UK GAAP application for reporting periods ending 31 March 2020

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31 Mar, 2020

The table below reflects new and revised UK GAAP financial reporting requirements that need to be considered for financial reporting periods ending on 31 March 2020.

As the revised UK GAAP regime has now been in place for a number of years, preparation of either parent company or subsidiary accounts under either FRS 101 or FRS 102 should now have become a more routine exercise. The FRC has made several changes to FRS 102 as part of its first triennial review of the Standard to deal with issues highlighted in its implementation. The amendments were published in December 2017. More recently amendments to FRS 102 related to multi-employer defined benefit plans and interest rate benchmark reform have been issued.  Minor amendments were also made as a result of the 2019/20 annual review of FRS 101.

The table below reflects new and revised UK GAAP financial reporting requirements that need to be considered for financial reporting periods ending on 31 March 2020. For those reporters who want to understand new UK GAAP application for earlier periods please select one of the following:

Pronouncement Effective date Application for quarters ending 31 March 2020?
1st qtrs.* 2nd qtrs.** 3rd qtrs.*** Full yrs****
FRS 100
Amendments to FRS 102 (first triennial review) Effective 1 January 2019. Early application is permitted provided that all the amendments to FRS 101 as a result of the triennial review are applied at the same time. Already applied in prior period (January 2019) Mandatory Mandatory Mandatory
FRS 101
The amendments are available from when an entity applying FRS 101 first applies IFRS 16 - see note 1. Already applied in prior period (January 2019) Mandatory Mandatory Mandatory
Amendments to FRS 102 (first triennial review)

Effective for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019. Early application is permitted provided that all the amendments to FRS 101 as a result of the triennial review are applied at the same time

 

Already applied in prior period (January 2019) Mandatory Mandatory Mandatory
Amendments to the Basis for Conclusions FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework

No effective date. No amendments to FRS 101 have been made

N/A (see effective date column) N/A (see effective date column) N/A (see effective date column) N/A (see effective date column)
Amendments to FRS 101 - 2018/19 cycle issued

The amendments take effect for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2021. If an entity applies the recognition, measurement and disclosure requirements of IFRS 17 early, the amendments to FRS 101 are applied at the same time.

# # # #
Amendments to FRS 101 - 2019/20 cycle issued

Paragraph 8 of FRS 101 notes that the exemptions are available from when the relevant standard is applied. Therefore there is no need to amend the effective date for these amendments, which will be available for financial statements approved after the amendments have been finalised.

Optional Optional Optional Optional
FRS 102
Amendments to FRS 102 (first triennial review) The effective date for most of the amendments to FRS 102 is for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019, with early application permitted provided all amendments are applied at the same time. The only exceptions to this are the amendments relating to directors’ loans and the tax effects of gift aid payments, for which early application is permitted separately. Limited transitional provisions are also available. The amendments to disclosure requirements under Section 1A for small entities in the Republic of Ireland are effective for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2017. However, early application is permitted for companies in the Republic of Ireland that apply the Companies (Accounting) Act 2017 is applied from the same date.

Already applied in prior period (January 2019)

 

Mandatory

 

Mandatory

 

Mandatory

 

Amendments to FRS 102: Multi-employer defined benefit plans

The amendments are effective for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2020, with early application permitted.

Mandatory

Optional

Optional

Optional

'Amendments to FRS 102 – Interest rate benchmark reform'.

The amendments are effective for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2020, with early application permitted.

Mandatory

Optional

Optional

Optional

Amendments to FRS 101 - 2019/20 cycle issued

Paragraph 8 of FRS 101 notes that the exemptions are available from when the relevant standard is applied. Therefore there is no need to amend the effective date for these amendments, which will be available for financial statements approved after the amendments have been finalised.

Optional

Optional

Optional

Optional

FRS 103
Amendments to FRS 102 (first triennial review) Effective for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019. Early application is permitted provided that all the amendments to FRS 103 as a result of the triennial review are applied at the same time. Already applied in prior period (January 2019) Mandatory Mandatory Mandatory
FRS 104
Amendments to FRS 102 (first triennial review) Effective for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019. Early application is permitted if an entity also applies the Triennial review 2017 amendments to FRS 101 or FRS 102 for an accounting period beginning before 1 January 2019. Already applied in prior period (January 2019) Mandatory Mandatory Mandatory
FRS 105
Amendments to FRS 102 (first triennial review)
The changes to disclosure requirements in FRS 105 for micro entities in the UK are applicable for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2017; all other amendments to FRS 105 as a result of the triennial review are applicable for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019. Early application for UK micro-companies is permitted provided that all the amendments to FRS 105 are applied at the same time.

With respect to the Republic of Ireland, the changes to incorporate FRS 105 are applicable to accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2017. Earlier application is permitted for companies in the Republic of Ireland that apply the Companies (Accounting) Act 2017 is applied from the same date. All other amendments to FRS 105 as a result of the triennial review are applicable for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019. Early application of the other amendments is permitted provided that all of these other amendments are applied at the same time.

Already applied in prior period

Changes to incorporate FRS 105 in ROI applied in prior periods.  Other amendments - mandatory

Disclosure requirements for micro entities already applied in prior periods.  Other amendments - Mandatory

Changes to incorporate FRS 105 in ROI applied in prior periods.  Other amendments - mandatory

Disclosure requirements for micro entities already applied in prior periods.  Other amendments - Mandatory

Changes to incorporate FRS 105 in ROI applied in prior periods.  Other amendments - mandatory

Disclosure requirements for micro entities already applied in prior periods.  Other amendments - Mandatory

Changes to incorporate FRS 105 in ROI applied in prior periods.  Other amendments - mandatory

* 1st quarter ending on 31 March 2020 (accounting period began on 1 January 2020).

** 2nd quarter ending 31 March 2020 (accounting period began 1 October 2019).

*** 3rd quarter ending 31 March 2020 (accounting period began 1 July 2019).

**** 4th quarter ending 31 March 2020 (accounting period began 1 April 2019).

# - The amendments take effect for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2021. If an entity applies the recognition, measurement and disclosure requirements of IFRS 17 early, the amendments to FRS 101 are applied at the same time. IFRS 17 has not yet been endorsed for use in the EU.

Note 1 - IFRS 16 is applicable to an entity's first annual IFRS financial statements for a period beginning on or after 1 January 2019.

 

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