IAS 28 — Potential effect of IFRS 3 and IAS 27 on equity method accounting
Date recorded:
Issue
The IFRIC staff noted that the FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) recently added to its agenda, EITF Issue No. 08-6 Equity Method Investment Accounting Considerations. EITF 08-6 addresses several issues resulting from the recently concluded joint project by the IASB and FASB on accounting for business combinations and accounting and reporting for noncontrolling interests that culminated in the issue of IFRS 3 (as revised in 2008) and IAS 27 (as amended in 2008) and FASB SFAS 141(R) and SFAS 160.
Decision not to add
March 2009
Reason
The IFRIC noted that IAS 28 provides explicit guidance on two issues:
- How an impairment assessment of an underlying indefinite-lived intangible asset of an equity method investment should be performed
- How to account for a change in an investment from the equity method to the cost method.
Therefore, the IFRIC does not expect divergence in practice and decided not to add these issues to its agenda.
IFRIC reference: IAS 28-1
