ED on improvements to IFRSs

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26 Aug 2009

As part of its annual improvements process, the IASB has invited comment on an exposure draft proposing improvements to eleven IFRSs.

The eleven pronouncements subject to proposed amendments are:

  • IFRS 1 First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards
  • IFRS 3 Business Combinations
  • IFRS 5 Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations
  • IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures
  • IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements
  • IAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors
  • IAS 27 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements
  • IAS 28 Investments in Associates
  • IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting
  • IAS 40 Investment Property
  • IFRIC 13 Customer Loyalty Programmes

The proposed effective date for most of the amendments is for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2011, although entities would be permitted to adopt them earlier.

The proposed effective date for the amendments arising from IFRS 3 Business Combinations and the consequential amendments to the transition requirements of IAS 27 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements (as amended in 2008) is 1 July 2010.

Comments on the exposure draft are due by 24 November 2009. Click for Press Release (PDF 100k).

 

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