IASB proposes amendments regarding the application of the investment entities exemption

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11 Jun 2014

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has published an Exposure Draft (ED) of proposed amendments to IFRS 10 'Consolidated Financial Statements' and IAS 28 'Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures'. The proposed amendments aim at addressing issues that have arisen in relation to the exemption from consolidation for investment entities. Comments are requested by 15 September 2014.

 

Background

In October 2012, the IASB issued Investment Entities (Amendments to IFRS 10, IFRS 12 and IAS 27) providing an exemption from consolidation of subsidiaries under IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements for entities which meet the definition of an 'investment entity'. Subsequently, the IFRS Interpretations Committee received several submissions regarding the implementation of the exemption. The Committee recommended to the IASB to address the issues in a narrow-scope project, and in March 2014 the IASB formally added a project on IFRS 10/IAS 28 — Investment entity amendments to its work programme.

 

Suggested changes

The IASB proposes in ED/2014/2 Investment Entities: Applying the Consolidation Exception (Proposed amendments to IFRS 10 and IAS 28) amendments aimed at clarifying the following aspects:

  • Exemption from preparing consolidated financial statements. The suggested amendments confirm that an entity can apply the consolidation exemption even if its parent entity measures its subsidiaries at fair value in accordance with IFRS 10.
  • A subsidiary providing services that relate to the parent's investment activities. A subsidiary that provides services related to the parent's investment activities should not be consolidated if the subsidiary itself is an investment entity.
  • Application of the equity method by a non-investment entity investor to an investment entity investee. When applying the equity method, a non-investment entity investor in an investment entity retains the fair value measurement applied by the associate to its interests in subsidiaries, unless the non-investment entity investor is a joint venturer where the joint venture is an investment entity.

 

Transition requirements and effective date

The ED does not contain a proposed effective date. Also, no specific transition provisions are included in the ED.

 

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