IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements
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Presentation of Financial Statements
In April 2001 the International Accounting Standards Board (Board) adopted IAS 1
Presentation of Financial Statements, which had originally been issued by the International
Accounting Standards Committee in September 1997. IAS 1 Presentation of Financial
Statements replaced IAS 1 Disclosure of Accounting Policies (issued in 1975), IAS 5 Information to
be Disclosed in Financial Statements (originally approved in 1977) and IAS 13 Presentation of
Current Assets and Current Liabilities (approved in 1979).
In December 2003 the Board issued a revised IAS 1 as part of its initial agenda of
technical projects. The Board issued an amended IAS 1 in September 2007, which
included an amendment to the presentation of owner changes in equity and
comprehensive income and a change in terminology in the titles of financial statements.
In June 2011 the Board amended IAS 1 to improve how items of other income
comprehensive income should be presented.
In December 2014 IAS 1 was amended by Disclosure Initiative (Amendments to IAS 1),
which addressed concerns expressed about some of the existing presentation and
disclosure requirements in IAS 1 and ensured that entities are able to use judgement
when applying those requirements. In addition, the amendments clarified the
requirements in paragraph 82A of IAS 1.
In October 2018 the Board issued Definition of Material (Amendments to IAS 1 and IAS 8).
This amendment clarified the definition of material and how it should be applied by (a)
including in the definition guidance that until now has featured elsewhere in IFRS
Standards; (b) improving the explanations accompanying the definition; and (c) ensuring
that the definition of material is consistent across all IFRS Standards.
In January 2020 the Board issued Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current
(Amendments to IAS 1). This clarified a criterion in IAS 1 for classifying a liability as non-
current: the requirement for an entity to have the right to defer settlement of the
liability for at least 12 months after the reporting period.
In July 2020 the Board issued Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current—Deferral of
Effective Date which deferred the mandatory effective date of amendments to IAS 1
Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current to annual reporting periods beginning on
or after 1 January 2023.
In February 2021 the Board issued Disclosure of Accounting Policies which amended IAS 1
and IFRS Practice Statement 2 Making Materiality Judgements. The amendment amended
IAS 1 to replace the requirement for entities to disclose their significant accounting
policies with the requirement to disclose their material accounting policy information.
Other Standards have made minor consequential amendments to IAS 1. They include
Improvement to IFRSs (issued April 2009), Improvement to IFRSs (issued May 2010), IFRS 10
Consolidated Financial Statements (issued May 2011), IFRS 12 Disclosures of Interests in Other
Entities (issued May 2011), IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement (issued May 2011), IAS 19
Employee Benefits (issued June 2011), Annual Improvements to IFRSs 2009–2011 Cycle (issued
May 2012), IFRS 9 Financial Instruments (Hedge Accounting and amendments to IFRS 9,
IFRS 7 and IAS 39) (issued November 2013), IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers
(issued May 2014), Agriculture: Bearer Plants (Amendments to IAS 16 and IAS 41) (issued
June 2014), IFRS 9 Financial Instruments (issued July 2014), IFRS 16 Leases (issued January
2016), Disclosure Initiative (Amendments to IAS 7) (issued January 2016), IFRS 17 Insurance
Contracts (issued May 2017), Amendments to References to the Conceptual Framework in IFRS
Standards (issued March 2018) and Amendments to IFRS 17 (issued June 2020).
International Accounting Standard 1 Presentation of Financial Statements (IAS 1) is set out
in paragraphs 1–140 and the Appendix. All the paragraphs have equal authority. IAS 1
should be read in the context of its objective and the Basis for Conclusions, the Preface
to IFRS Standards and the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting. IAS 8 Accounting
Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors provides a basis for selecting and
applying accounting policies in the absence of explicit guidance.
International Accounting Standard 1
Presentation of Financial Statements
Objective
This Standard prescribes the basis for presentation of general purpose
financial statements to ensure comparability both with the entity’s financial
statements of previous periods and with the financial statements of other
entities. It sets out overall requirements for the presentation of financial
statements, guidelines for their structure and minimum requirements for
their content.
Scope
An entity shall apply this Standard in preparing and presenting general
purpose financial statements in accordance with International Financial
Reporting Standards (IFRSs).
Other IFRSs set out the recognition, measurement and disclosure
requirements for specific transactions and other events.
This Standard does not apply to the structure and content of condensed
interim financial statements prepared in accordance with IAS 34 Interim
Financial Reporting. However, paragraphs 15–35 apply to such financial
statements. This Standard applies equally to all entities, including those that
present consolidated financial statements in accordance
with IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements and those that present separate
financial statements in accordance with IAS 27 Separate Financial Statements.
This Standard uses terminology that is suitable for profit-oriented entities,
including public sector business entities. If entities with not-for-profit
activities in the private sector or the public sector apply this Standard, they
may need to amend the descriptions used for particular line items in the
financial statements and for the financial statements themselves.
Similarly, entities that do not have equity as defined in IAS 32 Financial
Instruments: Presentation (eg some mutual funds) and entities whose share
capital is not equity (eg some co-operative entities) may need to adapt the
financial statement presentation of members’ or unitholders’ interests.
Definitions
The following terms are used in this Standard with the meanings specified:
Accounting policies are defined in paragraph 5 of IAS 8 Accounting Policies,
Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors, and the term is used in this
Standard with the same meaning.
General purpose financial statements (referred to as ‘financial statements’) are
those intended to meet the needs of users who are not in a position to
require an entity to prepare reports tailored to their particular
information needs.
Impracticable Applying a requirement is impracticable when the entity
cannot apply it after making every reasonable effort to do so.
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) are Standards and
Interpretations issued by the International Accounting Standards Board
(IASB). They comprise:
(a) International Financial Reporting Standards;
(b) International Accounting Standards;
(c) IFRIC Interpretations; and
(d) SIC Interpretations.1
Material:
Information is material if omitting, misstating or obscuring it could
reasonably be expected to influence decisions that the primary users of
general purpose financial statements make on the basis of those financial
statements, which provide financial information about a specific reporting
entity.
Materiality depends on the nature or magnitude of information, or both. An
entity assesses whether information, either individually or in combination
with other information, is material in the context of its financial statements
taken as a whole.
Information is obscured if it is communicated in a way that would have a
similar effect for primary users of financial statements to omitting or
misstating that information. The following are examples of circumstances
that may result in material information being obscured:
(a) information regarding a material item, transaction or other event is
disclosed in the financial statements but the language used is vague or
unclear;
(b) information regarding a material item, transaction or other event is
scattered throughout the financial statements;
(c) dissimilar items, transactions or other events are inappropriately
aggregated;
(d) similar items, transactions or other events are inappropriately
disaggregated; and
1 Definition of IFRSs amended after the name changes introduced by the revised Constitution of
the IFRS Foundation in 2010.
(e) the understandability of the financial statements is reduced as a result
of material information being hidden by immaterial information to
the extent that a primary user is unable to determine what
information is material.
Assessing whether information could reasonably be expected to influence
decisions made by the primary users of a specific reporting entity’s general
purpose financial statements requires an entity to consider the characteristics
of those users while also considering the entity’s own circumstances.
Many existing and potential investors, lenders and other creditors cannot
require reporting entities to provide information directly to them and must
rely on general purpose financial statements for much of the financial
information they need. Consequently, they are the primary users to whom
general purpose financial statements are directed. Financial statements are
prepared for users who have a reasonable knowledge of business and
economic activities and who review and analyze the information diligently. At
times, even well-informed and diligent users may need to seek the aid of an
adviser to understand information about complex economic phenomena.
Notes contain information in addition to that presented in the statement of
financial position, statement(s) of profit or loss and other comprehensive
income, statement of changes in equity and statement of cash flows. Notes
provide narrative descriptions or disaggregation’s of items presented in
those statements and information about items that do not qualify for
recognition in those statements.
Other comprehensive income comprises items of income and expense
(including reclassification adjustments) that are not recognized in profit or
loss as required or permitted by other IFRSs.
The components of other comprehensive income include:
(a) changes in revaluation surplus (see IAS 16 Property, Plant and
Equipment and IAS 38 Intangible Assets);
(b) premeasurements of defined benefit plans (see IAS 19 Employee Benefits);
(c) gains and losses arising from translating the financial statements of a
foreign operation (see IAS 21 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange
Rates);
(d) gains and losses from investments in equity instruments designated at
fair value through other comprehensive income in accordance
with paragraph 5.7.5 of IFRS 9 Financial Instruments;
(da) gains and losses on financial assets measured at fair value through
other comprehensive income in accordance with paragraph 4.1.2A of
IFRS 9.
(e) the effective portion of gains and losses on hedging instruments in a
cash flow hedge and the gains and losses on hedging instruments that
hedge investments in equity instruments measured at fair value
through other comprehensive income in accordance
with paragraph 5.7.5 of IFRS 9 (see Chapter 6 of IFRS 9);
(f) for particular liabilities designated as at fair value through profit or
loss, the amount of the change in fair value that is attributable to
changes in the liability’s credit risk (see paragraph 5.7.7 of IFRS 9);
(g) changes in the value of the time value of options when separating the
intrinsic value and time value of an option contract and designating as
the hedging instrument only the changes in the intrinsic value
(see Chapter 6 of IFRS 9);
(h) changes in the value of the forward elements of forward contracts
when separating the forward element and spot element of a forward
contract and designating as the hedging instrument only the changes
in the spot element, and changes in the value of the foreign currency
basis spread of a financial instrument when excluding it from the
designation of that financial instrument as the hedging instrument
(see Chapter 6 of IFRS 9);
(i) insurance finance income and expenses from contracts issued within
the scope of IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts excluded from profit or loss
when total insurance finance income or expenses is disaggregated to
include in profit or loss an amount determined by a systematic
allocation applying paragraph 88(b) of IFRS 17, or by an amount that
eliminates accounting mismatches with the finance income or
expenses arising on the underlying items, applying paragraph 89(b) of
IFRS 17; and
(j) finance income and expenses from reinsurance contracts held
excluded from profit or loss when total reinsurance finance income or
expenses is disaggregated to include in profit or loss an amount
determined by a systematic allocation applying paragraph 88(b) of
IFRS 17.
Owners are holders of instruments classified as equity.
Profit or loss is the total of income less expenses, excluding the components
of other comprehensive income.
Reclassification adjustments are amounts reclassified to profit or loss in the
current period that were recognized in other comprehensive income in the
current or previous periods.
Total comprehensive income is the change in equity during a period resulting
from transactions and other events, other than those changes resulting
from transactions with owners in their capacity as owners.
Total comprehensive income comprises all components of ‘profit or loss’ and
of ‘other comprehensive income’.
Although this Standard uses the terms ‘other comprehensive income’, ‘profit
or loss’ and ‘total comprehensive income’, an entity may use other terms to
describe the totals as long as the meaning is clear. For example, an entity may
use the term ‘net income’ to describe profit or loss.
The following terms are described in IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation
and are used in this Standard with the meaning specified in IAS 32:
(a) puttable financial instrument classified as an equity instrument
(described in paragraphs 16A and 16B of IAS 32)
(b) an instrument that imposes on the entity an obligation to deliver to
another party a pro rata share of the net assets of the entity only on
liquidation and is classified as an equity instrument (described in
paragraphs 16C and 16D of IAS 32).
Financial statements
Purpose of financial statements
Financial statements are a structured representation of the financial position
and financial performance of an entity. The objective of financial statements
is to provide information about the financial position, financial performance
and cash flows of an entity that is useful to a wide range of users in making
economic decisions. Financial statements also show the results of the
management’s stewardship of the resources entrusted to it. To meet this
objective, financial statements provide information about an entity’s:
(a) assets;
(b) liabilities;
(c) equity;
(d) income and expenses, including gains and losses;
(e) contributions by and distributions to owners in their capacity as
owners; and
(f) cash flows.
This information, along with other information in the notes, assists users of
financial statements in predicting the entity’s future cash flows and, in
particular, their timing and certainty.
Complete set of financial statements
A complete set of financial statements comprises:
(a) a statement of financial position as at the end of the period;
(b) a statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income for
the period;
(c) a statement of changes in equity for the period;
(d) a statement of cash flows for the period;
(e) notes, comprising material accounting policy information and other
explanatory information;
(ea) comparative information in respect of the preceding period as
specified in paragraphs 38 and 38A; and
(f) a statement of financial position as at the beginning of the
preceding period when an entity applies an accounting policy
retrospectively or makes a retrospective restatement of items in its
financial statements, or when it reclassifies items in its financial
statements in accordance with paragraphs 40A–40D.
An entity may use titles for the statements other than those used in this
Standard. For example, an entity may use the title ‘statement of
comprehensive income’ instead of ‘statement of profit or loss and other
comprehensive income’.
An entity may present a single statement of profit or loss and other
comprehensive income, with profit or loss and other comprehensive
income presented in two sections. The sections shall be presented together,
with the profit or loss section presented first followed directly by the other
comprehensive income section. An entity may present the profit or loss
section in a separate statement of profit or loss. If so, the separate
statement of profit or loss shall immediately precede the statement
presenting comprehensive income, which shall begin with profit or loss.
An entity shall present with equal prominence all of the financial
statements in a complete set of financial statements.
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Many entities present, outside the financial statements, a financial review by
management that describes and explains the main features of the entity’s
financial performance and financial position, and the principal uncertainties
it faces. Such a report may include a review of:
(a) the main factors and influences determining financial performance,
including changes in the environment in which the entity operates,
the entity’s response to those changes and their effect, and the entity’s
policy for investment to maintain and enhance financial performance,
including its dividend policy;
(b) the entity’s sources of funding and its targeted ratio of liabilities to
equity; and
(c) the entity’s resources not recognized in the statement of financial
position in accordance with IFRSs.
Many entities also present, outside the financial statements, reports and
statements such as environmental reports and value added statements,
particularly in industries in which environmental factors are significant and
when employees are regarded as an important user group. Reports and statements presented outside financial statements are outside the scope of
IFRSs.
General features
Fair presentation and compliance with IFRSs
Financial statements shall present fairly the financial position, financial
performance and cash flows of an entity. Fair presentation requires the
faithful representation of the effects of transactions, other events and
conditions in accordance with the definitions and recognition criteria for
assets, liabilities, income and expenses set out in the Conceptual Framework
for Financial Reporting (Conceptual Framework). The application of IFRSs, with
additional disclosure when necessary, is presumed to result in financial
statements that achieve a fair presentation.
An entity whose financial statements comply with IFRSs shall make an
explicit and unreserved statement of such compliance in the notes. An
entity shall not describe financial statements as complying with IFRSs
unless they comply with all the requirements of IFRSs.
In virtually all circumstances, an entity achieves a fair presentation by
compliance with applicable IFRSs. A fair presentation also requires an entity:
(a) to select and apply accounting policies in accordance with IAS 8
Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors. IAS 8 sets
out a hierarchy of authoritative guidance that management considers
in the absence of an IFRS that specifically applies to an item.
(b) to present information, including accounting policies, in a manner
that provides relevant, reliable, comparable and understandable
information.
(c) to provide additional disclosures when compliance with the specific
requirements in IFRSs is insufficient to enable users to understand the
impact of particular transactions, other events and conditions on the
entity’s financial position and financial performance.
An entity cannot rectify inappropriate accounting policies either by
disclosure of the accounting policies used or by notes or explanatory
material.
In the extremely rare circumstances in which management concludes that
compliance with a requirement in an IFRS would be so misleading that it
would conflict with the objective of financial statements set out in
the Conceptual Framework, the entity shall depart from that requirement in
the manner set out in paragraph 20 if the relevant regulatory framework
requires, or otherwise does not prohibit, such a departure.
When an entity departs from a requirement of an IFRS in accordance
with paragraph 19, it shall disclose:
(a) that management has concluded that the financial statements
present fairly the entity’s financial position, financial performance
and cash flows;
(b) that it has complied with applicable IFRSs, except that it has
departed from a particular requirement to achieve a fair
presentation;
(c) the title of the IFRS from which the entity has departed, the nature
of the departure, including the treatment that the IFRS would
require, the reason why that treatment would be so misleading in
the circumstances that it would conflict with the objective of
financial statements set out in the Conceptual Framework, and the
treatment adopted; and
(d) for each period presented, the financial effect of the departure on
each item in the financial statements that would have been reported
in complying with the requirement.
When an entity has departed from a requirement of an IFRS in a prior
period, and that departure affects the amounts recognized in the financial
statements for the current period, it shall make the disclosures set out in
paragraph 20(c) and (d).
Paragraph 21 applies, for example, when an entity departed in a prior period
from a requirement in an IFRS for the measurement of assets or liabilities and
that departure affects the measurement of changes in assets and liabilities
recognized in the current period’s financial statements.
In the extremely rare circumstances in which management concludes that
compliance with a requirement in an IFRS would be so misleading that it
would conflict with the objective of financial statements set out in
the Conceptual Framework, but the relevant regulatory framework prohibits
departure from the requirement, the entity shall, to the maximum extent
possible, reduce the perceived misleading aspects of compliance by
disclosing:
(a) the title of the IFRS in question, the nature of the requirement, and
the reason why management has concluded that complying with
that requirement is so misleading in the circumstances that it
conflicts with the objective of financial statements set out in
the Conceptual Framework; and
(b) for each period presented, the adjustments to each item in
the financial statements that management has concluded would be
necessary to achieve a fair presentation.
For the purpose of paragraphs 19–23, an item of information would conflict
with the objective of financial statements when it does not represent
faithfully the transactions, other events and conditions that it either purports
to represent or could reasonably be expected to represent and, consequently,
it would be likely to influence economic decisions made by users of financial
statements. When assessing whether complying with a specific requirement
in an IFRS would be so misleading that it would conflict with the objective of
financial statements set out in the Conceptual Framework, management
considers:
(a) why the objective of financial statements is not achieved in the
particular circumstances; and
(b) how the entity’s circumstances differ from those of other entities that
comply with the requirement. If other entities in similar
circumstances comply with the requirement, there is a rebuttable
presumption that the entity’s compliance with the requirement would
not be so misleading that it would conflict with the objective of
financial statements set out in the Conceptual Framework.
Going concern
When preparing financial statements, management shall make an
assessment of an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern. An entity
shall prepare financial statements on a going concern basis unless
management either intends to liquidate the entity or to cease trading, or
has no realistic alternative but to do so. When management is aware, in
making its assessment, of material uncertainties related to events or
conditions that may cast significant doubt upon the entity’s ability to
continue as a going concern, the entity shall disclose those
uncertainties. When an entity does not prepare financial statements on a
going concern basis, it shall disclose that fact, together with the basis on
which it prepared the financial statements and the reason why the entity is
not regarded as a going concern.
In assessing whether the going concern assumption is appropriate,
management takes into account all available information about the future,
which is at least, but is not limited to, twelve months from the end of the
reporting period. The degree of consideration depends on the facts in each
case. When an entity has a history of profitable operations and ready access to
financial resources, the entity may reach a conclusion that the going concern
basis of accounting is appropriate without detailed analysis. In other cases,
management may need to consider a wide range of factors relating to current
and expected profitability, debt repayment schedules and potential sources of
replacement financing before it can satisfy itself that the going concern basis
is appropriate.
Accrual basis of accounting
An entity shall prepare its financial statements, except for cash flow
information, using the accrual basis of accounting.
When the accrual basis of accounting is used, an entity recognizes items as
assets, liabilities, equity, income and expenses (the elements of financial
statements) when they satisfy the definitions and recognition criteria for those
elements in the Conceptual Framework.
Materiality and aggregation
An entity shall present separately each material class of similar items. An
entity shall present separately items of a dissimilar nature or function
unless they are immaterial.
Financial statements result from processing large numbers of transactions or
other events that are aggregated into classes according to their nature or
function. The final stage in the process of aggregation and classification is the
presentation of condensed and classified data, which form line items in the
financial statements. If a line item is not individually material, it is aggregated
with other items either in those statements or in the notes. An item that is
not sufficiently material to warrant separate presentation in those statements
may warrant separate presentation in the notes.
When applying this and other IFRSs an entity shall decide, taking into
consideration all relevant facts and circumstances, how it aggregates
information in the financial statements, which include the notes. An entity
shall not reduce the understandability of its financial statements by
obscuring material information with immaterial information or by
aggregating material items that have different natures or functions.
Some IFRSs specify information that is required to be included in the financial
statements, which include the notes. An entity need not provide a specific
disclosure required by an IFRS if the information resulting from that
disclosure is not material. This is the case even if the IFRS contains a list of
specific requirements or describes them as minimum requirements. An entity
shall also consider whether to provide additional disclosures when compliance
with the specific requirements in IFRS is insufficient to enable users of
financial statements to understand the impact of particular transactions,
other events and conditions on the entity’s financial position and financial
performance.
Offsetting
An entity shall not offset assets and liabilities or income and expenses,
unless required or permitted by an IFRS.
An entity reports separately both assets and liabilities, and income and
expenses. Offsetting in the statement(s) of profit or loss and other
comprehensive income or financial position, except when offsetting reflects
the substance of the transaction or other event, detracts from the ability of
users both to understand the transactions, other events and conditions that
have occurred and to assess the entity’s future cash flows. Measuring assets
net of valuation allowances—for example, obsolescence allowances on
inventories and doubtful debts allowances on receivables—is not offsetting.
IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers requires an entity to measure
revenue from contracts with customers at the amount of consideration to
which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for transferring promised
goods or services. For example, the amount of revenue recognised reflects any
trade discounts and volume rebates the entity allows. An entity undertakes, in
the course of its ordinary activities, other transactions that do not generate revenue but are incidental to the main revenue-generating activities. An entity
presents the results of such transactions, when this presentation reflects the
substance of the transaction or other event, by netting any income with
related expenses arising on the same transaction. For example:
(a) an entity presents gains and losses on the disposal of non-current
assets, including investments and operating assets, by deducting from
the amount of consideration on disposal the carrying amount of the
asset and related selling expenses; and
(b) an entity may net expenditure related to a provision that is recognized
in accordance with IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent
Assets and reimbursed under a contractual arrangement with a third
party (for example, a supplier’s warranty agreement) against the
related reimbursement.
In addition, an entity presents on a net basis gains and losses arising from a
group of similar transactions, for example, foreign exchange gains and losses
or gains and losses arising on financial instruments held for trading. However,
an entity presents such gains and losses separately if they are material.
Frequency of reporting
An entity shall present a complete set of financial statements (including
comparative information) at least annually. When an entity changes the
end of its reporting period and presents financial statements for a period
longer or shorter than one year, an entity shall disclose, in addition to the
period covered by the financial statements:
(a) the reason for using a longer or shorter period, and
(b) the fact that amounts presented in the financial statements are not
entirely comparable.
Normally, an entity consistently prepares financial statements for a one-year
period. However, for practical reasons, some entities prefer to report, for
example, for a 52-week period. This Standard does not preclude this practice.
Comparative information
Minimum comparative information
Except when IFRSs permit or require otherwise, an entity shall present
comparative information in respect of the preceding period for all
amounts reported in the current period’s financial statements. An entity
shall include comparative information for narrative and descriptive
information if it is relevant to understanding the current period’s financial
statements.
An entity shall present, as a minimum, two statements of financial
position, two statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income,
two separate statements of profit or loss (if presented), two statements of
cash flows and two statements of changes in equity, and related notes.
In some cases, narrative information provided in the financial statements for
the preceding period(s) continues to be relevant in the current period. For
example, an entity discloses in the current period details of a legal dispute, the
outcome of which was uncertain at the end of the preceding period and is yet
to be resolved. Users may benefit from the disclosure of information that the
uncertainty existed at the end of the preceding period and from the disclosure
of information about the steps that have been taken during the period to
resolve the uncertainty.
Additional comparative information
An entity may present comparative information in addition to the minimum
comparative financial statements required by IFRSs, as long as that
information is prepared in accordance with IFRSs. This comparative
information may consist of one or more statements referred to in
paragraph 10, but need not comprise a complete set of financial statements.
When this is the case, the entity shall present related note information for
those additional statements.
For example, an entity may present a third statement of profit or loss and
other comprehensive income (thereby presenting the current period, the
preceding period and one additional comparative period). However, the entity
is not required to present a third statement of financial position, a third
statement of cash flows or a third statement of changes in equity (ie an
additional financial statement comparative). The entity is required to present,
in the notes to the financial statements, the comparative information related
to that additional statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income.
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Change in accounting policy, retrospective restatement or
reclassification
An entity shall present a third statement of financial position as at the
beginning of the preceding period in addition to the minimum
comparative financial statements required in paragraph 38A if:
(a) it applies an accounting policy retrospectively, makes a
retrospective restatement of items in its financial statements or
reclassifies items in its financial statements; and
(b) the retrospective application, retrospective restatement or the
reclassification has a material effect on the information in the
statement of financial position at the beginning of the preceding
period.
In the circumstances described in paragraph 40A, an entity shall present three
statements of financial position as at:
(a) the end of the current period;
(b) the end of the preceding period; and
(c) the beginning of the preceding period.
When an entity is required to present an additional statement of financial
position in accordance with paragraph 40A, it must disclose the information
required by paragraphs 41–44 and IAS 8. However, it need not present the
related notes to the opening statement of financial position as at the
beginning of the preceding period.
The date of that opening statement of financial position shall be as at the
beginning of the preceding period regardless of whether an entity’s financial
statements present comparative information for earlier periods (as permitted
in paragraph 38C).
If an entity changes the presentation or classification of items in its
financial statements, it shall reclassify comparative amounts unless
reclassification is impracticable. When an entity reclassifies comparative
amounts, it shall disclose (including as at the beginning of the preceding
period):
(a) the nature of the reclassification;
(b) the amount of each item or class of items that is reclassified; and
(c) the reason for the reclassification.
When it is impracticable to reclassify comparative amounts, an entity shall
disclose:
(a) the reason for not reclassifying the amounts, and
(b) the nature of the adjustments that would have been made if the
amounts had been reclassified.
Enhancing the inter-period comparability of information assists users in
making economic decisions, especially by allowing the assessment of trends in
financial information for predictive purposes. In some circumstances, it is
impracticable to reclassify comparative information for a particular prior
period to achieve comparability with the current period. For example, an
entity may not have collected data in the prior period(s) in a way that allows
reclassification, and it may be impracticable to recreate the information.
IAS 8 sets out the adjustments to comparative information required when an
entity changes an accounting policy or corrects an error.
Consistency of presentation
An entity shall retain the presentation and classification of items in the
financial statements from one period to the next unless:
(a) it is apparent, following a significant change in the nature of the
entity’s operations or a review of its financial statements, that
another presentation or classification would be more appropriate
having regard to the criteria for the selection and application of
accounting policies in IAS 8; or
(b) an IFRS requires a change in presentation.
For example, a significant acquisition or disposal, or a review of the
presentation of the financial statements, might suggest that the financial
statements need to be presented differently. An entity changes the
presentation of its financial statements only if the changed presentation
provides information that is reliable and more relevant to users of the
financial statements and the revised structure is likely to continue, so that
comparability is not impaired. When making such changes in presentation, an
entity reclassifies its comparative information in accordance with paragraphs
41 and 42.
Structure and content
Introduction
This Standard requires particular disclosures in the statement of financial
position or the statement(s) of profit or loss and other comprehensive income,
or in the statement of changes in equity and requires disclosure of other line
items either in those statements or in the notes. IAS 7 Statement of Cash
Flows sets out requirements for the presentation of cash flow information.
This Standard sometimes uses the term ‘disclosure’ in a broad sense,
encompassing items presented in the financial statements. Disclosures are
also required by other IFRSs. Unless specified to the contrary elsewhere in this
Standard or in another IFRS, such disclosures may be made in the financial
statements.
Identification of the financial statements
An entity shall clearly identify the financial statements and distinguish
them from other information in the same published document.
IFRSs apply only to financial statements, and not necessarily to other
information presented in an annual report, a regulatory filing, or another
document. Therefore, it is important that users can distinguish information
that is prepared using IFRSs from other information that may be useful to
users but is not the subject of those requirements.
An entity shall clearly identify each financial statement and the notes. In
addition, an entity shall display the following information prominently,
and repeat it when necessary for the information presented to be
understandable:
(a) the name of the reporting entity or other means of identification,
and any change in that information from the end of the preceding
reporting period;
(b) whether the financial statements are of an individual entity or a
group of entities;
(c) the date of the end of the reporting period or the period covered by
the set of financial statements or notes;
(d) the presentation currency, as defined in IAS 21; and
(e) the level of rounding used in presenting amounts in the financial
statements.
An entity meets the requirements in paragraph 51 by presenting appropriate
headings for pages, statements, notes, columns and the like. Judgement is
required in determining the best way of presenting such information. For
example, when an entity presents the financial statements electronically,
separate pages are not always used; an entity then presents the above items to
ensure that the information included in the financial statements can be
understood.
An entity often makes financial statements more understandable by
presenting information in thousands or millions of units of the presentation
currency. This is acceptable as long as the entity discloses the level of
rounding and does not omit material information.
Statement of financial position
Information to be presented in the statement of financial position
The statement of financial position shall include line items that present the
following amounts:
(a) property, plant and equipment;
(b) investment property;
(c) intangible assets;
(d) financial assets (excluding amounts shown under (e), (h) and (i));
(da) portfolios of contracts within the scope of IFRS 17 that are assets,
disaggregated as required by paragraph 78 of IFRS 17;
(e) investments accounted for using the equity method;
(f) biological assets within the scope of IAS 41 Agriculture;
(g) inventories;
(h) trade and other receivables;
(i) cash and cash equivalents;
(j) the total of assets classified as held for sale and assets included in
disposal groups classified as held for sale in accordance
with IFRS 5 Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued
Operations;
(k) trade and other payables;
(l) provisions;
(m) financial liabilities (excluding amounts shown under (k) and (l));
(ma) portfolios of contracts within the scope of IFRS 17 that are
liabilities, disaggregated as required by paragraph 78 of IFRS 17;
(n) liabilities and assets for current tax, as defined in IAS 12 Income
Taxes;
(o) deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, as defined in IAS 12;
(p) liabilities included in disposal groups classified as held for sale in
accordance with IFRS 5;
(q) non-controlling interests, presented within equity; and
(r) issued capital and reserves attributable to owners of the parent.
An entity shall present additional line items (including by disaggregating
the line items listed in paragraph 54), headings and subtotals in the
statement of financial position when such presentation is relevant to an
understanding of the entity’s financial position.
When an entity presents subtotals in accordance with paragraph 55, those
subtotals shall:
(a) be comprised of line items made up of amounts recognized and
measured in accordance with IFRS;
(b) be presented and labelled in a manner that makes the line items that
constitute the subtotal clear and understandable;
(c) be consistent from period to period, in accordance with paragraph 45;
and
(d) not be displayed with more prominence than the subtotals and totals
required in IFRS for the statement of financial position.
When an entity presents current and non-current assets, and current and
non-current liabilities, as separate classifications in its statement of
financial position, it shall not classify deferred tax assets (liabilities) as
current assets (liabilities).
This Standard does not prescribe the order or format in which an entity
presents items. Paragraph 54 simply lists items that are sufficiently different
in nature or function to warrant separate presentation in the statement of
financial position. In addition:
(a) line items are included when the size, nature or function of an item or
aggregation of similar items is such that separate presentation is
relevant to an understanding of the entity’s financial position; and
(b) the descriptions used and the ordering of items or aggregation of
similar items may be amended according to the nature of the entity
and its transactions, to provide information that is relevant to an
understanding of the entity’s financial position. For example, a
financial institution may amend the above descriptions to provide
information that is relevant to the operations of a financial institution.
An entity makes the judgement about whether to present additional items
separately on the basis of an assessment of:
(a) the nature and liquidity of assets;
(b) the function of assets within the entity; and
(c) the amounts, nature and timing of liabilities.
The use of different measurement bases for different classes of assets suggests
that their nature or function differs and, therefore, that an entity presents
them as separate line items. For example, different classes of property, plant
and equipment can be carried at cost or at revalued amounts in accordance
with IAS 16.
Current/non-current distinction
An entity shall present current and non-current assets, and current and
non-current liabilities, as separate classifications in its statement of
financial position in accordance with paragraphs 66–76 except when a
presentation based on liquidity provides information that is reliable and
more relevant. When that exception applies, an entity shall present all
assets and liabilities in order of liquidity.
Whichever method of presentation is adopted, an entity shall disclose the
amount expected to be recovered or settled after more than twelve months
for each asset and liability line item that combines amounts expected to be
recovered or settled:
(a) no more than twelve months after the reporting period, and
(b) more than twelve months after the reporting period.
When an entity supplies goods or services within a clearly identifiable
operating cycle, separate classification of current and non-current assets and
liabilities in the statement of financial position provides useful information by
distinguishing the net assets that are continuously circulating as working
capital from those used in the entity’s long-term operations. It also highlights
assets that are expected to be realized within the current operating cycle, and
liabilities that are due for settlement within the same period.
For some entities, such as financial institutions, a presentation of assets and
liabilities in increasing or decreasing order of liquidity provides information
that is reliable and more relevant than a current/non-current presentation
because the entity does not supply goods or services within a clearly
identifiable operating cycle.
In applying paragraph 60, an entity is permitted to present some of its assets
and liabilities using a current/non-current classification and others in order of
liquidity when this provides information that is reliable and more relevant.
The need for a mixed basis of presentation might arise when an entity has
diverse operations.
Information about expected dates of realization of assets and liabilities is
useful in assessing the liquidity and solvency of an entity. IFRS 7 Financial
Instruments: Disclosures requires disclosure of the maturity dates of financial
assets and financial liabilities. Financial assets include trade and other
receivables, and financial liabilities include trade and other payables.
Information on the expected date of recovery of non-monetary assets such as inventories and expected date of settlement for liabilities such as provisions is
also useful, whether assets and liabilities are classified as current or as
non-current. For example, an entity discloses the amount of inventories that
are expected to be recovered more than twelve months after the reporting
period.
Current assets
An entity shall classify an asset as current when:
(a) it expects to realize the asset, or intends to sell or consume it, in its
normal operating cycle;
(b) it holds the asset primarily for the purpose of trading;
(c) it expects to realize the asset within twelve months after the
reporting period; or
(d) the asset is cash or a cash equivalent (as defined in IAS 7) unless the
asset is restricted from being exchanged or used to settle a liability
for at least twelve months after the reporting period.
An entity shall classify all other assets as non-current.
This Standard uses the term ‘non-current’ to include tangible, intangible and
financial assets of a long-term nature. It does not prohibit the use of
alternative descriptions as long as the meaning is clear.
The operating cycle of an entity is the time between the acquisition of assets
for processing and their realization in cash or cash equivalents. When the
entity’s normal operating cycle is not clearly identifiable, it is assumed to be
twelve months. Current assets include assets (such as inventories and trade
receivables) that are sold, consumed or realized as part of the normal
operating cycle even when they are not expected to be realized within twelve
months after the reporting period. Current assets also include assets held
primarily for the purpose of trading (examples include some financial assets
that meet the definition of held for trading in IFRS 9) and the current portion
of non-current financial assets.
Current liabilities
An entity shall classify a liability as current when:
(a) it expects to settle the liability in its normal operating cycle;
(b) it holds the liability primarily for the purpose of trading;
(c) the liability is due to be settled within twelve months after the
reporting period; or
(d) it does not have the right at the end of the reporting period to defer
settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the
reporting period.
An entity shall classify all other liabilities as non-current.
Normal operating cycle (paragraph 69(a))
Some current liabilities, such as trade payables and some accruals for
employee and other operating costs, are part of the working capital used in
the entity’s normal operating cycle. An entity classifies such operating items
as current liabilities even if they are due to be settled more than twelve
months after the reporting period. The same normal operating cycle applies to
the classification of an entity’s assets and liabilities. When the entity’s normal
operating cycle is not clearly identifiable, it is assumed to be twelve months.
Held primarily for the purpose of trading (paragraph 69(b)) or due to be
settled within twelve months (paragraph 69(c))
Other current liabilities are not settled as part of the normal operating cycle,
but are due for settlement within twelve months after the reporting period or
held primarily for the purpose of trading. Examples are some financial
liabilities that meet the definition of held for trading in IFRS 9, bank
overdrafts, and the current portion of non-current financial liabilities,
dividends payable, income taxes and other non-trade payables. Financial
liabilities that provide financing on a long-term basis (ie are not part of the
working capital used in the entity’s normal operating cycle) and are not due
for settlement within twelve months after the reporting period are non-
current liabilities, subject to paragraphs 74 and 75.
An entity classifies its financial liabilities as current when they are due to be
settled within twelve months after the reporting period, even if:
(a) the original term was for a period longer than twelve months, and
(b) an agreement to refinance, or to reschedule payments, on a long-term
basis is completed after the reporting period and before the financial
statements are authorized for issue.
Right to defer settlement for at least twelve months (paragraph 69(d))
An entity’s right to defer settlement of a liability for at least twelve months
after the reporting period must have substance and, as illustrated in
paragraphs 73–75, must exist at the end of the reporting period. If the right to
defer settlement is subject to the entity complying with specified conditions,
the right exists at the end of the reporting period only if the entity complies
with those conditions at the end of the reporting period. The entity must
comply with the conditions at the end of the reporting period even if the
lender does not test compliance until a later date.
If an entity has the right, at the end of the reporting period, to roll over an
obligation for at least twelve months after the reporting period under an
existing loan facility, it classifies the obligation as non-current, even if it
would otherwise be due within a shorter period. If the entity has no such
right, the entity does not consider the potential to refinance the obligation
and classifies the obligation as current.
When an entity breaches a condition of a long-term loan arrangement on or
before the end of the reporting period with the effect that the liability
becomes payable on demand, it classifies the liability as current, even if the
lender agreed, after the reporting period and before the authorization of the
financial statements for issue, not to demand payment as a consequence of
the breach. An entity classifies the liability as current because, at the end of
the reporting period, it does not have the right to defer its settlement for at
least twelve months after that date.
However, an entity classifies the liability as non-current if the lender agreed
by the end of the reporting period to provide a period of grace ending at least
twelve months after the reporting period, within which the entity can rectify
the breach and during which the lender cannot demand immediate
repayment.
Classification of a liability is unaffected by the likelihood that the entity will
exercise its right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months
after the reporting period. If a liability meets the criteria in paragraph 69 for
classification as non-current, it is classified as non-current even if
management intends or expects the entity to settle the liability within twelve
months after the reporting period, or even if the entity settles the liability
between the end of the reporting period and the date the financial statements
are authorized for issue. However, in either of those circumstances, the entity
may need to disclose information about the timing of settlement to enable
users of its financial statements to understand the impact of the liability on
the entity’s financial position (see paragraphs 17(c) and 76(d)).
If the following events occur between the end of the reporting period and the
date the financial statements are authorized for issue, those events are
disclosed as non-adjusting events in accordance with IAS 10 Events after the
Reporting Period:
(a) refinancing on a long-term basis of a liability classified as current (see
paragraph 72);
(b) rectification of a breach of a long-term loan arrangement classified as
current (see paragraph 74);
(c) the granting by the lender of a period of grace to rectify a breach of a
long-term loan arrangement classified as current (see paragraph 75);
and
(d) settlement of a liability classified as non-current (see paragraph 75A).
Settlement (paragraphs 69(a), 69(c) and 69(d))
For the purpose of classifying a liability as current or non-current,
settlement refers to a transfer to the counterparty that results in the
extinguishment of the liability. The transfer could be of:
(a) cash or other economic resources—for example, goods or services;
or
(b) the entity’s own equity instruments, unless paragraph 76B applies.
Terms of a liability that could, at the option of the counterparty, result in
its settlement by the transfer of the entity’s own equity instruments do not
affect its classification as current or non-current if, applying IAS 32
Financial Instruments: Presentation, the entity classifies the option as an
equity instrument, recognizing it separately from the liability as an equity
component of a compound financial instrument.
Information to be presented either in the statement of financial
position or in the notes
An entity shall disclose, either in the statement of financial position or in
the notes, further sub classifications of the line items presented, classified
in a manner appropriate to the entity’s operations.
The detail provided in sub classifications depends on the requirements of IFRSs
and on the size, nature and function of the amounts involved. An entity also
uses the factors set out in paragraph 58 to decide the basis of sub classification.
The disclosures vary for each item, for example:
(a) items of property, plant and equipment are disaggregated into classes
in accordance with IAS 16;
(b) receivables are disaggregated into amounts receivable from trade
customers, receivables from related parties, prepayments and other
amounts;
(c) inventories are disaggregated, in accordance with IAS 2 Inventories, into
classifications such as merchandise, production supplies, materials,
work in progress and finished goods;
(d) provisions are disaggregated into provisions for employee benefits and
other items; and
(e) equity capital and reserves are disaggregated into various classes, such
as paid-in capital, share premium and reserves.
An entity shall disclose the following, either in the statement of financial
position or the statement of changes in equity, or in the notes:
(a) for each class of share capital:
(i) the number of shares authorised;
(ii) the number of shares issued and fully paid, and issued but
not fully paid;
(iii) par value per share, or that the shares have no par value;
(iv) a reconciliation of the number of shares outstanding at the
beginning and at the end of the period;
(v) the rights, preferences and restrictions attaching to that
class including restrictions on the distribution of dividends
and the repayment of capital;
(vi) shares in the entity held by the entity or by its subsidiaries or
associates; and
(vii) shares reserved for issue under options and contracts for the
sale of shares, including terms and amounts; and
(b) a description of the nature and purpose of each reserve within
equity.
An entity without share capital, such as a partnership or trust, shall
disclose information equivalent to that required by paragraph 79(a),
showing changes during the period in each category of equity interest, and
the rights, preferences and restrictions attaching to each category of equity
interest.
If an entity has reclassified
(a) a puttable financial instrument classified as an equity instrument,
or
(b) an instrument that imposes on the entity an obligation to deliver to
another party a pro rata share of the net assets of the entity only on
liquidation and is classified as an equity instrument
between financial liabilities and equity, it shall disclose the amount
reclassified into and out of each category (financial liabilities or equity),
and the timing and reason for that reclassification.
Statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive
income
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The statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income (statement
of comprehensive income) shall present, in addition to the profit or
loss and other comprehensive income sections:
(a) profit or loss;
(b) total other comprehensive income;
(c) comprehensive income for the period, being the total of profit or
loss and other comprehensive income.
If an entity presents a separate statement of profit or loss it does not
present the profit or loss section in the statement presenting
comprehensive income.
An entity shall present the following items, in addition to the profit or loss
and other comprehensive income sections, as allocation of profit or
loss and other comprehensive income for the period:
(a) profit or loss for the period attributable to:
(i) non-controlling interests, and
(ii) owners of the parent.
(b) comprehensive income for the period attributable to:
(i) non-controlling interests, and
(ii) owners of the parent.
If an entity presents profit or loss in a separate statement it shall present
(a) in that statement.
Information to be presented in the profit or loss section or the
statement of profit or loss
In addition to items required by other IFRSs, the profit or loss section or
the statement of profit or loss shall include line items that present the
following amounts for the period:
(a) revenue, presenting separately:
(i) interest revenue calculated using the effective interest
method; and
(ii) insurance revenue (see IFRS 17);
(aa) gains and losses arising from the derecognition of financial assets
measured at amortised cost;
(ab) insurance service expenses from contracts issued within the scope
of IFRS 17 (see IFRS 17);
(ac) income or expenses from reinsurance contracts held (see IFRS 17);
(b) finance costs;
(ba) impairment losses (including reversals of impairment losses or
impairment gains) determined in accordance with Section 5.5 of
IFRS 9;
(bb) insurance finance income or expenses from contracts issued within
the scope of IFRS 17 (see IFRS 17);
(bc) finance income or expenses from reinsurance contracts held (see
IFRS 17);
(c) share of the profit or loss of associates and joint ventures accounted
for using the equity method;
(ca) if a financial asset is reclassified out of the amortized cost
measurement category so that it is measured at fair value through
profit or loss, any gain or loss arising from a difference between the
previous amortized cost of the financial asset and its fair value at
the reclassification date (as defined in IFRS 9);
(cb) if a financial asset is reclassified out of the fair value through other
comprehensive income measurement category so that it is measured
at fair value through profit or loss, any cumulative gain or loss
previously recognized in other comprehensive income that is
reclassified to profit or loss;
(d) tax expense;
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(ea) a single amount for the total of discontinued operations (see IFRS 5).
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Information to be presented in the other comprehensive income
section
The other comprehensive income section shall present line items for the
amounts for the period of:
(a) items of other comprehensive income (excluding amounts in
paragraph (b)), classified by nature and grouped into those that, in
accordance with other IFRSs:
(i) will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss; and
(ii) will be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss when
specific conditions are met.
(b) the share of the other comprehensive income of associates and joint
ventures accounted for using the equity method, separated into the
share of items that, in accordance with other IFRSs:
(i) will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss; and
(ii) will be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss when
specific conditions are met.
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An entity shall present additional line items (including by disaggregating
the line items listed in paragraph 82), headings and subtotals in the
statement(s) presenting profit or loss and other comprehensive
income when such presentation is relevant to an understanding of the
entity’s financial performance.
When an entity presents subtotals in accordance with paragraph 85, those
subtotals shall:
(a) be comprised of line items made up of amounts recognized and
measured in accordance with IFRS;
(b) be presented and labelled in a manner that makes the line items that
constitute the subtotal clear and understandable;
(c) be consistent from period to period, in accordance with paragraph 45;
and
(d) not be displayed with more prominence than the subtotals and totals
required in IFRS for the statement(s) presenting profit or loss and other
comprehensive income.
An entity shall present the line items in the statement(s) presenting profit or
loss and other comprehensive income that reconcile any subtotals presented
in accordance with paragraph 85 with the subtotals or totals required in IFRS
for such statement(s).
Because the effects of an entity’s various activities, transactions and other
events differ in frequency, potential for gain or loss and predictability,
disclosing the components of financial performance assists users in
understanding the financial performance achieved and in making projections
of future financial performance. An entity includes additional line items in
the statement(s) presenting profit or loss and other comprehensive income
and it amends the descriptions used and the ordering of items when this is
necessary to explain the elements of financial performance. An entity
considers factors including materiality and the nature and function of the
items of income and expense. For example, a financial institution may amend
the descriptions to provide information that is relevant to the operations of a
financial institution. An entity does not offset income and expense items
unless the criteria in paragraph 32 are met.
An entity shall not present any items of income or expense as
extraordinary items, in the statement(s) presenting profit or loss and other
comprehensive income or in the notes.
Profit or loss for the period
An entity shall recognize all items of income and expense in a period
in profit or loss unless an IFRS requires or permits otherwise.
Some IFRSs specify circumstances when an entity recognizes particular items
outside profit or loss in the current period. IAS 8 specifies two such
circumstances: the correction of errors and the effect of changes in
accounting policies. Other IFRSs require or permit components of other
comprehensive income that meet the Conceptual Framework’s definition of
income or expense to be excluded from profit or loss (see paragraph 7).
Other comprehensive income for the period
An entity shall disclose the amount of income tax relating to each item
of other comprehensive income, including reclassification adjustments,
either in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income
or in the notes.
An entity may present items of other comprehensive income either:
(a) net of related tax effects, or
(b) before related tax effects with one amount shown for the aggregate
amount of income tax relating to those items.
If an entity elects alternative (b), it shall allocate the tax between the items
that might be reclassified subsequently to the profit or loss section and those
that will not be reclassified subsequently to the profit or loss section.
An entity shall disclose reclassification adjustments relating to components
of other comprehensive income.
Other IFRSs specify whether and when amounts previously recognized in
other comprehensive income are reclassified to profit or loss. Such
reclassifications are referred to in this Standard as reclassification
adjustments. A reclassification adjustment is included with the related
component of other comprehensive income in the period that the adjustment
is reclassified to profit or loss. These amounts may have been recognized in
other comprehensive income as unrealized gains in the current or previous
periods. Those unrealized gains must be deducted from other comprehensive
income in the period in which the realized gains are reclassified to profit or
loss to avoid including them in total comprehensive income twice.
An entity may present reclassification adjustments in the statement(s) of
profit or loss and other comprehensive income or in the notes. An entity
presenting reclassification adjustments in the notes presents the items
of other comprehensive income after any related reclassification adjustments.
Reclassification adjustments arise, for example, on disposal of a foreign
operation (see IAS 21) and when some hedged forecast cash flows affect profit
or loss (see paragraph 6.5.11(d) of IFRS 9 in relation to cash flow hedges).
Reclassification adjustments do not arise on changes in revaluation surplus
recognized in accordance with IAS 16 or IAS 38 or on premeasurements of
defined benefit plans recognized in accordance with IAS 19. These components
are recognized in other comprehensive income and are not reclassified to
profit or loss in subsequent periods. Changes in revaluation surplus may be
transferred to retained earnings in subsequent periods as the asset is used or
when it is derecognized (see IAS 16 and IAS 38). In accordance with IFRS 9,
reclassification adjustments do not arise if a cash flow hedge or the
accounting for the time value of an option (or the forward element of a
forward contract or the foreign currency basis spread of a financial
instrument) result in amounts that are removed from the cash flow hedge
reserve or a separate component of equity, respectively, and included directly
in the initial cost or other carrying amount of an asset or a liability. These
amounts are directly transferred to assets or liabilities.
Information to be presented in the statement(s) of profit or loss
and other comprehensive income or in the notes
When items of income or expense are material, an entity shall disclose
their nature and amount separately.
Circumstances that would give rise to the separate disclosure of items of
income and expense include:
(a) write-downs of inventories to net realizable value or of property, plant
and equipment to recoverable amount, as well as reversals of such
write-downs;
(b) restructurings of the activities of an entity and reversals of any
provisions for the costs of restructuring;
(c) disposals of items of property, plant and equipment;
(d) disposals of investments;
(e) discontinued operations;
(f) litigation settlements; and
(g) other reversals of provisions.
An entity shall present an analysis of expenses recognized in profit or loss
using a classification based on either their nature or their function within
the entity, whichever provides information that is reliable and more
relevant.
Entities are encouraged to present the analysis in paragraph 99 in the
statement(s) presenting profit or loss and other comprehensive income.
Expenses are subclassified to highlight components of financial performance
that may differ in terms of frequency, potential for gain or loss and
predictability. This analysis is provided in one of two forms.
The first form of analysis is the ‘nature of expense’ method. An entity
aggregates expenses within profit or loss according to their nature (for
example, depreciation, purchases of materials, transport costs, employee
benefits and advertising costs), and does not reallocate them among functions
within the entity. This method may be simple to apply because no allocations
of expenses to functional classifications are necessary. An example of a
classification using the nature of expense method is as follows:
Revenue X
Other income X
Changes in inventories of finished goods and work in
progress X
Raw materials and consumables used X
Employee benefits expense X
Depreciation and amortization expense X
Other expenses X
Total expenses (X)
Profit before tax X
The second form of analysis is the ‘function of expense’ or ‘cost of sales’
method and classifies expenses according to their function as part of cost of
sales or, for example, the costs of distribution or administrative activities. At a
minimum, an entity discloses its cost of sales under this method separately
from other expenses. This method can provide more relevant information to
users than the classification of expenses by nature, but allocating costs to
functions may require arbitrary allocations and involve considerable
judgement. An example of a classification using the function of expense
method is as follows:
Revenue X
Cost of sales (X)
Gross profit X
Other income X
Distribution costs (X)
Administrative expenses (X)
Other expenses (X)
Profit before tax X
An entity classifying expenses by function shall disclose additional
information on the nature of expenses, including depreciation and
amortization expense and employee benefits expense.
The choice between the function of expense method and the nature of
expense method depends on historical and industry factors and the nature of
the entity. Both methods provide an indication of those costs that might vary,
directly or indirectly, with the level of sales or production of the entity.
Because each method of presentation has merit for different types of entities,
this Standard requires management to select the presentation that is
reliable and more relevant. However, because information on the nature of
expenses is useful in predicting future cash flows, additional disclosure is
required when the function of expense classification is used.
In paragraph 104, ‘employee benefits’ has the same meaning as in IAS 19.
Statement of changes in equity
Information to be presented in the statement of changes in equity
An entity shall present a statement of changes in equity as required
by paragraph 10. The statement of changes in equity includes the following
information:
(a) total comprehensive income for the period, showing separately the
total amounts attributable to owners of the parent and to
non-controlling interests;
(b) for each component of equity, the effects of retrospective
application or retrospective restatement recognized in accordance
with IAS 8; and
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(d) for each component of equity, a reconciliation between the carrying
amount at the beginning and the end of the period, separately (as a
minimum) disclosing changes resulting from:
(i) profit or loss;
(ii) other comprehensive income; and
(iii) transactions with owners in their capacity as owners,
showing separately contributions by and distributions to
owners and changes in ownership interests in subsidiaries
that do not result in a loss of control.
Information to be presented in the statement of changes in equity
or in the notes
For each component of equity an entity shall present, either in the
statement of changes in equity or in the notes, an analysis of other
comprehensive income by item (see paragraph 106(d)(ii)).
An entity shall present, either in the statement of changes in equity or in
the notes, the amount of dividends recognized as distributions
to owners during the period, and the related amount of dividends per
share.
In paragraph 106, the components of equity include, for example, each class
of contributed equity, the accumulated balance of each class of other
comprehensive income and retained earnings.
Changes in an entity’s equity between the beginning and the end of the
reporting period reflect the increase or decrease in its net assets during the
period. Except for changes resulting from transactions with owners in their
capacity as owners (such as equity contributions, reacquisitions of the entity’s
own equity instruments and dividends) and transaction costs directly related
to such transactions, the overall change in equity during a period represents
the total amount of income and expense, including gains and losses, generated
by the entity’s activities during that period.
IAS 8 requires retrospective adjustments to effect changes in accounting
policies, to the extent practicable, except when the transition provisions in
another IFRS require otherwise. IAS 8 also requires restatements to correct
errors to be made retrospectively, to the extent practicable. Retrospective
adjustments and retrospective restatements are not changes in equity but they
are adjustments to the opening balance of retained earnings, except when an
IFRS requires retrospective adjustment of another component of equity.
Paragraph 106(b) requires disclosure in the statement of changes in equity of
the total adjustment to each component of equity resulting from changes in
accounting policies and, separately, from corrections of errors. These
adjustments are disclosed for each prior period and the beginning of the
period.
Statement of cash flows
Cash flow information provides users of financial statements with a basis to
assess the ability of the entity to generate cash and cash equivalents and the
needs of the entity to utilize those cash flows. IAS 7 sets out requirements for
the presentation and disclosure of cash flow information.
Notes
Structure
The notes shall:
(a) present information about the basis of preparation of the financial
statements and the specific accounting policies used in accordance
with paragraphs 117–124;
(b) disclose the information required by IFRSs that is not presented
elsewhere in the financial statements; and
(c) provide information that is not presented elsewhere in the financial
statements, but is relevant to an understanding of any of them.
An entity shall, as far as practicable, present notes in a systematic manner.
In determining a systematic manner, the entity shall consider the effect on
the understandability and comparability of its financial statements. An
entity shall cross-reference each item in the statements of financial
position and in the statement(s) of profit or loss and other comprehensive
income, and in the statements of changes in equity and of cash flows to any
related information in the notes.
Examples of systematic ordering or grouping of the notes include:
(a) giving prominence to the areas of its activities that the entity considers
to be most relevant to an understanding of its financial performance
and financial position, such as grouping together information about
particular operating activities;
(b) grouping together information about items measured similarly such as
assets measured at fair value; or
(c) following the order of the line items in the statement(s) of profit or
loss and other comprehensive income and the statement of financial
position, such as:
(i) statement of compliance with IFRSs (see paragraph 16);
(ii) material accounting policy information (see paragraph 117);
(iii) supporting information for items presented in the statements
of financial position and in the statement(s) of profit or loss and
other comprehensive income, and in the statements of changes
in equity and of cash flows, in the order in which each
statement and each line item is presented; and
(iv) other disclosures, including:
(1) contingent liabilities (see IAS 37) and unrecognized
contractual commitments; and
(2) non-financial disclosures, eg the entity’s financial risk
management objectives and policies (see IFRS 7).
An entity may present notes providing information about the basis of
preparation of the financial statements and specific accounting policies as a
separate section of the financial statements.
Disclosure of accounting policy information
An entity shall disclose material accounting policy information (see
paragraph 7). Accounting policy information is material if, when
considered together with other information included in an entity’s
financial statements, it can reasonably be expected to influence decisions
that the primary users of general purpose financial statements make on the
basis of those financial statements.
Accounting policy information that relates to immaterial transactions, other
events or conditions is immaterial and need not be disclosed. Accounting
policy information may nevertheless be material because of the nature of the
related transactions, other events or conditions, even if the amounts are
immaterial. However, not all accounting policy information relating to
material transactions, other events or conditions is itself material.
Accounting policy information is expected to be material if users of an entity’s
financial statements would need it to understand other material information
in the financial statements. For example, an entity is likely to consider
accounting policy information material to its financial statements if that
information relates to material transactions, other events or conditions and:
(a) the entity changed its accounting policy during the reporting period
and this change resulted in a material change to the information in
the financial statements;
(b) the entity chose the accounting policy from one or more options
permitted by IFRSs—such a situation could arise if the entity chose to
measure investment property at historical cost rather than fair value;
(c) the accounting policy was developed in accordance with IAS 8 in the
absence of an IFRS that specifically applies;
(d) the accounting policy relates to an area for which an entity is required
to make significant judgements or assumptions in applying an
accounting policy, and the entity discloses those judgements or
assumptions in accordance with paragraphs 122 and 125; or
(e) the accounting required for them is complex and users of the entity’s
financial statements would otherwise not understand those material
transactions, other events or conditions—such a situation could arise if
an entity applies more than one IFRS to a class of material
transactions.
Accounting policy information that focuses on how an entity has applied the
requirements of the IFRSs to its own circumstances provides entity-specific
information that is more useful to users of financial statements than
standardized information, or information that only duplicates or summarizes
the requirements of the IFRSs.
If an entity discloses immaterial accounting policy information, such
information shall not obscure material accounting policy information.
An entity’s conclusion that accounting policy information is immaterial does
not affect the related disclosure requirements set out in other IFRSs.
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An entity shall disclose, along with material accounting policy information
or other notes, the judgements, apart from those involving estimations
(see paragraph 125), that management has made in the process of applying
the entity’s accounting policies and that have the most significant effect on
the amounts recognized in the financial statements.
In the process of applying the entity’s accounting policies, management
makes various judgements, apart from those involving estimations, that can
significantly affect the amounts it recognizes in the financial statements. For
example, management makes judgements in determining:
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(b) when substantially all the significant risks and rewards of ownership
of financial assets and, for lessors, assets subject to leases are
transferred to other entities;
(c) whether, in substance, particular sales of goods are financing
arrangements and therefore do not give rise to revenue; and
(d) whether the contractual terms of a financial asset give rise on specified
dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest
on the principal amount outstanding.
Some of the disclosures made in accordance with paragraph 122 are required
by other IFRSs. For example, IFRS 12 Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities
requires an entity to disclose the judgements it has made in determining
whether it controls another entity. IAS 40 Investment Property requires
disclosure of the criteria developed by the entity to distinguish investment
property from owner-occupied property and from property held for sale in the
ordinary course of business, when classification of the property is difficult.
Sources of estimation uncertainty
An entity shall disclose information about the assumptions it makes about
the future, and other major sources of estimation uncertainty at the end of
the reporting period, that have a significant risk of resulting in
a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities
within the next financial year. In respect of those assets and liabilities,
the notes shall include details of:
(a) their nature, and
(b) their carrying amount as at the end of the reporting period.
Determining the carrying amounts of some assets and liabilities requires
estimation of the effects of uncertain future events on those assets and
liabilities at the end of the reporting period. For example, in the absence of
recently observed market prices, future-oriented estimates are necessary to
measure the recoverable amount of classes of property, plant and equipment,
the effect of technological obsolescence on inventories, provisions subject to
the future outcome of litigation in progress, and long-term employee benefit
liabilities such as pension obligations. These estimates involve assumptions
about such items as the risk adjustment to cash flows or discount rates, future
changes in salaries and future changes in prices affecting other costs.
The assumptions and other sources of estimation uncertainty disclosed in
accordance with paragraph 125 relate to the estimates that require
management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgements. As the
number of variables and assumptions affecting the possible future resolution
of the uncertainties increases, those judgements become more subjective and
complex, and the potential for a consequential material adjustment to the
carrying amounts of assets and liabilities normally increases accordingly.
The disclosures in paragraph 125 are not required for assets and liabilities
with a significant risk that their carrying amounts might change materially
within the next financial year if, at the end of the reporting period, they are
measured at fair value based on a quoted price in an active market for an
identical asset or liability. Such fair values might change materially within the
next financial year but these changes would not arise from assumptions or
other sources of estimation uncertainty at the end of the reporting period.
An entity presents the disclosures in paragraph 125 in a manner that helps
users of financial statements to understand the judgements that management
makes about the future and about other sources of estimation uncertainty.
The nature and extent of the information provided vary according to the
nature of the assumption and other circumstances. Examples of the types of
disclosures an entity makes are:
(a) the nature of the assumption or other estimation uncertainty;
(b) the sensitivity of carrying amounts to the methods, assumptions and
estimates underlying their calculation, including the reasons for the
sensitivity;
(c) the expected resolution of an uncertainty and the range of reasonably
possible outcomes within the next financial year in respect of the
carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities affected; and
(d) an explanation of changes made to past assumptions concerning those
assets and liabilities, if the uncertainty remains unresolved.
This Standard does not require an entity to disclose budget information or
forecasts in making the disclosures in paragraph 125.
Sometimes it is impracticable to disclose the extent of the possible effects of
an assumption or another source of estimation uncertainty at the end of the
reporting period. In such cases, the entity discloses that it is reasonably
possible, on the basis of existing knowledge, that outcomes within the next
financial year that are different from the assumption could require
a material adjustment to the carrying amount of the asset or liability affected.
In all cases, the entity discloses the nature and carrying amount of the specific
asset or liability (or class of assets or liabilities) affected by the assumption.
The disclosures in paragraph 122 of particular judgements that management
made in the process of applying the entity’s accounting policies do not relate
to the disclosures of sources of estimation uncertainty in paragraph 125.
Other IFRSs require the disclosure of some of the assumptions that would
otherwise be required in accordance with paragraph 125. For
example, IAS 37 requires disclosure, in specified circumstances, of major
assumptions concerning future events affecting classes of provisions.
IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement requires disclosure of significant assumptions
(including the valuation technique(s) and inputs) the entity uses when
measuring the fair values of assets and liabilities that are carried at fair value.
Capital
An entity shall disclose information that enables users of its financial
statements to evaluate the entity’s objectives, policies and processes for
managing capital.
To comply with paragraph 134, the entity discloses the following:
(a) qualitative information about its objectives, policies and processes for
managing capital, including:
(i) a description of what it manages as capital;
(ii) when an entity is subject to externally imposed capital
requirements, the nature of those requirements and how those
requirements are incorporated into the management of capital;
and
(iii) how it is meeting its objectives for managing capital.
(b) summary quantitative data about what it manages as capital. Some
entities regard some financial liabilities (eg some forms of
subordinated debt) as part of capital. Other entities regard capital as
excluding some components of equity (eg components arising from
cash flow hedges).
(c) any changes in (a) and (b) from the previous period.
(d) whether during the period it complied with any externally imposed
capital requirements to which it is subject.
(e) when the entity has not complied with such externally imposed capital
requirements, the consequences of such non-compliance.
The entity bases these disclosures on the information provided internally to
key management personnel.
An entity may manage capital in a number of ways and be subject to a
number of different capital requirements. For example, a conglomerate may
include entities that undertake insurance activities and banking activities and
those entities may operate in several jurisdictions. When an aggregate
disclosure of capital requirements and how capital is managed would not
provide useful information or distorts a financial statement user’s
understanding of an entity’s capital resources, the entity shall disclose
separate information for each capital requirement to which the entity is
subject.
Puttable financial instruments classified as equity
For puttable financial instruments classified as equity instruments, an
entity shall disclose (to the extent not disclosed elsewhere):
(a) summary quantitative data about the amount classified as equity;
(b) its objectives, policies and processes for managing its obligation to
repurchase or redeem the instruments when required to do so by
the instrument holders, including any changes from the previous
period;
(c) the expected cash outflow on redemption or repurchase of that
class of financial instruments; and
(d) information about how the expected cash outflow on redemption or
repurchase was determined.
Other disclosures
An entity shall disclose in the notes:
(a) the amount of dividends proposed or declared before the financial
statements were authorized for issue but not recognized as a
distribution to owners during the period, and the related amount
per share; and
(b) the amount of any cumulative preference dividends not recognized.
An entity shall disclose the following, if not disclosed elsewhere in
information published with the financial statements:
(a) the domicile and legal form of the entity, its country of
incorporation and the address of its registered office (or principal
place of business, if different from the registered office);
(b) a description of the nature of the entity’s operations and its
principal activities;
(c) the name of the parent and the ultimate parent of the group; and
(d) if it is a limited life entity, information regarding the length of its
life.
Transition and effective date
An entity shall apply this Standard for annual periods beginning on or after
1 January 2009. Earlier application is permitted. If an entity adopts this
Standard for an earlier period, it shall disclose that fact.
IAS 27 (as amended in 2008) amended paragraph 106. An entity shall apply
that amendment for annual periods beginning on or after 1 July 2009. If an
entity applies IAS 27 (amended 2008) for an earlier period, the amendment
shall be applied for that earlier period. The amendment shall be applied
retrospectively.
Puttable Financial Instruments and Obligations Arising on Liquidation (Amendments
to IAS 32 and IAS 1), issued in February 2008, amended paragraph 138 and
inserted paragraphs 8A, 80A and 136A. An entity shall apply those
amendments for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2009. Earlier
application is permitted. If an entity applies the amendments for an earlier
period, it shall disclose that fact and apply the related amendments to IAS 32,
IAS 39, IFRS 7 and IFRIC 2 Members’ Shares in Co-operative Entities and Similar
Instruments at the same time.
Paragraphs 68 and 71 were amended by Improvements to IFRSs issued in May
2008. An entity shall apply those amendments for annual periods beginning
on or after 1 January 2009. Earlier application is permitted. If an entity applies
the amendments for an earlier period it shall disclose that fact.
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Paragraphs 106 and 107 were amended and paragraph 106A was added by
Improvements to IFRSs issued in May 2010. An entity shall apply those
amendments for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2011. Earlier
application is permitted.
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IFRS 10 and IFRS 12, issued in May 2011, amended paragraphs 4, 119, 123
and 124. An entity shall apply those amendments when it applies IFRS 10 and
IFRS 12.
IFRS 13, issued in May 2011, amended paragraphs 128 and 133. An entity shall
apply those amendments when it applies IFRS 13.
Presentation of Items of Other Comprehensive Income (Amendments to IAS 1), issued
in June 2011, amended paragraphs 7, 10, 82, 85–87, 90, 91, 94, 100 and 115,
added paragraphs 10A, 81A, 81B and 82A, and deleted paragraphs 12, 81, 83
and 84. An entity shall apply those amendments for annual periods beginning
on or after 1 July 2012. Earlier application is permitted. If an entity applies the
amendments for an earlier period it shall disclose that fact.
IAS 19 Employee Benefits (as amended in June 2011) amended the definition of
‘other comprehensive income’ in paragraph 7 and paragraph 96. An entity
shall apply those amendments when it applies IAS 19 (as amended in June
2011).
Annual Improvements 2009–2011 Cycle, issued in May 2012, amended paragraphs
10, 38 and 41, deleted paragraphs 39–40 and added paragraphs 38A–38D and
40A–40D. An entity shall apply that amendment retrospectively in accordance
with IAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors for
annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2013. Earlier application is
permitted. If an entity applies that amendment for an earlier period it shall
disclose that fact.
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IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers, issued in May 2014, amended
paragraph 34. An entity shall apply that amendment when it applies IFRS 15.
IFRS 9, as issued in July 2014, amended paragraphs 7, 68, 71, 82, 93, 95, 96,
106 and 123 and deleted paragraphs 139E, 139G and 139M. An entity shall
apply those amendments when it applies IFRS 9.
Disclosure Initiative (Amendments to IAS 1), issued in December 2014, amended
paragraphs 10, 31, 54–55, 82A, 85, 113–114, 117, 119 and 122, added
paragraphs 30A, 55A and 85A–85B and deleted paragraphs 115 and 120. An
entity shall apply those amendments for annual periods beginning on or after
1 January 2016. Earlier application is permitted. Entities are not required to
disclose the information required by paragraphs 28–30 of IAS 8 in relation to
these amendments.
IFRS 16 Leases, issued in January 2016, amended paragraph 123. An entity shall
apply that amendment when it applies IFRS 16.
IFRS 17, issued in May 2017, amended paragraphs 7, 54 and 82. Amendments to
IFRS 17, issued in June 2020, further amended paragraph 54. An entity shall
apply those amendments when it applies IFRS 17.
Amendments to References to the Conceptual Framework in IFRS Standards, issued in
2018, amended paragraphs 7, 15, 19–20, 23–24, 28 and 89. An entity shall
apply those amendments for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January
2020. Earlier application is permitted if at the same time an entity also applies
all other amendments made by Amendments to References to the Conceptual
Framework in IFRS Standards. An entity shall apply the amendments to IAS 1
retrospectively in accordance with IAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in
Accounting Estimates and Errors. However, if an entity determines that
retrospective application would be impracticable or would involve undue cost
or effort, it shall apply the amendments to IAS 1 by reference to paragraphs
23–28, 50–53 and 54F of IAS 8.
Definition of Material (Amendments to IAS 1 and IAS 8), issued in October 2018,
amended paragraph 7 of IAS 1 and paragraph 5 of IAS 8, and deleted
paragraph 6 of IAS 8. An entity shall apply those amendments prospectively
for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2020. Earlier application is permitted. If an entity applies those amendments for an earlier period, it shall
disclose that fact.
Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current, issued in January 2020
amended paragraphs 69, 73, 74 and 76 and added paragraphs 72A, 75A, 76A
and 76B. An entity shall apply those amendments for annual reporting periods
beginning on or after 1 January 2023 retrospectively in accordance with IAS 8.
Earlier application is permitted. If an entity applies those amendments for an
earlier period, it shall disclose that fact.
Disclosure of Accounting Policies, issued in February 2021, amended paragraphs 7,
10, 114, 117 and 122, added paragraphs 117A–117E and deleted paragraphs
118, 119 and 121. It also amended IFRS Practice Statement 2 Making Materiality
Judgements. An entity shall apply the amendments to IAS 1 for annual
reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2023. Earlier application is
permitted. If an entity applies those amendments for an earlier period, it shall
disclose that fact.
Withdrawal of IAS 1 (revised 2003)
This Standard supersedes IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements revised in
2003, as amended in 2005.
Appendix
Amendments to other pronouncements
The amendments in this appendix shall be applied for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January
2009. If an entity applies this Standard for an earlier period, these amendments shall be applied for
that earlier period. In the amended paragraphs, new text is underlined and deleted text is struck
through.
* * * * *
The amendments contained in this appendix when this Standard was revised in 2007 have been
incorporated into the relevant pronouncements published in this volume.
Approval by the Board of IAS 1 issued in September 2007
International Accounting Standard 1 Presentation of Financial Statements (as revised in 2007)
was approved for issue by ten of the fourteen members of the International Accounting
Standards Board. Professor Barth and Messrs Cope, Garnett and Leisenring dissented.
Their dissenting opinions are set out after the Basis for Conclusions.
Sir David Tweedie Chairman
Thomas E Jones Vice-Chairman
Mary E Barth
Hans-Georg Bruns
Anthony T Cope
Philippe Danjou
Jan Engström
Robert P Garnett
Gilbert Gélard
James J Leisenring
Warren J McGregor
Patricia L O’Malley
John T Smith
Tatsumi Yamada
Approval by the Board of Puttable Financial Instruments and
Obligations Arising on Liquidation (Amendments to IAS 32 and
IAS 1) issued in February 2008
Puttable Financial Instruments and Obligations Arising on Liquidation (Amendments to
IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation and IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements) was
approved for issue by eleven of the thirteen members of the International Accounting
Standards Board. Professor Barth and Mr. Garnett dissented. Their dissenting opinions are
set out after the Basis for Conclusions on IAS 32.
Sir David Tweedie Chairman
Thomas E Jones Vice-Chairman
Mary E Barth
Stephen Cooper
Philippe Danjou
Jan Engström
Robert P Garnett
Gilbert Gélard
James J Leisenring
Warren J McGregor
John T Smith
Tatsumi Yamada
Wei-Guo Zhang
Approval by the Board of Presentation of Items of Other
Comprehensive Income issued in June 2011
Presentation of Items of Other Comprehensive Income (Amendments to IAS 1) was approved for
issue by fourteen of the fifteen members of the International Accounting Standards
Board. Mr Pacter dissented from the issue of the amendments. His dissenting opinion is
set out after the Basis for Conclusions.
Sir David Tweedie Chairman
Stephen Cooper
Philippe Danjou
Jan Engström
Patrick Finnegan
Amaro Luiz de Oliveira Gomes
Prabhakar Kalavacherla
Elke König
Patricia McConnell
Warren J McGregor
Paul Pacter
Darrel Scott
John T Smith
Tatsumi Yamada
Wei-Guo Zhang
Approval by the Board of the Disclosure Initiative (Amendments
to IAS 1) issued in December 2014
Disclosure Initiative (Amendments to IAS 1) was approved for publication by fourteen
members of the International Accounting Standards Board.
Hans Hoogervorst Chairman
Ian Mackintosh Vice-Chairman
Stephen Cooper
Philippe Danjou
Amaro Luiz De Oliveira Gomes
Martin Edelmann
Patrick Finnegan
Gary Kabureck
Suzanne Lloyd
Takatsugu Ochi
Darrel Scott
Chungwoo Suh
Mary Tokar
Wei-Guo Zhang
Approval by the Board of Definition of Material (Amendments to
IAS 1 and IAS 8) issued in October 2018
Definition of Material (Amendments to IAS 1 and IAS 8) was approved for issue by the
fourteen members of the International Accounting Standards Board.
Hans Hoogervorst Chairman
Suzanne Lloyd Vice-Chair
Nick Anderson
Martin Edelmann
Françoise Flores
Amaro Luiz de Oliveira Gomes
Gary Kabureck
Jianqiao Lu
Takatsugu Ochi
Darrel Scott
Thomas Scott
Chungwoo Suh
Ann Tarca
Mary Tokar
Approval by the Board of Classification of Liabilities as Current or
Non-current issued in January 2020
Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current, which amended IAS 1, was approved for
issue by all 14 members of the International Accounting Standards Board.
Hans Hoogervorst Chairman
Suzanne Lloyd Vice-Chair
Nick Anderson
Tadeu Cendon
Martin Edelmann
Françoise Flores
Gary Kabureck
Jianqiao Lu
Darrel Scott
Thomas Scott
Chungwoo Suh
Rika Suzuki
Ann Tarca
Mary Tokar
Approval by the Board of Classification of Liabilities as Current or
Non-current—Deferral of Effective Date issued in July 2020
Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current—Deferral of Effective Date, which amended
IAS 1, was approved for issue by all 14 members of the International Accounting
Standards Board.
Hans Hoogervorst Chairman
Suzanne Lloyd Vice-Chair
Nick Anderson
Tadeu Cendon
Martin Edelmann
Françoise Flores
Gary Kabureck
Jianqiao Lu
Darrel Scott
Thomas Scott
Chungwoo Suh
Rika Suzuki
Ann Tarca
Mary Tokar
Approval by the Board of Disclosure of Accounting Policies
issued in February 2021
Disclosure of Accounting Policies, which amends IAS 1 and IFRS Practice Statement 2, was
approved for issue by 10 of 13 members of the International Accounting Standards Board
(Board). Ms Flores dissented. Her dissent is set out after the Basis for Conclusions. Messrs
Gast and Mackenzie abstained in view of their recent appointment to the Board.
Hans Hoogervorst Chairman
Suzanne Lloyd Vice-Chair
Nick Anderson
Tadeu Cendon
Martin Edelmann
Françoise Flores
Zach Gast
Jianqiao Lu
Bruce Mackenzie
Thomas Scott
Rika Suzuki
Ann Tarca
Mary Tokar