IFRS in your pocket

2015
Foreword
Welcome to the 2015 edition of IFRS in Your Pocket, which provides an
update of developments up to April 2015. We cover all of the material which
has made this publication an annual world-wide favourite: background
information on the structure and workings of the IASB; analysis of the
use of IFRSs around the world; summaries of all current Standards and
Interpretations; and up-to-date details of IASB and IFRIC agenda projects.
It is the ideal guide, update and refresher for everyone either contemplating
a move to IFRSs or already reporting under the IFRS framework.

The year has seen an encouraging consolidation and expansion of the IFRS
community around the world. The most recent research from the IASB
shows that IFRS is required in the vast majority of jurisdictions and there is
encouraging progress elsewhere. In the major markets still working towards
IFRS, China is making progress and has substantially converged its national
standards with IFRS; India has recently adopted standards for large and listed
companies which are largely converged with IFRS; in Japan IFRS is permitted
and there has been a rapid recent uptake amongst companies listed on
the Tokyo stock exchange; and in the US the SEC has said that continued
collaboration between US standard-setters and the IASB is critical to its desire
to achieve a single set of high-quality, globally accepted accounting standards.
Recent research by the ICAEW into academic studies relating to the effect of
IFRS adoption on European capital markets shows that it benefited financial
reporting transparency and comparability, the cost of capital, market liquidity,
corporate investment efficiency and cross-border capital flows.

The IASB has completed the work on the two key standards: revenue
recognition, and the final pieces in the IFRS9 jigsaw. We support the way
that the IASB and FASB continue to collaborate through the Transition
Resource Group for Revenue Recognition to keep the standards converged
while addressing the difficulties companies are having in implementing the
new model of revenue recognition and working together to ensure that the
maximum value can be gained from the convergence process. The IASB is
similarly being equally constructive and responsive to companies grappling
with the implementation of the new impairment model through the work of
the IFRS Transition Resource Group for Impairment of Financial Instruments.

Work continues on leases and insurance and the debate continues on the
Conceptual Framework and on Rate-regulated Activities. We will also be
looking forward to the start of the IASBs latest agenda consultation.

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And, of course, the best way you can keep up to date, hour-by-hour,
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about international financial reporting available today.

Veronica Poole
Global IFRS Leader

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Contents
Page
Abbreviations 6
IASB structure 7
Members of the IASB 10
IASB due process 12
Obtaining IASB pronouncements and publications 14
IASB contact information 15
Use of IFRSs around the world 16
Recent pronouncements 20
Summaries of current Standards and related Interpretations 23
Current IASB agenda projects 103
Interpretations 106
IFRS Interpretation Committee current agenda issues 108
Deloitte IFRS resources 109
Deloitte IFRS e-learning 110
Website addresses 111
Subscribe to our IFRS publications 112
Contacts 113

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Abbreviations
ASAF Accounting Standards Advisory Forum
DI Draft Interpretation
DP Discussion Paper
DPOC Due Process Oversight Committee
EC European Commission
ED Exposure Draft
EEA European Economic Area (EU 28 + 3 countries)
EFRAG European Financial Reporting Advisory Group
ESMA European Securities and Markets Authority
EU European Union (28 countries)
FASB Financial Accounting Standards Board (US)
FEE Federation of European Accountants (Fdration des Experts-
comptables Europens)
GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principle(s)
IAS(s) International Accounting Standard(s)
IASB International Accounting Standards Board
IASC International Accounting Standards Committee (predecessor to the
IASB)
IASCF IFRS Foundation (predecessor to the IFRSF)
ICAEW Institutue of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
IFRIC IFRS Interpretations Committee (previously International
Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee of the IASB), and
Interpretations issued by that committee
IFRS(s) International Financial Reporting Standard(s)
IFRSF IFRS Foundation, parent body of the IASB
IOSCO International Organization of Securities Commissions
ITG IFRS Transition Resource Group for Impairment of Financial Instruments
IVSC International Valuation Standards Council
NCI Non-controlling Interest(s) (previously minority interests)
RFI Request For Information
SAC Standards Advisory Council (predecessor to the IFRS Advisory
Council)
SEC Securities and Exchange Commission (US)
SIC Standing Interpretations Committee of the IASC, and
Interpretations issued by that committee
SME(s) Small and Medium-sized Entity(ies)
TRG Transition Resource Group for Revenue Recognition

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IASB structure
Monitoring Board

Approve and oversee trustee

IFRS Foundation

22 Trustees
Appoint, oversee, raise funds

IASB IFRS Interpretations

Committe
Maximum 16 members
Set technical agenda, approve 14 members
standards, exposure drafts, Issue interpretations on
and interpretations the application of IFRS
and develop other minor
amendments

IFRS Advisory Council Accounting Standards

Advisory Forum (ASAF)
Approximately 40 members
Advise on agenda and priorities Provide standard setter input
into technical projects

Working groups

For major agenda projects

Appoints
Reports to
Advises

IASB structure 7
Monitoring Board
The primary purpose of the Monitoring Board is to provide a mechanism for
formal interaction between capital markets authorities responsible for the
form and content of financial reporting and the IFRS Foundation (IFRSF).
In particular, it assures public accountability of the IFRSF through a formal
reporting line from the IFRSF Trustees to the Monitoring Board.
The responsibilities of the Monitoring Board include:
participating in the process for appointing trustees and approving the
appointment of trustees according to the guidelines set out in the IFRSFs
Constitution;
reviewing the adequacy and appropriateness of Trustee arrangements for
financing the IASB;
reviewing the Trustees oversight of the IASBs standard-setting process.
Inparticular, with respect to its due process arrangements;
conferring with the Trustees regarding the responsibilities, particularly in
relation to the regulatory, legal and policy developments that are pertinent
to the IFRS Foundations oversight to the IASB; and
referring matters of broad public interest related to financial reporting to
the IASB through the IFRS Foundation.
The Monitoring Board currently comprises representatives of the Board and
the Growth and Emerging Markets Committee, the International Organization
of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), the European Commission (EC), Financial
Services Agency of Japan (JFSA), US Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC), Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM), and Financial Services
Commission of Korea (FSC). The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is
anon-voting observer.

IFRS Foundation
Composition: 22 individual trustees, one appointed as Chair and up to two
as Vice-Chairs. Trustees are appointed for a three-year term, renewable once.
Regardless of prior service, a trustee may be appointed to serve as Chair or
Vice-Chair for a term of three years, renewable once, provided total years
service as a trustee does not exceed nine years.
Geographical balance: six trustees from the Asia/Oceania region; six from
Europe; six from North America; one from Africa; one from South America
and two from any area (subject to maintaining overall geographical balance).
Backgrounds of trustees: the IFRSF Constitution requires an appropriate
balance of professional backgrounds, including auditors, preparers, users,
academics, and other officials serving the public interest. Two will normally
besenior partners of prominent international accounting firms.

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International Accounting Standards Board
Composition: 14 Board Members, of whom one is appointed as chair and
up to two as vice-chairs. Up to three members may be part-time members.
IASB members are appointed for an initial term of five years, renewable for
afurther three years. The chair and vice-chairs may serve second terms of
five years, subject to an overall maximum term of ten years. The introduction
of the Accounting Standards Advisory Forum (ASAF), the establishment of
regional groupings of accounting standard-setters, the introduction of more
sophisticated IASB outreach and stakeholder engagement programmes, as
well as the end of the convergence programme, have all led to the IASB facing
a different set of challenges and priorities in the coming years. Recognising
this changed standard-setting landscape, the Trustees intend to seek public
input on the appropriate size of the IASB, while continuing to maintain
geographical balance.
Geographical balance: to ensure a broad international diversity, there will
normally be four members from the Asia/Oceania region; four from Europe;
four from North America; one each from Africa and South America; and two
appointed from any area, subject to maintaining overall geographical balance.
Backgrounds of Board members: the main qualification for membership is
professional competence and practical experience. The group is required to
represent the best available combination of technical expertise and diversity
ofinternational business and market experience.

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Members of the IASB
Hans Hoogervorst, Chairman was formerly Chairman of the
Executive Board, the Netherlands Authority for the Financial
Markets, and a former chairman of the IOSCO technical
committee. He was appointed as a Co-Chair of the Financial
Crisis Advisory Group, a high level group of business leaders
with experience of international markets, to advise the IASB
and the FASB on their joint response to the financial crisis.
Healso served as Chairman of the Monitoring Board of the
IFRS Foundation, oversight body of the IASB.

Mr Hoogervorst held a number of positions in the Dutch

Government, including Minister of Finance between 1998 and
2007. Term expires 30 June, 2016.

Ian Mackintosh, Vice-Chairman was formerly Chairman of

the United Kingdom Accounting Standards Board.

Mr Mackintosh has played an active role in standard-setting

since 1983. He was a member and later Deputy Chairman, of
the Australian Accounting Standards Board, as well as chairing
its Urgent Issues Group. Term expires 30 June, 2016.

Stephen Cooper was Managing Director and head of

valuation and accounting research at UBS Investment Bank
prior to his appointment in 2007. Term expires 31, July 2017.

Philippe Danjou has previously served as director of the

accounting division of the Autorit des Marchs Financiers,
the French securities regulator. Term expires 30 June, 2016.

Martin Edelmann has previously served as a member of the

German Accounting Standards Board from 2006 until 2011.
He is a former Head of Group Reporting at Deutsche Bank AG.
Term expires 30 June, 2017.

Patrick Finnegan was a Director of the Financial Reporting

Policy Group, CFA Institute for Financial Market Integrity.
Hissecond term expires 30 June 2019.

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 Amaro Luiz de Oliveira Gomes was Head of the Financial
System Regulation Department of the Central Bank of Brazil
prior to his appointment to the IASB. His second term expires
30 June 2019.

Gary Kabureck was the Chief Accounting Officer (and since

2003 as a Corporate Vice President) for Xerox Corporation.
Term expires 30 June 2017.

Takatsugu (Tak) Ochi is a former Assistant General Manager,

Financial Resources Management Group of Sumitomo
Corporation. Term expires 30 June 2016.

Darrell Scott was CFO of the FirstRand Banking Group, one

of the largest financial institutions in South Africa. His second
term expires 30 June 2018.

Mary Tokar has served for more than 10 years as the Global
leader for KPMGs International Financial Reporting Group.
Term expires 30 June, 2017.

Dr Chung Woo Suh was an advisor to the Korea Accounting

Standards Board (KASB) and is a Professor of Accounting at
Kookmin University, Seoul. Term expires 30 June 2017

Wei Guo Zhang was Chief Accountant of the China Securities

Regulatory Commission (CSRC) between 1997 and 2007.
Termexpires 30 June, 2017.

Suzanne Lloyd was Senior Director of Technical Activities

for the IASB. Prior to this role, Ms Lloyd served as the IASBs
Director of Capital Markets, with responsibility for the IASBs
work to reform the accounting for financial instruments.
Termexpires 30 December, 2018.

Further information on the structure of the IFRS foundation and the IASB can
be found at http://www.iasplus.com/en/resources/ifrsf

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IASB due process
In developing IFRSs (including Interpretations), the IASB follows a
comprehensive, open due process. The due process requirements are built
on the principles of transparency, full and fair consultation considering
the perspectives of those affected by IFRSs globally and accountability.
TheIFRS Foundation Trustees, through its Due Process Oversight Committee,
is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the due process procedures of the
IASB and the IFRS Interpretations Committee, and for ensuring that those
procedures reflect best practice.
Transparency is provided by holding all technical discussions in public (and
usually webcast), providing public access to staff papers, ensuring that the
IASB and IFRIC have sufficient information to be able to make decisions based
on the staff recommendations. A final Standard or Interpretation must be
approved by at least 9 of the 14 members of the IASB.
Full and fair consultation includes mandatory steps:
conducting, every three years, a public consultation on the IASBs technical
work programme;
debating any standard-setting proposals in public meetings;
issuing an Exposure Draft of any proposed new Standard, amendment to a
Standard or proposed Interpretation, with the related basis for conclusions
and alternative views (dissenting opinions), for public comment, and
subject to minimum comment periods;
considering in a timely manner those comment letters received on the
proposals. Comment letters are placed on the public record;
considering whether the proposals should be exposed again;
issuing final Standards together with a basis for conclusions and any
dissenting opinions;
consulting the Advisory Council on the technical programme, major
projects, project proposals and work priorities; and
ratification of an Interpretation by the IASB.
In addition to the review of its technical agenda every three years, the IASB
and/or the Interpretations Committee evaluate all requests received for
possible interpretation or amendment of a Standard.

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The IASB is committed to conducting post-implementation reviews of each
new Standard or major amendment of an existing Standard.
In addition and subject to a comply or explain condition, the following
non-mandatory steps are part of the due process:
publishing a discussion document (for example, a Discussion Paper) before
an Exposure Draft is developed. This document will usually include the
IASBs preliminary views on issues in the project;
establishing consultative groups or other types of specialist advisory groups;
holding public hearings; and
undertaking fieldwork.
Accountability is provided through such means as effects analysis and the
basis for conclusions (and dissenting views) accompanying an IFRS.
Further information on the IASB due process can be found at
http://www.iasplus.com/en/resources/ifrsf/due-process/iasb-due-process

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Obtaining IASB
pronouncements and
publications
IASB pronouncements and publications can be purchased in printed and
electronic formats on the IASBs website (www.ifrs.org). The IASBs Standards
(including mandatory application guidance, but not implementation guidance
or bases for conclusions) are available on its website for free download.
Thecomplete IFRS for SMEs, including implementation guidance and basis
for conclusions, is available without charge. Discussion Papers and Exposure
Drafts may be downloaded from the IASBs website without charge.

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IASB contact information
International Accounting Standards Board

International Headquarters
30 Cannon Street, London EC4M 6XH, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44-20-7246-6410
Fax: +44-20-7246-6411
General e-mail: info@ifrs.org
Website: www.ifrs.org
Asia Oceania office
Otemachi Financial City- South Tower 5F, 1-9-7- Otemachi- Tokyo
100-0004- Japan
Telephone: +81(0)3 5205 7281
Fax: +81(0)3 5205-7287
General e-mail: AsiaOceania@ifrs.org

Publications department orders and enquiries:

Telephone: +44-20-7332-2730
Fax: +44-20-7332-2749
Website : http://shop.ifrs.org
Publications e-mail: publications@ifrs.org
Office hours: Monday-Friday 09:30-17:30 London time

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Use of IFRSs around the
world
IFRSs are now used extensively around the world as the basis for preparing
financial reports.
We maintain an up-to-date summary of the adoption of IFRS around the world
on IAS Plus at:
http://www.iasplus.com/en/resources/ifrs-topics/use-of-ifrs
The IASB foundation publishes individual jurisdictional profiles which can be
found in:
http://www.ifrs.org/Use-around-the-world/Pages/Jurisdiction-profiles.aspx
The status of IFRS in major capital markets is discussed below.

Use of IFRSs in Europe

European Accounting Regulation
Listed companies To implement a financial reporting strategy adopted
by the European Commission (EC) in June 2000, the EU in 2002 approved
a Regulation (the IAS Regulation) requiring all EU companies listed on a
regulated market to follow IFRSs in their consolidated financial statements
starting in 2005. The IFRS requirement applies not only in the 28 EU Member
States but also in the three European Economic Area (EEA) countries. Most
large companies in Switzerland (not an EU or EEA member) also use IFRSs.
Non-EU companies listed on an EU regulated market must file financial
statements prepared using either IFRSs as adopted by the EU, IFRSs as
issued by the IASB or a GAAP designated by the EC as equivalent to IFRSs.
Thisincludes companies from jurisdictions that have adopted IFRSs as their
local GAAP, as long as the companies state a full compliance with IFRSs in
their audited financial statements.
Unlisted companies and separate-company statements EU Member
States may also extend the IFRS requirement to non-listed companies and to
separate (i.e. company-only) financial statements. Nearly all Member States
permit some or all non-listed companies to use IFRSs in their consolidated
financial statements, and some permit it in separate financial statements.
Endorsement of IFRSs for use in Europe
Under the EU IAS Regulation, IFRSs must be individually endorsed for use in
Europe. The endorsement process involves the following steps:
EU translates the IFRSs into all European languages;
the private-sector European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG)
gives its endorsement advice to the EC;

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 the ECs Accounting Regulatory Committee (ARC) makes an endorsement
recommendation; and
the EC submits the endorsement proposal to the European Parliament and
to the Council of the EU. Both must not oppose (or in certain circumstances
approve) endorsement within three months, otherwise the proposal is sent
back to the EC for further consideration.
Further background information on IFRS in Europe can be found at
http://www.iasplus.com/en/resources/ifrs-topics/europe
By the end of April 2015, the EU has endorsed all IFRSs and all Interpretations
with the exception of:
IFRS 9 Financial Instruments
IFRS 14 Regulatory Deferral Accounts
IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Amendments to IAS 16 and IAS 38: Clarification of Acceptable Methods of
Depreciation and Amortisation
Amendments to IFRS 11: Accounting for Acquisitions of Interests in Joint
Operations
Amendments to IAS 16 and IAS 41: Bearer Plants
Amendments to IFRS 10, 12 and IAS 28: Investment entities: Applying the
Consolidation Exception
Amendments to IAS 1: Disclosure Initiative
Annual improvements to IFRSs 2012-2014 Cycle
Amendments to IFRS 10 and IAS 28: Sale or Contribution of Assets between
and Investor and its Associate or Joint Venture.
Amendments to IAS 27: Equity Method in Separate Financial Statements
The most recent status on EU endorsement of IFRSs can be found at:
http://www.efrag.org/Front/c1-306/Endorsement-Status-Report_EN.aspx

Use of IFRSs in the United States

SEC recognition of IFRSs
Since November 2007, the SEC permits foreign private issuers to submit
financial statements prepared using IFRSs as issued by the IASB without having
to include a reconciliation of the IFRS figures to US GAAP.
The SEC does not permit its domestic issuers to use IFRS in preparing their
financial statements; rather, it requires them to use US GAAP.
In addition, the SEC has been exploring whether and, if so, how to incorporate
IFRSs into the financial reporting system for US domestic issuers.

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In December 2014 SEC officials discussed a new potential alternative for
using IFRS in the United States, namely the voluntary disclosure of IFRS-based
financial reporting information in addition to the US GAAP-based information
used for SEC filings.

Use of IFRSs in Canada

Reporting Issuer entities (other than SEC issuers and foreign issuers see
below) that file their financial statements in Canada in accordance with the
continuous disclosure requirements of the applicable securities rules are
required to prepare their financial statements in accordance with Canadian
GAAP applicable to publicly accountable entities (IFRSs).
SEC issuers, entities that have a class of securities registered under section 12
of the Securities Exchange Act (1934) or that file reports under section 15(d)
of that Act, filing their financial statements in Canada may prepare them in
accordance with US GAAP.
Foreign issuers, i.e issuer incorporated or organised under the laws of a
foreign jurisdiction, may prepare their financial statements in accordance
with (a) IFRS; (b) US GAAP (if they are an SEC foreign issuer); (c) accounting
principles that meet the disclosure requirements for foreign private issuers as
set out in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or (d) accounting principles
that meet the foreign disclosure requirements of the designated foreign
jurisdiction to which the issuer is subject, if the issuer is a designated
foreignissuer.
Investment companies were required to adopt IFRSs in January 1, 2014 and
entities with rate-regulated activities adopted IFRSs on January 1, 2015.
Mandatory adoption of IFRSs has been deferred for entities with rate-
regulated activities until January 1, 2015. Not-for-profit entities, public sector
entities, pension plans and segregated accounts of life insurance enterprises
are excluded and will not be required to adopt IFRSs.

Use of IFRSs elsewhere in the Americas

Nearly all countries in Latin America and the Caribbean require or permit
IFRSs (or are in the process of introducing such requirements) as the basis
for preparing financial statements. Argentina adopted IFRSs for all listed
companies from 2012 (other than banks and insurance companies which
continue to apply domestic requirements). Brazil adopted IFRSs for all listed
companies and banks effective 2010. Chile adopted IFRSs for all public interest
companies in 2012. IFRSs have been adopted in Mexico for all listed entities
other than banks and insurance companies which apply Mexican Financial
Reporting Standards (MFRS).
IFRSs are already required in a number of other Latin American and
Caribbeancountries.

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Use of IFRSs in Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific jurisdictions are taking a variety of approaches toward
convergence of national GAAP for domestically listed companies with IFRSs.

Use of IFRSs in Japan

Listed companies may use Japanese Accounting Standards, IFRS or US GAAP.
Voluntary application of IFRS in consolidated financial statements by listed
companies that meet certain criteria has been permitted since March 2010.
In 2013 those criteria were broadened to permit virtually all listed companies
to use IFRS, as well as unlisted companies that are preparing consolidated
financial statements for listing purposes.

Use of IFRSs elsewhere in Asia-Pacific

All national standards are virtually word-for-word IFRSs
Australia, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka are taking
this approach. Effective dates and transitions may differ from IFRSs as issued
by the IASB.
Nearly all national standards are word-for-word IFRSs
The Philippines and Singapore have adopted most IFRSs word-for-word, but
have made some significant modifications.
Some national standards are close to word-for-word IFRSs
India, Pakistan and Thailand have adopted selected IFRSs quite closely, but
significant differences exist in other national standards, and there are time lags
in adopting new or amended IFRSs.
IFRSs are looked to in developing national GAAP
IFRSs are considered to varying degrees in Indonesia, Taiwan and Vietnam.
In February 2006, China adopted the Chinese Accounting Standards for
Business Enterprises (ASBE), which are substantially converged with IFRS.
In May 2009, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) of Taiwan
announced its roadmap for the full adoption of IFRSs in two phases starting
from 2013. Early adoption is permitted for certain companies from 2012.
Some domestic listed companies may use IFRSs
Hong Kong (companies based in Hong Kong but incorporated elsewhere).

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Recent pronouncements
Effective for 31 December 2015 year ends

Amended Standards
IAS 19 Amendments to clarify the requirements that
relate to how contributions from employees or
third parties that are linked to service should be
attributed to periods of service
Various Annual Improvements 2010-2012 Cycle
Various Annual Improvements 2011-2013 Cycle

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Available for early adoption for 31 December 2015
yearends

Note: Transitional provisions are complex, and there are

interdependencies among Standards. See Standards and
Interpretations for details. Transitional provisions are
highlighted below for new or amended standards with an
effective date of 1January 2015 or later.

New and amended Standards Effective for annual

periods beginning
on or after
IFRS 7 Additional disclosures (and Concurrent with
consequential amendments) adoption of IFRS 9
resulting from IFRS 9
IFRS 9 Financial Instruments 1 January 2018
IFRS 10 Amendments to clarify the 1 January 2016
accounting for the loss of
control of a subsidiary when
the subsidiary does not
constitute a business
IFRS 11 Amendments to clarify the 1 January 2016
accounting for the acquisition
of an interest in a joint
operation when the activity
constitutes a business
IFRS 14 Regulatory Deferral Accounts First time adopters
whose first annual
financial statements
begins on or after
1January 2016
IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with 1 January 2017 (*)
Customers
IAS 16 and Amendments to clarify 1 January 2016
IAS 38 acceptable methods of
depreciation and amortisation
IAS 16 and Amendments to clarify 1 January 2016
IAS 41 accounting for agriculture
Bearer Plants
IAS 28 Amendments to clarify the 1 January 2016
accounting for the loss of
control of a subsidiary when
the subsidiary does not
constitute a business

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 IAS 27 Equity method in Separate 1 January 2016
Financial Statements
IFRS 10 and Sale or Contribution of Assets 1 January 2016
IAS 28 between an Investor and its
Associate or Joint Venture
IFRS 10, Investment Entities: Applying 1 January 2016
IFRS 12 and the Consolidation Exception
IAS 28
Various Annual Improvements to IFRSs 1 January 2016
20122014 Cycle
IAS 1 Disclosure Initiative 1 January 2016
Amendments to IAS 1
(*) The IASB issued an Exposure Draft in May 2015 to defer the effective
date of IFRS 15 for one year to 1 January 2018 with earlier application
permitted. A final decision is expected in July 2015.
Further information on effective dates on IFRSs and amendments can be
found at http://www.iasplus.com/en/standards/effective-dates/effective-ifrs

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Summaries of current
Standards and related
Interpretations
On pages 31 to 102, the requirements of all International Financial Reporting
Standards in issue at 30 April 2015 are summarised, as well as the Preface to
IFRSs and the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting.
These summaries are intended as general information and are not a substitute
for reading the entire Standard or Interpretation.
Effective date means the effective date of the last comprehensive
revision of the Standard or Interpretation, not necessarily original issuance.
Thesummaries also include the most recent amendments that are not yet
effective but are available for early adoption.

Preface to International Financial Reporting Standards

Adoption Adopted by the IASB in May 2002, amended in 2007,
2008 and 2010.
Summary Covers, among other things:
the objectives of the IASB;
the scope of IFRSs;
due process for developing Standards and
Interpretations;
equal status of bold type and plain type
paragraphs;
policy on effective dates; and
use of English as the official language.

Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting

Adoption Approved by the IASC Board in April 1989.
Adopted by the IASB in April 2001.
The Conceptual Framework is in the process of being
revised. In September 2010, the IASB issued Chapter 1
The objective of general purpose financial reporting
and Chapter 3 Qualitative characteristics of useful
financial information.

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 Summary Defines the objective of general purpose financial
reporting. The objective is to provide financial
information about the reporting entity that is useful
to existing and potential investors, lenders and
other creditors in making decisions about providing
resources to the entity.
Identifies the qualitative characteristics that make
financial information in financial reporting useful.
To be useful, it must be relevant and faithfully
represent what it purports to represent. Usefulness
is enhanced if it is comparable, verifiable, timely and
understandable.
Defines the basic elements of financial statements
and the criteria for recognising them in financial
statements. Elements directly related to financial
position are assets, liabilities and equity. Elements
directly related to performance are income and
expenses.
Defines the concept of capital and capital
maintenance.

The IASB has restarted its project on the

development of the Conceptual Framework.
The Conceptual Framework project is focusing
on the following: reporting entity, elements of
financial statements (including recognition and
derecognition), measurement, presentation and
disclosure. The IASB published a Discussion Paper
addressing these issues in July 2013. An Exposure
Draft is expected in the second quarter of 2015.

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IFRS 1 First-time Adoption of International Financial
Reporting Standards
Effective date IFRS 1(2008) issued November 2008, replaed
IFRS 1(2003). IFRS 1(2008) is effective for first
IFRS financial statements for periods beginning
on or after 1 July 2009.

Objective To prescribe the procedures when an entity adopts

IFRSs for the first time as the basis for preparing its
general purpose financial statements.
Summary Overview for an entity that adopts IFRSs for the
first time (by an explicit and unreserved statement
of compliance with IFRSs) in its annual financial
statements for the year ended 31 December 2015.
Select accounting policies based on IFRSs effective
at 31 December 2015 (with early application of
new IFRS not yet mandatory, permitted).
Prepare at least 2015 and 2014 financial statements
and restate retrospectively the opening statement
of financial position by applying the IFRSs in force
at 31 December 2015, except for those matters
dealt with in specific exemptions in IFRS 1:
the opening statement of financial position is
prepared at 1 January 2014 at the latest (but
may be earlier if the entity elects to present
more than one year of comparative information
under IFRSs);
the opening statement of financial position
is presented in the entitys first IFRS financial
statements (therefore, three statements of
financial position); and
if a 31 December 2015 adopter reports selected
financial data (but not full financial statements)
on an IFRS basis for periods prior to 2014, in
addition to full financial statements for 2014
and 2015, that does not change the fact that its
opening IFRS statement of financial position is as
at 1 January 2014.
Interpretations None.
Useful Deloitte First-time adoption of International Financial
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 IFRS 2 Share-based Payment
Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005.
Objective To prescribe the accounting for transactions in which
an entity receives or acquires goods or services either
as consideration for its equity instruments or by
incurring liabilities for amounts based on the price
of the entitys shares or other equity instruments of
the entity.
Summary All share-based payment transactions are
recognised in the financial statements, using a fair
value measurement basis.
An expense is recognised when the goods or
services received are consumed.
IFRS 2 also applies to share-based payment
transactions in which the entity cannot specifically
identify some or all of the goods or services
received.
IFRS 2 applies to both public and non-public
entities. However, in rare cases where the fair value
of equity instruments of non-public entities cannot
be measured reliably, intrinsic value measurements
are used.
In principle, transactions in which goods or services
are received from non-employees as consideration
for equity instruments of the entity are measured
at the fair value of the goods or services received.
Only if the fair value of the goods or services
cannot be measured reliably is the fair value of
the equity instruments granted used.
For transactions with employees and others
providing similar services, the entity measures
the fair value of the equity instruments granted,
because it is typically not possible to estimate
reliably the fair value of employee services
received.
For transactions measured at the fair value of the
equity instruments granted (such as transactions
with employees), fair value is estimated at
grantdate.
For transactions measured at the fair value of the
goods or services received, fair value is estimated
at the date of receipt of those goods or services.

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 The fair value of equity instruments granted is
based on market prices, if available, and takes into
account the terms and conditions on which those
equity instruments were granted. In the absence
of market prices, fair value is estimated using a
valuation model to estimate what the price of
those equity instruments would have been on the
measurement date in an arms length transaction
between knowledgeable, willing parties. IFRS 2
does not specify which particular valuation model
should be used.
Vesting conditions are either service conditions
or performance conditions. A service condition is
a vesting condition that requires the counterparty
to complete a specified period of service to
the entity. Performance conditions require the
completion of a specified period of service
in addition to specified performance targets.
Aperformance target is defined by reference to
(a) the entitys own operations or activities
(including those of another entity in the same
group), or (b) the price of the entitys equity
instruments (or entities in the same group).
Theperiod for achieving the performance
target shall not extend beyond the end of the
serviceperiod.
For goods or services measured by reference to
the fair value of the equity instruments granted,
in general, vesting conditions (other than market
conditions) are not taken into account when
estimating the fair value of the shares or options
at the relevant measurement date (as specified
above) but are subsequently taken into account
by adjusting the number of equity instruments
included in the measurement of the transaction.
Market-based vesting conditions and non-vesting
conditions are taken into account when estimating
the fair value of the shares or options at the
relevant measurement date, with no subsequent
adjustments made in respect of such conditions.
IFRS 2 includes specific guidance on the accounting
for share-based payment transactions among
group entities.
Interpretations None.

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 IFRS 3 Business Combinations
Effective date IFRS 3 (2008) issued January 2008, replacing
IFRS 3 (2004).
Effective for business combinations in periods
beginning on or after 1 July 2009.
Core principle An acquirer of a business recognises the assets
acquired and liabilities assumed at their acquisition-
date fair values and discloses information that enables
users to evaluate the nature and financial effects of
theacquisition.

Summary A business combination is a transaction or event in

which an acquirer obtains control of one or more
businesses. A business is defined as an integrated
set of activities and assets that is capable of
being conducted and managed for the purpose
of providing a return directly to investors or other
owners, members or participants.
IFRS 3 does not apply to (i) the formation of a joint
arrangement in the financial statements of the joint
arrangement itself, (ii) combinations of entities or
businesses under common control, nor (iii) to the
acquisition of an asset or a group of assets that do
not constitute a business.
The acquisition method is used for all business
combinations.
Steps in applying the acquisition method are
as follows:
1. Identification of the acquirer the combining
entity that obtains control of the acquiree.
2. Determination of the acquisition date the
date on which the acquirer obtains control of
theacquiree.
3. Recognition and measurement of the identifiable
assets acquired, the liabilities assumed and any
non-controlling interest (NCI) in the acquiree.
4. Recognition and measurement of goodwill or
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 Assets and liabilities are measured at their
acquisition-date fair values (with a limited number
of specified exceptions). An entity may elect to
measure components of NCI in the acquiree that are
present ownership interests and entitle their holders
to a proportionate share of the entitys net assets in
liquidation either at (a) fair value or (b) the present
ownership instruments proportionate share in the
recognised amounts of the acquirees identifiable
net assets (option available on a transaction-by-
transaction basis). All other components of NCI shall
be measured at their acquisition-date fair value,
unless another measurement basis is required
by IFRS.
Goodwill is measured as the difference between:
the aggregate of (a) the acquisition-date fair value
of the consideration transferred, (b) the amount
of any NCI, and (c) in a business combination
achieved in stages (see below), the acquisition-
date fair value of the acquirers previously-held
equity interest in the acquiree; and
the net of the acquisition-date amounts of the
identifiable assets acquired and the liabilities
assumed (measured in accordance with IFRS 3).
If the difference above is negative, the resulting gain
is recognised as a bargain purchase in profit or loss.
For business combinations achieved in stages, if the
acquirer increases an existing equity interest so as to
achieve control of the acquiree, the previously-held
equity interest is remeasured at acquisition-date fair
value and any resulting gain or loss is recognised in
profit or loss.
If the initial accounting for a business combination
can be determined only provisionally by the end
of the first reporting period, the combination is
accounted for using provisional values. Adjustments
to provisional values relating to facts and
circumstances that existed at the acquisition date
are permitted within one year. No adjustments are
permitted after one year except to correct an error
in accordance with IAS 8.

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 Consideration for the acquisition includes
the acquisition-date fair value of contingent
consideration. Contingent consideration should
be measured at fair value at each reporting date
irrespective of whether the contingent consideration
is a financial or non-financial instrument. Changes to
contingent consideration resulting from events after
the acquisition date are recognised in profit or loss.
All acquisition-related costs (e.g. finders fees,
professional or consulting fees, costs of internal
acquisition department) are recognised in profit
or loss except for costs to issue debt or equity
securities, which are recognised in accordance
with IFRS 9/IAS 39 and IAS 32 respectively.
Expanded guidance on some specific aspects
of business combinations, including:
business combinations achieved without the
transfer of consideration;
reverse acquisitions;
identifying intangible assets acquired;
un-replaced and voluntarily replaced share-based
payment awards;
pre-existing relationships between the acquirer
and the acquiree (e.g. reacquired rights); and
the reassessment of the acquirees contractual
arrangements at the acquisition date.
Interpretations None.
Useful Deloitte Business combinations and changes in ownership
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pub2690

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IFRS 4 Insurance Contracts
Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005.
Objective To prescribe the financial reporting for insurance
contracts until the IASB completes the second phase of
its project on insurance contracts.
This standard applies to insurance contracts that an
entity issues.
Summary Insurers are exempted from applying the
IASBFramework and certain existing IFRSs.
Catastrophe reserves and equalisation provisions
areprohibited.
Requires a test for the adequacy of recognised
insurance liabilities and an impairment test for
reinsurance assets.
Insurance liabilities may not be offset against related
reinsurance assets.
Accounting policy changes are restricted.
New disclosures are required.
Financial guarantee contracts are in the scope of
IAS39, unless the issuer had previously (prior to
initial adoption of IFRS 4) asserted explicitly that
it regards such contracts as insurance contracts
and has used accounting applicable to insurance
contracts. In such circumstances, the issuer may
elect to apply either IAS 39 or IFRS 4.
Interpretations None.

The IASB issued a revised set of proposals in

June 2013: Exposure Draft Insurance Contracts.
Redeliberations are expected to continue in the first
quarter of 2015. A final standard is expected not
before the end of 2015.

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 IFRS 5 Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued
Operations
Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005.
Amendments resulting from September 2014
Annual Improvements to IFRSs introduced specific
guidance in IFRS 5 for when an entity reclassifies
an asset (or disposal group) from held for sale to
held for distributions to owners (or vice versa).
The amendments are effective for annual periods
beginning on or after 1 January 2016 with earlier
application permitted.
Objective To prescribe the accounting for non-current assets
held for sale and the presentation and disclosure of
discontinued operations.
Summary Introduces the classification held for sale
(available for immediate sale and disposal within
12 months is highly probable) and the concept of
a disposal group (a group of assets to be disposed
of in a single transaction, including any related
liabilities also transferred).
Non-current assets or disposal groups held for sale
are measured at the lower of carrying amount and
fair value less costs to sell.
Such non-current assets held for sale (whether
individually or as part of a disposal group) are
notdepreciated.
Non-current assets classified as held for sale,
and the assets and liabilities in a disposal group
classified as held for sale, are presented separately
in the statement of financial position.
Assets and liabilities of a subsidiary should be
classified as held for sale if the parent is committed
to a plan involving loss of control of the subsidiary,
regardless of whether the entity will retain a
non-controlling interest after the sale.
Theclassification, presentation and measurement
requirements applicable to a non-current asset
(or disposal group) that is classified as held for
sale apply also to a non-current asset (or disposal
group) that is classified as held for distribution
toowners.

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 If an entity reclassifies an asset (or disposal group)
directly from being held for sale to being held for
distribution to owners, or directly from being held
for distribution to owners to being held for sale,
then the change in classification is considered a
continuation of the original plan of disposal.
A discontinued operation is a component of
an entity that either has been disposed of or
is classified as held for sale and (a) represents
a separate major line of business or major
geographical area of operations, (b) is part
of a single co-ordinated plan to dispose of a
separate major line of business or geographical
area of operations, or (c) is a subsidiary acquired
exclusively with a view to resale.
An entity presents as a single amount in the
statement of comprehensive income the sum of the
post tax profit or loss from discontinued operations
for the period and the post tax gain or loss arising
on the disposal of discontinued operations (or
on the reclassification of the assets and liabilities
of discontinued operations as held for sale).
Therefore, the statement of comprehensive income
is effectively divided into two sections continuing
operations and discontinued operations.
IFRS 5 requires disclosures in respect of non-
current assets (or disposal groups) classified as held
for sale or discontinued operations. Consequently,
disclosures in other IFRSs do not apply to such
assets (or disposal groups) unless those IFRSs
specifically require disclosures or the disclosures
relate to the measurement of assets or liabilities
within a disposal group that are outside the scope
of the measurement requirements ofo IFRS 5
Interpretations None
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http://www.iasplus.com/en/publications/global/
guides/pub1923

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 IFRS 6 Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources
Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2006.
Objective To prescribe the financial reporting for the
exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources
until the IASB completes a comprehensive project in
this area.
Summary Does not require or prohibit any specific
accounting policies for the recognition and
measurement of exploration and evaluation
assets. An entity is permitted to continue to use
its existing accounting policies provided that they
comply with the requirements of paragraph 10
of IAS 8, i.e. that they result in information that is
relevant to the economic decision-making needs of
users and that is reliable.
Grants a temporary exemption from applying
paragraphs 11 and 12 of IAS 8 which specify a
hierarchy of sources of authoritative guidance in
the absence of a specific IFRS.
Requires an impairment test when there is an
indication that the carrying amount of exploration
and evaluation assets exceeds recoverable amount.
Also, exploration and evaluation assets are tested
for impairment before reclassification of those
assets as development assets.
Allows impairment to be assessed at a level higher
than the cash-generating unit under IAS 36,
but requires measurement of the impairment in
accordance with IAS 36 once it is assessed.
Requires disclosure of information that identifies
and explains amounts arising from exploration and
evaluation of mineral resources.
Interpretations None.

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IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures
Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2007.
and transition
Amendments resulting from September 2014 Annual
Improvements to IFRSs provide additional guidance
to clarify whether a servicing contract is continuing
involvement in a transferred asset for disclosure
purposes and the applicability of the offsetting
amendments to IFRS 7 to condensed interim financial
statements. The amendments are effective for annual
periods beginning on or after 1 January 2016 with
earlier application permitted.
Objective To prescribe disclosures that enable financial
statement users to evaluate the significance of
financial instruments to an entity, the nature and
extent of their risks, and how the entity manages
those risks.
Summary Requires disclosure of information about the
significance of financial instruments for an entitys
financial position and performance. These include:
disclosures relating to the entitys financial
position including information about financial
assets and financial liabilities by category; special
disclosures when the fair value option is used;
reclassifications; derecognition; pledges of
assets; embedded derivatives; breaches of terms
of agreements and offsetting of financial assets
and liabilities;
disclosures relating to the entitys performance
in the period, including information about
recognised income, expenses, gains and losses;
interest income and expense; fee income; and
impairment losses; and
other disclosures, including information about
accounting policies; hedge accounting; and the
fair values of each class of financial asset and
financial liability.

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 Requires disclosure of information about the
nature and extent of risks arising from financial
instruments:
qualitative disclosures about exposures to each
class of risk and how those risks are managed;
and
quantitative disclosures about exposures
to each class of risk, separately for credit
risk, liquidity risk and market risk (including
sensitivityanalyses).
Interpretations None.
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IFRS 8 Operating Segments
Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2009.
Core principle An entity shall disclose information to enable users
of its financial statements to evaluate the nature and
financial effects of the business activities in which it
engages and the economic environments in which it
operates.
Summary Applies to the consolidated financial statements
of a group with a parent (and to the separate or
individual financial statements of an entity):
whose debt or equity instruments are traded in
apublic market; or
that files, or is in the process of filing its
(consolidated) financial statements with a
securities commission or other regulatory
organisation, for the purpose of issuing any class
of instruments in a public market.
An operating segment is a component of an entity:
that engages in business activities from which it
may earn revenues and incur expenses (including
revenues and expenses relating to transactions
with other components of the same entity);
whose operating results are regularly reviewed
by the entitys chief operating decision maker to
make decisions about resources to be allocated
to the segment and assess its performance; and
for which discrete financial information is
available.
Start-up operations may be operating segments
before earning revenues.
Guidance is provided on which operating segments
are reportable (generally 10% thresholds for
revenue, absolute amount of its reported profit or
loss, and assets).
At least 75% of the entitys revenue must be
included in reportable segments.

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 Does not define segment revenue, segment
expense, segment result, segment assets or
segment liabilities, nor does it require segment
information to be prepared in conformity with
the accounting policies adopted for the entitys
financial statements.
Some entity-wide disclosures are required even
when an entity has only one reportable segment.
These include information about each product
and service or groups of products and services,
geographical areas, major customers (see below)
and judgements made by management in applying
the aggregation criteria for operating segments.
Analyses of revenues and certain non-current
assets by geographical area are required from
all entities with an expanded requirement to
disclose revenues/non-current assets by individual
foreign country (if material), irrespective of the
entitys organisation.
There is also a requirement to disclose information
about transactions with major external customers
(10% or more of the entitys revenue).
A reconciliation of the total assets to the entitys
assets should only be provided if the segment
assets are regularly provided to the chief operating
decision-maker.
Interpretations None.

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IFRS 9 (2014) Financial Instruments
Effective date IFRS 9 Financial Instruments issued in July 2014 is the
and transition IASBs replacement of IAS 39 Financial Instruments:
Recognition and Measurement. The IASB completed
its project to replace IAS 39 in phases, adding to the
standard as it finalised each phase.
The version of IFRS 9 issued in 2014 supersedes all
previous versions and is mandatorily effective for
periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018 with
early adoption permitted. For periods beginning
before 1 January 2018, previous versions of IFRS 9
may be adopted provided the relevant date of initial
application is before 1 February 2015.
IFRS 9 does not replace the requirements for portfolio
fair value hedge accounting for interest rate risk
(often referred to as the macro hedge accounting
requirements) because the macro hedging phase of
the project was separated from the IFRS 9 project
due to its longer term nature. The macro hedging
project is currently at the Discussion Paper phase of
the due process.
Objective IFRS 9 sets out requirements for recognition and
measurement, impairment, derecognition and
general hedge accounting.
Summary IFRS 9 carries forward the requirements in IAS 39
related to the recognition and derecognition of
financial assets and financial liabilities (see IAS 39
Summary).
All financial instruments are initially measured at
fair value plus or minus, in the case of a financial
asset or financial liability not at fair value through
profit or loss, transaction costs.
IFRS 9 divides all financial assets that are currently
in the scope of IAS 39 into two classifications:
those measured at amortised cost and those
measured at fair value.
Where assets are measured at fair value, gains
and losses are either recognised entirely in profit
or loss (fair value through profit or loss, FVTPL),
or recognised in other comprehensive income
(fair value through other comprehensive income,
FVTOCI).

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 Equity investments should be classified as FVTPL,
unless FVTOCI classification is elected except for
those equity investments for which the entity
has elected to present value changes in other
comprehensive income. If an equity investment
is not held for trading, an entity can make an
irrevocable election at initial recognition to
measure it at FVTOCI with only dividend income
recognised in profit or loss.
A debt instrument that (1) is held within a business
model whose objective is to hold the financial asset
to collect the contractual cash flows and (2) has
contractual terms that give rise on specified dates
to cash flows that are solely payments of principal
and interest on the principal amount outstanding
must be measured at amortised cost unless the
asset is designated at FVTPL under the fair value
option.
A debt instrument that (1) is held within a
business model whose objective is achieved both
by collecting contractual cash flows and selling
financial assets and (2) has contractual terms that
give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are
solely payments of principal and interest on the
principal amount outstanding, must be measured
at FVTOCI, unless the asset is designated at FVTPL
under the fair value option.
All other debt instruments must be measured at
fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL).
IFRS 9 does not change the basic accounting
model for financial liabilities under IAS 39.
Twomeasurement categories continue to exist:
FVTPL and amortised cost. Financial liabilities held
for trading are measured at FVTPL, and all other
financial liabilities are measured at amortised cost
unless the fair value option is applied.
All derivatives in scope of IFRS 9, including
those linked to unquoted equity investments,
are measured at fair value. Value changes are
recognised in profit or loss unless the entity has
elected to apply hedge accounting by designating
the derivative as a hedging instrument in an eligible
hedging relationship.

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 Embedded derivatives that under IAS 39 would
have been separately accounted for at FVTPL
because they were not closely related to the host
financial asset will no longer be separated. Instead,
the contractual cash flows of the financial asset
are assessed in their entirety, and the asset as a
whole is measured at FVTPL if the contractual cash
flow characteristics test is not passed. Embedded
derivatives not closely related to financial liabilities
will be accounted for separately at fair value in the
case of financial liabilities not designated at FVTPL
(as in IAS 39).
The hedge accounting requirements in IFRS 9
are optional. If certain eligibility and qualification
criteria are met, hedge accounting allows an entity
to reflect risk management activities in the financial
statements by matching gains or losses on financial
hedging instruments with losses or gains on the
risk exposures they hedge.
There are three types of hedging relationships:
(i)fair value hedge; (ii) cash flow hedge and
(iii)hedge of a net investment in a foreign
operation.
A hedging relationship qualifies for hedge
accounting only if all of the following criteria
are met: (i) the hedging relationship consists
only of eligible hedging instruments and eligible
hedged items; (ii) at the inception of the hedging
relationship there is formal designation and
documentation of the hedging relationship and
theentitys risk management objective and
strategy for undertaking the hedge; (iii) the
hedging relationship meets all of the hedge
effectiveness requirements.
In order to qualify for hedge accounting, the
hedge relationship must meet the following
effectiveness criteria: (i) there is an economic
relationship between the hedged item and the
hedging instrument; (ii)the effect of credit risk
does not dominate the value changes that result
from that economic relationship; and (iii) the hedge
ratio of the hedging relationship is the same as that
actually used in the economic hedge.

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 The impairment model in IFRS 9 is based on
expected credit losses and it applies equally to
debt instruments measured at amortised cost or
FVTOCI, lease receivables, contract assets within
the scope of IFRS 15 and certain written loan
commitments and financial guarantee contracts.
Expected credit losses (with the exception of
purchased or original credit-impaired financial
assets) are required to be measured through a
loss allowance at an amount equal to: (i) the
12 month expected credit losses or (ii) full
lifetime expected credit losses. The latter applies
if credit risk has increased significantly since initial
recognition of the financial instrument.
Interest revenue is calculated by applying the
effective interest rate to the amortised cost (which
is the gross carrying amount minus loss allowance)
for credit-impaired financial assets while for all
other instruments, it is calculated based on the
gross carrying amount.
Interpretations IFRIC 16 Hedges of a net investment in a Foreign
Operation.
IFRIC 19 Extinguishing Financial Liabilities with Equity
Instruments.
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IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements
Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2013.
and transition
Amendments issued in December 2014 confirm that
the exception from preparing consolidated financial
statements continues to be available to a parent
entity that is a subsidiary of an investment entity.
Theamendments are effective 1 January 2016 with
earlier application permitted.
Amendments issued in September 2014 clarify that in
atransaction involving an associate or joint venture, the
extent of gain or loss recognition depends on whether
the assets sold or contributed constitute a business.
Theamendments are effective 1 January 2016 with
earlier application permitted.
Objective To prescribe a single consolidation model for all entities
based on control, irrespective of the nature of the
investee (i.e., whether an entity is controlled through
voting rights of investors or through other contractual
arrangements as is common in special purpose entities).
Summary A subsidiary is an entity controlled by another entity,
the parent.
Control is based on whether an investor has 1) power
over the investee; 2) exposure, or rights, to variable
returns from its involvement with the investee; and
3)the ability to use its power over the investee to
affect the amount of the returns.
IFRS 10 includes guidance on the assessment of
control, including material on: protective rights;
delegated power; de facto control; and de facto
agency arrangements.
Consolidated financial statements are financial
statements of a group (parent and subsidiaries)
presented as those of a single economic entity.
When a parent-subsidiary relationship exists,
consolidated financial statements are required
(subject to certain specified exceptions).
Consolidated financial statements include all
subsidiaries. No exemption for temporary control,
different lines of business or subsidiary that
operates under severe long-term funds transfer
restrictions. However, if, on acquisition, a subsidiary
meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale
under IFRS 5, it is accounted for under that Standard.

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 The Standard contains an exemption from
consolidation of subsidiaries for entities which
meet the definition of an investment entity, such
as certain investment funds. Instead, such entities
would measure their investment in particular
subsidiaries at fair value through profit or loss in
accordance with IFRS 9 or IAS 39. The exception is
also available to a parent entity that is a subsidiary
of an investment entity, even if the investment
entity measures all its subsidiaries at fair value in
accordance with IFRS 10.
Intragroup balances, transactions, income and
expenses are eliminated in full.
All entities in the group use the same accounting
policies and, if practicable, the same reporting date.
Non-controlling interests (NCI) are reported in equity
in the statement of financial position separately
from the equity of the owners of the parent.
Totalcomprehensive income is allocated between
NCI and the owners of the parent even if this results
in the NCI having a deficit balance.
Acquisition of a further ownership interest in
a subsidiary after obtaining control is accounted for
as an equity transaction and no gain, loss or
adjustment to goodwill is recognised.
Partial disposal of an investment in a subsidiary while
control is retained is accounted for as an equity
transaction with owners, and no gain or loss is
recognised in profit or loss.
Partial disposal of an investment in a subsidiary that
results in loss of control triggers remeasurement of
the residual holding to fair value at the date control is
lost. Any difference between fair value and carrying
amount is a gain or loss on the disposal, recognised
in profit or loss. If the subsidiary does not contain
a business (as defined in IFRS 3), the gain or loss
is recognised only to the extent of the unrelated
investors interest. Thereafter, IAS 28, IFRS11 or
IFRS9/IAS 39 is applied, as appropriate, to the
residual holding. is applied, as appropriate, to the
residual holding.
Interpretations None.

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IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements
Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2013.
and transition
Amendments to IFRS 11 regarding the accounting
for the acquisition of a joint operation in which the
activity of the joint operation constitutes a business
apply prospectively from 1 January 2016 with earlier
application permitted.
Objective To establish principles for financial reporting by entities
that have an interests in joint arrangements.
Summary Applies to all entities that are a party to a joint
arrangement. A joint arrangement is one in which
two or more parties have joint control.
A joint operation is a joint arrangement whereby
the parties that have joint control have rights to the
assets and obligations for the liabilities.
A joint venture is a joint arrangement whereby the
parties that have joint control have rights to the
netassets.
The distinction between a joint operation and a joint
venture requires assessment of the structure of the
joint arrangement, the legal form of any separate
vehicle, the terms of the contractual arrangement
and any other relevant facts and circumstances.
Joint operations: a joint operator recognises the
assets it controls, and expenses and liabilities it
incurs, and its share of income earned, in both its
separate and consolidated financial statements.
Joint ventures: a joint venturer applies the equity
method, as described in IAS 28, except joint ventures
where the investor is a venture capital firm, mutual
fund or unit trust, and it elects or is required to
measure such investments at fair value through profit
or loss in accordance with IFRS 9 or IAS 39 with
certain disclosures.
Interests in joint operation and joint ventures that are
classified as held for sale in accordance with IFRS 5 are
accounted for in accordance with that Standard.

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 The accounting for joint arrangements in an entitys
separate financial statements depends on the
involvement of the entity in that joint arrangement
and the type of the joint arrangement: If the entity
is a joint operator or joint venturer it shall account
for its interest in a joint operation in accordance
with paragraphs 20-22; a joint venture in accordance
with paragraph 10 of IAS 27 Separate Financial
Statements. If the entity is a party that participates
in, but does not have joint control of, a joint
arrangement shall account for its interest in: a joint
operation in accordance with paragraphs 23 a joint
venture in accordance with IFRS 9, unless the entity
has significant influence over the joint venture, in
which case it shall apply paragraph 10 of IAS 27.
The acquisition of an interest in a joint operation in
which the activity constitutes a business should be
accounted for using the principles of
IFRS 3 Business Combinations.
Interpretations None.

IFRS 12 Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities

Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2013.
and transition
Amendments issued in December 2014 clarify that
an investment entity that measures all its subsidiaries
at fair value should provide the disclosures related
to investment entities included in the standard.
Theamendments are effective 1 January 2016 with
earlier application permitted.
Objective To require information to be disclosed in an entitys
financial statements that will enable users of those
statements to evaluate the nature of, and risks
associated with, the entitys interests in other entities
as well as the effects of those interests on the entitys
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Summary Requires disclosures for the following broad
categories:
significant judgements and assumptions such as
how control, joint control and significant influence
has been determined;
interests in subsidiaries including details of the
structure of the group, risks associated with
consolidated structured entities, restrictions on use
of assets and settlement of liabilities, changes in
ownership levels, non-controlling interests in the
group, etc.;
interests in joint arrangements and associates
the nature, extent and financial effects of
interests in joint arrangements and associates
(including names, details and summarised financial
information) and the risks associated with such
entities;
interests in unconsolidated structured entities the
nature and extent of interests in unconsolidated
structured entities and the nature of, and changes
in, the risks associated with its interests in
unconsolidated structured entities;
where an entity is an investment entity, IFRS 12
requires additional disclosures, including:
the fact that the entity is an investment entity;
information about significant judgements and
assumptions it has made in determining that it is
an investment entity, and information where an
entity becomes, or ceases to be, an investment
entity.
Interpretations None.

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 IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement
Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2013.
and transition
Objective To establish a definition of fair value, provide guidance
on how to determine fair value and prescribe the
required disclosures about fair value measurements.
However, IFRS 13 does not stipulate which items should
be measured or disclosed at fair value.
Summary Applies when another IFRS requires or permits fair
value measurements or disclosures about fair value
measurements (and measurements such as fair value
less costs to sell).
Fair value is defined as the price that would be
received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a
liability in an orderly transaction between market
participants at the measurement date.
Requires, with some exceptions, classification of
these measurements into a fair value hierarchy
based on the nature of the inputs:
Level 1 quoted prices in active markets for
identical assets and liabilities that the entity can
access at the measurement date;
Level 2 inputs other than quoted market prices
included within Level 1 that are observable for the
asset or liability, either directly or indirectly; and
Level 3 unobservable inputs for the asset or
liability.
Requires various disclosures depending on the nature
of the fair value measurement (e.g. whether it is
recognised in the financial statements or merely
disclosed) and the level in which it is classified.
Interpretations None.

Useful Deloitte A closer look Fair value measurements of financial

publications instruments under IFRS 13 See IAS 39 section.

IFRS 14 Regulatory Deferral Accounts

Effective date First annual IFRS financial statements beginning on or
after 1 January 2016 with earlier application permitted.
Objective To specify the financial reporting requirements for
regulatory deferral account balances that arise when
an entity provides goods or services to customers at a
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Summary The standard permits an entity which is a first-time
adopter of IFRSs to continue to account, with some
limited changes, for regulatory deferral account
balances in accordance with its previous GAAP,
both on initial adoption of IFRSs and in subsequent
financial statements.
Regulatory deferral account balances are presented
separately in the statement of financial position and
movements in these account balances should also be
separately presented in the statement of profit or loss
and other comprehensive income. Specific disclosures
are also required.
The requirements of other IFRSs are required to be
applied to regulatory deferral account balances,
subject to specific exceptions, exemptions and
additional requirements as noted in the standard.
Interpretations None.

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 IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2017
with earlier application permitted. (*)
The requirements of this IFRS supersede
IAS 11 Construction Contracts, and IAS 18 Revenue
(and related Interpretations, including
IFRIC13Customer Loyalty Programmes, IFRIC 15
Agreements for the Construction of Real Estate,
IFRIC18 Transfers of Assets from Customers, and
SIC31Revenue Barter Transactions Involving
Advertising Services).
Objective To prescribe the accounting treatment for revenue
arising from sales of goods and rendering of services
to a customer.
Revenue that does not arise from a contract with
a customer is not in the scope of this standard. For
example revenue arising from dividends, and donations
received would be recognised in accordance with other
standards.
Summary The core principle is that an entity should recognise
revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods
or services to customers in an amount that reflects
the consideration to which the entity expects to be
entitled in exchange for those goods or services.
To achieve that core principle, an entity would apply
the following steps.
Step 1: Identify the contract with a customer.
Step 2: Identify the performance obligations in
the contract.
Step 3: Determine the transaction price.
Step 4: Allocate the transaction price to the
performance obligations in the contract.
Step 5: Recognize revenue when (or as) the entity
satisfies a performance obligation.
A contract with a customer falls under the scope
of this standard when all of the following conditions
are met:
The contract has commercial substance (that is, the
risk, timing, or amount of the entitys future cash
flows is expected to change as a result of
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 The parties to the contract have approved the
contract.
The entity can identify each partys rights
regarding the goods or services to be transferred.
The entity can identify the payment terms for the
goods or services to be transferred.
The parties are committed to perform their
respective obligations and they intend to enforce
their respective contractual rights.
It is probable that the entity will collect the
consideration to which they are entitle to in
exchange for the goods or services that will be
transferred to the customer.
The standard includes application guidance
for specific transactions such as performance
obligations satisfied over time, methods for
measuring progress of performance obligations,
sale with a right of return, warranties, principal
versus agent considerations, customer options for
additional goods or services, non-refundable upfront
fees, bill and hold arrangements and customers
unexercised rights, licensing, repurchase agreements,
consignment arrangements, and customer
acceptance.
The standard also includes guidance on variable
consideration and time value of money and specific
disclosure requirements.
Interpretations None.
(*) The IASB issued an Exposure Draft in May 2015
to defer the effective date of IFRS 15 for one year to
1January 2018 with earlier application permitted.

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 IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements
Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2009.
Amendments introduced in December 2014 as part
of the disclosure initiative introduced narrow-scope
amendments with additional guidance on materiality
and aggregation, and the structure of the notes to be
presented in the financial statements. The amendments
are effective 1 January 2016 with earlier application
permitted.
Objective To set out the overall framework for presenting general
purpose financial statements, including guidelines for
their structure and the minimum content.
Summary Fundamental principles established for the
preparation of financial statements, including going
concern assumption, consistency in presentation
and classification, accrual basis of accounting, and
materiality.
Assets and liabilities, and income and expenses, are
not offset unless offsetting is permitted or required
by another IFRS.
Comparative prior-period information is presented
for amounts shown in the financial statements and
notes.
Financial statements are generally prepared annually.
If the end of the reporting period changes, and
financial statements are presented for a period other
than one year, additional disclosures are required.
A complete set of financial statements comprises:
a statement of financial position;
a statement of profit or loss and other
comprehensive income;
a statement of changes in equity;
a statement of cash flows;
notes; and
(only when an accounting policy has been applied
retrospectively or items in the financial statements
have been restated or reclassified) a statement of
financial position as at the beginning of the earliest
comparative period. (Therefore, in these limited
circumstances, generally three statements of
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 comparative information (i.e. minimum of 2 of
each of the above statements one for the current
period and one for the preceding period plus
related notes).
Entities may use titles for the individual financial
statements other than those used above.
Specifies minimum line items to be presented in
the statement of financial position, statement of
profit or loss and other comprehensive income
and statement of changes in equity, and includes
guidance for identifying additional line items. IAS 7
provides guidance on line items to be presented in
the statement of cash flows.
In the statement of financial position, current/non-
current distinction is used for assets and liabilities
unless presentation in order of liquidity provides
reliable and more relevant information.
The statement of profit or loss and other
comprehensive income includes all items of income
and expense (i.e. all non-owner changes in equity)
including (a) components of profit or loss and (b)
other comprehensive income (i.e. items of income
and expense that are not recognised in profit or loss
as required or permitted by other IFRSs). These items
may be presented either:
in a single statement of profit or loss and other
comprehensive income (in which there is a sub-
total for profit or loss); or
in a separate statement of profit or loss (displaying
components of profit or loss) and a statement of
profit or loss and other comprehensive income
(beginning with profit or loss and displaying
components of other comprehensive income).
Items of other comprehensive income should be
grouped based on whether or not they are potentially
reclassifiable to profit or loss at a later date.
Analysis of expenses recognised in profit or loss may
be provided by nature or by function. If presented by
function, specific disclosures by nature are required
in the notes.

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 The statement of changes in equity includes the
following information:
total comprehensive income for the period;
the effects on each component of equity of
retrospective application or retrospective
restatement in accordance with IAS 8; and
for each component of equity, a reconciliation
between the opening and closing balances,
separately disclosing each change.
Specifies minimum note disclosures which include
information about:
accounting policies followed;
the judgements that management has made in
the process of applying the entitys accounting
policies that have the most significant effect on the
amounts recognised in the financial statements;
sources of estimation uncertainty; and
information about management of capital and
compliance with capital requirements.
Implementation guidance for IAS 1 includes
illustrative financial statements other than the
statement of cash flows (see IAS 7).
Interpretations SIC 29 Service Concession Arrangements: Disclosure
Disclosure is required if an entity agrees to provide
services that give the public access to major economic
or social facilities.
Useful Deloitte IFRS model financial statements
publications IFRS presentation and disclosure checklist
Illustrating the layout of financial statements and the
presentation and disclosure requirements of IFRSs.
Available for download at http://www.iasplus.com/
en/tag-types/global/publication-series/models-and-
checklists

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IAS 2 Inventories
Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005.
Objective To prescribe the accounting treatment for inventories,
including cost determination and expense recognition.
Summary Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net
realisable value (NRV).
Costs include purchase cost, conversion cost
(materials, labour and overheads), and other costs to
bring inventory to its present location and condition,
but not foreign exchange differences.
For inventory items that are not interchangeable,
specific costs are attributed to the specific individual
items of inventory.
For interchangeable items, cost is determined on
either a First In First Out (FIFO) or weighted average
basis. Last In First Out (LIFO) is not permitted.
When inventories are sold, the carrying amount is
recognised as an expense in the period in which the
related revenue is recognised.
Write-downs to NRV are recognised as an expense
in the period of the write-down. Reversals arising
from an increase in NRV are recognised as a
reduction of the inventory expense in the period in
which they occur.
Interpretations None.

IAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows

Effective date Periods beginning on or after 1 January 1994.
Objective To require the presentation of information about
historical changes in an entitys cash and cash
equivalents by means of a statement of cash flows that
classifies cash flows during the period according to
operating, investing and financing activities.

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 Summary The statement of cash flows analyses changes in
cash and cash equivalents during a period.
Cash equivalents include investments that are
short-term (less than three months from date
of acquisition), readily convertible to a known
amount of cash, and subject to an insignificant
risk of changes in value. Generally exclude equity
investments.
Cash flows from operating, investing and financing
activities are separately reported.
Cash flows arising from operating activities are
reported using either the direct (recommended) or
the indirect method.
Cash flows arising from taxes on income are
classified as operating unless they can be specifically
identified with financing or investing activities.
The exchange rate used for translation of
transactions denominated in a foreign currency and
the cash flows of a foreign subsidiary is the rate in
effect at the date of the cash flows.
Aggregate cash flows relating to obtaining or
losing control of subsidiaries or other businesses
are presented separately and classified as investing
activities, with specified additional disclosures.
Investing and financing transactions that do not
require the use of cash are excluded from the
statement of cash flows, but separately disclosed.
Only expenditures that result in a recognised asset in
the statement of financial position can be classified
as investing activities.
Illustrative statements of cash flows are included in
appendices to IAS 7.
Interpretations None.

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IAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates
and Errors
Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005.
Objective To prescribe the criteria for selecting and changing
accounting policies, together with the accounting
treatment and disclosure of changes in accounting
policies, changes in estimates, and errors.
Summary Hierarchy for selection of accounting policies:
IASB Standards and Interpretations, taking
into account any relevant IASB implementation
guidance;
in the absence of a directly applicable IFRS, look
to the requirements in IFRSs dealing with similar
and related issues and the definitions, recognition
criteria and measurement concepts for assets,
liabilities, income and expenses in the Conceptual
Framework for Financial Reporting; and
management may also consider the most recent
pronouncements of other standard-setting
bodies that use a similar conceptual framework to
develop accounting standards, other accounting
literature and accepted industry practices.
Accounting policies are applied consistently to
similar transactions.
An accounting policy is changed only if required by
an IFRS, or if the change results in reliable and more
relevant information.
If a change in accounting policy is required by an
IFRS, the pronouncements transitional requirements
are followed. If none are specified, or if the change
is voluntary, the new accounting policy is applied
retrospectively by restating prior periods.
If it is impracticable to determine period-specific
effects for retrospective application, the new
accounting policy is applied as of the beginning
of the earliest period for which retrospective
application is practicable and cumulative
adjustments are made to balances at the beginning
of that period. The new accounting policy is applied
prospectively from the start of the earliest period
practicable when the entity cannot determine the
cumulative effect of applying the policy to all prior
periods.

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 Changes in accounting estimates (e.g. change
in useful life of an asset) are accounted for in
the current year, or future years, or both (no
restatement).
All material prior period errors are corrected by
restating comparative prior period amounts and,
if the error occurred before the earliest period
presented, by restating the opening statement
offinancial position.
Interpretations None.

IAS 10 Events after the Reporting Period

Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005.
Objective To prescribe:
when an entity should adjust its financial statements
for events after the end of the reporting period; and
disclosures about the date when the financial
statements were authorised for issue and events
after the end of the reporting period.
Summary Events after the end of the reporting period are
those events, both favourable and unfavourable,
that occur between the end of the reporting period
and the date when the financial statements are
authorised for issue.
Adjusting events the financial statements are
adjusted to reflect those events that provide
evidence of conditions that existed at the end of the
reporting period (such as the resolution of a court
case after the end of the reporting period).
Non-adjusting events the financial statements are
not adjusted to reflect events that arose after the
end of the reporting period (such as a decline in
market prices after year end, which does not change
the valuation of investments at the end of the
reporting period). The nature and impact of such
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 Dividends proposed or declared on equity
instruments after the end of the reporting period
are not recognised as a liability at the end of the
reporting period. Disclosure is required.
Financial statements are not prepared on a going
concern basis if events after the end of the reporting
period indicate that the going concern assumption is
not appropriate.
An entity discloses the date its financial statements
are authorised for issue.
Interpretations None.

IAS 11 Construction Contracts

Effective date Periods beginning on or after 1 January 1995.
IAS 11 will be superseded on adoption of IFRS 15
Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
Objective To prescribe the accounting treatment for revenue and
costs associated with construction contracts in the
financial statements of the contractor.
Summary Contract revenue comprises the amount agreed
in the initial contract together with variations in
contract work, claims, and incentive payments to
the extent that it is probable that they will result in
revenues and can be measured reliably.
Contract costs comprise costs that relate directly to
the specific contract, costs that are attributable to
general contract activity and that can be allocated
to the contract, together with other costs that are
specifically chargeable to the customer under the
terms of the contract.
Where the outcome of a construction contract
can be estimated reliably, revenue and costs are
recognised by reference to the stage of completion
of contract activity (the percentage of completion
method of accounting).

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 If the outcome cannot be estimated reliably, no
profit is recognised. Instead, contract revenue is
recognised only to the extent that contract costs
incurred are expected to be recovered, and contract
costs are expensed as incurred.
If it is probable that total contract costs will
exceed total contract revenue, the expected loss is
recognised immediately.
Interpretations Refer to IAS 18 for a summary of IFRIC 15 Agreements
for the Construction of Real Estate.

IAS 12 Income Taxes

Effective date Periods beginning on or after 1 January 1998.
Objective To prescribe the accounting treatment for income
taxes.

To establish the principles and provide guidance

in accounting for the current and future tax
consequences of:

the future recovery (settlement) of carrying

amounts of assets (liabilities) recognised in an
entitys statement of financial position, and
the transactions and other events of the current
period that are recognised in an entitys financial
statements.
Summary Current tax liabilities and assets are recognised for
current and prior period taxes, measured at the rates
that have been enacted or substantively enacted by
the end of the reporting period.
A temporary difference is a difference between the
carrying amount of an asset or liability and its tax
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 Deferred tax liabilities are recognised for the
future tax consequences of all taxable temporary
differences with three exceptions:
where the deferred tax liability arises from the
initial recognition of goodwill;
the initial recognition of an asset/liability other
than in a business combination which, at the
time of the transaction, does not affect either the
accounting or the taxable profit; and
differences arising from investments in
subsidiaries, branches and associates and interests
in joint arrangements (e.g. due to undistributed
profits) where the entity is able to control the
timing of the reversal of the difference and it is
probable that the reversal will not occur in the
foreseeable future.
A deferred tax asset is recognised for deductible
temporary differences, unused tax losses and
unused tax credits, to the extent that it is probable
that taxable profit will be available against which the
deductible temporary differences can be utilised,
with the following exceptions:
a deferred tax asset arising from the initial
recognition of an asset/liability, other than in
a business combination, which, at the time of the
transaction, does not affect the accounting or the
taxable profit; and
deferred tax assets arising from deductible
temporary differences associated with
investments in subsidiaries, branches and
associates, and interests in joint arrangements are
recognised only to the extent that it is probable
that the temporary difference will reverse in
the foreseeable future and taxable profit will be
available to utilise the difference.
Deferred tax liabilities/assets are measured at the tax
rates expected to apply when the liability is settled
or the asset is realised, based on tax rates/laws that
have been enacted or substantively enacted by the
end of the reporting period.
There is a presumption that recovery of the carrying
amount of an asset measured using the fair value
model in IAS 40 will normally be through sale.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are not discounted.

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 Current and deferred tax are recognised as income
or expense in profit or loss except to the extent that
the tax arises from:
a transaction or event that is recognised outside
profit or loss (whether in other comprehensive
income or in equity); or
a business combination.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are presented
as non-current items in the statement of financial
position.
Interpretations SIC 25 Income Taxes Changes in the Tax Status of
an Entity or its Shareholders
The current and deferred tax consequences of changes
in tax status are included in profit or loss for the period
unless those consequences relate to transactions or
events that were recognised outside profit or loss.

IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment

Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005.
and transition
Amendments clarifying acceptable methods of
depreciation are effective 1 January 2016 with earlier
application permitted.
Amendments requiring biological assets that meet
the definition of a bearer plant to be accounted for as
property, plant and equipment are effective 1 January
2016 with earlier application permitted.
Objective To prescribe the principles for the initial recognition
and subsequent accounting for property, plant and
equipment.
Summary Items of property, plant, and equipment are
recognised as assets when it is probable that the
future economic benefits associated with the asset
will flow to the entity, and the cost of the asset can
be measured reliably.
Bearer plants that are used in the production or
supply of agricultural produce and which will not be
sold as agricultural produce are included in property,
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 Initial recognition is at cost, which includes all costs
necessary to get the asset ready for its intended use.
If payment is deferred beyond normal credit terms,
interest expense is recognised unless such interest
can be capitalised in accordance with IAS 23.
Subsequent to acquisition, IAS 16 allows a choice of
accounting model:
cost model: the asset is carried at cost less
accumulated depreciation and impairment; or
revaluation model: the asset is carried at a
revalued amount, which is fair value at revaluation
date less subsequent accumulated depreciation
and impairment.
Under the revaluation model, revaluations are
carried out regularly. All items of a given class are
revalued.
revaluation increases are recognised in other
comprehensive income and accumulated in
equity under the heading of revaluation surplus.
However, the increase shall be recognised in profit
or loss to the extent that it reverses a revaluation
decrease of the same asset previously recognised
in profit or loss; and
revaluation decreases are recognised in profit
or loss. However, the decrease shall be debited
directly to the revaluation surplus to the extent
of any credit balance existing in the revaluation
surplus in respect of that asset.
When the revalued asset is disposed of, the
revaluation surplus in equity remains in equity and is
not reclassified to profit or loss.
Components of an asset with differing patterns of
benefits are depreciated separately.

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 Depreciation is charged systematically over the
assets useful life. The depreciation method reflects
the pattern of benefit consumption. A depreciation
method that is based on revenue that is generated
from the use of an asset is not appropriate.
Theresidual value is reviewed at least annually and
is the amount the entity would receive currently
if the asset were already of the age and condition
expected at the end of its useful life. Useful life is
also reviewed annually. If operation of an item of
property, plant and equipment (e.g. an aircraft)
requires regular major inspections, when each major
inspection is performed, its cost is recognised in the
carrying amount of the asset as a replacement, if the
recognition criteria are satisfied.
Impairment of property, plant and equipment is
assessed under IAS 36.
All exchanges of property, plant and equipment
are measured at fair value, including exchanges of
similar items, unless the exchange transaction lacks
commercial substance or the fair value of neither
the asset received nor the asset given up is reliably
measurable.
Entities that routinely sell items of property, plant
and equipment that they have previously held
for rental to others should transfer such assets to
inventories at their carrying amount when they
cease to be rented and became held for sale.
Theproceeds from the sale of such assets should be
recognised as revenue in accordance with IAS 18.
Interpretations Refer to IAS 18 for a summary of IFRIC 18 Transfers of
Assets from Customers.
IFRIC 20 Stripping Costs in the Production Phase of
a Surface Mine

IFRIC 20 addresses recognition of production stripping

costs as an asset and measurement (initial and
subsequent) of that stripping activity asset.

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IAS 17 Leases
Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005.
Objective To prescribe, for lessees and lessors, the appropriate
accounting policies and disclosures for finance and
operating leases.
Summary A lease (including a lease of land) is classified as a
finance lease if it transfers substantially all risks and
rewards incidental to ownership. Examples:
lease covers substantially all of the assets life;
and/or
present value of lease payments is substantially
equaL to the assets fair value.
All other leases are classified as operating leases.
A lease of both land and buildings is split into
land and building elements. However, separate
measurement of the land and buildings elements
is not required if the lessees interest in both land
and buildings is classified as an investment property
under IAS 40 and the fair value model is adopted.
Finance leases Lessees Accounting:
asset and liability are recognised at the lower of
the present value of minimum lease payments and
the fair value of the asset;
depreciation policy is as for owned assets; and
finance lease payments are apportioned between
interest expense and reduction in liability.
Finance leases Lessors Accounting:
receivable is recognised at an amount equal to
the net investment in the lease;
finance income is recognised based on a pattern
reflecting a constant periodic rate of return on the
lessors net investment; and
manufacturer or dealer lessors recognise selling
profit or loss consistent with the policy for
outright sales.
Operating leases Lessees Accounting:
lease payments are recognised as an expense in
profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the lease
term, unless another systematic basis is more
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 Operating leases Lessors Accounting:
assets held for operating leases are presented
in the lessors statement of financial position
according to the nature of the asset and are
depreciated in accordance with the lessors
depreciation policy for similar assets; and
lease income is recognised on a straight-line basis
over the lease term, unless another systematic
basis is more representative of the pattern
ofbenefit.
Lessors add initial direct costs to the carrying
amount of the leased asset and spread them over
the lease term (immediate expensing prohibited).
Accounting for sale and leaseback transactions
depends on whether these are essentially finance
oroperating leases.
Interpretations SIC 15 Operating Leases Incentives
Lease incentives (such as rent-free periods) are
recognised by both the lessor and the lessee as a
reduction of rental income and expense, respectively,
over the lease term.
SIC 27 Evaluating the Substance of Transactions
Involving the Legal Form of a Lease
If a series of transactions involves the legal form of a
lease and can only be understood with reference to
the series as a whole, then the series is accounted for
as a single transaction.
IFRIC 4 Determining whether an Arrangement
contains a Lease
IFRIC 4 addresses arrangements that do not take
the legal form of a lease but which convey rights
to use assets in return for a payment or a series of
payments. An arrangement that meets the following
criteria is, or contains, a lease that is accounted for
in accordance with IAS 17, both from the lessee and
lessor perspectives:
the fulfilment of the arrangement depends upon
a specific asset (either explicitly or implicitly in the
arrangement); and
the arrangement conveys the right to control the
use of the underlying asset. IFRIC 4 provides further
guidance to identify when this situation exists.

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 The IASB has a major convergence project with
the FASB on lease accounting. In May 2013 both
Boards issued re-Exposure Drafts with proposals
to bring all leases (other than those for less than
12 months) on balance sheet. The comment
period closed on 13 September 2013. The
accounting for lessees and lessors is based on
whether a significant part of an assets economic
benefits are consumed over the lease period.
The Boards completed redeliberations in the first
quarter of 2015 and a finalised IFRS is expected
during the second half of 2015.
A summary of tentative decisions reached to
date can be found in the latest edition of Project
insight Leases. http://www.iasplus.com/en/
publications/global/project-insights/leases

IAS 18 Revenue
Effective date Periods beginning on or after 1 January 1995.
IAS 18 and related interpretations will be superseded
on adoption of IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with
Customers.
Objective To prescribe the accounting treatment for revenue
arising from sales of goods, rendering of services and
from interest, royalties and dividends.

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 Summary Revenue is measured at the fair value of the
consideration received/receivable.
Revenue is generally recognised when it is probable
that the economic benefits will flow to the entity,
and when the amount of revenue can be measured
reliably, and when the following conditions are met:
sale of goods: when significant risks and rewards
have been transferred to buyer, seller has
lost effective control, and cost can be reliably
measured.
rendering of services: percentage of completion
method.
interest, royalties, and dividends:
Interest using the effective interest method as set
out in IAS 39.
Royalties on an accrual basis in accordance with
the substance of the agreement.
Dividends when shareholders right to receive
payment is established.
If a transaction has multiple components (such
as sale of goods with an identifiable amount for
subsequent servicing), the recognition criteria are
applied to the separate components separately.
Interpretations SIC 31 Revenue Barter Transactions Involving
Advertising Services
Revenue from barter transactions involving advertising
services is recognised only if substantial revenue is also
received from non-barter transactions.
IFRIC 13 Customer Loyalty Programmes
Award credits granted to customers as part of a
sales transaction are accounted for as a separately
identifiable component of the sales transaction(s),
with the consideration received or receivable allocated
between the award credits and the other components
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 IFRIC 15 Agreements for the Construction of
Real Estate
The construction of real estate is a construction
contract within the scope of IAS 11 only when the
buyer is able to specify the major structural elements
of the design before construction begins and/or major
structural changes once construction is in progress.
If this criterion is not satisfied, the revenue should be
accounted for in accordance with IAS 18.
IFRIC 15 provides further guidance on determining
whether the entity is providing goods or rendering
services in accordance with IAS 18.
IFRIC 18 Transfers of Assets from Customers
IFRIC 18 deals with circumstances where an entity
receives from a customer an item of property, plant,
and equipment that the entity must then use either to
connect the customer to a network or to provide the
customer with ongoing access to a supply of goods or
services.
IFRIC 18 also provides guidance on the pattern of
revenue recognition arising on the transfer of the asset.

IAS 19 Employee Benefits

Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2013,
and transition with earlier application permitted. Supersedes the
previous version of IAS 19 from the date of application.
Amendments clarifying the accounting treatment for
contributions from employees or third parties that are
linked to service are effective 1 July 2014 with earlier
application permitted.
Amendments resulting from September 2014 Annual
Improvements to IFRSs add clarifications to estimate
the discount rate for post-retirement benefits.
Theamendments are effective for annual periods
beginning on or after 1 January 2016 with earlier
application permitted.
Objective To prescribe the accounting and disclosure for
employee benefits, including short-term benefits
(wages, annual leave, sick leave, annual profit-sharing,
bonuses and non-monetary benefits), pensions,
post-employment life insurance and medical benefits,
other long-term employee benefits (long-service leave,
disability, deferred compensation, and long-term profit-
sharing and bonuses); and termination benefits.
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 Summary Underlying principle: the cost of providing employee
benefits is recognised in the period in which the
entity receives services from the employee, rather
than when the benefits are paid or payable.
Short-term employee benefits (expected to be settled
wholly before 12 months after the annual period in
which the services were rendered) are recognised
as an expense in the period in which the employee
renders the service. Unpaid benefit liability is
measured at undiscounted amount.
Profit-sharing and bonus payments are recognised
only when the entity has a legal or constructive
obligation to pay them and the costs can be reliably
estimated.
Post-employment benefit plans (such as pensions
and health care) are categorised as either defined
contribution plans or defined benefit plans.
For defined contribution plans, expenses are
recognised in the period in which the contribution
is payable.
For defined benefit plans, a liability (or asset) is
recognised in the statement of financial position
equal to the net of:
the present value of the defined benefit obligation
(the present value of expected future payments
required to settle the obligation resulting from
employee service in the current and prior periods);
and
the fair value of any plan assets at the end of the
reporting period.
Plan assets include assets held by a long-term
employee benefit fund and qualifying insurance
policies.
The defined benefit asset is limited to the lower of
the surplus in the defined benefit plan and the asset
ceiling. The asset ceiling is defined as the present
value of any economic benefits available in the form
of refunds from the plan or reductions in future
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 The change in the defined benefit liability (or surplus)
has the following components:
a) service cost recognised in profit or loss;
b) 
net interest (i.e. time value) on the net defined
benefit deficit/surplus recognised in profit
orloss;
c) 
remeasurements including a) changes in fair
value of plan assets that arise from factors other
than time value and b) actuarial gains and losses
on obligations recognised in OCI.
For group plans, the net cost is recognised in the
separate financial statements of the entity that is
legally the sponsoring employer unless a contractual
agreement or stated policy for allocating the cost
exists.
Other long-term employee benefits are recognised
and measured in the same way as post-employment
benefits under a defined benefit plan. However,
unlike defined benefit plans, remeasurements are
recognised immediately in profit or loss.
Termination benefits are recognised at the earlier of
when the entity can no longer withdraw the offer of
the benefits and when the entity recognises costs for
a restructuring that is within the scope of IAS 37 and
involves the payment of termination benefits.
Interpretations IFRIC 14 IAS 19 The Limit on a Defined Benefit
Asset, Minimum Funding Requirements and their
Interaction
IFRIC 14 addresses three issues:
when refunds or reductions in future contributions
should be regarded as available in the context of
paragraph 58 of IAS 19;
how a minimum funding requirement might affect
the availability of reductions in future contributions;
and
when a minimum funding requirement might give
rise to a liability.
IFRIC 14 was amended in November 2009 to address
the situations when an entity with minimum funding
requirements makes a prepayment of contributions to
cover those requirements. The amendments permit
the benefit of such prepayment to be recognised as
anasset.

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 IAS 20 Accounting for Government Grants and Disclosure
of Government Assistance
Effective date Periods beginning on or after 1 January 1984.
Objective To prescribe the accounting for, and disclosure of,
government grants and other forms of government
assistance.
Summary Government grants are recognised only when there
is reasonable assurance that the entity will comply
with the conditions attached to the grants and the
grants will be received. Non-monetary grants are
usually recognised at fair value, although recognition
at nominal value is permitted.
Grants are recognised in profit or loss over the
periods necessary to match them with the related
costs.
Income-related grants are either presented separately
as income or as a deduction in reporting the related
expense.
Asset-related grants are either presented as deferred
income in the statement of financial position, or
deducted in arriving at the carrying amount of the
asset.
Repayment of a government grant is accounted for
as a change in accounting estimate with different
treatment for income and asset-related grants.
The benefit of government loans with a below-
market rate of interest is accounted for as a
government grant measured as the difference
between the initial carrying amount of the loan
determined in accordance with IAS 39 and the
proceeds received.
Interpretations SIC 10 Government Assistance No Specific
Relation to Operating Activities
Government assistance to entities that is aimed at
encouragement or long-term support of business
activities either in certain regions or industry sectors is
treated as a government grant under IAS 20.

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IAS 21 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates
Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005.
Objective To prescribe the accounting treatment for an entitys
foreign currency transactions and foreign operations.
Summary First, the entitys functional currency is determined
(i.e. the currency of the primary economic
environment in which the entity operates).
Then all foreign currency items are translated into the
functional currency:
transactions are recognised on the date that they
occur using the transaction-date exchange rate for
initial recognition and measurement;
at the end of subsequent reporting periods:
non-monetary items carried at historical cost
continue to be measured using transaction-date
exchange rates;
monetary items are retranslated using the
closing rate; and
non-monetary items carried at fair value are
measured at valuation-date exchange rates.
Exchange differences arising on settlement of
monetary items and on translation of monetary items
at a rate different than when initially recognised
are included in profit or loss, with one exception.
Exchange differences arising on monetary items that
form part of the reporting entitys net investment
in aforeign operation are recognised in the
consolidated financial statements that include the
foreign operation in other comprehensive income.
Such differences are reclassified from equity to profit
or loss on disposal of the net investment.
The results and financial position of an entity
whose functional currency is not the currency of
a hyperinflationary economy are translated into a
different presentation currency using the following
procedures:
assets (including goodwill arising on the
acquisition of a foreign operation) and liabilities
for each statement of financial position presented
(including comparatives) are translated at the
closing rate at the date of that statement of
financial position;

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 income and expenses for each period presented
(including comparatives) are translated at exchange
rates at the dates of the transactions; and
all resulting exchange differences are recognised as
other comprehensive income and the cumulative
amount is presented in a separate component of
equity until disposal of the foreign operation.
Special rules exist for translating into a presentation
currency the results and financial position of an entity
whose functional currency is hyperinflationary.
Interpretations SIC 7 Introduction of the Euro
Explains how to apply IAS 21 when the Euro was
first introduced, and when new EU Members join the
Eurozone.
Refer to IAS 39 for a summary of IFRIC 16 Hedges of a
Net Investment in a Foreign Operation.

IAS 23 Borrowing Costs

Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2009.
Objective To prescribe the accounting treatment for borrowing
costs.
Summary Borrowing costs directly attributable to the
acquisition, construction or production of a qualifying
asset are capitalised as part of the cost of that
asset but only when it is probable that these costs
will result in future economic benefits to the entity
and the costs can be measured reliably. All other
borrowing costs that do not satisfy the conditions for
capitalisation are expensed when incurred.
A qualifying asset is one that necessarily takes a
substantial period of time to make it ready for its
intended use or sale. Examples include manufacturing
plants, investment properties and some inventories.
To the extent that an entity borrows funds specifically
for the purpose of obtaining a qualifying asset, the
amount of borrowing costs eligible for capitalisation
is the actual borrowing costs incurred during the
period less any investment income on the temporary
investment of those borrowings.

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 If funds are borrowed generally and used for
the purpose of obtaining the qualifying asset, a
capitalisation rate (weighted average of borrowing
costs applicable to the general outstanding
borrowings during the period) is applied to
expenditure incurred during the period, to determine
the amount of borrowing costs eligible for
capitalisation. The amount of borrowing costs that
the entity capitalises during a period cannot exceed
the amount of borrowing costs incurred during
theperiod.
Interpretations None.

IAS 24 Related Party Disclosures

Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2011.
Objective To ensure that financial statements draw attention to
the possibility that the financial position and results of
operations may have been affected by the existence of
related parties.
Summary A related party is a person or entity that is related to
the reporting entity.
(a) A
 person or a close member of that persons
family is related to the reporting entity if that
person:
i. has control or joint control of the reporting
entity;
ii. has significant influence over the reporting
entity; or
iii. is a member of the key management personnel
of the reporting entity or of a parent of the
reporting entity.
b) A
 n entity is related to the reporting entity if any of
the following conditions applies:
i. the entity and the reporting entity are
members of the same group (each parent,
subsidiary and fellow subsidiary are related
to the others);
ii. one entity is an associate or a joint venture of
the other entity;
iii. both entities are joint ventures of the same
third party;

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 iv. one entity is a joint venture of a third entity
and the other entity is an associate of the
third entity;
v. the entity is a post-employment benefit plan
for the benefit of employees of either the
reporting entity or an entity related to the
reporting entity; if the reporting entity is itself
such a plan, the sponsoring employers are
also related to the reporting entity;
vi. the entity is controlled or jointly controlled by
aperson identified in (a);
vii. a person identified in (a)(i) has significant
influence over the entity or is a member of
the key management personnel of the entity
(or of a parent of the entity).
viii. the entity, or any member of a group of
which it is a part, provides key management
personnel services to the reporting entity or
to the parent of the reporting entity.
The Standard requires disclosure of:
relationships involving control, even when there
have been no transactions;
related party transactions; and
key management personnel compensation
(including an analysis by type of compensation).
For related party transactions, disclosure is required
of the nature of the relationship and of sufficient
information to enable an understanding of the
potential effect of the transactions.
 The standard provides a partial exemption for
government-related entities. Requirements to
disclose information that is costly to gather and of
less value to users have been eliminated.
Interpretations None.

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IAS 26 Accounting and Reporting by Retirement Benefit
Plans
Effective date Periods beginning on or after 1 January 1998.
Objective To specify the measurement and disclosure principles
for the financial reports of retirement benefit plans.
Summary Sets out the reporting requirements for both defined
contribution and defined benefit plans, including a
statement of net assets available for benefits and
disclosure of the actuarial present value of promised
benefits (split between vested and non-vested).
Specifies the need for actuarial valuation of the
benefits for defined benefits and the use of fair
values for plan investments.
Interpretations None.

IAS 27 Separate Financial Statements

Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2013.
The amendments to the previous version of the
Standard moved all requirements for consolidated
financial statements from IAS 27 into IFRS 10.
Amendments introduced in August 2014 reinstated the
equity method as an accounting option for investments
in subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates in an
entitys separate financial statements. The amendments
are effective for annual periods beginning on or after
1January 2016 with earlier application permitted.
Objective To prescribe how to account for investments in
subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates in separate
financial statements.
Summary In the parents separate financial statements:
investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint
ventures (other than those that are classified as held
for sale under IFRS 5) are accounted for either at cost
or as investments in accordance with IFRS 9 or IAS39
or using the equity method as described in IAS 28.
The parent has to disclose a list of significant
investments and to describe the method used to
account for these investments.
Interpretations None.

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 IAS 28 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures
Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2013.
and transition
Amendments issued in December 2014 permit an
entity to retain the fair value measurements applied by
an investment entity, associate or joint venture to its
interests in subsidiaries. The amendments are effective
1 January 2016 with earlier application permitted.
Amendments issued in September 2014 clarify that in a
transaction involving an associate or joint venture, the
extent of gain or loss recognition depends on whether
the assets sold or contributed constitute a business.
Theamendments are effective 1 January 2016 with
earlier application permitted.
Objective To define significant influence for investments in
associates and to prescribe investors accounting for
investments in associates and joint ventures.
Summary Applies to all investments in which an investor has
significant influence and joint ventures unless the
investor is a venture capital firm, mutual fund, unit
trust or a similar entity, and it elects to measure
such investments at fair value through profit or loss
in accordance with IFRS 9 or IAS 39.Otherwise,
the equity method is used for all investments in
associates over which the entity has significant
influence and in joint ventures.
Interests in associates and joint ventures that are
classified as held for sale in accordance with IFRS 5
are accounted for in accordance with that Standard.
Otherwise, the equity method is used for all
investments in associates over which the entity has
significant influence and in joint ventures.
Rebuttable presumption of significant influence if
investment held, directly and indirectly, is 20% or
more of the voting power of the investee.
Under the equity method, the investment is initially
recorded at cost. It is subsequently adjusted by the
investors share of the investees post acquisition
change in net assets.
Investors statement of comprehensive income
reflects its share of the investees post-acquisition
profit or loss.

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 Associates and joint ventures accounting policies
shall be the same as those of the investor for like
transactions and events in similar circumstances.
However, if an entity that is not itself an investment
entity but has an interest in an associate or joint
venture that is an investment entity, the entity is
permitted to retain the fair value measurements
applied by an investment entity associate, or joint
venture to its interests in subsidiaries.
The end of the reporting period of an associate or a
joint venture cannot be more than a three months
difference from the investors end of the reporting
period.
An investment in an associate or a joint venture shall
be accounted for in the entitys separate financial
statements in accordance with IAS 27 Separate
Financial Statements.
Impairment is tested in accordance with IAS 36.
Theimpairment indicators in IFRS 9 or IAS 39 apply.
An investment in an associate or joint venture is
treated as a single asset for impairment purposes.
When an entity discontinues the use of the equity
method (for example, as a result of a change in
ownership), the investment retained is remeasured
to its fair value, with the gain or loss recognised in
profit or loss. For transactions involving assets that
do constitute a business (as defined in IFRS 3), the
gain or loss is recognised in full. Thereafter, IFRS 9
or IAS 39 is applied to the remaining holding unless
the investment becomes a subsidiary in which case
the investment is accounted for in accordance
withIFRS3.
Interpretations None.

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 IAS 29 Financial Reporting in Hyperinflationary Economies
Effective date Periods beginning on or after 1 January 1990.
Objective To provide specific guidance for entities reporting in the
currency of a hyperinflationary economy, so that the
financial information provided is meaningful.
Summary The financial statements of an entity whose functional
currency is the currency of a hyperinflationary
economy are stated in terms of the measuring unit
current at the end of the reporting period.
The gain or loss on the net monetary position is
included in profit and loss.
Comparative figures for prior period(s) are restated
into the same current measuring unit.
Generally an economy is hyperinflationary when
the cumulative inflation rate over three years is
approaching or exceeds 100%.
When an economy ceases to be hyperinflationary,
amounts expressed in the measuring unit current at
the end of the previous reporting period become
the basis for the carrying amounts in subsequent
financial statements.
Interpretations IFRIC 7 Applying the Restatement Approach under
IAS 29
When the economy of an entitys functional currency
becomes hyperinflationary, the entity applies the
requirements of IAS 29 as though the economy had
always been hyperinflationary.

IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation

Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005.
Disclosure provisions superseded on adoption of
IFRS 7, effective 1 January 2007.
Objective To prescribe principles for classifying and presenting
financial instruments as liabilities or equity and for
offsetting financial assets and liabilities.
Summary Issuers classification of an instrument either as a
liability or an equity instrument:
based on substance, not form, of the instrument;
classification is made at the time of issue and is not
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 an instrument is a financial liability if for instance
the issuer may be obligated to deliver cash or
another financial asset or the holder has a right
to demand cash or another financial asset.
Anexample is mandatorily redeemable preference
shares;
an equity instrument is an instrument that
evidences a residual interest in the assets of the
entity after deducting all of its liabilities; and
interest, dividends, gains and losses relating to an
instrument classified as a liability are reported as
income or expense as appropriate.
Puttable instruments and instruments that impose
on the entity an obligation to deliver a pro-rata
share of net assets only on liquidation that (a) are
subordinate to all other classes of instruments and
(b) meet additional criteria, are classified as equity
instruments even though they would otherwise meet
the definition of a liability.
At issue, an issuer classifies separately the debt and
equity components of a single compound instrument
such as convertible debt.
A financial asset and a financial liability are offset and
the net amount reported when, and only when, an
entity has a legally enforceable right to set off the
amounts, and intends either to settle on a net basis
or simultaneously.
Cost of treasury shares is deducted from equity and
resales of treasury shares are equity transactions.
Costs of issuing or reacquiring equity instruments are
accounted for as a deduction from equity, net of any
related income tax benefit.
Interpretations IFRIC 2 Members Shares in Co-operative Entities
and Similar Instruments
These are liabilities unless the co-op has the legal right
not to redeem on demand.
Useful Deloitte iGAAP 2015: Financial Instruments IAS 39
publication (Volume C) and IFRS 9 (Volume B) and related
Standards

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 IAS 33 Earnings per Share
Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005.
Objective To prescribe principles for determining and presenting
earnings per share (EPS) amounts in order to improve
performance comparisons between different entities
in the same period and between different accounting
periods for the same entity.
Summary Applies to publicly-traded entities, entities in the
process of issuing such shares and any other entity
voluntarily presenting EPS.
An entity presents basic and diluted EPS:
for each class of ordinary share that has a different
right to share in profit for the period;
with equal prominence;
for all periods presented.
If an entity presents only a statement of
comprehensive income, EPS is reported in that
statement. If it presents items of profit and loss in
a separate statement, EPS is reported only in that
statement.
EPS is reported for profit or loss attributable to
equity holders of the parent entity, for profit or loss
from continuing operations attributable to equity
holders of the parent entity and for any discontinued
operations (this last item can be in the notes).
In consolidated financial statements, EPS reflects
earnings attributable to the parents shareholders.
Dilution is a reduction in EPS or an increase in loss per
share on the assumption that convertible instruments
are converted, that options or warrants are exercised,
or that ordinary shares are issued when specified
conditions are met. Basic EPS calculation:
earnings numerator: after deduction of all
expenses including tax, and after deduction of
non-controlling interests and preference dividends;
and
denominator: weighted average number of shares
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 Diluted EPS calculation:
earnings numerator: the profit for the period
attributable to ordinary shares is increased by
the after-tax amount of dividends and interest
recognised in the period in respect of the dilutive
potential ordinary shares (such as options,
warrants, convertible securities and contingent
insurance agreements) and adjusted for any other
changes in income or expense that would result
from the conversion of the dilutive potential
ordinary shares;
denominator: adjusted for the number of shares
that would be issued on the conversion of all of
the dilutive potential ordinary shares into ordinary
shares; and
anti-dilutive potential ordinary shares are excluded
from the calculation.
Interpretations None.

IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting

Effective date Periods beginning on or after 1 January 1999.
Amendments resulting from September 2014 Annual
Improvements to IFRSs clarify the requirements related
to information that is presented elsewhere in the
interim financial statements. The amendments are
effective for annual periods beginning on or after
1January 2016 with earlier application permitted.
Objective To prescribe the minimum content of an interim
financial report and the recognition and measurement
principles for an interim financial report.
Summary IAS 34 applies only when an entity is required
or elects to publish an interim financial report in
accordance with IFRSs.
Local regulators (not IAS 34) mandate:
which entities should publish interim financial
reports;
how frequently; and
how soon after the end of an interim period.
An interim financial report is a complete or
condensed set of financial statements for a period
shorter than an entitys full financial year.

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 Minimum components of a condensed interim
financial report are:
condensed statement of financial position;
condensed statement of comprehensive income
presented either as a condensed single statement
or a condensed separate income statement and a
condensed statement of comprehensive income;
condensed statement of changes in equity;
condensed statement of cash flows; and
selected explanatory notes.
Prescribes the comparative periods for which interim
financial statements are required to be presented as
part of interim finalcial statements.
Materiality is based on interim financial data, not
forecast annual amounts.
The notes in an interim financial report provide an
explanation of events and transactions significant
to understanding the changes since the last annual
financial statements.
Same accounting policies as annual.
Revenue and costs are recognised when they occur,
not anticipated or deferred.
Change in accounting policy restate previously
reported interim periods.
Interpretations IFRIC 10 Interim Financial Reporting and
Impairment
Where an entity has recognised an impairment loss
in an interim period in respect of goodwill or an
investment in either an equity instrument or a financial
asset carried at cost, that impairment is neither reversed
in subsequent interim financial statements nor in annual
financial statements.

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IAS 36 Impairment of Assets
Effective date Applies to goodwill and intangible assets acquired in
business combinations for which the agreement date
is on or after 31 March 2004 and to all other assets
prospectively for periods beginning on or after
31 March 2004.
Objective To ensure that assets are carried at no more than their
recoverable amount and to prescribe how recoverable
amount, impairment loss or its reversal is calculated.
Summary IAS 36 applies to all assets except inventories
(see IAS 2), assets arising from construction
contracts (see IAS 11), deferred tax assets (see
IAS12), assets arising from employee benefits
(see IAS 19), financial assets (see IAS 39 or IFRS 9),
investment property measured at fair value (see
IAS40), biological assets related to agricultural
activity measured at fair value less costs to sell
(seeIAS 41), deferred acquisition costs and intangible
assets arising from insurance contracts (see IFRS 4)
and non-current assets classified as held for sale
(seeIFRS 5).
An impairment loss is recognised when the carrying
amount of an asset exceeds its recoverable amount.
An impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss for
assets carried at cost; and treated as a revaluation
decrease for assets carried at revalued amount.
Recoverable amount is the higher of an assets fair
value less costs to sell and its value-in-use.
Value-in-use is the present value of estimated future
cash flows expected to arise from the continuing
use of an asset and from its disposal at the end of its
useful life.
Discount rate used to measure an assets value in
use is the pre-tax rate that reflects current market
assessments of the time value of money and the risks
specific to the asset. The discount rate used does
not reflect risks for which future cash flows have
been adjusted and is the rate of return that investors
would require if they were to choose an investment
that would generate cash flows equivalent to those
expected from the asset.

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 At the end of each reporting period, assets are
reviewed to look for any indication that an asset may
be impaired. If impairment is indicated, the assets
recoverable amount is calculated.
Goodwill and other intangibles with indefinite useful
lives are tested for impairment at least annually and
recoverable amount calculated.
If it is not possible to determine the recoverable
amount for an individual asset, then the recoverable
amount of the assets cash-generating unit is
determined. The impairment test for goodwill is
performed at the lowest level within the entity
at which goodwill is monitored for internal
management purposes, provided that the unit or
group of units to which goodwill is allocated is not
larger than an operating segment under IFRS 8.
Reversal of prior years impairment losses is required
in certain instances (prohibited for goodwill).
Interpretations Refer to IAS 34 for a summary of IFRIC 10 Interim
Financial Reporting and Impairment.

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IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent
Assets
Effective date Periods beginning on or after 1 July 1999.
Objective To ensure that appropriate recognition criteria
and measurement bases are applied to provisions,
contingent liabilities and contingent assets and to
ensure that sufficient information is disclosed in the
notes to the financial statements to enable users to
understand their nature timing and amount.
Summary A provision is recognised only when a past event has
created a legal or constructive obligation, an outflow
of resources is probable and the amount of the
obligation can be estimated reliably.
The amount recognised as a provision is the best
estimate of the settlement amount at the end of the
reporting period.
Provisions are reviewed at the end of each reporting
period to adjust for changes in estimate.
Provisions are utilised only for original purposes.
Examples of provisions may include onerous
contracts, restructuring provisions, warranties,
refunds and site restoration.
Planned future expenditure, even where authorised
by the board of directors or equivalent governing
body, is excluded from recognition, as are accruals
for self-insured losses, general uncertainties and
other events that have not yet taken place.
A contingent liability arises when:
there is a possible obligation to be confirmed by
a future event that is outside the control of the
entity; or
a present obligation may, but probably will not,
require an outflow of resources; or
a sufficiently reliable estimate of the amount of a
present obligation cannot be made (this is rare).
Contingent liabilities require disclosure only (no
recognition). If the possibility of outflow is remote,
then no disclosure is required.
A contingent asset arises when the inflow of
economic benefits is probable, but not virtually
certain, and occurrence depends on an event outside
the control of the entity.

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 Contingent assets require disclosure only. If the
realisation of income is virtually certain, the related
asset is not a contingent asset and recognition is
appropriate.
Interpretations IFRIC 1 Changes in Existing Decommissioning,
Restoration and Similar Liabilities
Provisions are adjusted for changes in the amount or
timing of future costs and for changes in the market-
based discount rate.
IFRIC 5 Rights to Interests Arising from
Decommissioning, Restoration and Environmental
Funds
IFRIC 5 deals with the accounting, in the financial
statements of the contributor, for interests in
decommissioning, restoration and environmental
rehabilitation funds established to fund some or all of
the costs of decommissioning assets or to undertake
environmental rehabilitation.
IFRIC 6 Liabilities arising from Participating in a
Specific Market Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment (WE&EE)
IFRIC 6 provides guidance on the accounting for
liabilities for waste management costs. Specifically, it
considers the appropriate trigger for recognition of an
obligation to contribute to the costs of disposing of
waste equipment based on the entitys share of the
market in a measurement period. The Interpretation
concludes that the event that triggers liability
recognition is participation in the market during a
measurement period.
IFRIC 21 Levies
IFRIC 21 provides guidance on when to recognise a
liability for a levy imposed by a government, both for
levies that are accounted for in accordance with
IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent
Assets and those where the timing and amount of the
levy is certain:
The obligating event that gives rise to a liability to
pay a levy is the activity that triggers the payment of
the levy.
The liability is recognised progressively if the
obligating event occurs over a period of time.
If an obligating event is triggered on reaching a
minimum threshold, the liability is recognised when
that minimum is reached.
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IAS 38 Intangible Assets
Effective date Applies to intangible assets acquired in business
combinations for which the agreement date is on or
after 31 March 2004, and to all other intangible assets
prospectively for periods beginning on or after
31 March 2004.
Amendments clarifying acceptable methods of
amortisation are effective 1 January 2016 with earlier
application permitted.
Objective To prescribe the accounting treatment for recognising,
measuring and disclosing all intangible assets that are
not dealt with specifically in another IFRS.
Summary An intangible asset, whether purchased or self-created,
is recognised if:
it is probable that the future economic benefits
that are attributable to the asset will flow to the
entity; and
the cost of the asset can be measured reliably.
Additional recognition criteria for internally-
generated intangible assets.
All research costs are charged to expense when
incurred.
Development costs are capitalised only after technical
and commercial feasibility of the resulting product or
service have been established.
Intangible assets, including in-process research and
development, acquired in a business combination
are recognised separately from goodwill if they arise
as a result of contractual or legal rights, or they are
separable from the business. In these circumstances
the recognition criteria (probability of inflow of future
economic benefits and reliable measurement see
above) are always considered to be satisfied.
Internally-generated goodwill, brands, mastheads,
publishing titles, customer lists, start-up costs unless
they are included in the cost of an item of PP&E in
accordance with IAS 16, training costs, advertising
costs and relocation costs are never recognised as
assets.

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 If an intangible item does not meet both the
definition and the recognition criteria for an
intangible asset, expenditure on the item is
recognised as an expense when it is incurred,
except if the cost is incurred as part of a business
combination, in which case it forms part of the
amount recognised as goodwill at the acquisition
date.
An entity may recognise a prepayment asset for
advertising or promotional expenditure. Recognition
of an asset would be permitted up to the point at
which the entity has the right to access the goods
purchased or up to the point of receipt of services.
Mail order catalogues are specifically identified as a
form of advertising and promotional activities.
For the purpose of accounting subsequent to initial
acquisition, intangible assets are classified as:
indefinite life: no foreseeable limit to the period
over which the asset is expected to generate net
cash inflows for the entity. (Note indefinite does
not mean infinite); and
finite life: a limited period of benefit to the entity.
Intangible assets may be accounted for using a cost
model or a revaluation model (permitted only in
limited circumstances see below). Under the cost
model, assets are carried at cost less any accumulated
amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses.
If an intangible asset has a quoted market price in an
active market (which is uncommon), an accounting
policy choice of a revaluation model is permitted.
Under the revaluation model, the asset is carried at
a revalued amount, which is fair value at revaluation
date less any subsequent depreciation and any
subsequent impairment losses.
The cost of an intangible asset with a finite useful
life (residual value is normally zero) is amortised over
that life. There is a rebuttable presumption that a
revenue-based amortisation method for intangible
assets is inappropriate. Impairment testing under
IAS36 is required whenever there is an indication
that the carrying amount exceeds the recoverable
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 Intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are
not amortised but are tested for impairment on an
annual basis. If recoverable amount is lower than the
carrying amount, an impairment loss is recognised.
The entity also considers whether the intangible
continues to have an indefinite life.
Under the revaluation model, revaluations are carried
out regularly. All items of a given class are revalued
(unless there is no active market for a particular
asset). Revaluation increases are recognised in other
comprehensive income and accumulated in equity.
Revaluation decreases are charged first against the
revaluation surplus in equity related to the specific
asset, and any excess against profit or loss. When
the revalued asset is disposed of, the revaluation
surplus remains in equity and is not reclassified to
profit orloss.
Normally, subsequent expenditure on an intangible
asset after its purchase or completion is recognised
as an expense. Only rarely are the asset recognition
criteria met.
Interpretations SIC 32 Intangible Assets Web Site Costs
Certain initial infrastructure development and graphic
design costs incurred in web site development are
capitalised.

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 IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and
Measurement
Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005
IAS 39 will be superseded on adoption of
IFRS 9 (2014).
Objective To establish principles for recognising, derecognising
and measuring financial assets and financial liabilities.
Summary All financial assets and financial liabilities, including
all derivatives and certain embedded derivatives, are
recognised in the statement of financial position.
Financial instruments are initially measured at
fair value on date of acquisition or issue. This is
generally the same as cost. For financial assets and
financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss,
transaction costs are recognised directly in profit or
loss. In the case of financial assets and liabilities not
at fair value through profit or loss, transaction costs
that are directly attributable to the acquisition or
issue are included in the cost.
An entity has an option of recognising regular way
purchases and sales of financial assets in the market
place consistently either at trade date or settlement
date. If settlement-date accounting is used, IAS39
requires recognition of certain value changes
between trade and settlement dates.
For the purpose of measuring a financial asset
subsequent to initial recognition, IAS 39 classifies
financial assets into four categories:
1. Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial
assets with fixed or determinable payments that
are not quoted in an active market, other than
those the entity intends to sell immediately or in
the short-term (which must be classified as held
for trading), and those that the entity on initial
recognition designates as either at fair value
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 2. Held-to-maturity (HTM) investments, such as debt
securities and mandatorily redeemable preference
shares that the entity intends and is able to hold to
maturity. If an entity sells or reclassifies more than
an insignificant amount of HTM investments before
maturity (other than in exceptional circumstances),
any remaining HTM investments are reclassified
as available-for-sale (category 4 below) and any
financial assets shall not be classified as held to
maturity for the current and next two financial
reporting periods.
3. Financial assets measured at fair value through
profit or loss (FVTPL), which includes those held
for trading (short-term profit-taking) and any other
financial asset that the entity designates (the fair
value option). Derivative assets are always in this
category unless they are designated in an effective
hedging relationship.
4. Available-for-sale financial assets (AFS) all
financial assets that do not fall into one of
the other three categories. This includes all
investments in equity instruments that are not
measured at FVTPL. Additionally, an entity may
designate any loans and receivables as AFS.
The use of the fair value option (category 3 above)
is restricted to those financial instruments designated
on initial recognition that meet at least one of the
following criteria:
where the fair value option eliminates an
accounting mismatch that would otherwise arise
from measuring assets or liabilities or recognising
the gains or losses on them on different bases;
those that are part of a group of financial assets,
financial liabilities, or both that are managed, and
their performance is evaluated by management on
a fair value basis in accordance with a documented
risk management or investment strategy; and
those that contain one or more embedded
derivatives, except if the embedded derivative
does not modify significantly the associated cash
flows or it is clear with little or no analysis that
separation is prohibited.

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 In certain circumstances, embedded derivatives
must be separated from the host contract. If the
fair value of the embedded derivative cannot be
measured reliably, the entire hybrid contract must be
designated as at FVTPL.
Non-derivative financial assets can be reclassified
out of FVTPL or AFS categories in rare circumstances
except for non-derivative financial assets that have
been designated at FVTPL
Subsequent to initial recognition:
all financial assets in categories 1 and 2 above
are carried at amortised cost, subject to a test
forimpairment;
all financial assets in category 3 above are carried
at fair value, with value changes recognised in
profit or loss; and
all financial assets in category 4 above (AFS) are
measured at fair value in the statement of financial
position, with value changes recognised in other
comprehensive income apart from impairment,
interest recognised using the effective interest
method and for monetary items, foreign exchange
gains and losses. If the fair value of an AFS asset
cannot be measured reliably, the asset is carried at
cost subject to impairment.
After acquisition, most financial liabilities are
measured at amortised cost. The following types of
financial liabilities are measured at fair value with
value changes recognised in profit or loss:
derivative liabilities (unless designated as a hedging
instrument in an effective hedge);
liabilities held for trading (e.g. short sales); and
any liabilities that the entity designates, at
issuance, to be measured at FVTPL (the fair value
option see above).
IAS 39 establishes conditions for determining when
a financial asset or liability should be removed from
the statement of financial position (derecognised).
Derecognition of a financial asset is not permitted to
the extent to which the transferor has retained (1)
substantially all risks and rewards of the transferred
asset or part of the asset, or (2) control of an asset or
part of an asset for which it has neither retained nor
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 Hedge accounting (recognising the offsetting effects
of both the hedging instrument and the hedged
item in the same periods profit or loss) is permitted
in certain circumstances, provided that the hedging
relationship is clearly designated and documented,
measurable, and actually effective. IAS 39 provides
for three types of hedges:
fair value hedge: if an entity hedges a change in
fair value of a recognised asset or liability or firm
commitment, the change in fair values of both
the hedging instrument and the hedged item for
the designated risk are recognised in profit or loss
when they occur;
cash flow hedge: if an entity hedges changes in
the future cash flows relating to a recognised asset
or liability or a highly probable forecast transaction
that involves a party external to the entity, or a
firm commitment in some cases then the change in
fair value of the hedging instrument is recognised
in other comprehensive income to the extent
that the hedge is effective until such time as the
hedged future cash flows occur; and
hedge of a net investment in a foreign entity: this
is treated like a cash flow hedge.
A hedge of foreign currency risk in a firm
commitment may be accounted for as a fair value
hedge or as a cash flow hedge.
The foreign currency risk of a highly probable
forecast intragroup transaction is permitted to
qualify as the hedged item in a cash flow hedge in
the consolidated financial statements, provided that
the transaction is denominated in a currency other
than the functional currency of the entity entering
into that transaction and the foreign currency risk
will affect the consolidated profit or loss. Also, the
foreign currency risk of a highly probable intragroup
monetary item may qualify as a hedged item in the
consolidated financial statements if it results in an
exposure to foreign exchange rate gains or losses
that are not fully eliminated on consolidation.

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 If the hedge of a forecast intragroup transaction
qualifies for hedge accounting, any gain or loss
that is recognised in other comprehensive income
in accordance with the hedging rules in IAS 39 is
reclassified from equity to profit or loss in the same
period or periods in which the foreign currency risk
of the hedged transaction affects profit or loss.
A portfolio hedge of interest rate risk (hedging an
amount rather than a specific asset or liability) can
qualify as a fair value hedge if specified conditions
are met.
Interpretations IFRIC 9 Reassessment of Embedded Derivatives
Generally, determination as to whether to account
for an embedded derivative separately from the host
contract is made when the entity first becomes a party
to the contract, and is not subsequently reassessed.
A first-time adopter of IFRSs makes its assessment
based on conditions existing at a later of the date it
first becomes a party to the contract and the date
a reassessment is required (see below), not when it
adopts IFRSs.
An entity only revisits its assessment if the terms of the
contract change, and the expected future cash flows of
the embedded derivative, the host contract, or both,
change significantly relative to the previously expected
cash flows on the contract.
On reclassification of a financial asset out of the fair
value through profit and loss category (as permitted by
IAS 39, see above), the instrument reclassified must be
reassessed for separation of embedded derivatives.
In addition to business combinations, derivatives in
contracts acquired in the formation of a joint venture or
in a combination of entities under common control are
outside the scope of IFRIC 9.
IFRIC 16 Hedges of a Net Investment in a Foreign
Operation
The presentation currency does not create an exposure
to which an entity may apply hedge accounting.
Consequently, a parent entity may designate as a
hedged risk only the foreign exchange differences
arising from a difference between its own functional
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 The hedging instrument(s) for the hedge of a net
investment in a foreign operation may be held by
any entity or entities within the group as long as
the designation, effectiveness and documentation
requirements for a hedge of a net investment are
satisfied.
The April 2009 amendments removed the previous
restriction that prevented the hedging instrument from
being held by the foreign operation being hedged.
On derecognition of a foreign operation, IAS 39
must be applied to determine the amount that needs
to be reclassified to profit or loss from the foreign
currency translation reserve in respect of the hedging
instrument, while IAS 21 must be applied in respect of
the hedged item.
IFRIC 19 Extinguishing Financial Liabilities with
Equity Instruments
A borrower may enter into an agreement with a lender
to issue equity instruments to the lender in order to
extinguish a financial liability owed to the lender.
The issue of equity instruments to extinguish all or part
of a financial liability constitutes consideration paid.
Anentity shall measure the equity instruments issued as
extinguishment of the financial liability at their fair value
on the date of extinguishment of the liability, unless
that fair value is not reliably measurable. (In this case
the equity instruments should be measured to reflect
the fair value of the liability extinguished.)
Any difference between the carrying amount of the liability
(or the part of the liability) extinguished and the fair value
of equity instruments issued is recognised in profit or loss.
When consideration is partly allocated to the portion
of a liability which remains outstanding (i.e., when the
entity determines that part of the consideration relates to
modification of the remaining liability), the part allocated
to this portion forms part of the assessment as to whether
there has been an extinguishment or a modification of that
portion of the liability. If the remaining liability has been
substantially modified, the entity should account for the
modification as the extinguishment of the original liability
and the recognition of a new liability as required by IAS 39.
IAS 39 Implementation guidance is provided in the IASBs
guidance annual bound volume of IFRSs.

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 Useful Deloitte iGAAP 2015 (Volume C): Financial Instruments
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Guidance on how to apply these complex Standards,
including illustrative examples and interpretations.
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instruments under IFRS 13
This publication considers both practical and technical
aspects of applying IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement
to four specific areas affecting financial instruments
valuations and disclosures:
Including an own credit risk adjustment in fair valuing
financial liabilities.
Fair valuing portfolios of financial assets and financial
liabilities with offsetting risks.
Using quoted mid-market prices to derive fair value.
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IAS 40 Investment Property

Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005.
Objective To prescribe the accounting treatment for investment
property and related disclosures.
Summary Investment property is land or buildings (or part
thereof) or both held (whether by the owner or by
a lessee under a finance lease) to earn rentals or for
capital appreciation or both.
IAS 40 does not apply to owner-occupied property or
property that is being constructed or developed on
behalf of third parties or property held for sale in the
ordinary course of business, or property that is leased
to another entity under a finance lease.
Mixed-use property (partly used by the owner and
partly held for rental or appreciation) must be split
with components accounted for separately if these
portions could sold separately.
An investment property is measured initially at
cost. Transaction costs are included in the initial
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 An entity chooses either the fair value model or the
cost model after initial recognition;
fair value model: investment property is measured
at fair value, and changes in fair value are
recognised in profit or loss; or
cost model: investment property is measured at
depreciated cost less any accumulated impairment
losses unless it is classified as an non-current
asset held for sale under IFRS 5. Fair value of the
investment property is disclosed.
The chosen measurement model is applied to all of
the entitys investment property.
If an entity using the fair value model acquires a
particular property for which there is clear evidence
that the entity will not be able to determine fair value
on a continuing basis, the cost model is used for
that property and it must continue to be used until
disposal of the property.
Change from one model to the other is permitted if it
will result in a more appropriate presentation (highly
unlikely for change from fair value to cost model).
A property interest held by a lessee under an
operating lease can qualify as investment property
provided that the lessee uses the fair value model of
IAS 40. In this case, the lessee accounts for the lease
as if it were a finance lease.
Interpretations None.

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 IAS 41 Agriculture
Effective date Periods beginning on or after 1 January 2003.
Amendments requiring biological assets that meet
the definition of a bearer plant to be accounted for as
property, plant and equipment are effective 1 January
2016 with earlier application permitted.
Objective To prescribe accounting for agricultural activity
the management of the biological transformation
of biological assets (living plants and animals) into
agricultural produce.
Summary All biological assets are measured at fair value less
costs to sell, unless fair value cannot be measured
reliably.
Bearer plants that are used in the production or
supply of agricultural produce and which will not be
sold as agricultural produce are included in property,
plant and equipment.
Agricultural produce is measured at fair value
less costs to sell at the point of harvest. Because
harvested produce is a marketable commodity, there
is no measurement reliability exception for produce.
Any change in the fair value of biological assets
during a period is reported in profit or loss.
Exception to fair value model for biological assets:
if there is no active market at the time of recognition
in the financial statements, and no other reliable
measurement method, then the cost model is used
for the specific biological asset only. The biological
asset is measured at depreciated cost less any
accumulated impairment losses.
Fair value measurement stops at harvest.
IAS 2 applies after harvest.
Interpretations None.

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IFRIC 12 Service Concession Arrangements
Note: This Interpretation draws from several Standards
and is included separately due to its complexity and
significance.
Effective date Periods beginning on or after 1 January 2008.
Objective To address the accounting by private sector operators
involved in the provision of public sector infrastructure
assets and services. The Interpretation does not address
the accounting for the government (grantor) side of
such arrangements.
Summary For all arrangements falling within the scope
of the Interpretation (essentially those where
the infrastructure assets are not controlled by
the operator), the infrastructure assets are not
recognised as property, plant and equipment of the
operator. Rather, depending on the terms of the
arrangement, the operator recognises:
a financial asset where the operator has an
unconditional right to receive a specified amount
of cash or other financial asset over the life of the
arrangement; or
an intangible asset where the operators future
cash flows are not specified (e.g. where they will
vary according to usage of the infrastructure
asset); or
both a financial asset and an intangible asset
where the operators return is provided partially
by a financial asset and partially by an intangible
asset.
Other SIC 29 Service Concession Arrangements:
interpretations Disclosures
Disclosure requirements for service concession
arrangements.
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 IFRIC 17 Distributions of Non-cash Assets to Owners
Note: This Interpretation draws from several Standards
and is included separately due to its complexity and
significance
Effective date Annual periods beginning on or after 1 July 2009.
Objective To address the accounting when non-cash assets are
distributed to owners.
Summary A dividend payable should be recognised when the
dividend is appropriately authorised and is no longer
at the discretion of the entity.
An entity should measure the non-cash dividend
payable at the fair value of the assets to be
distributed. The liability should be remeasured at
each reporting date with changes recognised directly
in equity.
The difference between the dividend paid and the
carrying amount of the assets distributed should be
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Current IASB agenda projects
Our www.iasplus.com website has the latest information about the IASB and
IFRS Interpretations Committee agenda projects and research topics, including
summaries of decisions reached at each IASB and IFRS Interpretations
Committee meeting.
The following is a summary of the IASBs agenda projects at 30 April 2015. (*)

Topic Major IFRSs Status

Insurance The objective of the Redeliberations are
contracts project is to develop a expected to continue
comprehensive standard in the second quarter
on accounting for of 2015. A final
insurance contracts standard is expected
not before the end
of 2015.
Leases (joint The objective of the The Boards
project with project is to improve the completed
FASB) accounting for leases by redeliberations in the
developing an approach first quarter of 2015
that is more consistent and a finalised IFRS
with the conceptual is expected during
framework definitions of the fourth quarter of
assets and liabilities 2015.
Conceptual The project focuses on An Exposure Draft
Framework the elements of financial is expected in the
statements, measurement, second quarter of
reporting entity, 2015.
presentation and disclosure
Financial Accounting for Dynamic A Discussion Paper
Instruments Risk Management: a was published
Portfolio Revaluation on 17 April 2014.
Approach to Macro Comments on the
Hedging discussion paper
closed on 17October
2014, and
redeliberations are
expected to begin in
the second quarter
of 2015.

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 Topic Implementation narrow Status
scope amendments to
existing standards
Annual Minor amendments to ED expected in the
improvements IFRSs: 2014-2016 third quarter of
2015.
Clarifications to This project aims at The project was
IFRS 15: Issues clarifying the guidance added to the IASB's
emerging from in IFRS 15 'Revenue from agenda in February
TRG discussions Contracts with Customers' 2015. The IASB
in respect of issues arising expects to approve
from the discussions of the clarifications to
the Transition Resource be included in an
Group for Revenue Exposure Draft at
Recognition (TRG) its meeting in June
2015.
IAS 7 Narrow scope project to ED published in
consider issues arising December 2014 with
from the disclosure a comment deadline
framework initiative of 17 April 2015.
IAS 1 Classification of liabilities ED published in
February 2015 with a
comment deadline of
10 June 2015.
IAS 12 Recognition of deferred ED published in
tax assets for unrealised August 2014.
losses Comment
period ended in
December 2014
and redeliberations
will continue in the
second quarter of
2015.
IAS 19/IFRIC 14 Remeasurement at a plan An ED is expected in
amendment, curtailment the second quarter
or settlement/Availability of 2015.
of a refund of a surplus
from a defined benefit
plan
IAS 28 Elimination of gains An ED is expected in
arising from 'downstream' the second quarter
transactions of 2015.

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 Topic Implementation narrow Status
scope amendments to
existing standards
IFRS 2 Clarifications of ED was published
classification and in November 2014.
measurement of The comment period
share based payment ended in March
transactions 2015.
IFRS 13 Unit of account ED was published
in September 2014.
The comment period
ended in January
2015.
IFRS for SMEs Comprehensive review A finalised IFRS is
2012-2014 expected in the
second quarter of
2015.
(*) The IASB issued an Exposure Draft in May 2015 to defer the effective date
of IFRS 15 for one year to 1 January 2018 with earlier application permitted.
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Interpretations
Interpretations of IASs and IFRSs are developed by the IFRS Interpretations
Committee, which replaced the Standing Interpretations Committee (SIC) in
2002. Interpretations are part of IASBs authoritative literature. Therefore,
financial statements may not be described as complying with International
Financial Reporting Standards unless they comply with all the requirements
of each applicable Standard and each applicable Interpretation.

Interpretations
The following Interpretations have been issued by the IFRS Interpretations
Committee starting in 2004 through 30 April 2015.
IFRIC 1 Changes in Existing Decommissioning, Restoration and
SimilarLiabilities
IFRIC 2 Members Shares in Co-operative Entities and Similar Instruments
IFRIC 3 withdrawn
IFRIC 4 Determining whether an Arrangement contains a Lease
IFRIC 5 Rights to Interests Arising from Decommissioning, Restoration
and Environmental Rehabilitation Funds
IFRIC 6 Liabilities arising from Participating in a Specific Market
WasteElectrical and Electronic Equipment
IFRIC 7 Applying the Restatement Approach under IAS 29, Financial
Reporting in Hyperinflationary Economies
IFRIC 8 Reassessment of embedded derivatives
IFRIC 9 withdrawn
IFRIC 10 Interim Financial Reporting and Impairment
IFRIC 11 withdrawn
IFRIC 12 Service Concession Arrangements
IFRIC 13 (*) Customer Loyalty Programmes
IFRIC 14 IAS 19 The Limit on a Defined Benefit Asset, Minimum Funding
Requirements and their Interaction
IFRIC 15 (*) Agreements for the Construction of Real Estate
IFRIC 16 Hedges of a Net Investment in a Foreign Operation
IFRIC 17 Distributions of Non-cash Assets to Owners
IFRIC 18 (*) Transfers of Assets from Customers
IFRIC 19 Extinguishing Financial Liabilities with Equity Instruments
IFRIC 20 Stripping Costs in the Production Phase of a Surface Mine
IFRIC 21 Levies
(*) The Interpretation will be superseded on adoption of IFRS 15 Revenue from
Contracts with Customers.

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SIC Interpretations
The following Interpretations, issued by the Standing Interpretations
Committee (SIC) from 1997-2001, remain in effect. All other SIC
Interpretations have been superseded by amendments to IASs or new IFRSs
issued by the IASB:
SIC 7 Introduction of the Euro
SIC 10 Government Assistance No Specific Relation to Operating
Activities
SIC 15 Operating Leases Incentives
SIC 25 Income Taxes Changes in the Tax Status of an Entity or
itsShareholders
SIC 27 Evaluating the Substance of Transactions in the Legal Form
ofaLease
SIC 29 Service Concession Arrangements: Disclosures
SIC 31 Revenue Barter Transactions Involving Advertising Services
(The interpretation will be superseded on implementation of
IFRS15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers)
SIC 32 Intangible Assets Web Site Costs

Items not added to IFRS Interpretations Committee agenda

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IFRS Interpretation Committee
current agenda issues
The following is a summary of the IFRS Interpretation Committees active
agenda projects at 30 April 2015.

Standard Topic
IAS 2 Inventories Should interest be accreted on
prepayments in long-term supply
contracts?
IAS 12 Income taxes How should current tax assets and
liabilities be measured when the tax
position is uncertain?
IAS 16 Property, Plant and Accounting for net proceeds and costs
Equipment of testing for property, plant and
equipment
IAS 21 The Effects of Foreign currency transactions and
Changes in Foreign advance consideration: What is the
Exchange Rates date of the transaction for the purpose
of identifying the applicable exchange
rate?
IAS 32 Financial Classification of the liability for prepaid
Instruments: Presentation cards issued by a bank in the banks
and IAS 37 Provisions, financial statements
Contingent Liabilities and
Contingent Assets
IFRS 5 Non-current Reversal of impairment loss relating to
Assets Held for Sale and goodwill recognised for a disposal group
Discontinued Operations
IFRS 5 Non-current Write-down of a disposal group
Assets Held for Sale and
Discontinued Operations
IFRS 5 Non-current Issues relating to the requirements for
Assets Held for Sale and scope and presentation in IFRS 5
Discontinued Operations

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