IFRIC 4 — Determining Whether an Arrangement Contains a Lease
Effective date: |
First effective as Canadian GAAP under Part I for interim and annual financial statements relating to fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2011. Earlier application of Part I was permitted. |
Published by IASB: |
December 2004 |
Included in Part I of CPA Canada Handbook: |
January 2010 |
Overview
An entity may enter into an arrangement, comprising a transaction or a series of related transactions, that does not take the legal form of a lease but conveys a right to use an asset (e.g., an item of property, plant or equipment) in return for a payment or series of payments. Examples of arrangements in which one entity (the supplier) may convey such a right to use an asset to another entity (the purchaser), often together with related services, include:
- outsourcing arrangements (e.g., the outsourcing of the data processing functions of an entity).
- arrangements in the telecommunications industry, in which suppliers of network capacity enter into contracts to provide purchasers with rights to capacity.
- take-or-pay and similar contracts, in which purchasers must make specified payments regardless of whether they take delivery of the contracted products or services (e.g., a take-or-pay contract to acquire substantially all of the output of a supplier's power generator).
This Interpretation provides guidance for determining whether such arrangements are, or contain, leases that should be accounted for in accordance with IAS 17 Leases. It does not provide guidance for determining how such a lease should be classified under that Standard.
History of IFRIC 4
The following table shows the history of this standard subsequent to the adoption of IFRS in Canada.
Date1 |
Development |
Comments |
Included in Part I of the CPA Canada Handbook2 |
January 2010 |
Part I of the CPA Canada Handbook issued |
Effective for interim and annual financial statements relating to fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2011. Earlier application is permitted. |
January 2010 |
August 1, 2018 |
IFRIC 4 withdrawn |
IFRIC 4, Determining whether an Arrangement contains a Lease, has been superseded by IFRS 16. Accordingly, IFRIC 4 has been withdrawn. |
August 2018 |
Notes
- For further details of relevant developments prior to this, please refer to our Deloitte Global section.
- Newly issued, amended or revised IFRSs are part of Canadian GAAP only after they are approved by the Accounting Standards Board in accordance with its due process.