issues are commonly encountered in share-based payment transactions among...
Share-based payment arrangements involving an entity’s own equity instruments
Share-based payment arrangements involving equity instruments of the parent
Share-based payment arrangements involving cash-settled payments to employees
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARD 3
4. An entity shall account for each business combination by applying...
Recognising and measuring the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed...
10. As of the acquisition date, the acquirer shall recognise, separately...
11. To qualify for recognition as part of applying the acquisition...
12. In addition, to qualify for recognition as part of applying...
13. The acquirer’s application of the recognition principle and conditions may...
14. Paragraphs B28–B40 provide guidance on recognising operating leases and intangible...
Classifying or designating identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed in...
Recognising and measuring goodwill or a gain from a bargain...
Additional guidance for applying the acquisition method to particular types...
45. If the initial accounting for a business combination is incomplete...
46. The measurement period is the period after the acquisition date...
47. The acquirer shall consider all pertinent factors in determining whether...
48. The acquirer recognises an increase (decrease) in the provisional amount...
49. During the measurement period, the acquirer shall recognise adjustments to...
50. After the measurement period ends, the acquirer shall revise the...
Determining what is part of the business combination transaction
59. The acquirer shall disclose information that enables users of its...
60. To meet the objective in paragraph 59, the acquirer shall...
61. The acquirer shall disclose information that enables users of its...
62. To meet the objective in paragraph 61, the acquirer shall...
63. If the specific disclosures required by this and other IFRSs...
65. Assets and liabilities that arose from business combinations whose acquisition...
65A. Contingent consideration balances arising from business combinations whose acquisition dates...
65B. If a business combination agreement provides for an adjustment to...
65C. A business combination agreement may allow for adjustments to the...
65D. However, when a business combination agreement provides for such an...
65E. In some circumstances, the acquirer may be required to make...
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS OF ENTITIES UNDER COMMON CONTROL (APPLICATION OF PARAGRAPH...
IDENTIFYING A BUSINESS COMBINATION (APPLICATION OF PARAGRAPH 3)
IDENTIFYING THE ACQUIRER (APPLICATION OF PARAGRAPHS 6 AND 7)
B13 The guidance in IAS 27 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements...
B14 In a business combination effected primarily by transferring cash or...
B15 In a business combination effected primarily by exchanging equity interests,...
B16 The acquirer is usually the combining entity whose relative size...
B17 In a business combination involving more than two entities, determining...
B18 A new entity formed to effect a business combination is...
RECOGNISING PARTICULAR ASSETS ACQUIRED AND LIABILITIES ASSUMED (APPLICATION OF PARAGRAPHS...
B31 The acquirer shall recognise, separately from goodwill, the identifiable intangible...
B32 An intangible asset that meets the contractual-legal criterion is identifiable...
B33 The separability criterion means that an acquired intangible asset is...
B34 An intangible asset that is not individually separable from the...
Assembled workforce and other items that are not identifiable
B37 The acquirer subsumes into goodwill the value of an acquired...
B38 The acquirer also subsumes into goodwill any value attributed to...
B39 After initial recognition, an acquirer accounts for intangible assets acquired...
B40 The identifiability criteria determine whether an intangible asset is recognised...
MEASURING THE FAIR VALUE OF PARTICULAR IDENTIFIABLE ASSETS AND A...
DETERMINING WHAT IS PART OF THE BUSINESS COMBINATION TRANSACTION (APPLICATION...
B50 The acquirer should consider the following factors, which are neither...
Effective settlement of a pre-existing relationship between the acquirer and...
Arrangements for contingent payments to employees or selling shareholders (application...
Acquirer share-based payment awards exchanged for awards held by the...
B56 An acquirer may exchange its share-based payment awards (replacement awards)...
B57 To determine the portion of a replacement award that is...
B58 The portion of the replacement award attributable to pre-combination service...
B59 The portion of a non-vested replacement award attributable to post-combination...
B60 The portion of a non-vested replacement award attributable to pre-combination...
B61 The same requirements for determining the portions of a replacement...
B62 The income tax effects of replacement awards of share-based payments...
Equity-settled share-based payment transactions of the acquiree
OTHER IFRSS THAT PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON SUBSEQUENT MEASUREMENT AND ACCOUNTING...
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR BUSINESS COMBINATIONS INVOLVING ONLY MUTUAL ENTITIES OR...
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARD 4
Temporary exemption from some other IFRSs
13 Paragraphs 10-12 of IAS 8 Accounting policies, changes in accounting...
14 Nevertheless, this IFRS does not exempt an insurer from some...
Insurance contracts acquired in a business combination or portfolio transfer...
Definition of an insurance contract
B1 This appendix gives guidance on the definition of an insurance...
Distinction between insurance risk and other risks
B8 The definition of an insurance contract refers to insurance risk,...
B9 The definition of financial risk in Appendix A includes a...
B10 Some contracts expose the issuer to financial risk, in addition...
B11 Under some contracts, an insured event triggers the payment of...
B12 The definition of insurance risk refers to risk that the...
B13 The definition of an insurance contract refers to an adverse...
B14 Some contracts require a payment if a specified uncertain event...
B15 Lapse or persistency risk (i.e. the risk that the counterparty...
B16 Therefore, a contract that exposes the issuer to lapse risk,...
B17 An insurer can accept significant insurance risk from the policyholder...
B22 A contract is an insurance contract only if it transfers...
B23 Insurance risk is significant if, and only if, an insured...
B24 The additional benefits described in paragraph B23 refer to amounts...
B25 An insurer shall assess the significance of insurance risk contract...
B26 It follows from paragraphs B23-B25 that if a contract pays...
B27 Paragraph B23 refers to additional benefits. These additional benefits could...
B28 If an insurance contract is unbundled into a deposit component...
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARD 5
Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations
2 The classification and presentation requirements of this IFRS apply to...
3 Assets classified as non-current in accordance with IAS 1 Presentation...
4 Sometimes an entity disposes of a group of assets, possibly...
5 The measurement provisions of this IFRS do not apply to...
5A The classification, presentation and measurement requirements in this IFRS applicable...
5B This IFRS specifies the disclosures required in respect of non-current...
CLASSIFICATION OF NON-CURRENT ASSETS (OR DISPOSAL GROUPS) AS HELD FOR...
6 An entity shall classify a non-current asset (or disposal group)...
8 For the sale to be highly probable, the appropriate level...
9 Events or circumstances may extend the period to complete the...
10 Sale transactions include exchanges of non-current assets for other non-current...
11 When an entity acquires a non-current asset (or disposal group)...
12A A non-current asset (or disposal group) is classified as held...
MEASUREMENT OF NON-CURRENT ASSETS (OR DISPOSAL GROUPS) CLASSIFIED AS HELD...
Measurement of a non-current asset (or disposal group)
15 An entity shall measure a non-current asset (or disposal group)...
15A An entity shall measure a non-current asset (or disposal group)...
16 If a newly acquired asset (or disposal group) meets the...
18 Immediately before the initial classification of the asset (or disposal...
19 On subsequent remeasurement of a disposal group, the carrying amounts...
Recognition of impairment losses and reversals
20 An entity shall recognise an impairment loss for any initial...
21 An entity shall recognise a gain for any subsequent increase...
22 An entity shall recognise a gain for any subsequent increase...
23 The impairment loss (or any subsequent gain) recognised for a...
25 An entity shall not depreciate (or amortise) a non-current asset...
30 An entity shall present and disclose information that enables users...
Presentation of a non-current asset or disposal group classified as...
44 An entity shall apply this IFRS for annual periods beginning...
44A IAS 1 (as revised in 2007) amended the terminology used...
44B IAS 27 (as amended by the International Accounting Standards Board...
44C Paragraphs 8A and 36A were added by Improvements to IFRSs...
44D Paragraphs 5A, 12A and 15A were added and paragraph 8...
44E Paragraph 5B was added by Improvements to IFRSs issued in...
44I Presentation of Items of Other Comprehensive Income (Amendments to IAS...
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARD 6
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARD 7
Financial instruments: disclosures
SIGNIFICANCE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FOR FINANCIAL POSITION AND PERFORMANCE
7 An entity shall disclose information that enables users of its...
26 In disclosing fair values, an entity shall group financial assets...
27 An entity shall disclose for each class of financial instruments...
27A To make the disclosures required by paragraph 27B an entity...
27B For fair value measurements recognised in the statement of financial...
28 If the market for a financial instrument is not active,...
NATURE AND EXTENT OF RISKS ARISING FROM FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
42A The disclosure requirements in paragraphs 42B–42H relating to transfers of...
42B An entity shall disclose information that enables users of its...
42C For the purposes of applying the disclosure requirements in paragraphs...
Transferred financial assets that are not derecognised in their entirety...
Transferred financial assets that are derecognised in their entirety
43 An entity shall apply this IFRS for annual periods beginning...
44 If an entity applies this IFRS for annual periods beginning...
44A IAS 1 (as revised in 2007) amended the terminology used...
44B IFRS 3 (as revised in 2008) deleted paragraph 3(c). An...
44C An entity shall apply the amendment in paragraph 3 for...
44D Paragraph 3(a) was amended by Improvements to IFRSs issued in...
44E Reclassification of Financial Assets (Amendments to IAS 39 and IFRS...
44F Reclassification of Financial Assets — Effective Date and Transition (Amendments...
44G Improving Disclosures about Financial Instruments (Amendments to IFRS 7), issued...
44G Improving Disclosures about Financial Instruments (Amendments to IFRS 7), issued...
44K Paragraph 44B was amended by Improvements to IFRSs issued in...
44L Improvements to IFRSs issued in May 2010 added paragraph 32A...
44M Disclosures—Transfers of Financial Assets (Amendments to IFRS 7), issued in...
44Q Presentation of Items of Other Comprehensive Income (Amendments to IAS...
CLASSES OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND LEVEL OF DISCLOSURE (PARAGRAPH 6)...
SIGNIFICANCE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FOR FINANCIAL POSITION AND PERFORMANCE
NATURE AND EXTENT OF RISKS ARISING FROM FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (PARAGRAPHS...
B6 The disclosures required by paragraphs 31-42 shall be either given...
Quantitative liquidity risk disclosures (paragraphs 34(a) and 39(a) and (b))...
B10A In accordance with paragraph 34(a) an entity discloses summary quantitative...
B11 In preparing the maturity analyses required by paragraph 39(a) and...
B11A In complying with paragraph 39(a) and (b), an entity shall...
B11B Paragraph 39(b) requires an entity to disclose a quantitative maturity...
B11C Paragraph 39(a) and (b) requires an entity to disclose maturity...
B11D The contractual amounts disclosed in the maturity analyses as required...
B11E Paragraph 39(c) requires an entity to describe how it manages...
B11F Other factors that an entity might consider in providing the...
B14 The amounts disclosed in the maturity analysis are the contractual...
Market risk — sensitivity analysis (paragraphs 40 and 41)
B17 Paragraph 40(a) requires a sensitivity analysis for each type of...
B18 Paragraph 40(a) requires the sensitivity analysis to show the effect...
B19 In determining what a reasonably possible change in the relevant...
B20 Paragraph 41 permits an entity to use a sensitivity analysis...
B21 An entity shall provide sensitivity analyses for the whole of...
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARD 8
6 Not every part of an entity is necessarily an operating...
7 The term ‘chief operating decision maker’ identifies a function, not...
8 For many entities, the three characteristics of operating segments described...
9 Generally, an operating segment has a segment manager who is...
10 The characteristics in paragraph 5 may apply to two or...
11 An entity shall report separately information about each operating segment...
13 An entity shall report separately information about an operating segment...
14 An entity may combine information about operating segments that do...
15 If the total external revenue reported by operating segments constitutes...
16 Information about other business activities and operating segments that are...
17 If management judges that an operating segment identified as a...
18 If an operating segment is identified as a reportable segment...
35 An entity shall apply this IFRS in its annual financial...
35A Paragraph 23 was amended by Improvements to IFRSs issued in...
36 Segment information for prior years that is reported as comparative...
36A IAS 1 (as revised in 2007) amended the terminology used...
36B IAS 24 Related Party Disclosures (as revised in 2009) amended...
Changes in existing decommissioning, restoration and similar liabilities
Members' shares in cooperative entities and similar instruments
5 The contractual right of the holder of a financial instrument...
6 Members’ shares that would be classified as equity if the...
7 Members' shares are equity if the entity has an unconditional...
8 Local law, regulation or the entity's governing charter can impose...
9 An unconditional prohibition may be absolute, in that all redemptions...
10 At initial recognition, the entity shall measure its financial liability...
11 As required by paragraph 35 of IAS 32, distributions to...
12 The Appendix, which is an integral part of the consensus,...
Rights to interests arising from decommissioning, restoration and environmental rehabilitation funds
1 Paragraph 17 of IAS 37 specifies that an obligating event...
2 Paragraph 19 of IAS 37 states that provisions are recognised...
3 The European Union's Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment...
4 The Directive states that the cost of waste management for...
5 Several terms used in the interpretation such as ‘market share’...
Applying the restatement approach under IAS 29 Financial reporting in hyperinflationary economies
Reassessment of embedded derivatives
IFRS 2 — Group and treasury share transactions
Service Concession Arrangements
4 This Interpretation gives guidance on the accounting by operators for...
5 This Interpretation applies to public-to-private service concession arrangements if:
6 Infrastructure used in a public-to-private service concession arrangement for its...
8 This Interpretation does not specify the accounting for infrastructure that...
9 This Interpretation does not specify the accounting by grantors.
Construction or upgrade services
14 The operator shall account for revenue and costs relating to...
Consideration given by the grantor to the operator
15 If the operator provides construction or upgrade services the consideration...
16 The operator shall recognise a financial asset to the extent...
17 The operator shall recognise an intangible asset to the extent...
18 If the operator is paid for the construction services partly...
19 The nature of the consideration given by the grantor to...
AG1 Paragraph 5 of this Interpretation specifies that infrastructure is within...
AG2 The control or regulation referred to in condition (a) could...
AG3 For the purpose of condition (a), the grantor does not...
AG4 For the purpose of condition (b), the grantor’s control over...
AG5 Control should be distinguished from management. If the grantor retains...
AG6 Conditions (a) and (b) together identify when the infrastructure, including...
AG7 Sometimes the use of infrastructure is partly regulated in the...
IAS 19 — The Limit on a Defined Benefit Asset, Minimum Funding Requirements and their Interaction
Availability of a refund or reduction in future contributions
The effect of a minimum funding requirement on the economic...
18 An entity shall analyse any minimum funding requirement at a...
19 Contributions to cover any existing shortfall on the minimum funding...
20 If there is a minimum funding requirement for contributions relating...
21 An entity shall estimate the future minimum funding requirement contributions...
22 When an entity determines the amount described in paragraph 20(b),...
Agreements for the Construction of Real Estate
7 The following discussion assumes that the entity has previously analysed...
8 Within a single agreement, an entity may contract to deliver...
9 The following discussion refers to an agreement for the construction...
Determining whether the agreement is within the scope of IAS...
Hedges of a Net Investment in a Foreign Operation
1 Many reporting entities have investments in foreign operations (as defined...
2 Hedge accounting of the foreign currency risk arising from a...
3 IAS 39 requires the designation of an eligible hedged item...
4 An entity with many foreign operations may be exposed to...
5 IAS 39 allows an entity to designate either a derivative...
6 IAS 21 and IAS 39 require cumulative amounts recognised in...
Distributions of Non-cash Assets to Owners
3 This Interpretation applies to the following types of non-reciprocal distributions...
4 This Interpretation applies only to distributions in which all owners...
5 This Interpretation does not apply to a distribution of a...
6 In accordance with paragraph 5, this Interpretation does not apply...
7 In accordance with paragraph 5, this Interpretation does not apply...
8 This Interpretation addresses only the accounting by an entity that...
Extinguishing Financial Liabilities with Equity Instruments
5 The issue of an entity’s equity instruments to a creditor...
6 When equity instruments issued to a creditor to extinguish all...
7 If the fair value of the equity instruments issued cannot...
8 If only part of the financial liability is extinguished, the...
9 The difference between the carrying amount of the financial liability...
10 When only part of the financial liability is extinguished, consideration...
Government assistance — no specific relation to operating activities
Jointly controlled entities — non-monetary contributions by venturers
Income taxes — recovery of revalued non-depreciable assets
Income taxes — changes in the tax status of an entity or its shareholders
Evaluating the substance of transactions involving the legal form of a lease
3 A series of transactions that involve the legal form of...
4 The accounting shall reflect the substance of the arrangement. All...
5 IAS 17 applies when the substance of an arrangement includes...
6 The definitions and guidance in paragraphs 49-64 of the Framework...
7 Other obligations of an arrangement, including any guarantees provided and...
9 The fee shall be presented in the statement of comprehensive...
Service Concession Arrangements: Disclosures
1 An entity (the operator) may enter into an arrangement with...
2 A service concession arrangement generally involves the grantor conveying for...
3 The common characteristic of all service concession arrangements is that...
4 The issue is what information should be disclosed in the...
5 Certain aspects and disclosures relating to some service concession arrangements...
Revenue — barter transactions involving advertising services
Intangible assets — website costs
1 An entity may incur internal expenditure on the development and...
2 The stages of a website's development can be described as...
3 Once development of a website has been completed, the Operating...
4 When accounting for internal expenditure on the development and operation...
5 This interpretation does not apply to expenditure on purchasing, developing,...
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