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APPENDIX A—EFFECTIVE DATE AND TRANSITION

APPENDIX B DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS IF AN ENTITY APPLIES HKFRS 19 BEFORE APPLYING HKFRS 18

APPENDIX C AMENDMENTS TO OTHER HKFRS ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

APPENDIX D COMPARISON WITH IFRS ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BASIS FOR CONCLUSIONS

Introduction

Overview

IN1 Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standard 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures (HKFRS 19) sets outthe reduced disclosure requirements for eligible subsidiaries. The objective is to reduce the costs of preparing financial statements for eligible subsidiaries, while maintaining the usefulness of those financial statements for their users.

IN2 HKFRS 19 is a voluntary standard for eligible subsidiaries. A subsidiary is eligible to apply HKFRS 19 if:

(a) it does not have public accountability; and

(b) its ultimate or intermediate parent produces consolidated financial statements that are available for public use and that comply with HKFRS Accounting Standards or IFRS Accounting Standards

IN3 HKFRS 19 is effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2027. Earlier application is permitted.

Reasons for issuing HKFRS 19

The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants supports the reasons for the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) issuing IFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures (IFRS 19) and therefore issued HKFRS 19 to maintain convergence of HKFRS Accounting Standards with IFRS Accounting Standards.

IN4 Stakeholders informed the IASB, in the 2015 Agenda Consultation, that there are complications in preparing subsidiaries’ financial statements when the parent prepares consolidated financial statements applying IFRS Accounting Standards. In particular,

• subsidiaries applying local GAAP or IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard have recognition and measurement differences between their own financial statements and the amounts reported to their parent for group consolidation purposes; and

• subsidiaries applying IFRS Accounting Standards avoided this problem, but found the disclosure requirements disproportionate to the information needs of the users of their financial statements.

IN5 The IASB undertook a project to resolve these challenges. The IASB completed the project by issuing IFRS 19 which enables eligible subsidiaries to keep only one set of accounting records to meet the needs of both their parent company and the users of their financial statements, and reduces the disclosure requirements.

Main features

IN6 HKFRS 19 is a disclosure-only standard. It does not include:

(a) recognition, measurement and presentation requirements. Those requirements in other HKFRS Accounting Standards remain applicable.

(b) guidance on applying disclosure requirements. The guidance in other HKFRS Accounting Standards remains available.

IN7 An eligible subsidiary that applies HKFRS 19 does so by applying the requirements in other HKFRS Accounting Standards except for the disclosure requirements and instead applies the reduced disclosure requirements in HKFRS 19.

IN8 The disclosure requirements in HKFRS 19 are a reduced version of those set out in other HKFRS Accounting Standards. The disclosure requirements in other HKFRS Accounting Standards that continue to apply to an eligible subsidiary are listed in HKFRS 19 under the relevant subheadings.

IN9 HKFRS 19 is part of HKFRS Accounting Standards, so an eligible subsidiary that applies HKFRS 19 asserts its compliance with HKFRS Accounting Standards and states it has applied HKFRS 19.

IN10 To ensure it remains up to date and consistent with any new or amended disclosure requirements in other HKFRS Accounting Standards, HKFRS 19 will be amended as needed.

Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standard 19

Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures

Objective

1 HKFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures specifies the disclosure requirements an entity is permitted to apply instead of the disclosure requirements in other HKFRS Accounting Standards.

Meeting the objective

2 An entity electing to apply this Standard applies the requirements in other HKFRS Accounting Standards, except for the disclosure requirements. Instead, the entity applies the requirements in this Standard.

3 Therefore, unless specified otherwise (see paragraph 4), an entity applying this Standard need not apply the disclosure requirements in other HKFRS Accounting Standards nor apply any statements about, or references to, those disclosure requirements. For example, paragraph 35 of HKAS 12 Income Taxes contains requirements about the criteria for recognising a deferred tax asset arising from the carryforward of unused tax losses and tax credits. The paragraph ends with ‘in such circumstances, paragraph 82 requires disclosure of the amount of the deferred tax asset and the nature of the evidence supporting its recognition’. An entity that applies this Standard would not apply paragraph 82 of HKAS 12. Such an entity need not apply the statement at the end of paragraph 35 of HKAS 12 about paragraph 82.

4 Notwithstanding paragraphs 2–3:

(a) disclosure requirements in other HKFRS Accounting Standards that remain applicable to an entity applying this Standard are specified in this Standard.

(b) if an entity applying this Standard applies HKFRS 8 Operating Segments, HKFRS 17 Insurance Contracts or HKAS 33 Earnings per Share, it shall apply all the disclosure requirements in those Standards.

(c) a new or amended HKFRS Accounting Standard may include disclosure requirements about an entity’s transition to that Standard. Any relief available to an entity applying this Standard from disclosure requirements about the entity’stransition to that new or amended Standard will be set out in the new or amended HKFRS Accounting Standard.

5 In accordance with paragraph 19 of HKFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements, an entity applying this Standard need not provide a specific disclosure required by this Standard if the information resulting from that disclosure would not be material.

6 An entity shall consider whether to provide additional disclosures when compliance with the specific requirements in this Standard is insufficient to enable users of financial statements to understand the effect of transactions and other events and conditions on the entity’s financial position and financial performance.

Scope

7 An entity may elect to apply this Standard in its consolidated, separate or individual financial statements if, and only if, at the end of the reporting period:

(a) it is a subsidiary;

(b) it does not have public accountability (see paragraphs 11–12); and

(c) it has an ultimate or intermediate parent that produces consolidated financial statements available for public use that comply with HKFRS Accounting Standards or IFRS Accounting Standards

8 A ‘subsidiary’ and a ‘group’ are defined in Appendix A of HKFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements

An intermediate parent assesses its eligibility to apply this Standard in its separate financial statements, regardless of whether other group entities, or the group as a whole, have public accountability.

An intermediate parent that does not have public accountability and meets the other eligibility conditions in paragraph 7 may apply this Standard in its separate financial statements even if it does not apply this Standard in its consolidated financial statements.

An entity has public accountability if:

(a) its debt or equity instruments are traded in a public market or it is in the process of issuing such instruments for trading in a public market (a domestic or foreign stock exchange or an over-the-counter market, including local and regional markets); or

(b) it holds assets in a fiduciary capacity for a broad group of outsiders as one of its primary businesses (for example, banks, credit unions, insurance companies, securities brokers/dealers, mutual funds and investment banks often meet this second criterion).

12 Some entities may hold assets in a fiduciary capacity for a broad group of outsiders because they hold and manage financial resources entrusted to them by clients, customers or members not involved in the management of the entity. However, if they do so for reasons incidental to a primary business (as, for example, may be the case for travel or real estate agents, schools, charitable organisations, co-operative enterprises requiring a nominal membership deposit, and sellers that receive payment in advance of delivery of goods or services such as utility companies), that does not make them publicly accountable.

Electing or revoking an election to apply this Standard

13 An entity that elects to apply this Standard in one reporting period may later revoke that election. An entity may elect to apply this Standard more than once for example, an entity that applied this Standard in a prior period but not in the immediately preceding period may elect to apply this Standard in the current period.

14 An entity that applies this Standard in the current reporting period but not in the immediately preceding period shall provide comparative information (that is, information for the preceding period) for all amounts reported in the current period’s financial statements, unless this Standard or another HKFRS Accounting Standard permits or requires otherwise. The entity shall include comparative information for narrative and descriptive information if it is necessary for an understanding of the current period’s financial statements.

15 An entity that applied this Standard in the preceding reporting period but elects not to (or is no longer eligible to) apply it in the current period and continues applying HKFRS Accounting Standards shall provide comparative information with respect to the preceding period for all amounts reported in the current period’s financial statements, unless another HKFRS Accounting Standard permits or requires otherwise. The entity shall include comparative information for narrative and descriptive information if it is necessary for an understanding of the current period’s financial statements. The fact that this Standard did not require the disclosure of amounts in the preceding period for some items that are disclosed in the current period is not a reason to omit comparative information for these items.

16 The requirements for changes in accounting policies in HKAS 8 Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements do not apply to electing or revoking an election to apply this Standard.

Interaction with HKFRS 1 First-time Adoption of Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standards

17 An entity applies HKFRS 1 First-time Adoption of Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standards when it prepares its first HKFRS financial statements, or when it is permitted to do so applying paragraph 4A of HKFRS 1. An entitythat applies this Standard when it prepares its first HKFRS financial statements shall apply the disclosure requirements in paragraphs 21–30 of this Standard instead of the disclosure requirements in paragraphs 23–33 of HKFRS 1.

18 Electing or revoking an election to apply this Standard does not, on its own, result in an entity meeting the definition of a first-time adopter of HKFRS Accounting Standards in HKFRS 1. For example, an entity that applied HKFRS Accounting Standards, but not this Standard, in the immediately preceding reporting period and that applies this Standard in the current period is not a first-time adopter of HKFRS Accounting Standards and shall not apply HKFRS 1 in the current period.

19 Similarly, an entity revoking the election to apply this Standard in the current reporting period does not apply HKFRS 1 in the current period if, in the immediately preceding period, it provided an explicit and unreserved statement of compliance with HKFRS Accounting Standards as required by paragraph 20.

Disclosure requirements

Compliance with HKFRS Accounting Standards

20 An entity whose financial statements comply with HKFRS Accounting Standards and the requirements in this Standard shall make an explicit and unreserved statement of such compliance in the notes. An entity that applies this Standard shall, as part of that unreserved statement, state that it has applied this Standard. An entity applying this Standard shall not describe financial statements as complying with HKFRS Accounting Standards unless the entity complies with the requirements in this Standard and all applicable requirements in other HKFRS Accounting Standards.

HKFRS 1 First-time Adoption of Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standards

Explanation of transition to HKFRS Accounting

Standards

21 An entity shall explain how the transition from previous GAAPto HKFRS Accounting Standards affected its reported financial position, financial performance and cash flows.

22 An entity that has applied HKFRS Accounting Standards in a previous period, as described in paragraph 4A of HKFRS 1, shall disclose:

(a) the reason it stopped applying HKFRS Accounting Standards; and

(b) the reason it is resuming the application of HKFRS Accounting Standards.

23 When an entity, in accordance with paragraph 4A of HKFRS 1, does not elect to apply HKFRS 1, the entity shall explain the reasons for electing to apply HKFRS Accounting Standards as if it had never stopped applying HKFRS Accounting Standards.

Reconciliations

24 To comply with paragraph 21, an entity’s first HKFRS financial statements shall include:

(a) reconciliations of its equity reported in accordance with previous GAAP to its equity in accordance with HKFRS Accounting Standards for both:

(i) the date of transition to HKFRSs; and

(ii) the end of the latest period presented in the entity’s most recent annual financial statements in accordance with previous GAAP.

(b) a reconciliation to its total comprehensive income in accordance with HKFRS Accounting Standards for the latest period in the entity’s most recent annual financial statements. The starting point for that reconciliation shall be total comprehensive income in accordance with previous GAAP for the same period or, if an entity did not report such a total, profit or loss under previous GAAP.

25 If an entity becomes aware of errors made under previous GAAP in the reconciliations required by paragraph 24, it shall distinguish the correction of those errors from changes in accounting policies.

26 If, during the period covered by its first HKFRS financial statements, an entity changes its accounting policies or its use of the exemptions contained in HKFRS 1, it shall explain the changes between its first HKFRS interim financial report and its first HKFRS financial statements in accordance with paragraph 21, and it shall update the reconciliations required by paragraph 24.

27 If an entity did not present financial statements for previous periods, its first HKFRS financial statements shall disclose that fact.

Interim financial reports

28 To comply with paragraph 21, if an entity presents an interim financial report in accordance with HKAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting for part of the period covered by its first HKFRS financial statements, the entity shall satisfy the requirements of HKAS 34, unless stated otherwise, as well as these requirements:

(a) each such interim financial report shall, if the entity presented an interim financial report for the comparable interim period of the immediately preceding financial year, include:

(i) a reconciliation of its equity in accordance with previous GAAP at the end of that comparable interim period to its equity under HKFRS Accounting Standards at that date; and

(ii) a reconciliation to its total comprehensive income in accordance with HKFRS Accounting Standards for that comparable interim period (current and year to date). The starting point for that reconciliation shall be total comprehensive income in accordance with previous GAAP for that period or, if an entity did not report such a total, profit or loss in accordance with previous GAAP;

(b) in addition to the reconciliations required by (a), an entity’s first interim financial report in accordance with HKAS 34 for part of the period covered by its first HKFRS financial statements shall include the reconciliations described in paragraph 24 (supplemented by the details required by paragraph 25) or a cross-reference to another published document that includes these reconciliations; and

(c) if an entity changes its accounting policies or its use of the exemptions contained in HKFRS 1, it shall explain the changes in each such interim financial report in accordance with paragraph 21 and update the reconciliations required by (a)–(b).

29 If a first time adopter did not, in its most recent annual financial statements in accordance with previous GAAP,disclose information material to an understanding of the current interim period, its interim financial report shall disclose that information or include a cross reference to another published document that includes it.

Disclosure requirements in HKFRS 1 that remain applicable

30 If an entity applies paragraph D2 of HKFRS 1, it shall apply the disclosure requirements in that paragraph.

HKFRS 2 Share-based Payment

31 An entity shall disclose:

(a) a description of each type of share-based payment arrangement that existed at any time during the reporting period, including the general terms and conditions of each arrangement, such as vesting requirements, the maximum term of options granted and the method of settlement (whether in cash or equity). An entity with substantially similar types of share-based payment arrangements may aggregate this information.

(b) the number and weighted average exercise prices of share options in each of these groups of options:

(i) outstanding at the beginning of the reporting period;

(ii) granted during the period;

(iii) forfeited during the period;

(iv) exercised during the period;

(v) expired during the period;

(vi) outstanding at the end of the period; and

(vii) exercisable at the end of the period.

32 An entity shall disclose information that enables users of the financial statements to understand how the fair value of the goods or services received, or the fair value of the equity instruments granted, during the reporting period was determined.

33 For share-based payment arrangements that were modified during the reporting period, an entity shall explain those modifications.

34 An entity shall disclose:

(a) the total expense recognised for the reporting period arising from share based payment transactions in which the goods or services received did not qualify for recognition as assets and were therefore recognised immediately as an expense; and

(b) the total carrying amount at the end of the reporting period for liabilities arising from share-based payment transactions.

HKFRS 3 Business Combinations

35 The acquirer shall disclose, for each business combination that occurs during the reporting period:

(a) the name and description of the acquiree;

(b) the acquisition date;

(d) a qualitative description of the factors that make up the goodwill recognised, such as expected synergies from combining operations of the acquiree and the acquirer, intangible assets that do not qualify for separate recognition or other factors;

(e) the acquisition-date fair value of the total consideration transferred and description of the components of that consideration, such as:

(i) cash;

(ii) other tangible or intangible assets, including a business or subsidiary of the acquirer;

(iii) liabilities incurred, for example, a liability for contingent consideration; and

(iv) equity interests of the acquirer;

(f) for contingent consideration arrangements and indemnification assets:

(i) the amount recognised as of the acquisition date; and

(ii) a description of the arrangement and the basis for determining the amount of the payment;

(g) the amounts recognised as of the acquisition date for each class of assets acquired and liabilities assumed;

(h) if a contingent liability is not recognised because its fair value cannot be measured reliably, the information required by paragraph 259;

(i) in a bargain purchase, the amount of any gain recognised in accordance with paragraph 34 of HKFRS 3 Business Combinations and the line item in the statement of comprehensive income in which the gain is recognised; and

(j) for each business combination in which the acquirer holds less than 100 per cent of the equity interests in the acquiree at the acquisition date:

(i) the amount of non-controlling interest in the acquiree recognised at the acquisition date and the measurement basis for that amount; and

(ii) for each non-controlling interest in an acquiree measured at fair value, the valuation technique(s) and significant inputs used to measure that value.

36 The acquirer shall disclose, for each reporting period after the acquisition date until the entity collects, sells or otherwise loses the right to a contingent consideration asset, or until the entity settles a contingent consideration liability or the liability is cancelled or expires:

(a) any changes in the recognised amounts, including any differences arising upon settlement; and

(b) the valuation techniques and key model inputs used to measure contingent consideration.

37 The acquirer shall disclose a reconciliation (comparative information is not required) of the carrying amount of goodwill at the beginning and end of the reporting period showing separately:

(a) additional goodwill recognised during the reporting period, except goodwill included in a disposal group that, on acquisition, meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale in accordance with HKFRS 5 Non current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations;

(b) goodwill included in a disposal group classified as held for sale in accordance with HKFRS 5 and goodwill derecognised during the reporting period without having previously been included in a disposal group classified as held for sale;

(d) any other changes in the carrying amount during the reporting period.

HKFRS 5 Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations

38 An entity shall disclose, in the notes in the reporting period in which a non-current asset (or disposal group) has been either classified as held for sale or sold:

(a) a description of the non-current asset (or disposal group);

(b) a description of the facts and circumstances of the sale, or leading to the expected disposal, and the expected manner and timing of that disposal; and

(c) if applicable, the reportable segment in which the non-current asset (or disposal group) is presented in accordance with HKFRS 8.

39 If either paragraph 26 of HKFRS 5 or paragraph 29 of HKFRS 5 applies, an entity shall disclose, in the reporting period of the decision to change the plan to sell the non-current asset (or disposal group), a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the decision and the effect of the decision on the results of operations for the period and any prior periods presented.

Disclosure requirements in HKFRS 5 that remain applicable

40 An entity shall apply the disclosure requirements in paragraphs 12, 13, 33(a), 33(c) and 34 of HKFRS 5. The reference to paragraph 33 in paragraph 13 of HKFRS 5 shall be read by the entity as referring to paragraphs 33(a) and 33(c) of HKFRS 5.

HKFRS 6 Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources

41 An entity shall treat exploration and evaluation assets as a separate class of assets and make the disclosures required by either paragraphs 200–202 (under subheading HKAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment) or paragraphs 263–266 (under subheading HKAS 38 Intangible Assets), consistent with how the assets are classified.

HKFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures

42 Paragraphs 3–5A of HKFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures set out the scope of HKFRS 7, that is, the financial instruments, contracts to buy or sell a non-financial item and rights to

which the disclosure requirements in HKFRS 7 apply. An entity applying this Standard shall apply paragraphs 3–5A of HKFRS 7 to determine the scope of the disclosure requirements in paragraphs 43–73. The references in:

(a) paragraph 3(a) of HKFRS 7 to the disclosure requirements in HKFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement shall be read by the entity as referring to paragraphs 95–97; and

(b) paragraph 5A of HKFRS 7 to the disclosure requirements in paragraphs 35A–35N of HKFRS 7 shall be read by the entity as referring to paragraphs 65–71.

43 An entity shall disclose information that enables users of its financial statements to evaluate the significance of financial instruments for its financial position and performance.

Categories of financial assets and financial liabilities

44 The carrying amounts of each of the following categories, as specified in HKFRS 9 Financial Instruments, shall either be presented in the statement of financial position or disclosed in the notes:

(a) financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss;

(b) financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss, showing separately:

(i) those designated as such upon initial recognition in accordance with paragraph 4.2.2 of HKFRS 9 or subsequently in accordance with paragraph 6.7.1 of HKFRS 9; and

(ii) those that meet the definition of held for trading in HKFRS 9;

(d) financial liabilities measured at amortised cost; and

(e) financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income, showing separately:

(i) financial assets that are measured at fair value through other comprehensive income in accordance with paragraph 4.1.2A of HKFRS 9; and

(ii) investments in equity instruments designated as such upon initial recognition in accordance with paragraph 5.7.5 of HKFRS 9.

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

45 If the entity has designated a financial liability as at fair value through profit or loss in accordance with paragraph 4.2.2 of HKFRS 9 and is required to present the effects of changes in that liability’s credit risk in other comprehensive income (see paragraph 5.7.7 of HKFRS 9), it shall disclose:

(a) the amount of change, cumulatively, in the fair value of the financial liability that is attributable to changes in the credit risk of that liability (see paragraphs B5.7.13–B5.7.20 of HKFRS 9 for guidance on determining the effects of changes in a liability’s credit risk); and

(b) the difference between the financial liability’s carrying amount and the amount the entity would be contractually required to pay at maturity to the holder of the obligation.

46 If an entity has designated a financial liability as at fair value through profit or loss in accordance with paragraph 4.2.2 of HKFRS 9 and is required to present all changes in the fair

value of that liability (including the effects of changes in the credit risk of the liability) in profit or loss (see paragraphs 5.7.7 and 5.7.8 of HKFRS 9), it shall disclose:

(a) the amount of change, during the reporting period and cumulatively, in the fair value of the financial liability that is attributable to changes in the credit risk of that liability (see paragraphs B5.7.13–B5.7.20 of HKFRS 9 for guidance on determining the effects of changes in a liability’s credit risk); and

(b) the difference between the financial liability’s carrying amount and the amount the entity would be contractually required to pay at maturity to the holder of the obligation.

Reclassification

47 An entity shall disclose if, in the current or previous reporting periods, it has reclassified any financial assets in accordance with paragraph 4.4.1 of HKFRS 9. For each such event, an entity shall disclose:

(a) the date of reclassification;

(b) a detailed explanation of the change in business model and a qualitative description of its effect on the entity’s financial statements; and

48 For each reporting period following reclassification until derecognition, an entity shall disclose, for assets reclassified out of the fair value through profit or loss category so that they are measured at amortised cost or fair value through other comprehensive income in accordance with paragraph 4.4.1 of HKFRS 9:

(a) the effective interest rate determined on the date of reclassification; and

(b) the interest revenue recognised.

Offsetting financial assets and financial liabilities

49 An entity shall, at the end of the reporting period, disclose separately the gross amounts of those recognised financial assets and recognised financial liabilities that are set off in accordance with paragraph 42 of HKAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation.

50 Financial instruments disclosed in accordance with paragraph 49 may be subject to different measurement requirements (for example, a payable related to a repurchase agreement may be measured at amortised cost, while a derivative will be measured at fair value). An entity shall include financial instruments at their recognised amounts and describe any resulting measurement differences in the related disclosures.

Collateral

51 An entity shall disclose:

(a) the carrying amount of financial assets it has pledged as collateral for liabilities or contingent liabilities, including amounts that have been reclassified in accordance with paragraph 3.2.23(a) of HKFRS 9; and

(b) the terms and conditions relating to its pledge.

Allowance account for credit losses

52 The carrying amount of financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income in accordance with paragraph 4.1.2A of HKFRS 9 is not reduced by a loss allowance

and an entity shall not present the loss allowance separately in the statement of financial position as a reduction of the carrying amount of the financial asset. However, an entity shall disclose the loss allowance in the notes.

Compound financial instruments with multiple embedded derivatives

53 If an entity has issued an instrument that contains both a liability and an equity component (see paragraph 28 of HKAS 32) and the instrument has multiple embedded derivatives whose values are interdependent (such as a callable convertible debt instrument), it shall disclose the existence of those features.

Defaults and breaches

54 For loans payable recognised at the end of the reporting period, an entity shall disclose:

(a) details of any defaults during the period of principal, interest, sinking fund or redemption terms of those loans payable;

(b) the carrying amount of the loans payable in default at the end of the reporting period; and

(c) whether the default was remedied, or the terms of the loans payable were renegotiated, before the financial statements were authorised for issue.

55 If, during the period, there were breaches of loan agreement terms other than those described in paragraph 54, an entity shall disclose the same information as required by paragraph 54 if those breaches permitted the lender to demand accelerated repayment (unless the breaches were remedied, or the terms of the loan were renegotiated, on or before the end of the reporting period).

Items of income, expense, gains or losses

56 An entity shall either present, subject to the presentation requirements in HKFRS 18, these items of income, expense, gains or losses in the statement of comprehensive income or disclose them in the notes:

(a) net gains or net losses on:

(i) financial assets or financial liabilities measured at fair value through profit or loss;

(ii) financial liabilities measured at amortised cost;

(iii) financial assets measured at amortised cost;

(iv) investments in equity instruments designated at fair value through other comprehensive income in accordance with paragraph 5.7.5 of HKFRS 9; and

(v) financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income in accordance with paragraph 4.1.2A of HKFRS 9, showing separately the amount of gain or loss recognised in other comprehensive income during the reporting period, and the amount reclassified upon derecognition from accumulated other comprehensive income to profit or loss for the period;

(b) total interest revenue and total interest expense (calculated using the effective interest method) for financial assets that are measured at amortised cost or that are measured at fair value through other comprehensive income in accordance with paragraph 4.1.2A of HKFRS 9, or financial liabilities that are not measured at fair value through profit or loss; and

(i) financial assets and financial liabilities that are not measured at fair value through profit or loss; and

(ii) trust and other fiduciary activities that result in the holding or investing of assets on behalf of individuals, trusts, retirement benefit plans and other institutions.

Accounting policies

57 In accordance with paragraph 176, an entity shall disclose material accounting policy information. Information about the measurement basis (or bases) for financial instruments used in preparing the financial statements is expected to be material accounting policy information.

Hedge accounting

58 An entity shall disclose separately, for each category of risk exposures that it decides to hedge and for which hedge accounting is applied, a description of:

(a) the hedging instruments that are used (and how they are used) to hedge risk exposures; and

(b) how the entity determines the economic relationship between the hedged item and the hedging instrument for the purpose of assessing hedge effectiveness.

59 When an entity designates a specific risk component as a hedged item (see paragraph 6.3.7 of HKFRS 9), it shall provide qualitative or quantitative information about how the entity determined the risk component that is designated as the hedged item (including a description of the nature of the relationship between the risk component and the item as a whole).

60 An entity shall disclose, in a table, these amounts related to items designated as hedging instruments separately by risk category for each type of hedge (fair value hedge, cash flow hedge or hedge of a net investment in a foreign operation):

(a) the carrying amount of the hedging instruments (financial assets separately from financial liabilities);

(b) the line item in the statement of financial position that includes the hedging instrument;

(c) the change in fair value of the hedging instrument used as the basis for recognising hedge ineffectiveness for the period; and

(d) the nominal amounts (including quantities such as tonnes or cubic metres) of the hedging instruments.

61 An entity shall disclose, in a table, these amounts related to hedged items separately by risk category for the types of hedges as follows:

(a) for fair value hedges:

(i) the carrying amount of the hedged item recognised in the statement of financial position (presenting assets separately from liabilities);

(ii) the accumulated amount of fair value hedge adjustments on the hedged item included in the carrying amount of the hedged item recognised in the statement of financial position (presenting assets separately from liabilities);

(iii) the line item in the statement of financial position that includes the hedged item; and

(iv) the change in value of the hedged item used as the basis for recognising hedge ineffectiveness for the period.

(b) for cash flow hedges and hedges of a net investment in a foreign operation: the change in value of the hedged item used as the basis for recognising hedge ineffectiveness for the period (for cash flow hedges, this is the change in value used to determine the recognised hedge ineffectiveness in accordance with paragraph 6.5.11(c) of HKFRS 9).

62 An entity shall disclose, in a table, these amounts separately by risk category for the types of hedges:

(a) for fair value hedges: hedge ineffectiveness the difference between the hedging gains or losses of the hedging instrument and the hedged item recognised in profit or loss (or other comprehensive income for hedges of an equity instrument for which an entity has elected to present changes in fair value in other comprehensive income in accordance with paragraph 5.7.5 of HKFRS 9).

(b) for cash flow hedges and hedges of a net investment in a foreign operation:

(i) hedging gains or losses of the reporting period that were recognised in other comprehensive income;

(ii) hedge ineffectiveness recognised in profit or loss; and

(iii) the amount reclassified from the cash flow hedge reserve or the foreign currency translation reserve into profit or loss as a reclassification adjustment (see HKFRS 18) differentiating between amounts for which hedge accounting had previously been used, but for which the hedged future cash flows are no longer expected to occur, and amounts that have been transferred because the hedged item has affected profit or loss.

63 For hedging relationships to which an entity applies the exceptions set out in paragraphs 6.8.4–6.8.12 of HKFRS 9 or paragraphs 102D–102N of HKAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement, an entity shall disclose:

(a) the significant interest rate benchmarks to which the entity’s hedging relationships are exposed;

(b) the extent of the risk exposure the entity manages that is directly affected by the interest rate benchmark reform;

(d) a description of significant assumptions or judgements the entity made in applying these paragraphs (for example, assumptions or judgements about when the uncertainty arising from interest rate benchmark reform is no longer present with respect to the timing and the amount of the interest rate benchmark-based cash flows); and

(e) the nominal amount of the hedging instruments in those hedging relationships.

Fair value

64 In some cases, an entity does not recognise a gain or loss on initial recognition of a financial asset or financial liability because the fair value is neither evidenced by a quoted price in an active market for an identical asset or liability (a Level 1 input), nor based on a valuation technique that uses only data from observable markets (see paragraph B5.1.2A of HKFRS 9). In such cases, the entity shall disclose by class of financial asset or financial liability:

(a) its accounting policy for recognising in profit or loss the difference between the fair value at initial recognition and the transaction price to reflect a change in factors (including time) that market participants would take into account when pricing the asset or liability (see paragraph B5.1.2A(b) of HKFRS 9);

(b) the aggregate difference yet to be recognised in profit or loss at the beginning and end of the reporting period and a reconciliation of changes in the balance of this difference; and

(c) why the entity concluded that the transaction price was not the best evidence of fair value, including a description of the evidence that supports the fair value.

Nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments

Credit risk: all entities

65 An entity shall explain the inputs, assumptions and estimation techniques used to apply the requirements in Section 5.5 of HKFRS 9. For this purpose an entity shall disclose:

(a) the basis of inputs and assumptions and the estimation techniques used to:

(i) measure the 12-month and lifetime expected credit losses;

(ii) determine whether the credit risk of financial instruments has increased significantly since initial recognition; and

(iii) determine whether a financial asset is a credit-impaired financial asset;

(b) how forward-looking information has been incorporated into the determination of expected credit losses, including the use of macroeconomic information; and

(c) changes in the estimation techniques or significant assumptions made during the reporting period and the reasons for those changes.

66 To explain the changes in the loss allowance and the reasons for those changes, an entity shall provide, in a table, by class of financial instrument, a reconciliation from the opening balance to the closing balance of the loss allowance, showing separately the changes during the reporting period for:

(a) the loss allowance measured at an amount equal to 12-month expected credit losses.

(b) the loss allowance measured at an amount equal to lifetime expected credit losses for:

(i) financial instruments for which credit risk has increased significantly since initial recognition but that are not credit-impaired financial assets;

(ii) financial assets that are credit-impaired at the reporting date (but that are not purchased or originated credit-impaired); and

(iii) trade receivables, contract assets or lease receivables for which the loss allowances are measured in accordance with paragraph 5.5.15 of HKFRS 9.

(c) financial assets that are purchased or originated credit-impaired. In addition to the reconciliation, an entity shall disclose the total amount of undiscounted expected credit losses at initial recognition on financial assets initially recognised during the reporting period.

67 For loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts, the loss allowance is recognised as a provision. An entity should disclose information about the changes in the loss allowance for financial assets separately from those for loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts. However, if a financial instrument includes both a loan (financial asset) and an undrawn commitment (loan commitment) component and the entity cannot separately identify the expected credit losses on the loan commitment component from those on the financial asset component, the expected credit losses on the loan commitment should be recognised together with the loss allowance for the financial asset. To the extent that the combined expected credit losses exceed the gross carrying amount of the financial asset, the expected credit losses should be recognised as a provision.

Credit risk: entities that provide financing to customers as a main business activity

68 The disclosure requirements in paragraphs 69–71 are applicable only to an entity that provides financing to customers as a main business activity, as described in HKFRS 18.

69 An entity shall disclose information that enables users of financial statements to understand and evaluate:

(a) how the entity determined whether the credit risk of financial instruments has increased significantly since initial recognition, including if and how:

(i) financial instruments are considered to have low credit risk in accordance with paragraph 5.5.10 of HKFRS 9, including the classes of financial instruments to which it applies; and

(ii) the presumption in paragraph 5.5.11 of HKFRS 9, that there have been significant increases in credit risk since initial recognition when financial assets are more than 30 days past due, has been rebutted; and

(b) an entity’s definitions of default, including the reasons for selecting those definitions.

70 An entity shall provide an explanation of how significant changes in the gross carrying amount of financial instruments during the period contributed to changes in the loss allowance. The information shall be provided separately for financial instruments that represent the loss allowance as listed in paragraph 66(a)–(c) and shall include relevant qualitative and quantitative information. Examples of changes in the gross carrying amount of financial instruments that contributed to the changes in the loss allowance may include:

(a) changes because of financial instruments originated or acquired during the reporting period;

(b) the modification of contractual cash flows on financial assets that do not result in a derecognition of those financial assets in accordance with HKFRS 9;

(c) changes because of financial instruments that were derecognised (including those that were written off) during the reporting period; and

(d) changes arising from whether the loss allowance is measured at an amount equal to 12-month or lifetime expected credit losses.

71 An entity shall disclose, by credit risk rating grades, the gross carrying amount of financial assets and the exposure to credit risk on loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts. An entity shall provide this information separately for financial instruments:

(a) for which the loss allowance is measured at an amount equal to 12 month expected credit losses;

(b) for which the loss allowance is measured at an amount equal to lifetime expected credit losses and that are:

(i) financial instruments for which credit risk has increased significantly since initial recognition, but that are not credit-impaired financial assets;

(ii) financial assets that are credit-impaired at the reporting date (but that are not purchased or originated credit-impaired); and

(iii) trade receivables, contract assets or lease receivables for which the loss allowances are measured in accordance with paragraph 5.5.15 of HKFRS 9.

Liquidity risk

72 An entity shall disclose:

(a) a maturity analysis for non derivative financial liabilities (including issued financial guarantee contracts) that shows the remaining contractual maturities.

(b) a maturity analysis for derivative financial liabilities. The maturity analysis shall include the remaining contractual maturities for those derivative financial liabilities for which contractual maturities are essential for an understanding of the timing of the cash flows (see paragraph B11B of HKFRS 7).

Transfers of financial assets

73 An entity may have transferred financial assets in such a way that part or all of the transferred financial assets do not qualify for derecognition. The entity shall disclose, at each reporting date, for each class of transferred financial assets that are not derecognised in their entirety:

(a) the nature of the transferred assets;

(b) the nature of the risks and rewards of ownership to which the entity is exposed; and

(c) when the entity continues to recognise all of the transferred assets, the carrying amounts of the transferred assets and the associated liabilities.

HKFRS 12 Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities

74 Paragraphs 5–6 of HKFRS 12 Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities set out the scope of HKFRS 12, that is, the interests in other entities to which the disclosure requirements in HKFRS 12 apply. An entity applying this Standard shall apply paragraphs 5–6 of HKFRS 12 to determine the scope of the disclosure requirements in paragraphs 75–94 of this Standard. However:

(a) the reference in paragraph 5(b) of HKFRS 12 to joint arrangements (that is, joint operations or joint ventures) shall be read by the entity as referring only to joint ventures;

(b) the phrase ‘except as described in paragraph B17’ in paragraph 5A of HKFRS 12 shall be read as ‘except for the disclosures required by paragraph 89 of this Standard’;

(c) the reference in paragraph 6(b)(i) of HKFRS 12 to the disclosure requirements in paragraphs 24–31 of HKFRS 12 shall be read as referring to paragraphs 92–94 of this Standard; and

(d) the reference in paragraph 6(b)(ii) of HKFRS 12 to ‘this HKFRS’ shall be read as referring to paragraphs 82–94 of this Standard.

75 An entity shall disclose information separately for interests in:

(a) subsidiaries;

(b) joint ventures;

(d) unconsolidated structured entities.

Interests in subsidiaries

76 When the financial statements of a subsidiary used in the preparation of consolidated financial statements are as ofa date or for a period that is different fromthat ofthe consolidated financial statements (see paragraphs B92–B93 of HKFRS 10), an entity shall disclose the date of the end of the reporting period of the financial statements of that subsidiary.

77 An entity shall disclose significant restrictions (for example, statutory, contractual and regulatory restrictions) on its ability to access or use the assets and settle the liabilities of the group, such as:

(a) those that restrict the ability of a parent or its subsidiaries to transfer cash or other assets to (or from) other entities within the group; and

(b) guarantees or other requirements that may restrict dividends and other capital distributions being paid, or loans and advances being made or repaid, to (or from) other entities within the group.

78 An entity shall disclose the terms of any contractual arrangements that could require the parent or its subsidiaries to provide financial support to a consolidated structured entity, including events or circumstances that could expose the reporting entity to a loss (for example, liquidity arrangements or credit rating triggers associated with obligations to purchase assets of the structured entity or provide financial support).

79 If during the reporting period a parent or any of its subsidiaries has, without having a contractual obligation to do so, provided financial or other support to a consolidated structured entity (for example, purchasing assets of or instruments issued by the structured entity), the entity shall disclose:

(a) the type and amount of support provided, including situations in which the parent or its subsidiaries assisted the structured entity in obtaining financial support; and

(b) the reasons for providing the support.

80 An entity shall disclose any current intentions to provide financial or other support to a consolidated structured entity, including intentions to assist the structured entity in obtaining financial support.

81 An entity shall disclose the gain or loss, if any, calculated in accordance with paragraph 25 of HKFRS 10, and:

(a) the portion of that gain or loss attributable to measuring any investment retained in the former subsidiary at its fair value at the date when control is lost; and

(b) the line item(s) in profit or loss in which the gain or loss is recognised (if not presented separately).

Investment entity status

82 When a parent determines that it is an investment entity in accordance with paragraph 27 of HKFRS 10 and it does not have one or more of the typical characteristics of an investment entity (see paragraph 28 of HKFRS 10), it shall disclose its reasons for concluding that it is nevertheless an investment entity.

83 When an entity becomes, or ceases to be, an investment entity, it shall disclose the change of investment entity status and the reasons for the change. In addition, an entity that becomes an investment entity shall disclose the effect of the change of status on the financial statements for the period presented, including:

(a) the total fair value, as of the date of change of status, of the subsidiaries that cease to be consolidated;

(b) the total gain or loss, if any, calculated in accordance with paragraph B101 of HKFRS 10; and

Interests in unconsolidated subsidiaries (investment entities)

84 An investment entity that, in accordance with HKFRS 10, is required to apply the exception to consolidation and instead account for its investment in a subsidiary at fair value through profit or loss shall disclose that fact.

85 An investment entity shall disclose:

(a) the nature and extent of any significant restrictions (for example, resulting from borrowing arrangements, regulatory requirements or contractual arrangements) on the ability of an unconsolidated subsidiary to transfer funds to the investment entity in the form of cash dividends or to repay loans or advances made to the unconsolidated subsidiary by the investment entity; and

(b) any current commitments or intentions to provide financial or other support to an unconsolidated subsidiary, including commitments or intentions to assist the subsidiary in obtaining financial support.

86 If, during the reporting period, an investment entity or any of its subsidiaries has, without having a contractual obligation to do so, provided financial or other support to an unconsolidated subsidiary (for example, purchasing assets of, or instruments issued by, the subsidiary or assisting the subsidiary in obtaining financial support), the entity shall disclose:

(a) the type and amount of support provided to each unconsolidated subsidiary; and

(b) the reasons for providing the support.

87 An investment entity shall disclose the terms of any contractual arrangements that could require the entity or its unconsolidated subsidiaries to provide financial support to an unconsolidated, controlled, structured entity, including events or circumstances that could expose the reporting entity to a loss (for example, liquidity arrangements or credit rating triggers associated with obligations to purchase assets of the structured entity or to provide financial support).

Interests in joint ventures and associates

88 An entity shall disclose, for each joint venture and associate that is material to the reporting entity:

(a) whether the investment in the joint venture or associate is measured using the equity method or at fair value; and

(b) if the joint venture or associate is accounted for using the equity method, the fair value of its investment in the joint venture or associate, if there is a quoted market price for the investment.

89 An entity shall disclose, in aggregate, the carrying amount of its interests in joint ventures or associates accounted for using the equity method. An entity shall also disclose separately the aggregate amount of its share of those joint ventures’ or associates’:

(a) profit or loss from continuing operations; and

(b) post tax profit or loss from discontinued operations.

90 An investment entity need not provide the disclosures required by paragraphs 88–89.

91 An entity shall disclose the total commitments it has made but not recognised at the reporting date (including its share of commitments made jointly with other investors with joint control of a joint venture) relating to its interests in joint ventures. Commitments may give rise to a future outflow of cash or other resources.

Interests in unconsolidated structured entities

92 If during the reporting period an entity has, without having a contractual obligation to do so, provided financial or other support to an unconsolidated structured entity in which it previously had or currently has an interest (for example, purchasing assets of, or instruments issued by, the structured entity), the entity shall disclose:

(a) the type and amount of support provided, including situations in which the entity assisted the structured entity in obtaining financial support; and

(b) the reasons for providing the support.

93 An entity shall disclose any current intentions to provide financial or other support to an unconsolidated structured entity, including intentions to assist the structured entity in obtaining financial support.

94 An investment entity need not provide the disclosures required by paragraphs 92–93 for an unconsolidated structured entity that it controls and for which it presents the disclosures required by paragraphs 84–87.

HKFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement

95 An entity shall disclose, for each class of assets and liabilities (see paragraph 94 of HKFRS 13 for information on determining appropriate classes of assets and liabilities) measured at fair value (including measurements based on fair value within the scope of HKFRS 13) in the statement of financial position after initial recognition:

(a) for recurring and non-recurring fair value measurements, the fair value measurement at the end of the reporting period;

(b) for recurring and non-recurring fair value measurements, the level of the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurements are categorised in their entirety (Level 1, 2 or 3);

(c) for recurring and non-recurring fair value measurements categorised within Level 2 and Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy, a description of the valuation technique(s) and of the inputs used in the fair value measurement; and

(d) for recurring fair value measurements categorised within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy:

(i) total gains or losses for the period recognised in profit or loss, and the line item(s) in profit or loss in which those gains or losses are recognised; and

(ii) total gains or losses for the period recognised in other comprehensive income, and the line item(s) in other comprehensive income in which those gains or losses are recognised.

96 If an entity makes an accounting policy decision to use the exception in paragraph 48 of HKFRS 13, it shall disclose that fact.

97 An entity shall present the quantitative disclosures required by paragraph 95 in a table unless another format is more appropriate.

HKFRS 14 Regulatory Deferral Accounts

Explanation of activities subject to rate regulation

98 An entity shall disclose, for each type of rate-regulated activity:

(a) a brief description ofthe nature and extent of the rate-regulated activity and the nature of the regulatory rate-setting process; and

(b) the identity of the rate regulator(s). If the rate regulator is a related party (as defined in HKAS 24 Related Party Disclosures), the entity shall disclose that fact, together with an explanation of how it is related.

99 The disclosures required by paragraph 98 shall be given in the financial statements either directly in the notes or incorporated by cross-reference from the financial statements to some other statement, such as a management commentary or risk report, that is available to users of the financial statements on the same terms as the financial statements and at the same time. If the information is not included in the financial statements directly or incorporated by cross-reference, the financial statements are incomplete.

Explanation of recognised amounts

100 An entity shall disclose the basis on which regulatory deferral account balances are recognised and derecognised and how they are measured initially and subsequently, including how

regulatory deferral account balances are assessed for recoverability and how any impairment loss is allocated.

101 For each type of rate-regulated activity, an entity shall disclose, for each class of regulatory deferral account balance, a reconciliation of the carrying amount at the beginning and the end of the reporting period in a table, unless another format is more appropriate. The entity shall apply judgement in deciding the level of detail necessary (see paragraphs 28–29 of HKFRS 14 Regulatory Deferral Accounts), but these components would usually be relevant:

(a) the amounts that have been recognised in the current period in the statement of financial position as regulatory deferral account balances;

(b) the amounts that have been recognised in the statement(s) of profit or loss and other comprehensive income relating to balances that have been recovered (sometimes described as amortised) or reversed in the current period; and

(c) other amounts, separately identified, that affected the regulatory deferral account balances, such as impairments, items acquired or assumed in a business combination, items disposed of, or the effects of changes in foreign exchange rates or discount rates.

102 When an entity concludes that a regulatory deferral account balance is no longer fully recoverable or reversible, it shall disclose that fact, the reason why it is not recoverable or reversible and the amount by which the regulatory deferral account balance has been reduced.

HKFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers

Contracts with customers

Disaggregation of revenue

103 An entity shall disaggregate revenue recognised from contracts with customers into categories that depict how the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors. Examples of categories that might be appropriate include:

(a) type of good or service (for example, major product lines);

(b) geographical region (for example, country or region);

(d) type of contract (for example, fixed-price and time-and-materials contracts);

(e) contract duration (for example, short-term and long-term contracts);

(f) timing of transfer of goods or services (for example, revenue from goods or services transferred to customers at a point in time and revenue from goods or services transferred over time); and

(g) sales channels (for example, goods sold directly to consumers and goods sold through intermediaries).

104 In addition, an entity shall disclose sufficient information to enable users of financial statements to understand the relationship between the disclosure of disaggregated revenue (in accordance with paragraph 103) and revenue information that is disclosed for each reportable segment, if the entity applies HKFRS 8.

Contract balances

105 An entity shall disclose:

(a) the opening and closing balances of receivables, contract assets and contract liabilities from contracts with customers, if not otherwise separately presented or disclosed;

(b) revenue recognised in the reporting period that was included in the contract liability balance at the beginning of the period; and

(c) revenue recognised in the reporting period from performance obligations satisfied (or partially satisfied) in previous periods (for example, changes in transaction price).

Impairment losses

106 Unless presented separately in the statement of comprehensive income in accordance with other HKFRS Accounting Standards, an entity shall disclose any impairment losses recognised for the reporting period (in accordance with HKFRS 9) on any receivables or contract assets arising from an entity’s contracts with customers, which the entity shall disclose separately from impairment losses from other contracts.

Performance obligations

107 An entity shall disclose information about its performance obligations in contracts with customers, including a description of:

(a) when the entity typically satisfies its performance obligations (for example, upon shipment, upon delivery, as services are rendered or upon completion of service), including when performance obligations are satisfied in a bill-and-hold arrangement;

(b) the significant payment terms (for example, when payment is typically due, whether the contract has a significant financing component, whether the consideration amount is variable and whether the estimate of variable consideration is typically constrained in accordance with paragraphs 56–58 of HKFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers);

(d) types of warranties and related obligations.

Transaction price allocated to the remaining performance obligations

108 An entity shall disclose:

(a) the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to the performance obligations that are unsatisfied (or partially unsatisfied) as of the end of the reporting period; and

(b) an explanation of when the entity expects to recognise as revenue the amount disclosed in accordance with (a), which the entity shall disclose:

(i) on a quantitative basis using the time bands that would be most appropriate for the duration of the remaining performance obligations; or

(ii) by using qualitative information.

109 As a practical expedient, an entity need not disclose the information in paragraph 108 for a performance obligation if either of the following conditions is met:

(a) the performance obligation is part of a contract that has an original expected duration of one year or less; or

(b) the entity recognises revenue from the satisfaction of the performance obligation in accordance with paragraph B16 of HKFRS 15.

Significant judgements in the application of HKFRS 15

110 An entity shall disclose the judgements, and changes in the judgements, made in applying HKFRS 15 that significantly affect the determination of the amount and timing of revenue from contracts with customers.

Determining the timing of satisfaction of performance obligations

111 For performance obligations that an entity satisfies over time, an entity shall disclose the methods used to recognise revenue (for example, a description of the output methods or input methods used and how those methods are applied).

Determining the transaction price and the amounts allocated to performance obligations

112 An entity shall disclose information about the methods, inputs and assumptions used for assessing whether an estimate of variable consideration is constrained.

Assets recognised from the costs to obtain

fulfil a contract with a customer

113 An entity shall disclose:

(a) the closing balances of assets recognised from the costs incurred to obtain or fulfil a contract with a customer (in accordance with paragraph 91 or 95 of HKFRS 15), by main category of asset (for example, costs to obtain contracts with customers, precontract costs and setup costs); and

(b) the amount of amortisation and any impairment losses recognised in the reporting period.

Practical expedients

114 If an entity elects to use the practical expedient in either paragraph 63 of HKFRS 15 (about the existence of a significant financing component) or paragraph 94 of HKFRS 15 (about the incremental costs of obtaining a contract), the entity shall disclose that fact.

HKFRS 16 Leases

Lessees

115 A lessee shall disclose the following amounts for the reporting period:

(a) depreciation charge for right-of-use assets by class of underlying asset.

(b) interest expense on lease liabilities.

(c) the expense relating to short-term leases accounted for applying paragraph 6 of HKFRS 16 Leases. This expense need not include the expense relating to leases with a lease term of one month or less.

(d) the expense relating to leases of low-value assets accounted for applying paragraph 6 of HKFRS 16. This expense shall not include the expense relating to short-term leases of low-value assets included in (c).

(e) the expense relating to variable lease payments not included in the measurement of lease liabilities.

(f) total cash outflow for leases.

(g) additions to right-of-use assets.

(h) gains or losses arising from sale and leaseback transactions.

(i) the carrying amount of right-of-use assets at the end of the reporting period by class of underlying asset.

116 A lessee shall disclose the amount of its lease commitments for short-term leases accounted for applying paragraph 6 of HKFRS 16 if the portfolio of short-term leases to which it is committed at the end of the reporting period is dissimilar to the portfolio of short-term leases to which the short-term lease expense disclosed applying paragraph 115(c) relates.

117 If right-of-use assets meet the definition of investment property, a lessee shall apply the disclosure requirements in HKAS 40 Investment Property. In that case, a lessee is not required to provide the disclosures in paragraph 115(a), 115(g) or 115(i) for those right-of-use assets.

118 If a lessee measures right-of-use assets at revalued amounts applying HKAS 16, the lessee shall disclose the information required by paragraph 202 for those right-of-use assets.

119 A lessee shall disclose a maturity analysis of lease liabilities applying paragraph 72 separately from the maturity analyses of other financial liabilities.

120 A lessee shall disclose qualitative or quantitative information about:

(a) the nature of the lessee’s leasing activities;

(b) future cash outflows to which the lessee is potentially exposed that are not reflected in the measurement of lease liabilities, including exposure arising from:

(i) variable lease payments;

(ii) extension options and termination options;

(iii) residual value guarantees; and

(iv) leases not yet commenced to which the lessee is committed;

(d) sale and leaseback transactions.

Lessors

121 A lessor shall disclose qualitative or quantitative information about:

(a) the nature of the lessor’s leasing activities.

(b) how the lessor manages the risk associated with any rights it retains in underlying assets. In particular, a lessor shall disclose its risk management strategy for the rights it retains in underlying assets, including any means by which the lessor reduces that

risk. Such means may include, for example, buy-back agreements, residual value guarantees or variable lease payments for use in excess of specified limits.

Finance leases

122 A lessor shall disclose:

(a) a maturity analysis of the lease payments receivable, showing the undiscounted lease payments to be received:

(i) no later than one year from the reporting date;

(ii) later than one year and up to five years from the reporting date; and

(iii) later than five years from the reporting date; and

(b) a reconciliation between the undiscounted lease payments and the net investment in the lease. The reconciliation shall identify the unearned finance income relating to the lease payments receivable and any discounted unguaranteed residual value.

123 A lessor shall disclose income for the reporting period relating to variable lease payments not included in the measurement of the net investment in the lease.

Operating leases

124 A lessor shall disclose a maturity analysis of lease payments, showing the undiscounted lease payments to be received:

(a) no later than one year from the reporting date;

(b) later than one year and up to five years from the reporting date; and

125 A lessor shall disclose income for the reporting period relating to variable lease payments that do not depend on an index or a rate.

126 A lessor shall apply the disclosure requirements in paragraphs 200–202, 250–256 and 263–275 for assets subject to operating leases.

Disclosure requirements in HKFRS 16 that remain applicable

127 A lessee shall apply the disclosure requirements in paragraph 47 of HKFRS 16.

HKFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements

Identification of the financial statements

128 An entity shall clearly identify each primary financial statement and the notes. In addition, an entity shall disclose prominently, and repeat when necessary for the information provided to be understandable:

(a) the name of the reporting entity or other means of identification, and any change in that information from the end of the preceding reporting period;

(b) whether the financial statements are of an individual entity or a group of entities;

(d) the presentation currency, as defined in HKAS 21 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates; and

(e) the level of rounding used for the amounts in the financial statements (see paragraph B11 of HKFRS 18).

Change in accounting policy, retrospective restatement or reclassification

129 If an entity changes the presentation, disclosure or classification of items in its financial statements, it shall reclassify comparative amounts unless reclassification is impracticable. When an entity reclassifies comparative amounts, it shall disclose (including as at the beginning of the preceding period):

(a) the nature of the reclassification;

(b) the amount of each item or class of items that is reclassified; and

130 When it is impracticable to reclassify comparative amounts, an entity shall disclose:

(a) the reason for not reclassifying the amounts; and

(b) the nature of the adjustments that would have been made if the amounts had been reclassified.

131 When an entity is required to present a third statement of financial position applying paragraph 37 of HKFRS 18, it shall disclose the information required by paragraphs 129–130, 178–181 and 186. However, it need not provide the related notes to the statement of financial position as at the beginning of the preceding period.

Statement of profit or loss

Entities with specified main business activities

132 If an entity:

(a) invests in assets as a main business activity, it shall disclose that fact.

(b) provides financing to customers as a main business activity, it shall disclose that fact.

(c) identifies a different outcome from its assessment of whether it invests in assets or provides financing to customers as a main business activity (see paragraph B41 of HKFRS 18), it shall disclose:

(i) the fact that the outcome of the assessment has changed and the date of the change.

(ii) the amount and classification of items of income and expense before and after the date of the change in the outcome of the assessment in the current period and the amount and classification in the prior period for the items for which the classification has changed because of the changed outcome of the assessment, unless it is impracticable to do so. If an entity does not disclose the information because it is impracticable to do so, the entity shall disclose that fact.

Presentation and disclosure of expenses classified in the operating category

133 An entity that presents one or more line items comprising expenses classified by function in the operating category of the statement of profit or loss shall also disclose in a single note:

(a) the total for each of:

(i) depreciation, comprising the amounts required to be disclosed by paragraphs 115(a), 200(e)(vii) and 271(d)(iv);

(ii) amortisation, comprising the amount required to be disclosed by paragraph 263(e)(vi);

(iii) employee benefits, comprising the amount for employee benefits recognised by an entity applying HKAS 19 Employee Benefits and the amount for services received from employees recognised by an entity applying HKFRS 2 Share-based Payment;

(iv) impairment losses and reversals of impairment losses, comprising the amounts required to be disclosed by paragraph 250(a)–(b); and

(v) write-downs and reversals of write-downs of inventories, comprising the amounts required to be disclosed by paragraph 164(d)–(e); and

(b) for each total listed in (a)(i)–(v):

(i) the amount related to each line item in the operating category (see paragraph 136); and

(ii) a list of any line items outside the operating category that also include amounts relating to the total.

134 Paragraph 41 of HKFRS 18 requires an entity to disaggregate items to provide material information. However, an entity that applies paragraph 133 is exempt from disclosing:

(a) in relation to function line items presented in the operating category of the statement of profit or loss disaggregated information about the amounts of nature expenses included in each line item, beyond the amounts specified in paragraph 133; and

(b) in relation to nature expenses specifically required by a HKFRS Accounting Standard to be disclosed in the notes disaggregated information about the amounts of the expenses included in each function line item presented in the operating category of the statement of profit or loss, beyond the amounts specified in paragraph 133.

135 The exemption in paragraph 134 relates to disaggregation of operating expenses. However, it does not exempt an entity from applying specific disclosure requirements relating to those expenses in this Standard.

Use of characteristics of nature and function

136 An entity will either present expenses by nature, or applying paragraph 133, disclose some expenses by nature. The amounts presented or disclosed need not be the amounts recognised as an expense in the period. They could include amounts that have been recognised as part of the carrying amount of an asset. If an entity:

(a) presents amounts that are not the amounts recognised as an expense in the period, it will also present an additional line item for the change in the carrying amount of the affected assets. For example, applying paragraph 39 of HKAS 2 Inventories, an entity

might present a line item for changes in inventories of finished goods and work in progress.

(b) discloses, applying paragraph 133(b), amounts that are not the amounts recognised as an expense in the period, the entity shall give a qualitative explanation of that fact, identifying the assets involved.

Statement of financial position

Right to defer settlement for at least 12 months

137 In applying paragraphs 101–102 and B96–B103 of HKFRS 18 an entity might classify liabilities arising from loan arrangements as non-current when the entity’s right to defer settlement of those liabilities is subject to the entity complying with covenants within 12 months after the reporting period (see paragraph B100(b) of HKFRS 18). In such situations, the entity shall disclose information in the notes that enables users of financial statements to understand the risk that the liabilities could become repayable within 12 months after the reporting period, including:

(a) information about the covenants (including the nature of the covenants and when the entity is required to comply with them) and the carrying amount of related liabilities.

(b) facts and circumstances, if any, that indicate the entity may have difficulty complying with the covenants for example, the entity having acted during or after the reporting period to avoid or mitigate a potential breach. Such facts and circumstances could also include the fact that the entity would not have complied with the covenants if they were to be assessed for compliance based on the entity’s circumstances at the end of the reporting period.

Statement of changes in equity

138 An entity shall either present in the statement of changes in equity or disclose in the notes the amount of dividends recognised as distributions to owners during the reporting period, and the related amount of dividends per share.

Notes

Structure

139 An entity shall disclose in the notes:

(a) information about the basis of preparation of the financial statements (see paragraphs 20 and 173–175) and the specific accounting policies used (see paragraphs 176–177);

(b) information required by this Standard that is not presented in the primary financial statements; and

(c) other information that is not presented in the primary financial statements, but is necessary for an understanding of any of them (see paragraph 20 of HKFRS 18).

140 An entity shall, as far as practicable, present notes in a systematic manner (see paragraph B112 of HKFRS 18). In determining a systematic manner, the entity shall consider the effect on the understandability and comparability of its financial statements. An entity shall crossreference each item in the primary financial statements to any related information in the notes. If amounts disclosed in the notes are included in one or more line items in the primary financial statements, an entity shall disclose in the note the line item(s) in which the amounts are included.

141 If not disclosed elsewhere in information published with the financial statements, an entity shall disclose in the notes:

(a) the domicile and legal form of the entity, its country of incorporation and the address of its registered office (or principal place of business, if different from the registered office); and

(b) a description of the nature of the entity’s operations and its principal activities.

Management-defined performance measures

142 The objective of the disclosures for management-defined performance measures is for an entity to provide information to help a user of financial statements understand:

(a) the aspect of financial performance that, in management’s view, is communicated by a management-defined performance measure; and

(b) how the management-defined performance measure compares with the measures defined by HKFRS Accounting Standards.

143 An entity shall disclose information about all measures that meet the definition of managementdefined performance measures in paragraph 117 of HKFRS 18 in a single note (see paragraph 147). This note shall include a statement that the management-defined performance measures provide management’s view of an aspect of the financial performance of the entity as a whole and are not necessarily comparable with measures sharing similar labels or descriptions provided by other entities.

144 An entity shall label and describe each management-defined performance measure in a clear and understandable manner that does not mislead users of financial statements (see paragraphs 148–149). For each management-defined performance measure, the entity shall disclose:

(a) a description of the aspect of financial performance that, in management’s view, is communicated by the management-defined performance measure. This description shall include explanations of why, in management’s view, the management-defined performance measure provides useful information about the entity’s financial performance.

(b) how the management-defined performance measure is calculated.

(c) a reconciliation between the management-defined performance measure and the most directly comparable subtotal listed in paragraph 118 of HKFRS 18 or total or subtotal specifically required to be presented or disclosed by HKFRS Accounting Standards (see paragraphs 150–154).

(d) the income tax effect (determined by applying paragraph 155) and the effect on noncontrolling interests for each item disclosed in the reconciliation required by (c).

(e) a description of how the entity applies paragraph 155 to determine the income tax effect required by (d).

145 If an entity changes how it calculates a management-defined performance measure, adds a new management-defined performance measure, ceases using a previously disclosed management-defined performance measure or changes how it determines the income tax effects of the reconciling items required by paragraph 144(d), it shall disclose:

(a) an explanation that enables users of financial statements to understand the change, addition or cessation and its effects.

(b) the reasons for the change, addition or cessation.

(c) restated comparative information to reflect the change, addition or cessation unless it is impracticable to do so. An entity’s selection of a management-defined performance measure is not an accounting policy choice. Nonetheless, in assessing whether restating the comparative information is impracticable, an entity shall apply the requirements in paragraphs 50–53 of HKAS 8.

146 If an entity does not disclose the restated comparative information required by paragraph 145(c) because it is impracticable to do so, it shall disclose that fact.

Single note for information about management-defined performance measures

147 Paragraph 143 requires an entity to include in a single note all information about managementdefined performance measures required by paragraphs 142–146. If an entity also discloses other information in that note, the information in the note shall be labelled in a way that clearly distinguishes the information required by paragraphs 142–146 from the other information.

A clear and understandable manner

148 Paragraph 144 requires an entity to label and describe its management-defined performance measures in a clear and understandable manner that does not mislead users of financial statements. To provide such a description, an entity shall disclose information that enables a user of financial statements to understand the items of income or expense included and excluded from the subtotal. Therefore, an entity shall:

(a) label and describe the measure in a way that faithfully represents its characteristics in accordance with paragraph 43 of HKFRS 18 (see paragraph 149); and

(b) provide information specific to management-defined performance measures that is:

(i) if the entity has calculated the measure other than by using the accounting policies it used for items in the statement(s) of financial performance, the entity shall state that fact and the calculations it has used for the measure; and

(ii) if, in addition, the calculation of the measure differs from accounting policies required or permitted by HKFRS Accounting Standards, the entity shall state that additional fact and, if necessary, an explanation of the meaning of terms it uses (see paragraph 149(b)).

149 To label and describe the measure in a way that faithfully represents its characteristics, an entity shall:

(a) label the measure in a way that represents the characteristics of the subtotal (for example, using the label ‘operating profit before non-recurring expenses’ only for a subtotal that excludes from operating profit all expenses identified by the entity as non-recurring); and

(b) explain the meaning of terms it uses in its descriptions that are necessary to understand the aspect of financial performance being communicated (for example, explaining how the entity defines ‘non-recurring expenses’).

Reconciliation to the most directly comparable total or subtotal

150 Paragraph 144(c) requires an entity to reconcile each management-defined performance measure to the most directly comparable subtotal listed in paragraph 118 of HKFRS 18 or total or subtotal specifically required to be presented or disclosed by HKFRS Accounting Standards. For example, an entity that discloses in the notes a management-defined performance measure of adjusted operating profit or loss shall reconcile that measure to operating profit or loss. In aggregating or disaggregating the reconciling items disclosed, an entity shall apply the requirements in paragraphs 41–43 of HKFRS 18.

151 For each reconciling item an entity shall disclose:

(a) the amount(s) related to each line item in the statement(s) of financial performance; and

(b) a description of how the item is calculated and contributes to the managementdefined performance measure providing useful information (see paragraphs 152–154), if necessary to provide the information required by paragraph 144(a) and 144(b).

152 The description required in paragraph 151(b) is required if there is more than one reconciling item and each item is calculated using a different method or contributes to providing useful information in a different way. For example, an entity might exclude from a managementdefined performance measure several items of expense, some because they were identified as outside management's control and others because they were identified as non-recurring. In such cases, disclosure of which items contributed to which type of adjustment would be required to explain how the management-defined performance measure provides useful information.

153 A single explanation might apply to more than one item or might apply to all reconciling items collectively. For example, an entity might exclude several items of income or expense in calculating a management-defined performance measure based on an entity-specific application of ‘non-recurring’. In such a case, a single explanation that includes the entity’s definition of ‘non-recurring’ that applies to all reconciling items might satisfy the requirement in paragraph 151(b).

154 Applying paragraph 144(c), an entity is permitted to reconcile a management-defined performance measure to a total or subtotal that is not presented in the statement(s) of financial performance. In such cases, an entity:

(a) shall reconcile that total or subtotal to the most directly comparable total or subtotal presented in the statement(s) of financial performance; and

(b) is not required to disclose the information required by paragraph 144(d) and 144(e) for the reconciliation in (a).

Income tax effect for each item disclosed in the reconciliation

155 An entity is required by paragraph 144(d) to disclose the income tax effect for each item disclosed in the reconciliation between a management-defined performance measure and the most directly comparable subtotal listed in paragraph 118 of HKFRS 18 or total or subtotal specifically required to be presented or disclosed by HKFRS Accounting Standards. An entity shall determine the income tax effect required by paragraph 144(d) by calculating the income tax effects of the underlying transaction(s):

(a) at the statutory tax rate(s) applicable to the transaction(s) in the tax jurisdiction(s) concerned;

(b) based on a reasonable pro rata allocation of the current and deferred tax of the entity in the tax jurisdiction(s) concerned; or

156 If, applying paragraph 155, an entity uses more than one method to calculate the income tax effects of reconciling items, it shall disclose how it determined the tax effects for each reconciling item.

Subtotals of income and expenses

157 A financial ratio is not a management-defined performance measure because it is not a subtotal of income and expenses. However, a subtotal that is the numerator or denominator in a financial ratio is a management-defined performance measure if the subtotal would meet the definition of a management-defined performance measure if it were not part of a ratio. Accordingly, an entity shall apply the disclosure requirements in paragraphs 142–146 to such a numerator or denominator.

Public communications

158 An entity shall consider only public communications related to the reporting period to identify management-defined performance measures for the reporting period, unless as part of its financial reporting process it routinely issues such public communications after the date of issue of its financial statements. If that is the case, an entity shall consider public communications related to the previous reporting period to identify management-defined performance measures for the current reporting period.

159 However, a measure used in the public communications related to the previous reporting period is not required to be identified as a management-defined performance measure for the current reporting period if there is evidence that indicates it will not be included in the public communications to be issued relating to the current reporting period. If such a measure had been disclosed as a management-defined performance measure in the previous reporting period and is not identified as such for the current reporting period, that would be a change to, or a cessation of, a management-defined performance measure to which the disclosure requirements in paragraph 145 apply.

Other disclosures

160 An entity shall either present in the statement of financial position or the statement of changes in equity or disclose in the notes:

(a) for each class of share capital:

(i) the number of shares authorised;

(ii) the number of shares issued and fully paid, and issued but not fully paid;

(iii) par value per share, or a statement that the shares have no par value;

(iv) a reconciliation (comparative information is not required) of the number of shares outstanding at the beginning and at the end of the reporting period;

(v) the rights, preferences and restrictions attaching to that class, including restrictions on the distribution of dividends and the repayment of capital;

(vi) shares in the entity held by the entity or by its subsidiaries or associates; and

(vii) shares reserved for issue under options and contracts for the sale of shares, including terms and amounts; and

(b) a description of the nature and purpose of each reserve within equity.

161 An entity without share capital, such as a partnership or trust, shall disclose information equivalent to that required by paragraph 160(a), showing changes during the reporting period in each category of equity interest, and the rights, preferences and restrictions attaching to each category of equity interest.

162 An entity shall disclose in the notes:

(a) the amount of dividends proposed or declared before the financial statements were authorised for issue but not recognised as a distribution to owners during the reporting period, and the related amount per share; and

(b) the amount of any cumulative preference dividends not recognised.

Disclosure requirements in HKFRS 18 that remain applicable

163 An entity shall apply the disclosure requirements in paragraphs 19, 20, 28, 41, 42, 43, 82, 90, 92, B8, B11, B14, B26(b) and B28 of HKFRS 18.

HKAS 2 Inventories

164 An entity shall disclose:

(a) the accounting policies adopted in measuring inventories, including the cost formula used;

(b) the total carrying amount of inventories and the carrying amount in classifications appropriate to the entity;

(d) the amount of any write down of inventories recognised as an expense in the period in accordance with paragraph 34 of HKAS 2;

(e) the amount of any reversal of any write down that is recognised as a reduction in the amount of inventories recognised as an expense in the period in accordance with paragraph 34 of HKAS 2; and

(f) the carrying amount of inventories pledged as security for liabilities.

HKAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows

Non-cash transactions

165 Investing and financing transactions that do not require the use of cash or cash equivalents shall be excluded from a statement of cash flows. An entity shall disclose such transactions elsewhere in the financial statements in a way that provides all the relevant information about these investing and financing activities.

Changes in liabilities arising from financing activities

166 An entity shall disclose a reconciliation between the opening and closing balances in the statement of financial position for liabilities arising from financing activities, including:

(a) changes from financing cash flows;

(b) changes arising from obtaining or losing control of subsidiaries or other businesses;

(d) changes in fair values; and

(e) other changes.

Supplier finance arrangements

167 An entity shall disclose information about its supplier finance arrangements (as described in paragraph 44G of HKAS 7 Statement of CashFlows)that enables users offinancial statements to assess the effects of those arrangements on the entity’s liabilities and cash flows and on the entity’s exposure to liquidity risk.

168 To meet the objectives in paragraph 167, an entity shall disclose in aggregate for its supplier finance arrangements:

(a) the terms and conditions of the arrangements (for example, extended payment terms and security or guarantees provided). However, an entity shall disclose separately the terms and conditions of arrangements that have dissimilar terms and conditions.

(b) as at the beginning and end of the reporting period:

(i) the carrying amounts, and associated line items presented in the entity’s statement of financial position, of the financial liabilities that are part of a supplier finance arrangement.

(ii) the carrying amounts, and associated line items, of the financial liabilities disclosed under (i) for which suppliers have already received payment from the finance providers.

(iii) the range of payment due dates (for example, 30–40 days after the invoice date) for both thefinancial liabilities disclosed under (i) and comparable trade payables that are not part of a supplier finance arrangement. Comparable trade payables are, for example, trade payables of the entity within the same line of business or jurisdiction as the financial liabilities disclosed under (i). If ranges of payment due dates are wide, an entity shall disclose explanatory information about those ranges or disclose additional ranges (for example, stratified ranges).

(c) the type and effect of non-cash changes in the carrying amounts of the financial liabilities disclosed under (b)(i). Examples of non-cash changes include the effect of business combinations, exchange differences or other transactions that do not require the use of cash or cash equivalents (see paragraph 165).

Components of cash and cash equivalents

169 An entity shall disclose the components of cash and cash equivalents and shall present a reconciliation of the amounts in its statement of cash flows with the equivalent items reported in the statement of financial position.

170 In view of the variety of cash management practices and banking arrangements around the world and in order to comply with HKAS 8, an entity shall disclose the policy which it adopts in determining the composition of cash and cash equivalents.

Other disclosures

171 An entity shall disclose, together with a commentary bymanagement, the amount of significant cash and cash equivalent balances held by the entity that are not available for use by the group.

Disclosure requirement in HKAS 7 that remains applicable

172 An entity shall apply the disclosure requirement in paragraph 36 of HKAS 7.

HKAS 8 Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements

Accounting policies

True and fair view and compliance with HKFRS Accounting Standards

173 When an entity departs from a requirement of a HKFRS Accounting Standard in accordance with paragraph 6E of HKAS 8, it shall disclose:

(a) that management has concluded that the financial statements present a true and fair view of the entity’s financial position, financial performance and cash flows;

(b) that it has complied with applicable HKFRS Accounting Standards, except that it has departed from a particular requirement to achieve a true and fair view;

(c) the title of the HKFRS Accounting Standard from which the entity has departed, the nature of the departure, including the treatment that the HKFRS Accounting Standard would require, the reason why that treatment would be so misleading in the circumstances that it would conflict with the objective of financial statements set out in the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting (Conceptual Framework), and the treatment adopted; and

(d) for each period presented, the financial effect of the departure on each item in the financial statements that would have been reported in complying with the requirement.

174 When an entity has departed from a requirement of a HKFRS Accounting Standard in a prior reporting period, and that departure affects the amounts recognised in the financial statements for the current period, it shall make the disclosures set out in paragraph 173(c)–173(d).

175 In the extremely rare circumstances in which management concludes that compliance with a requirement in a HKFRS Accounting Standard would be so misleading that it would conflict with the objective offinancial statements set out in the Conceptual Framework, but the relevant regulatory framework prohibits departure from the requirement, the entity shall, to the maximum extent possible, reduce the perceived misleading aspects of compliance by disclosing:

(a) the title of the HKFRS Accounting Standard in question, the nature of the requirement, and the reason why management has concluded that complying with that requirement is so misleading in the circumstances that it conflicts with the objective of financial statements set out in the Conceptual Framework; and

(b) for each period presented, the adjustments to each item in the financial statements that management has concluded would be necessary to achieve a true and fair view

Disclosure of selection and application of accounting policies

176 An entity shall disclose material accounting policy information.

177 An entity shall disclose, along with its material accounting policy information or other notes, the judgements, apartfrom those involving estimations (see paragraph 182), that management has made in the process of applying the entity’s accounting policies and that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements. Examples of judgements that an entity may be required to disclose include how management determines:

(a) appropriate classes of assets and liabilities for which disclosures about fair value measurements are provided;

(b) that the entity has control of another entity;

(d) the type of joint arrangement (that is, a joint operation or joint venture) when the arrangement has been structured through a separate vehicle; and

(e) that the entity is an investment entity.

Disclosure of changes in accounting policies

178 When initial application of a HKFRS Accounting Standard has an effect on the current period or any prior reporting period, would have such an effect except that it is impracticable to determine the amount of the adjustment, or might have an effect on future periods, an entity shall disclose (financial statements for subsequent periods need not repeat these disclosures):

(a) the title of the HKFRS Accounting Standard;

(b) when applicable, that the change in accounting policy is made in accordance with its transitional provisions;

(d) when applicable, a description of the transitional provisions;

(e) when applicable, the transitional provisions that might have an effect on future periods;

(f) for the current period and each prior period presented, to the extent practicable, the amount of the adjustment:

(i) for each financial statement line item affected; and

(ii) if HKAS 33 applies to the entity for basic and diluted earnings per share;

(g) the amount of the adjustment relating to periods before those presented, to the extent practicable; and

(h) if retrospective application required by paragraph 19(a) or 19(b) of HKAS 8 is impracticable for a particular prior period, or for periods before those presented, the circumstances that led to the existence of that condition and a description of how and from when the change in accounting policy has been applied.

179 When a voluntary change in accounting policy has an effect on the current reporting period or any prior period, would have an effect on that period except that it is impracticable to determine the amount of the adjustment, or might have an effect on future periods, an entity shall disclose (financial statements for subsequent periods need not repeat these disclosures):

(a) the nature of the change in accounting policy;

(b) the reasons why applying the new accounting policy provides reliable and more relevant information;

(i) for each financial statement line item affected; and

(ii) if HKAS 33 applies to the entity, for basic and diluted earnings per share;

(d) the amount of the adjustment relating to periods before those presented, to the extent practicable; and

(e) if retrospective application is impracticable for a particular prior period, or for periods before those presented, the circumstances that led to the existence of that condition and a description of how and from when the change in accounting policy has been applied.

180 When an entity has not applied a new HKFRS Accounting Standard that has been issued but is not yet effective, the entity shall disclose:

(a) this fact; and

(b) known or reasonably estimable information relevant to assessing the possible effect that applying the new HKFRS Accounting Standard will have on the entity’s financial statements in the period of initial application.

181 In complying with paragraph 180, an entity considers disclosing:

(a) the title of the new HKFRS Accounting Standard;

(b) the nature of the impending change or changes in accounting policy;

(d) the date as at which it plans to apply the HKFRS Accounting Standard initially; and

(e) either:

(i) a discussion of the impact that initial application of the HKFRS Accounting Standard is expected to have on the entity’s financial statements; or

(ii) if that impact is notknown or reasonably estimable, a statement tothat effect.

Disclosure of sources of estimation uncertainty

182 An entity shall disclose information about the assumptions it makes about the future, and other major sources of estimation uncertainty at the end of the reporting period, that have a significant risk of resulting in a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year. In respect of those assets and liabilities, the notes shall include details of:

(a) their nature; and

(b) their carrying amount as at the end of the reporting period.

183 The disclosures in paragraph 182 are not required for assets and liabilities with a significant risk that their carrying amounts might change materially within the next financial year if, at the end of the reporting period, they are measured at fair value based on a quoted price in an active market for an identical asset or liability. Such fair values might change materially within the next financial year but these changes would not arise from assumptions or other sources of estimation uncertainty at the end of the reporting period.

Changes in accounting estimates

184 An entity shall disclose the nature and amount of a change in an accounting estimate that has an effect in the current reporting period or is expected to have an effect in future periods, except for the disclosure of the effect on future periods when it is impracticable to estimate that effect.

185 If the amount of the effect in future periods is not disclosed because estimating it is impracticable, an entity shall disclose that fact.

Errors

186 In applying paragraph 42 of HKAS 8, an entity shall disclose (financial statements for subsequent periods need not repeat these disclosures):

(a) the nature of the prior period error;

(b) for each prior period presented, to the extent practicable, the amount of the correction:

(i) for each financial statement line item affected; and

(ii) if HKAS 33 applies to the entity, for basic and diluted earnings per share;

(d) if retrospective restatement is impracticable for a particular prior period, the circumstances that led to the existence of that condition and a description of how and from when the error has been corrected.

Disclosure requirements in HKAS 8 that remain applicable

187 An entity shall apply the disclosure requirements in paragraphs 6A, 6C(c) and 6K of HKAS 8.

HKAS 10 Events after the Reporting Period

Date of authorisation for issue

188 An entity shall disclose the date when the financial statements were authorised for issue and who gave that authorisation. If the entity’s owners or others have the power to amend the financial statements after issue, the entity shall disclose that fact.

Updating disclosure about conditions at the end of the reporting period

189 If an entity receives information after the reporting period about conditions that existed at the end of the reporting period, it shall update disclosures that relate to those conditions, in the light of the new information.

Non-adjusting events after the reporting period

190 An entity shall disclose, for each material category of non-adjusting event after the reporting period:

(a) the nature of the event; and

(b) an estimate of its financial effect, or a statement that such an estimate cannot be made.

191 Examples of non-adjusting events after the reporting period that would generally result in disclosure include:

(a) a major business combination after the reporting period or disposing of a major subsidiary;

(b) announcing a plan to discontinue an operation;

(c) major purchases of assets, classification of assets as held for sale in accordance with HKFRS 5, other disposals of assets, or expropriation of major assets by government;

(d) the destruction of a major production plant by a fire after the reporting period;

(e) announcing, or commencing the implementation of, a major restructuring (see HKAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets);

(f) major ordinary share transactions and potential ordinary share transactions after the reporting period;

(g) abnormally large changes after the reporting period in asset prices or foreign exchange rates;

(h) changes in tax rates or tax laws enacted or announced after the reporting period that have a significant effect on current and deferred tax assets and liabilities (see HKAS 12);

(i) entering into significant commitments or contingent liabilities, for example, by issuing significant guarantees; and

(j) commencement of major litigation arising solely out of events that occurred after the reporting period.

HKAS 12 Income Taxes

192 An entity shall disclose separately the major components of tax expense (income).

193 Components of tax expense (income) may include:

(a) current tax expense (income);

(b) any adjustments recognised in the period for current tax of prior periods;

(d) the amount of deferred tax expense (income) relating to changes in tax rates or the imposition of new taxes;

(e) the amount of the benefit arising from a previously unrecognised tax loss, tax credit or temporary difference of a prior period that is used to reduce current tax expense;

(f) the amount of the benefit from a previously unrecognised tax loss, tax credit or temporary difference of a prior period that is used to reduce deferred tax expense;

(g) deferred tax expense arising from the write down, or reversal of a previous write down, of a deferred tax asset in accordance with paragraph 56 of HKAS 12; and

(h) the amount of tax expense (income) relating to those changes in accounting policies and errors that are included in profit or loss in accordance with HKAS 8, because they cannot be accounted for retrospectively.

194 An entity shall also disclose separately:

(a) the aggregate current and deferred tax relating to items that are charged or credited directly to equity (see paragraph 62A of HKAS 12);

(b) the aggregate amount of income tax relating to components of other comprehensive income (see paragraph 62 of HKAS 12 and paragraph 93 of HKFRS 18);

(c) an explanation of the relationship between tax expense (income) and accounting profit in either or both of these forms:

(i) a numerical reconciliation between tax expense (income) and the product of accounting profit multiplied by the applicable tax rate(s), disclosing also the basis on which the applicable tax rate(s) is (are) computed; or

(ii) a numerical reconciliation between the average effective tax rate and the applicable tax rate, disclosing also the basis on which the applicable tax rate is computed;

(d) an explanation of changes in the applicable tax rate(s) compared to the previous reporting period;

(e) the amount (and expiry date, if any) of deductible temporary differences, unused tax losses and unused tax credits for which no deferred tax asset is recognised in the statement of financial position; and

(f) in respect of each type of temporary difference, and in respect of each type of unused tax losses and unused tax credits:

(i) the amount of the deferred tax assets and liabilities recognised in the statement of financial position for each period presented; and

(ii) the amount of the deferred tax income or expense recognised in profit or loss, if this is not apparent from the changes in the amounts recognised in the statement of financial position.

195 In the circumstances described in paragraph 52A of HKAS 12, an entity shall disclose the nature of the potential income tax consequences that would result from the payment of dividends to its shareholders.

International tax reform—Pillar Two model rules

196 An entity shall disclose that it has applied the exception to recognising and disclosing information about deferred tax assets and liabilities related to Pillar Two income taxes (see paragraph 4A of HKAS 12).

197 An entity shall disclose separately its current taxexpense (income) related to Pillar Two income taxes.

198 In periods in which Pillar Two legislation is enacted or substantively enacted but not yet in effect, an entity shall disclose known or reasonably estimable information that helps users of financial statements understand the entity’s exposure to Pillar Two income taxes arising from that legislation.

199 To meet the disclosure objective in paragraph 198, an entity shall disclose qualitative and quantitative information about its exposure to Pillar Two income taxes at the end of the reporting period. This information does not have to reflect all the specific requirements of the Pillar Two legislation and can be provided in the form of an indicative range. To the extent information is not known or reasonably estimable, an entity shall instead disclose a statement to that effect and disclose information about the entity’s progress in assessing its exposure.

HKAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment

200 An entity shall disclose, for each class of property, plant and equipment:

(a) the measurement bases used for determining the gross carrying amount;

(b) the depreciation methods used;

(d) the gross carrying amount and the accumulated depreciation (aggregated with accumulated impairment losses) at the beginning and end of the reporting period; and

(e) a reconciliation (comparative information is not required) of the carrying amount at the beginning and end of the period showing:

(i) additions;

(ii) assets classified as held for sale or included in a disposal group classified as held for sale in accordance with HKFRS 5 and other disposals;

(iii) acquisitions through business combinations;

(iv) increases or decreases resulting from revaluations under paragraphs 31, 39 and 40 of HKAS 16, and from impairment losses recognised or reversed in other comprehensive income in accordance with HKAS 36;

(v) impairment losses recognised in profit or loss in accordance with HKAS 36;

(vi) impairment losses reversed in profit or loss in accordance with HKAS 36;

(vii) depreciation; and

(viii) other changes.

201 An entity shall also disclose:

(a) the existence and amounts of restrictions on title, and property, plant and equipment pledged as security for liabilities; and

(b) the amount of contractual commitments for the acquisition of property, plant and equipment.

202 If items of property, plant and equipment are stated at revalued amounts, an entity shall disclose, in addition to the disclosures required by paragraphs 95–97:

(a) the effective date of the revaluation;

(b) whether an independent valuer was involved;

(c) for each revalued class of property, plant and equipment, the carrying amount that would have been recognised had the assets been carried under the cost model; and

(d) the revaluation surplus, indicating the change for the period and any restrictions on the distribution of the balance to shareholders.

HKAS 19 Employee Benefits

Post-employment benefits: defined contribution plans

203 An entity shall disclose the amount recognised as an expense for defined contribution plans.

Post-employment benefits: defined benefit plans

204 An entity shall assess whether all or some disclosures required by paragraphs 205–215 should be disaggregated to distinguish plans or groups of plans with materially different risks.

Characteristics of defined benefit plans

205 An entity shall disclose information about the characteristics of its defined benefit plans.

Explanation of amounts in the financial statements

206 An entity shall provide a reconciliation (comparative information is not required) from the opening balance to the closing balance for each of the following, if applicable:

(a) the net defined benefit liability (asset), showing separate reconciliations for:

(i) plan assets; and

(ii) the present value of the defined benefit obligation; and

(b) any reimbursement rights.

207 Each reconciliation listed in paragraph 206 shall show, if applicable:

(a) current service cost;

(b) interest income or expense;

(c) remeasurements of the net defined benefit liability (asset), showing separately the return on plan assets, excluding amounts included in interest in (b);

(d) past service cost;

(e) contributions to the plan; and

(f) payments from the plan.

208 An entity shall disaggregate the fair value of the plan assets into classes that distinguish the nature and risks of those assets. For example, an entity could distinguish between:

(a) equity instruments;

(b) debt instruments;

(d) other assets.

209 An entity shall disclose the fair value of the entity’s own transferable financial instruments held as plan assets, and the fair value of plan assets that are property occupied by, or other assets used by, the entity.

210 An entity shall disclose the significant actuarial assumptions used to determine the present value of the defined benefit obligation (see paragraph 76 of HKAS 19).

Amount, timing and uncertainty of future cash flows

211 An entity shall disclose:

(a) a description of any funding arrangements and funding policy that affect future contributions; and

(b) the expected contributions to the plan for the next annual reporting period.

Multi-employer plans

212 If an entity participates in a multi-employer defined benefit plan and accounts for that plan as if it were a defined contribution plan in accordance with paragraph 34 of HKAS 19, it shall disclose (instead of the information required by paragraphs 205–211):

(a) the fact that the plan is a defined benefit plan;

(b) the reason why sufficient information is not available to enable the entity to account for the plan as a defined benefit plan; and

(c) information about any deficit or surplus in the plan that may affect the amount of future contributions, including the implications, if any, for the entity.

Defined benefit plans that share risks between entities under common control

213 If an entity participates in a defined benefit plan that shares risks between entities under common control, it shall disclose:

(a) the contractual agreement or stated policy for charging the net defined benefit cost or the fact that there is no such policy;

(b) the policy for determining the contribution to be paid by the entity;

(c) if the entity accounts for an allocation of the net defined benefit cost as noted in paragraph 41 of HKAS 19, all the information about the plan as a whole required by paragraphs 204–211; and

(d) if the entity accounts for the contribution payable for the period as noted in paragraph 41 of HKAS 19, the information about the plan as a whole required by paragraphs 205 and 208–211.

214 The information required by paragraph 213(c)–(d) can be disclosed by cross-reference to disclosures in another group entity’s financial statements if:

(a) that group entity’s financial statements separately identify and disclose the information required about the plan; and

(b) that group entity’s financial statements are available to users of the financial statements on the same terms as the financial statements of the entity and at the same time as, or earlier than, the financial statements of the entity.

Contingent liabilities arising from post employment benefit obligations

215 Where required by paragraphs 259 and 261–262, an entity shall disclose information about contingent liabilities arising from post-employment benefit obligations.

HKAS 20 Accounting for Government Grants and Disclosure of Government Assistance

216 An entity shall disclose:

(a) the accounting policy adopted for government grants, including the methods of presentation adopted in the financial statements;

(b) the nature and extent of government grants recognised in the financial statements and an indication of other forms of government assistance from which the entity has directly benefited; and

Disclosure requirements in HKAS 20 that remain applicable

217 An entity shall apply the disclosure requirements in paragraphs 21–22, 28 and 31 of HKAS 20 Accounting for Government Grants and Disclosure of Government Assistance.

HKAS 21 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates

218 An entity shall disclose:

(a) the amount of exchange differences recognised in profit or loss except for those arising on financial instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss in accordance with HKFRS 9; and

(b) net exchange differences recognised in other comprehensive income and accumulated in a separate component of equity, and a reconciliation of the amount of such exchange differences at the beginning and end of the reporting period.

219 When the presentation currency is different from the functional currency, an entity shall disclose that fact together with the functional currency and the reason for using a different presentation currency.

220 When there is a change in the functional currency of either the reporting entity or a significant foreign operation, an entity shall disclose that fact and the reason for the change in functional currency.

Disclosure when a currency is not exchangeable

221 When an entity estimates a spot exchange rate because a currency is not exchangeable into another currency (see paragraph 19A of HKAS 21), the entity shall disclose information that enables users of its financial statements to understand how the currency not being exchangeable into the other currency affects, or is expected to affect, the entity’s financial performance, financial position and cash flows. To achieve this objective, an entity shall disclose information about:

(a) the nature and financial effects of the currency not being exchangeable into the other currency;

(b) the spot exchange rate(s) used;

(d) the risks to which the entity is exposed because of the currency not being exchangeable into the other currency.

222 An entity shall consider how much detail is necessary to satisfy the disclosure objective in paragraph 221. An entity shall disclose the information specified in paragraphs 223–224 and any additional information necessary to meet the disclosure objective in paragraph 221.

223 In applying paragraph 221, an entity shall disclose:

(a) the currency and a description of the restrictions that result in that currency not being exchangeable into the other currency;

(b) a description of affected transactions;

(d) the spot exchange rates used and whether those rates are:

(i) observable exchange rates without adjustment (see paragraphs A12–A16 of HKAS 21); or

(ii) spot exchange rates estimated using another estimation technique (see paragraph A17 of HKAS 21);

(e) a description of any estimation technique the entity has used, and qualitative and quantitative information about the inputs and assumptions used in that estimation technique; and

(f) qualitative information about each type of risk to which the entity is exposed because the currency is not exchangeable into the other currency, and the nature and carrying amount of assets and liabilities exposed to each type of risk.

224 When a foreign operation’s functional currency is not exchangeable into the presentation currency or, if applicable, the presentation currency is not exchangeable into a foreign operation’s functional currency, an entity shall also disclose:

(a) the name of the foreign operation; whether the foreign operation is a subsidiary, joint operation, joint venture, associate or branch; and its principal place of business;

(b) summarised financial information about the foreign operation; and

(c) the nature and terms of any contractual arrangements that could require the entity to provide financial support to the foreign operation, including events or circumstances that could expose the entity to a loss.

HKAS 23 Borrowing Costs

225 An entity shall disclose:

(a) the amount of borrowing costs capitalised during the reporting period; and

(b) the capitalisation rate used to determine the amount of borrowing costs eligible for capitalisation.

HKAS 24 Related Party Disclosures

226 Relationships between a parent and its subsidiaries shall be disclosed irrespective of whether there have been transactions between them. An entity shall disclose:

(a) the name of its parent and, if different, the ultimate controlling party; and

(b) the name of the ultimate or intermediate parent that produces consolidated financial statements available for public use that comply with HKFRS Accounting Standards or IFRS Accounting Standards, as required by paragraph 7(c) and which results in the entity being eligible to apply this Standard.

227 An entity shall disclose key management personnel compensation in total.

228 If an entity obtains key management personnel services from another entity (the management entity), the entity is not required to apply the requirements in paragraph 227 to the compensation paid or payable by the management entity to the management entity’s employees or directors.

229 Amounts incurred by the entity for the provision of key management personnel services that are provided by a separate management entity shall be disclosed.

230 If an entity has had related party transactions during the reporting periods covered by the financial statements, it shall disclose the nature of the related party relationship as well as information about those transactions and outstanding balances, including commitments, necessary for users to understand the potential effect of the relationship on the financial statements. These disclosure requirements are in addition to paragraph 227. At a minimum, disclosures shall include:

(a) the amount of the transactions;

(b) the amount of outstanding balances, including commitments, and:

(i) their terms and conditions, including whether they are secured and the nature of the consideration to be provided in settlement; and

(ii) details of any guarantees given or received;

(d) the expense recognised during the period in respect of bad or doubtful debts due from related parties.

231 The disclosures required by paragraph 230 shall be made separately for:

(a) the parent;

(b) entities with joint control of, or significant influence over, the entity;

(d) associates;

(e) joint ventures in which the entity is a joint venturer;

(f) key management personnel of the entity or its parent; and

(g) other related parties.

232 A reporting entity is exempt from the disclosure requirements in paragraph 230 in relation to related party transactions and outstanding balances, including commitments, with:

(a) a government that has control or joint control of, or significant influence over, the reporting entity; and

(b) another entity that is a related party because the same government has control or joint control of, or significant influence over, both the reporting entity and the other entity.

233 If an entity applies the exemption in paragraph 232, it shall disclose the following about the transactions and related outstanding balances referred to in paragraph 232:

(a) the name of the government and the nature of its relationship with the reporting entity (control, joint control or significant influence).

(b) the following information in sufficient detail to enable users of the entity’s financial statements to understand the effect of related party transactions on its financial statements:

(i) the nature and amount of each individually significant transaction.

(ii) for other transactions that are collectively, but not individually, significant, a qualitative or quantitative indication of their extent. Types of transactions include those listed in paragraph 234.

234 Examples of transactions that are disclosed if they are with a related party include:

(a) purchases or sales of goods (finished or unfinished);

(b) purchases or sales of property and other assets;

(d) leases;

(e) transfers of research and development;

(f) transfers under licence agreements;

(g) transfers under finance arrangements (including loans and equity contributions in cash or in kind);

(h) provision of guarantees or collateral; and

(i) settlement of liabilities on behalf of the entity or by the entity on behalf of that related party.

235 Participation by a parent or subsidiary in a defined benefit plan that shares risks between group entities is a transaction between related parties (see paragraph 42 of HKAS 19, which requires an entity to disclose the information required by paragraph 213).

236 An entity shall disclose that related party transactions were made on terms equivalent to those that prevail in arm’s length transactions only if such terms can be substantiated.

237 Items of a similar nature may be disclosed in aggregate except when separate disclosure is necessary for an understanding of the effects of related party transactions on the financial statements of the entity.

HKAS 27 Separate Financial Statements

238 When a parent, in accordance with paragraph 4(a) of HKFRS 10, elects not to prepare consolidated financial statements and instead prepares separate financial statements, it shall disclose in those separate financial statements:

(a) the fact that the financial statements are separate financial statements; that the exemption from consolidation has been used; the name and principal place of business (and country of incorporation, if different) of the entity whose consolidated financial statements that comply with HKFRS Accounting Standards or IFRS Accounting Standards have been produced for public use; and the address where those consolidated financial statements are obtainable; and

(b) a description of the method used to account for its investments in subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates.

239 When an investment entity that is a parent (other than a parent covered by paragraph 238) prepares, in accordance with paragraph 8A of HKAS 27 Separate Financial Statements, separate financial statements as its only financial statements, it shall disclose that fact. The investment entity shall also present the disclosures relating to investment entities required by paragraphs 82–94.

240 When a parent (other than a parent covered by paragraphs 238–239) or an investor with joint control of, or significant influence over, an investee prepares separate financial statements, the parent or investor shall identify the financial statements prepared in accordance with HKFRS 10, HKFRS 11 Joint Arrangements or HKAS 28 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures to which they relate. The parent or investor shall also disclose in its separate financial statements:

(a) the fact that the statements are separate financial statements; and

(b) a description of the method used to account for its investments in subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates.

HKAS 29 Financial Reporting in Hyperinflationary Economies

241 An entity shall disclose:

(a) the fact that the financial statements and the corresponding figures for previous periods have been restated for the changes in the general purchasing power of the functional currency and, as a result, are stated in terms of the measuring unit current at the end of the reporting period; and

(b) the identity and level of the price index at the end of the reporting period and the movement in the index during the current and the previous reporting period.

HKAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation

Disclosure requirements in HKAS 32 that remain applicable

242 An entity shall apply the disclosure requirements in paragraphs 34 and 40 of HKAS 32.

HKAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting

Content of an interim financial report

Significant events and transactions

243 An entity shall include in its interim financial report an explanation of events and transactions significant to an understanding of the changes in financial position and performance of the entity since the end of the last annual reporting period. Information disclosed in relation to those events and transactions shall update the relevant information presented in the most recent annual financial report.

244 Events and transactions for which disclosures would be required if they are significant (the list is not exhaustive) include:

(a) the write-down of inventories to net realisable value and the reversal of such a writedown;

(b) recognition of a loss from the impairment of financial assets, property, plant and equipment, intangible assets, assets arising from contracts with customers, or other assets, and the reversal of such an impairment loss;

(d) acquisitions and disposals of items of property, plant and equipment;

(e) commitments for the purchase of property, plant and equipment;

(f) litigation settlements;

(g) corrections of prior period errors;

(h) changes in the business or economic circumstances that affect the fair value of the entity’s financial assets and financial liabilities, whether those assets or liabilities are recognised at fair value or amortised cost;

(i) any loan default or breach of a loan agreement that has not been remedied on or before the end of the reporting period;

(j) related party transactions;

(k) changes in the classification of financial assets as a result of a change in the purpose or use of those assets; and

(l) changes in contingent liabilities or contingent assets.

245 When an event or transaction is significant to an understanding of the changes in an entity’s financial position or performance since the last annual reporting period, its interim financial report should provide an explanation of and an update to the relevant information included in the financial statements of the last annual reporting period.

Other disclosures

246 An entity shall disclose the information specified in (a)–(m) of this paragraph either in the interim financial statements or incorporated by cross-reference from the interim financial statements to some other statement (such as management commentary or risk report) that is available to users of the financial statements on the same terms as the interim financial statements and at the same time. If users of the financial statements do not have access to the information incorporated by cross-reference on the same terms and at the same time, the interim financial report is incomplete. The further information shall normally be reported on a financial year to date basis, and consists of:

(a) a statement that the same accounting policies and methods of computation are followed in the interim financial statements as compared with the most recent annual financial statements or, if those policies or methods have been changed, a description of the nature and effect of the change.

(b) explanatory comments about the seasonality or cyclicality of interim operations.

(c) the nature and amount of items affecting assets, liabilities, equity, net income or cash flows that are unusual because of their nature, size or incidence.

(d) the nature and amount of changes in estimates of amounts reported in prior interim periods of the current financial year or changes in estimates of amounts reported in prior financial years.

(e) issues, repurchases and repayments of debt and equity securities.

(f) dividends paid (aggregate or per share) separately for ordinary shares and other shares.

(g) the basis for preparing and presenting information about segments, if the entity chooses to disclose information about segments. If the entity chooses to disclose information about segments that does not comply with HKFRS 8, it shall not describe the information as segment information.

(h) events after the interim period that have not been reflected in the financial statements for the interim period.

(i) the effect of changes in the composition of the entity during the interim period, including business combinations, obtaining or losing control of subsidiaries and long term investments, restructurings and discontinued operations. In the case of business combinations, the entity shall disclose the information required by paragraphs 35–37.

(j) for financial instruments, the disclosures about fair value required by paragraphs 64 and 95–97.

(k) for entities becoming, or ceasing to be, investment entities, as defined in HKFRS 10, the disclosures required by paragraph 83.

(l) the disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers required by paragraphs 103–104.

(m) the disclosures about management-defined performance measures required by paragraphs 142–146.

Disclosure of compliance with HKFRS Accounting Standards

247 An entity whose interim financial report complies with HKAS 34 and the requirements in paragraphs 1–19 and 243–249 shall make an explicit and unreserved statement of such compliance in the notes. An entity that applies this Standard shall, as part of that unreserved statement, state that it has applied HKAS 34 and the requirements in paragraphs 1–19 and 243–249. An entity applying this Standard shall not describe an interim financial report as complying with HKFRS Accounting Standards unless the entity complies with the requirements in this Standard and all applicable requirements in other HKFRS Accounting Standards.

Disclosure in annual financial statements

248 If an estimate of an amount reported in an interim period is changed significantly during the final interim period of the financial year but a separate financial report is not published for that final interim period, an entity shall disclose the nature and amount of that change in estimate in a note to the annual financial statements for that financial year.

Disclosure requirements in HKAS 34 that remain applicable

249 An entity shall apply the disclosure requirements in paragraph 41 of HKAS 34.

HKAS 36 Impairment of Assets

250 An entity shall disclose, for each class of assets:

(a) the amount of impairment losses recognised in profit or loss during the period and the line item(s) of the statement of comprehensive income in which those impairment losses are included; and

(b) the amount of reversals of impairment losses recognised in profit or loss during the period and the line item(s) of the statement of comprehensive income in which those impairment losses are reversed.

251 A class of assets is a grouping of assets of similar nature and use in an entity’s operations.

252 An entity shall disclose, for a cash generating unit for which an impairment loss has been recognised or reversed during the period:

(a) a description of the cash generating unit (such as whether it is a product line, a plant, a business operation, a geographical area, or a reportable segment as defined in HKFRS 8); and

(b) if the aggregation of assets for identifying the cash generating unit has changed since the previous estimate of the cash generating unit’s recoverable amount (if any), a description of the current and former way of aggregating assets and the reasons for changing the way the cash generating unit is identified.

253 If, in accordance with paragraph 84 of HKAS 36, any portion of the goodwill acquired in a business combination during the period has not been allocated to a cash generating unit (group of units) at the end of the reporting period, the amount of the unallocated goodwill shall be disclosed together with the reasons why that amount remains unallocated.

Estimates used to measure recoverable amounts of cash generating units containing goodwill or intangible assets with indefinite useful lives

254 An entity shall disclose, for each cash-generating unit (group of units) for which the carrying amount of goodwill or intangible assets with indefinite useful lives allocated to that unit (group of units) is significant in comparison with the entity’s total carrying amount of goodwill or intangible assets with indefinite useful lives:

(a) the carrying amount of goodwill allocated to the unit (group of units).

(b) the carrying amount of intangible assets with indefinite useful lives allocated to the unit (group of units).

(c) the basis on which the unit’s (group of units’) recoverable amount has been determined (that is, value in use or fair value less costs of disposal).

(d) if the unit’s (group of units’) recoverable amount is based on value in use:

(i) each key assumption on which management has based its cash flow projections for the period covered by the most recent budgets or forecasts. Key assumptions are those to which the unit’s (group of units’) recoverable amount is most sensitive.

(ii) the growth rate used to extrapolate cash flow projections beyond the period covered by the most recent budgets or forecasts, and the justification for using any growth rate that exceeds the long term average growth rate for the products, industries, or country or countries in which the entity operates, or for the market to which the unit (group of units) is dedicated.

(iii) the discount rate(s) applied to the cash flow projections.

(e) if the unit’s (group of units’) recoverable amount is based on fair value less costs of disposal, the valuation technique(s) used to measure fair value less costs of disposal. An entity is not required to provide the disclosures required by paragraphs 95–97. If fair value less costs of disposal is not measured using a quoted price for an identical unit (group of units), an entity shall disclose:

(i) each key assumption on which management has based its determination of fair value less costs of disposal. Key assumptions are those to which the unit’s (group of units’) recoverable amount is most sensitive.

(ii) the level of the fair value hierarchy (see HKFRS 13) within which the fair value measurement is categorised in its entirety (without giving regard to the observability of costs of disposal).

(f) if fair value less costs of disposal is measured using discounted cash flow projections:

(i) the growth rate used to extrapolate cash flow projections; and

(ii) the discount rate(s) applied to the cash flow projections.

255 If some or all of the carrying amount of goodwill or intangible assets with indefinite useful lives is allocated to multiple cash-generating units (groups of units), and the amount so allocated to each unit (group of units) is not significant in comparison with the entity’s total carrying amount of goodwill or intangible assets with indefinite useful lives, that fact shall be disclosed, together with the aggregate carrying amount of goodwill or intangible assets with indefinite useful lives allocated to those units (groups of units). In addition, ifthe recoverable amounts of any of those units (groups of units) are based on the same key assumption(s) and the aggregate carrying amount of goodwill or intangible assets with indefinite useful lives allocated to them is significant in comparison with the entity’s total carrying amount of goodwill or intangible assets with indefinite useful lives, an entity shall disclose that fact, together with:

(a) the aggregate carrying amount of goodwill allocated to those units (groups of units);

(b) the aggregate carrying amount of intangible assets with indefinite useful lives allocated to those units (groups of units); and

256 The most recent detailed calculation made in a preceding period of the recoverable amount of a cash-generating unit (group of units) may, in accordance with paragraph 24 of HKAS 36 or paragraph 99 of HKAS 36, be carried forward and used in the impairment test for that unit (group of units) in the current period, provided specified criteria are met. When this is the case, the information for that unit (group of units) that is incorporated into the disclosures required by paragraphs 254–255 relates to the carried forward calculation of recoverable amount.

HKAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets

257 An entity shall disclose, for each class of provision (comparative information is not required):

(a) the carrying amount at the beginning and end of the reporting period;

(b) additional provisions made in the period, including increases to existing provisions;

(d) unused amounts reversed during the period; and

(e) the increase during the period in the discounted amount arising from the passage of time and the effect of any change in the discount rate.

258 An entity shall also disclose, for each class of provision (comparative information is not required):

(a) a brief description of the nature of the obligation and the expected timing of any resulting outflows of economic benefits.

(b) an indication of the uncertainties about the amount or timing of those outflows. Where necessary to provide adequate information, an entity shall disclose the major

assumptions made concerning future events, as addressed in paragraph 48 of HKAS 37.

(c) the amount of any expected reimbursement, stating the amount of any asset that has been recognised for that expected reimbursement.

259 Unless the possibility of any outflow in settlement is remote, an entity shall disclose, for each class of contingent liability at the end of the reporting period, a brief description of the nature of the contingent liability and, where practicable:

(a) an estimate of its financial effect, measured under paragraphs 36–52 of HKAS 37;

(b) an indication of the uncertainties relating to the amount or timing of any outflow; and

260 Where an inflow of economic benefits is probable, an entity shall disclose a brief description of the nature of the contingent assets at the end of the reporting period and, where practicable, an estimate of their financial effect, measured using the principles set out for provisions in paragraphs 36–52 of HKAS 37.

261 Where any of the information required by paragraphs 259–260 is not disclosed because it is not practicable to do so, an entity shall state that fact.

262 In extremely rare cases, disclosure of some or all of the information required by paragraphs 257–260 can be expected to prejudice seriously the position of the entity in a dispute with other parties on the subject matter of the provision, contingent liability or contingent asset. In such cases, an entity need not disclose the information, but shall disclose the general nature of the dispute, together with the fact that, and reason why, the information has not been disclosed.

HKAS 38 Intangible Assets

263 An entity shall disclose, for each class of intangible assets, distinguishing between internally generated intangible assets and other intangible assets:

(a) whether the useful lives are indefinite or finite and, if finite, the useful lives or the amortisation rates used;

(b) the amortisation methods used for intangible assets with finite useful lives;

(c) the gross carrying amount and any accumulated amortisation (aggregated with accumulated impairment losses) at the beginning and end of the reporting period;

(d) the line item(s) of the statement of comprehensive income in which any amortisation of intangible assets is included; and

(e) a reconciliation (comparative information is not required) of the carrying amount at the beginning and end of the period showing:

(i) additions, indicating separately those from internal development, those acquired separately, and those acquired through business combinations;

(ii) assets classified as held for sale or included in a disposal group classified as held for sale in accordance with HKFRS 5 and other disposals;

(iii) increases or decreases during the period resulting from revaluations under paragraphs 75 and 85–86 of HKAS 38 and from impairment losses recognised or reversed in other comprehensive income in accordance with HKAS 36 (if any);

(iv) impairment losses recognised in profit or loss during the period in accordance with HKAS 36 (if any);

(v) impairment losses reversed in profit or loss during the period in accordance with HKAS 36 (if any);

(vi) any amortisation recognised during the period; and

(vii) other changes in the carrying amount during the period.

264 An entity shall also disclose:

(a) for an intangible asset assessed as having an indefinite useful life, the carrying amount of that asset and the reasons supporting the assessment of an indefinite useful life. In giving these reasons, the entity shall describe the factor(s) that played a significant role in determining that the asset has an indefinite useful life.

(b) a description, the carrying amount and remaining amortisation period of any individual intangible asset that is material to the entity’s financial statements.

(c) for intangible assets acquired by way of a government grant and initially recognised at fair value (see paragraph 44 of HKAS 38):

(i) the fair value initially recognised for these assets;

(ii) their carrying amounts; and

(iii) whether they are measured after recognition under the cost model or the revaluation model.

(d) the existence and carrying amounts of intangible assets whose title is restricted and the carrying amounts of intangible assets pledged as security for liabilities.

(e) the amount of contractual commitments for the acquisition of intangible assets.

265 If intangible assets are accounted for at revalued amounts, an entity shall disclose:

(a) by class of intangible assets:

(i) the effective date of the revaluation;

(ii) the carrying amount of revalued intangible assets; and

(iii) the carrying amount that would have been recognised had the revalued class of intangible assets been measured after recognition using the cost model in paragraph 74 of HKAS 38; and

(b) the amount of the revaluation surplus that relates to intangible assets at the beginning and end of the reporting period, indicating the changes during the period and any restrictions on the distribution of the balance to shareholders.

266 An entity shall disclose the aggregate amount of research and development expenditure recognised as an expense during the reporting period.

HKAS 40 Investment Property

Fair value and cost model

267 The disclosures in paragraphs 268–271 apply in addition to those required for leases in paragraphs 115–127. The owner of an investment property provides lessors’ disclosures about leases into which it has entered. A lessee that holds an investment property as a right-of-use asset provides lessees’ disclosures and lessors’ disclosures for any operating leases into which it has entered.

268 An entity shall disclose:

(a) whether it applies the fair value model or the cost model.

(b) the extent to which the fair value of investment property (as measured or disclosed in the financial statements) is based on a valuation by an independent valuer who holds a recognised and relevant professional qualification and has recent experience in the location and category of the investment property being valued. If there has been no such valuation, that fact shall be disclosed.

(c) the cumulative change in fair value recognised in profit or loss on a sale of investment property from a pool of assets in which the cost model is used into a pool in which the fair value model is used (see paragraph 32C of HKAS 40).

(d) the existence and amounts of restrictions on the realisability of investment property or the remittance of income and proceeds of disposal.

(e) contractual obligations to purchase, construct or develop investment property or for repairs, maintenance or enhancements.

Fair value model

269 In addition to the disclosures required by paragraph 268, an entity that applies the fair value model in paragraphs 33–55 of HKAS 40 shall disclose a reconciliation (comparative information is not required) between the carrying amounts of investment property at the beginning and end of the reporting period, showing:

(a) additions;

(b) acquisitions through business combinations;

(c) assets classified as held for sale or included in a disposal group classified as held for sale in accordance with HKFRS 5 and other disposals;

(d) net gains or losses from fair value adjustments;

(e) transfers to and from inventories and owner occupied property; and

(f) other changes.

270 In the exceptional cases referred to in paragraph 53 of HKAS 40, when an entity measures investment property using the cost model in HKAS 16 or in accordance with HKFRS 16, the reconciliation required by paragraph 269 shall disclose amounts relating to that investment property separately from amounts relating to other investment property. In addition, an entity shall disclose:

(a) a description of the investment property; and

(b) an explanation of why fair value cannot be measured reliably.

Cost model

271 In addition to the disclosures required by paragraph 268, an entity that applies the cost model in paragraph 56 of HKAS 40 shall disclose:

(a) the depreciation methods used;

(b) the useful lives or the depreciation rates used;

(c) the gross carrying amount and the accumulated depreciation (aggregated with accumulated impairment losses) at the beginning and end of the reporting period; and

(d) a reconciliation (comparative information is not required) of the carrying amount of investment property at the beginning and end of the period, showing:

(i) additions;

(ii) acquisitions through business combinations;

(iii) assets classified as held for sale or included in a disposal group classified as held for sale in accordance with HKFRS 5 and other disposals;

(iv) depreciation;

(v) the amount of impairment losses recognised, and the amount of impairment losses reversed, during the period in accordance with HKAS 36;

(vi) transfers to and from inventories and owner occupied property; and

(vii) other changes.

(e) the fair value of investment property. In the exceptional cases described in paragraph 53 of HKAS 40, when an entity cannot measure the fair value of the investment property reliably, it shall disclose:

(i) a description of the investment property;

(ii) an explanation of why fair value cannot be measured reliably; and

(iii) if possible, the range of estimates within which fair value is highly likely to lie.

HKAS 41 Agriculture

General

272 An entity shall provide a description of each group of biological assets.

273 An entity shall disclose a reconciliation (comparative information is not required) of changes in the carrying amount of biological assets between the beginning and the end of the current reporting period. The reconciliation shall include:

(a) the gain or loss arising from changes in fair value less costs to sell;

(b) increases due to purchases;

(c) decreases attributable to sales and biological assets classified as held for sale (or included in a disposal group that is classified as held for sale) in accordance with HKFRS 5;

(d) decreases due to harvest;

(e) increases resulting from business combinations;

(f) net exchange differences arising on the translation of financial statements into a different presentation currency, and on the translation of a foreign operation into the presentation currency of the reporting entity; and

(g) other changes.

Additional disclosures for biological assets where fair value cannot be measured reliably

274 If an entity measures biological assets at their cost less any accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses (see paragraph 30 of HKAS 41 Agriculture) at the end of the reporting period, the entity shall disclose for such biological assets:

(a) a description of the biological assets;

(b) an explanation of why fair value cannot be measured reliably;

(d) the useful lives or the depreciation rates used; and

(e) the gross carrying amount and the accumulated depreciation (aggregated with accumulated impairment losses) at the beginning and end of the period.

Government grants

275 An entity shall disclose the following related to agricultural activity covered by HKAS 41:

(a) the nature and extent of government grants recognised in the financial statements; and

(b) unfulfilled conditions and other contingencies attaching to government grants that have not been recognised in profit or loss.

Other disclosures

276 An entity applying this Standard is not required to apply HKFRS 8. If an entity applying this Standard chooses to disclose information about segments that does not comply with HKFRS 8, it shall not describe the information as segment information. An entity making such disclosures shall describe the basis for preparing and making those disclosures. An entity choosing to apply HKFRS 8 shall apply all its disclosure requirements and shall state that it has applied HKFRS 8.

Appendix A Effective date and transition

This Appendix is an integral part of the Standard.

A1 An entity may elect to apply this Standard for reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2027. Earlier application is permitted. If an entity chooses to apply this Standard earlier, it shall disclose that fact. In accordance with paragraph 14, if an entity applies this Standard in the current reporting period but not in the immediately preceding period, it shall provide comparative information (that is, information for the preceding period) for all amounts reported in the current period’s financial statements, unless this Standard or another HKFRS Accounting Standard permits or requires otherwise.

HKFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements

A2 HKFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements, issued in July 2024, supersedes HKAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements HKFRS 18 applies to annual reporting periods beginning 1 January 2027 and earlier application is permitted.

A3 An entity that elects to apply this Standard for a reporting period earlier than the reporting period in which it first applies HKFRS 18 shall apply paragraphs B2–B19 of Appendix B instead of paragraphs 128–163 (under subheading HKFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements), 173–177 and 182–183 (under subheading HKAS 8 Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements) and 246(m) (under subheading HKAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting). If such an entity also applies HKAS 33 Earnings per Share, it shall apply paragraphs 73 and 73A of HKAS 33 instead of paragraphs 73B and 73C of HKAS 33 (as amended by HKFRS 18).

Amendments to HKAS 21 The Effect of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates

A4 Lack of Exchangeability, issued in September 2023, amended HKAS 21 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates, adding new disclosure requirements in paragraphs 57A–57B of HKAS 21. The amendments to HKAS 21 apply to annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2025, and earlier application is permitted. If an entity applies this Standard for an annual reporting period that begins before 1 January 2025 and has not applied the amendments to HKAS 21, it need not apply paragraphs 221–224.

Appendix B Disclosure requirements if an entity applies HKFRS 19 before applying HKFRS 18

This Appendix is an integral part of the Standard.

B1 An entity that elects to apply this Standard for a reporting period earlier than the reporting period in which it first applies HKFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements shall apply paragraphs B2–B19 instead of paragraphs 128–163 (under subheading HKFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements), 173–177 and 182–183 (under subheading HKAS 8 Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements) and 246(m) (under subheading of HKAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting). HKFRS 18 supersedes HKAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2027. Paragraphs B2–B19 set out disclosure requirements for an entity applying HKAS 1 and this Standard.

True and fair view and compliance with HKFRS Accounting Standards

B2 When an entity departs from a requirement of a HKFRS Accounting Standard in accordance with paragraph 19 of HKAS 1, it shall disclose:

(a) that management has concluded that the financial statements present a true and fair view of the entity’s financial position, financial performance and cash flows;

(b) that it has complied with applicable HKFRS Accounting Standards, except that it has departed from a particular requirement to achieve a true and fair view;

(c) the title of the HKFRS Accounting Standard from which the entity has departed; the nature of the departure, including the treatment that the HKFRS Accounting Standard would require; the reason why that treatment would be so misleading in the circumstances that it would conflict with the objective of financial statements set out in the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting (Conceptual Framework) and the treatment adopted; and

(d) for each period presented, the financial effect of the departure on each item in the financial statements that would have been reported in complying with the requirement.

B3 When an entity has departed from a requirement of a HKFRS Accounting Standard in a prior reporting period, and that departure affects the amounts recognised in the financial statements for the current period, it shall make the disclosures set out in paragraph B2(c) and B2(d).

B4 In the extremely rare circumstances in which management concludes that compliance with a requirement in a HKFRS Accounting Standard would be so misleading that it would conflict with the objective offinancial statements set out in the Conceptual Framework, but the relevant regulatory framework prohibits departure from the requirement, the entity shall, to the maximum extent possible, reduce the perceived misleading aspects of compliance by disclosing:

(a) the title of the HKFRS Accounting Standard in question, the nature of the requirement and the reason why management has concluded that complying with that requirement is so misleading in the circumstances that it conflicts with the objective of financial statements set out in the Conceptual Framework; and

(b) for each period presented, the adjustments to each item in the financial statements that management has concluded would be necessary to achieve a true and fair view

Change in accounting policy, retrospective restatement or reclassification

B5 When an entity is required to present an additional statement of financial position in accordance with paragraph 40A of HKAS 1, it must disclose the information required by paragraphs B6–B7, 178–181 and 186. However, it need not present the related notes to the opening statement of financial position as at the beginning of the preceding period.

B6 If an entity changes the presentation or classification of items in its financial statements, it shall reclassify comparative amounts unless reclassification is impracticable. When an entity reclassifies comparative amounts, it shall disclose (including as at the beginning of the preceding period):

(a) the nature of the reclassification;

(b) the amount of each item or class of items that is reclassified; and

B7 When it is impracticable to reclassify comparative amounts, an entity shall disclose:

(a) the reason for not reclassifying the amounts; and

(b) the nature of the adjustments that would have been made if the amounts had been reclassified.

Right to defer settlement of liabilities for at least 12 months

B8 In applying paragraphs 69–75 of HKAS 1, an entity might classify liabilities arising from loan arrangements as non-current when the entity’s right to defer settlement of those liabilities is subject to the entity complying with covenants within 12 months after the reporting period (see paragraph 72B(b) of HKAS 1). In such situations, the entity shall disclose information in the notes that enables users of financial statements to understand the risk that the liabilities could become repayable within 12 months after the reporting period, including:

(a) information about the covenants (including the nature of the covenants and when the entity is required to comply with them) and the carrying amount of related liabilities.

Information to be presented either in the statement of financial position or in the notes

B9 An entity shall either present in the statement of financial position or disclose in the notes further subclassifications of these line items:

(a) items of property, plant and equipment are disaggregated into classes in accordance with HKAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment;

(b) receivables are disaggregated into amounts receivable from trade customers, receivables from related parties, prepayments and other amounts;

(c) inventories are disaggregated, in accordance with HKAS 2 Inventories, into classifications such as merchandise, production supplies, materials, work in progress and finished goods;

(d) trade payables are disaggregated, in accordance with HKAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows, to provide separately the amounts of those payables that are part of supplier finance arrangements;

(e) provisions are disaggregated into provisions for employee benefits and other items; and

(f) equity capital and reserves are disaggregated into various classes, such as paid in capital, share premium and reserves.

B10 An entity shall either present in the statement of financial position or the statement of changes in equity, or disclose in the notes:

(a) for each class of share capital:

(i) the number of shares authorised;

(ii) the number of shares issued and fully paid, and issued but not fully paid;

(iii) par value per share, or that the shares have no par value;

(iv) a reconciliation (comparative information is not required) of the number of shares outstanding at the beginning and at the end of the period;

(v) the rights, preferences and restrictions attaching to that class including restrictions on the distribution of dividends and the repayment of capital;

(vi) shares in the entity held by the entity or by its subsidiaries or associates; and

(vii) shares reserved for issue under options and contracts for the sale of shares, including terms and amounts; and

(b) a description of the nature and purpose of each reserve within equity.

B11 An entity without share capital, such as a partnership or trust, shall disclose information equivalent to that required by paragraph B10(a) showing changes during the period in each category of equity interest, and the rights, preferences and restrictions attaching to each category of equity interest.

Statement of changes in equity

B12 An entity shall either present in the statement of changes in equity or in the notes the amount of dividends recognised as distributions to owners during the period (in aggregate or per share), separately for ordinary shares and other shares.

Disclosure of accounting policy information

B13 An entity shall disclose material accounting policy information.

B14 An entity shall disclose, along with material accounting policy information or other notes, the judgements, apart from those involving estimations (see paragraph B15), that management has made in the process of applying the entity’s accounting policies and that have the most

significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements. Examples of judgements that an entity may be required to disclose include those determining:

(a) appropriate classes of assets and liabilities for which disclosures about fair value measurements are provided;

(b) that the entity has control of another entity;

(d) the type of joint arrangement (that is, a joint operation or joint venture) when the arrangement has been structured through a separate vehicle; and

(e) that the entity is an investment entity.

Sources of estimation uncertainty

B15 An entity shall disclose information about the assumptions it makes about the future, and other major sources of estimation uncertainty at the end of the reporting period, that have a significant risk of resulting in a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year. In respect of those assets and liabilities, the notes shall include details of:

(a) their nature; and

(b) their carrying amount as at the end of the reporting period.

B16 The disclosures in paragraph B15 are not required for assets and liabilities with a significant risk that their carrying amounts might change materially within the next financial year if, at the end of the reporting period, they are measured at fair value based on a quoted price in an active market for an identical asset or liability. Such fair values might change materially within the next financial year but these changes would not arise from assumptions or other sources of estimation uncertainty at the end of the reporting period.

Other disclosures

B17 An entity shall disclose in the notes:

(a) the amount of dividends proposed or declared before the financial statements were authorised for issue but not recognised as a distribution to owners during the period, and the related amount per share; and

(b) the amount of any cumulative preference dividends not recognised.

B18 An entity shall disclose, if not disclosed elsewhere in information published with the financial statements:

(a) the domicile and legal form of the entity, its country of incorporation and the address of its registered office (or principal place of business, if different from the registered office); and

(b) a description of the nature of the entity’s operations and its principal activities.

Disclosure requirements in HKAS 1 that remain applicable

B19 An entity shall apply the disclosure requirements in paragraphs 15, 17(c), 25, 31, 36, 51, 53, 92, 94, 99, 103, 106(d), 110, 112 and 113 of HKAS 1.

Appendix C Amendments to other HKFRS Accounting Standards

This Appendix sets out amendments to other HKFRS Accounting Standards. An entity shall apply the amendments when it applies HKFRS 19.

HKFRS 1 First-time Adoption of Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standards

Paragraphs 4B and D2 of HKFRS 1 are amended. New text is underlined.

Scope

4B When an entity does not elect to apply this HKFRS in accordance with paragraph 4A, the entity shall nevertheless apply the disclosure requirements in paragraphs 23A–23B of HKFRS 1, in addition to the disclosure requirements in HKAS 8. An entity applying HKFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures shall instead apply the disclosure requirements in paragraphs 22–23 and 173–187 of HKFRS 19.

Appendix D Exemptions from other HKFRSs

Share‑based payment transactions

D2 A first time adopter is encouraged, but not required, to apply HKFRS 2 Share based Payment to equity instruments that were granted on or before 7 November 2002. A first time adopter is also encouraged, but not required, to apply HKFRS 2 to equity instruments that were granted after 7 November 2002 and vested before the later of (a) the date of transition to HKFRSs and (b) 1 January 2005. However, if a first time adopter elects to apply HKFRS 2 to such equity instruments, it may do so only if the entity has disclosed publicly the fair value of those equity instruments, determined at the measurement date, as defined in HKFRS 2. For all grants of equity instruments to which HKFRS 2 has not been applied (eg equity instruments granted on or before 7 November 2002), a first time adopter shall nevertheless disclose the information required by paragraphs 44 and 45 of HKFRS 2. An entity applying HKFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures shall instead disclose the information required by paragraph 31 of HKFRS 19. If a first time adopter modifies the terms or conditions of a grant of equity instruments to which HKFRS 2 has not been applied, the entity is not required to apply paragraphs 26–29 of HKFRS 2 if the modification occurred before the date of transition to HKFRSs.

HKFRS 5 Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations

Paragraphs 5B, 12, 26A and 38 of HKFRS 5 are amended. New text is underlined.

Scope

5B This HKFRS specifies the disclosures required in respect of non current assets (or disposal groups) classified as held for sale or discontinued operations. Disclosures in other HKFRSs do not apply to such assets (or disposal groups) unless those HKFRSs require:

(a) specific disclosures in respect of non current assets (or disposal groups) classified as held for sale or discontinued operations; or

(b) disclosures about measurement of assets and liabilities within a disposal group that are not within the scope of the measurement requirement of HKFRS 5 and such disclosures are not already provided in the other notes to the financial statements.

Additional disclosures about non current assets (or disposal groups) classified as held for sale or discontinued operations may be necessary to comply with the disclosure requirements of HKFRS 18 and the requirements of HKAS 8 Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements, in particular paragraphs 6A and 31A of HKAS 8. An entity applying HKFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures shall apply paragraph 182 of HKFRS 19 instead of paragraph 31A of HKAS 8.

Classification of non current assets (or disposal groups) as held for sale or as held for distribution to owners

12 If the criteria in paragraphs 7 and 8 are met after the reporting period, an entity shall not classify a non current asset (or disposal group) as held for sale in those financial statements when issued. However, when those criteria are met after the reporting period but before the authorisation of the financial statements for issue, the entity shall disclose the information specified in paragraph 41(a), (b) and (d) in the notes. An entity applying HKFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures shall instead disclose the information specified in paragraph 38 of HKFRS 19.

Measurement of non current assets (or disposal groups) classified as held for sale

Changes to a plan of sale or to a plan of distribution to owners

26A If an entity reclassifies an asset (or disposal group) directly from being held for sale to being held for distribution to owners, or directly from being held for distribution to owners to being held for sale, then the change in classification is considered a continuation of the original plan of disposal. The entity:

(a) shall not follow the guidance in paragraphs 27–29 to account for this change. The entity shall apply the classification, presentation and measurement requirements in this HKFRS that are applicable to the new method of disposal. An entity applying HKFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures shall apply the disclosure requirements in HKFRS 19 instead of the disclosure requirements in this HKFRS

Presentation and disclosure

Non-current asset or disposal group classified as held for sale

38 An entity shall present a non current asset classified as held for sale and the assets of a disposal group classified as held for sale separately from other assets in the statement of financial position. The liabilities of a disposal group classified as held for sale shall be presented separately from other liabilities in the statement of financial position. Those assets and liabilities shall not be offset and presented as a single amount. The major classes of assets and liabilities classified as held for sale shall be separately disclosed either in the statement of financial position or in the notes, except as permitted by paragraph 39 and except when an entity applies HKFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures. An entity shall present separately any cumulative income or expense recognised in other comprehensive income relating to a non current asset (or disposal group) classified as held for sale.

HKFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement

Paragraphs 7 and 66 of HKFRS 13 are amended. New text is underlined.

Scope

7 The disclosures required by this HKFRS or, for entities applying HKFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures, by paragraphs 95–97 of HKFRS 19 are not required for the following:

Measurement

Valuation techniques

66 Revisions resulting from a change in the valuation technique or its application shall be accounted for as a change in accounting estimate in accordance with HKAS 8. However, the disclosures in HKAS 8 (or in HKFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures, for an entity that applies HKFRS 19) for a change in accounting estimate are not required for revisions resulting from a change in a valuation technique or its application.

HKFRS 17 Insurance Contracts

Paragraph C3(a) of HKFRS 17 is amended. New text is underlined.

Appendix C

Effective date and transition

C3 Unless it is impracticable to do so, or paragraph C5A applies, an entity shall apply HKFRS 17 retrospectively, except that:

(a) an entity is not required to present the quantitative information required by paragraph 28(f) of HKAS 8 Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements or, for entities applying HKFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures, by paragraph 178(f) of HKFRS 19;

HKFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements

Paragraphs C2 and C5 of HKFRS 18 are amended. New text is underlined.

Appendix C

Effective date and transition

Transition

C2 An entity shall apply this Standard retrospectively applying HKAS 8. However, an entity is not required to present the quantitative information specified in paragraph 28(f) of HKAS 8. An entity applying HKFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures is not required to present the quantitative information required by paragraph 178(f) of HKFRS 19.

C5 If an entity applies HKAS 34 in preparing interim financial statements in the first year of applying this Standard, the entity shall, as part of the information required by paragraph 16A(a) of HKAS 34, disclose reconciliations for each line item presented in the statement of profit or loss for the comparative periods immediately preceding the current and cumulative current periods. The reconciliations are required between:

(a) the restated amounts presented applying the accounting policies for the comparative period and the cumulative comparative period when the entity applies this Standard; and

(b) the amounts previously presented applying the accounting policies for the comparative period and cumulative comparative period when the entity applied HKAS 1.

An entity applying HKFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures shall instead disclose such a reconciliation as part of the information required by paragraph 246(a) of HKFRS 19.

HKAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation

Paragraphs 34 and 40 of HKAS 32 are amended. New text is underlined.

Presentation

Treasury shares (see also paragraph AG36)

34 The amount of treasury shares held is either presented separately in the statement of financial position or the statement of changes in equity or disclosed in the notes, in accordance with HKFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements An entity applying HKFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures shall instead provide such information in accordance with HKFRS 19. An entity provides disclosure in accordance with HKAS 24 Related Party Disclosures if the entity reacquires its own equity instruments from related parties. An entity applying HKFRS 19 shall instead provide such disclosure in accordance with HKFRS 19.

Interest, dividends, losses and gains (see also paragraph AG37)

40 Dividends classified as an expense may be presented in the statement(s) of profit or loss and other comprehensive income or disclosed in the notes either with interest on other liabilities or as a separate item. In addition to the requirements of this Standard, presentation and disclosure of interest and dividends is subject to the requirements of HKFRS 18 and HKFRS 7. An entity applying HKFRS 19 shall instead disclose interest and dividends subject to the requirements of HKFRS 19. In some circumstances, because of the differences between interest and dividends with respect tomatterssuch astax deductibility, an entitymay determine that it will present interest expenses separately from dividend expenses in the statement(s) of profit or loss and other comprehensive income. Disclosures of the tax effects are made in accordance with HKAS 12. An entity applying HKFRS 19 shall instead make such disclosures in accordance with HKFRS 19.

HKAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting

Paragraph 10 of HKAS 34 is amended. New text is underlined.

Content of an interim financial report

Form

and content of interim financial statements

10 If an entity publishes a set of condensed financial statements in its interim financial report, those condensed statements shall include, at a minimum, each of the headings and subtotals that were included in its most recent annual financial statements and the selected explanatory notes as required by this Standard. In preparing condensed financial statements, an entity shall apply this Standard and also the requirements in paragraphs 41–45 of HKFRS 18 and in paragraphs 6A–6N of HKAS 8 Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements or, for entities applying HKFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures, the requirements in paragraphs 173–175 of HKFRS 19 instead of the requirements in paragraphs 6F, 6G and 6I of HKAS 8. Additional line items or notes shall be included if their omission would make the condensed interim financial statements misleading.

HK(IFRIC)-Int 14 HKAS 19—The Limit on a Defined Benefit Asset, Minimum Funding Requirements and their Interaction

Paragraph 10 of HK(IFRIC)-Int 14 is amended. New text is underlined.

Consensus

Availability of a refund or reduction in future contributions

10 In accordance with HKAS 8, the entity shall disclose information about the key sources of estimation uncertainty at the end of the reporting period that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of the net asset or liability recognised in the statement of financial position. This might include disclosure of any restrictions on the current realisability of the surplus or disclosure of the basis used to determine the amount of the economic benefit available. An entity applying HKFRS 19 shall instead disclose such information in accordance with HKFRS 19.

Appendix D

Comparison with IFRS Accounting Standards

This comparison appendix, which was prepared in July 2024 and deals only with significant differences in the standards extant, is produced for information only and does not form part of the standards in HKFRS 19.

The IFRS Accounting Standard comparable with HKFRS 19 is IFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures.

The following sets out the major textual difference between HKFRS 19 and IFRS 19 and the reason for the difference.

Difference

(i) IFRS 19 paras 173, 175, B2 and B4 vs HKFRS 19 paras 173, 175, B2 and B4

The terms 'fair presentation' and 'present fairly' used in IFRS 19 are replaced by the terms 'true and fair view' and 'present a true and fair view' in HKFRS 19

Reason for the differences

To match with the terms used in the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance

HKFRS 19 BC Issued July 2024

Basis for Conclusions on Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standard 19

Subsidiaries without

Public

Accountability: Disclosures

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Basis for Conclusions on IFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures

HKFRS 19 is based on IFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures. In approving HKFRS 19, the Financial Reporting Standards Committee of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants considered and agreed with the IASB’s Basis for Conclusions on IFRS 19 Accordingly, there are no significant differences between HKFRS 19 and IFRS 19. The IASB’s Basis for Conclusions is reproduced below. The paragraph numbers of IFRS 19 referred to below generally correspond with those in HKFRS 19

BASIS FOR CONCLUSIONS ON IFRS 19

from paragraph

Topics that gave rise to detailed discussion

Transition to new or amended IFRS Accounting Standards

TRANSITION TO AND FROM IFRS 19

Transition requirements included in IFRS 19

Electing to re-apply IFRS 19 BC96

Comparative information BC99

Whether electing or revoking an election to apply IFRS 19 requires a subsidiary to apply IAS 8 BC103

Requirements in IFRS 1 BC105

MAINTAINING IFRS 19 BC108

Basis for Conclusions on IFRS 19

Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures

This Basis for Conclusions accompanies, but is not part of, IFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures. It summarises the considerations of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) when developing IFRS 19. Individual IASB members gave greater weight to some factors than to others. The IASB also published an Effects Analysis describing the likely costs and benefits of IFRS 19.

Introduction

BC1 IFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures is a voluntary IFRS Accounting Standard for use by eligible subsidiaries that prepare financial statements applying IFRS Accounting Standards. It specifies which disclosure requirements apply to a subsidiary that does not have public accountability and whose parent produces consolidated financial statements that comply with IFRS Accounting Standards and are available for public use.

Background The research phase

BC2 The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) added the Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures project to its research pipeline in response to feedback from stakeholders on the Request for Views 2015 Agenda Consultation. These stakeholders mainly preparers asked the IASB to permit subsidiaries with a parent that applies IFRS Accounting Standards when producing its consolidated financial statements to apply IFRS Accounting Standards with reduced disclosure requirements. Many subsidiaries are eligible to apply the IFRS for SMEs® Accounting Standard for their general purpose financial statements. Subsidiaries applying that Standard are required to provide fewer disclosures than those applying IFRS Accounting Standards. However, many subsidiaries find applying the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard unappealing because they need to report to their parent amounts that comply with the recognition and measurement requirements in IFRS Accounting Standards so the parent can prepare its consolidated financial statements applying IFRS Accounting Standards. A subsidiary applying the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard would generally need to maintain additional accounting records because of the recognition and measurement differences between the requirements in that Standard and IFRS Accounting Standards.

BC3 Subsidiaries said they would prefer to use the recognition and measurement requirements in IFRS Accounting Standards but with reduced disclosure requirements. Stakeholders took the view that such an approach would eliminate unnecessary costs for many subsidiaries in preparing general purpose financial statements while ensuring users of those subsidiaries’ financial statements obtain the information they need.

BC4 In adding the project to the research pipeline, the IASB decided to investigate an approach that:

(a) would be limited to subsidiaries that meet the description of a small and mediumsized entity (SME) as defined in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard that is, subsidiaries without public accountability that prepare general purpose financial statements.

(b) would build on the work done in developing the disclosure requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard to develop the reduced disclosure requirements for a new IFRS Accounting Standard. The disclosure requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard are based on those in IFRS Accounting Standards. Therefore, the IASB would need to amend the disclosure requirements that were drawn from the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard only for topics for which the recognition or measurement requirements differ between IFRS Accounting Standards and the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard.

BC5 Subsidiaries that do not have public accountability are eligible to apply the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard. Accordingly, the IASB started from the position that, in general and in the absence of recognition and measurement differences, the disclosure requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard are sufficient to meet the needs of users of these subsidiaries’ financial statements.

BC6 The research aimed to investigate whether:

(a) an IFRS Accounting Standard with reduced disclosure requirements for subsidiaries without public accountability would be adopted by jurisdictions and applied by these subsidiaries; and

(b) the IASB could develop such a Standard using the disclosure requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard with only minimal amendments.

BC7 Based on its research, the IASB concluded that if it were to develop an IFRS Accounting Standard with reduced disclosure requirements for subsidiaries without public accountability, the new Standard would be adopted and applied. The IASB took into consideration the fact that reduced disclosure standards have been implemented and successfully applied in several jurisdictions. An IFRS Accounting Standard with reduced disclosure requirements for subsidiaries without public accountability would:

(a) save costs for preparers because subsidiaries could provide reduced disclosures while still applying the same recognition and measurement requirements when producing their financial statements that their parent applied for its consolidated financial statements. These subsidiaries would therefore not need to maintain additional accounting records.

(b) maintain the usefulness of the financial statements for users of these subsidiaries’ financial statements by requiring only disclosures designed to meet users’ information needs while eliminating disclosures that go beyond their needs.

BC8 The IASB concluded it could develop an IFRS Accounting Standard using the disclosure requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard with only minimal amendments. The IASB’s rationale was that, because subsidiaries without public accountability are eligible to apply the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard, the disclosure requirements in that Standard must be sufficient to meet the information needs of users of these subsidiaries’ financial statements. This conclusion was important because the ability to use the disclosure requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard as a starting point meant the IASB could develop the Exposure Draft more efficiently by using the work it had already done.

Developing the Exposure Draft

BC9 In July 2021 the IASB published the Exposure Draft Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures (Exposure Draft), reflecting the outcomes of its research. The Exposure Draft proposed a draft Standard that would satisfy the objective of permitting eligible subsidiaries (see paragraph BC17) to apply the recognition, measurement and presentation requirements of IFRS Accounting Standards with reduced disclosure requirements.

BC10 In the Exposure Draft, the IASB proposed a Standard that would:

(a) be part of IFRS Accounting Standards;

(b) be optional for eligible subsidiaries;

(d) specify which disclosure requirements in other IFRS Accounting Standards would not be applicable; and

(e) be updated, if necessary, when the IASB issued a new or amended IFRS Accounting Standard (see paragraphs BC108–BC113).

BC11 The IASB developed the requirements proposed in the Exposure Draft by:

(a) using disclosure requirements from the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard if the recognition and measurement requirements in that Standard were the same as those in IFRS Accounting Standards;

(b) applying the principles for reducing disclosure requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard (see paragraph BC33) to reduce the disclosure requirements from IFRS Accounting Standards if the recognition and measurement requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard differed from those in IFRS Accounting Standards; and

(c) adding disclosure requirements from IFRS Accounting Standards for topics not included in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard and for topics in new or amended IFRS Accounting Standards.

BC12 The proposals in the Exposure Draft took into account IFRS Accounting Standards issued before 28 February 2021. This cut-off date gave the IASB a clear scope for the topics to be discussed. The approach for new or amended IFRS Accounting Standards issued after this date is discussed in paragraphs BC108–BC113.

BC13 The IASB received 68 comment letters in response to the Exposure Draft. The IASB also participated in 24 stakeholder events on the proposals, including consultations with stakeholder groups and discussions with respondents.

BC14 The feedback generally supported the proposals in the Exposure Draft. It showed that:

(a) most respondents agreed with the objective of the draft Standard and agreed eligible subsidiaries would benefit from applying IFRS 19.

(b) respondents had mixed views on the scope of the draft Standard and on which entities or groups of entities should be included within its scope.

(c) some respondents disagreed with how the principles for reducing disclosure requirements had been applied and some respondents said there were specific situations in which an exception from using the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard disclosure requirements was necessary. Many of these respondents suggested changes to the proposed disclosure requirements: there was an almost equal number of suggestions to add and to remove disclosure requirements. In many cases only a very small number of respondents, or a single respondent, commented on an individual proposed disclosure requirement, showing a wide range of views.

(d) some respondents had concerns about how the proposed disclosure requirements were developed because, in their view, the IASB had not clearly explained the relationship between the draft Standard and the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard.

Developing IFRS 19 from the Exposure Draft

BC15 As described in paragraph BC14, some respondents sought clarification or suggested changes on aspects of the Exposure Draft or its development. One area on which respondents sought clarification was how the IASB had developed the proposed disclosure requirements. Based on this feedback, the IASB decided to modify its previous approach of using the disclosure requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard for all topics for which recognition and measurement were the same as IFRS Accounting Standards. Instead, the IASB emphasised that all disclosure requirements in IFRS 19 are from those in IFRS Accounting Standards and that the use of the disclosure requirements from the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard had been an efficient starting point. This change in emphasis is consistent with:

(a) the disclosure requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard that are reduced from the disclosure requirements in IFRS Accounting Standards; and

(b) the fact that IFRS 19 and the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard will be maintained separately. IFRS 19 will be updated alongside other IFRS Accounting Standards while the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard is updated only periodically, and their disclosure requirements are assessed separately using the principles for reducing disclosures taking into account the information needs of users of the financial statements.

BC16 The most significant changes made as a result of the feedback on the proposals in the Exposure Draft were:

(a) aligning the language used in IFRS 19 with that used in IFRS Accounting Standards;

(b) amending the detailed disclosure requirements, particularly those relating to financial instruments, and introducing a narrow-scope disclosure requirement relating to credit risk that applies to only one group of eligible subsidiaries (see paragraph BC69); and

(c) changing the structure of IFRS 19, including the location of references to disclosure requirements from other IFRS Accounting Standards that remain applicable.

Scope

BC17 IFRS 19 is available for entities that at the end of their reporting period:

(a) are subsidiaries without public accountability (see paragraphs BC18–BC27); and

(b) have an ultimate or intermediate parent that produces consolidated financial statements available for public use that comply with IFRS Accounting Standards (see paragraphs BC28–BC31).

Subsidiaries without public accountability

BC18 Only a subsidiary without public accountability is permitted to apply IFRS 19, as set out in paragraph 7(a)–(b) of IFRS 19, consistent with the proposals in the Exposure Draft.

BC19 In the project’s research phase, the IASB investigated using the disclosure requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard with only minimal amendments to develop a new Standard. The IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard is intended for entities without public accountability, and the IASB developed the new Standard with the intention that it would be available only for subsidiaries without public accountability (see paragraph 7(b) of IFRS 19). The Exposure Draft included the description of public accountability from paragraphs 1.3–1.4 of the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard.

BC20 The IASB discussed the description of public accountability as part of its deliberations on the second comprehensive review of the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard. It decided the description should list banks, credit unions, insurance companies, securities brokers/dealers, mutual funds and investment banks as examples of entities that often meet the second criterion of public accountability, by holding assets in a fiduciary capacity for a broad group of outsiders as one of their primary businesses; this was a change from the previous description, which stated that most entities in these categories would meet the second criterion. The amended description is reflected in paragraph 11(b) of IFRS 19 and will also be in the forthcoming third edition of the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard.

BC21 Many respondents to the Exposure Draft suggested widening the scope of the draft Standard to allow more entities to apply IFRS 19, consistent with the dissenting opinion expressed on the Exposure Draft. However, respondents’ views varied on how to widen the scope. Some respondents agreed with the proposed scope but suggested the IASB consider widening it at a later stage for example, after IFRS 19 has been implemented.

BC22 The IASB considered whether to permit other types of SMEs (that is, other entities without public accountability), such as joint ventures and associates, or all SMEs to apply IFRS 19. Stakeholders provided several arguments in favour of expanding the proposed scope of the draft Standard, including:

(a) other types of SMEs, like joint ventures and associates without public accountability, might benefit in the same way as subsidiaries from applying IFRS 19 because, in most cases, they also provide information to investors. If it had a wider scope, IFRS 19 would also allow these SMEs to avoid disclosure requirements that are not intended to meet the information needs of users of SMEs’ financial statements and thus reduce costs.

(b) permitting other types of SMEs to apply IFRS 19 could encourage more SMEs to apply IFRS Accounting Standards. Furthermore, in a jurisdiction that does not permit the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard to be applied, applying IFRS 19 instead of local generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) might enable an entity to reduce its cost of capital.

(c) although the IASB’s aim was to reduce costs for subsidiaries without public accountability, other entities that meet the description of SMEs could also benefit from reduced costs. For example, an SME that, in the medium or long term, planned to issue debt or equity instruments to be traded in a public market might also prefer to apply IFRS Accounting Standards instead of local GAAP or the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard.

(d) if the IASB were to permit all SMEs to apply IFRS Accounting Standards with reduced disclosure requirements, the IASB might be able to develop a more simplified version of the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard.

(e) if the IASB were to permit all SMEs to apply IFRS 19, jurisdictions would have more options for financial reporting. For example, some jurisdictions that have developed local GAAP requirements based on IFRS Accounting Standards with reduced disclosure requirements for all SMEs could use IFRS 19 to replace their local GAAP requirements. Other jurisdictions could require some types of SMEs to apply IFRS Accounting Standards (including IFRS 19) while requiring other types of SMEs to apply the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard.

BC23 After considering the arguments, both before and after publishing the Exposure Draft, the IASB decided against expanding the scope of IFRS 19 at this stage because:

(a) the scope of IFRS 19 was consistent with the IASB’s research based on stakeholders’ specific requests for reduced disclosure requirements for subsidiaries with a parent that presents consolidated financial statements that comply with IFRS Accounting Standards.

(b) when the IASB developed the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard, it considered both the needs of users of SMEs’ financial statements and the resources available to SMEs to apply that Standard (see paragraph BC47 of the Basis for Conclusions on the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard). The limits on resources of subsidiaries are, in most cases, different from the limits on resources of other types of SMEs, so a cost–benefit assessment suitable for subsidiaries would not necessarily apply to entities with different resource constraints.

(c) the IASB’s project is intended to address cost–benefit considerations for a subset of SMEs subsidiaries without public accountability arising from their particular circumstances (as discussed in paragraph BC2). Consequently, when the project was added to the IASB’s research pipeline, it investigated an approach with those SMEs in mind.

(d) a subsidiary with a parent that prepares consolidated financial statements applying IFRS Accounting Standards is required by its parent to provide information in accordance with those Standards. This requirement is not driven by the information needs of users of the subsidiary’s financial statements; it is driven by the reporting requirements of the parent. These subsidiaries are therefore set apart from entities that choose to apply IFRS Accounting Standards. Other entities making this choice would normally do so based on the information needs of users of their financial statements and will have balanced the cost of applying IFRS Accounting Standards, including the costs of increased disclosure requirements, with the benefits of providing users with the information they require to make investment decisions. Therefore, it would be inappropriate to offer reduced disclosure requirements for those other entities.

(e) paragraph BC163 of the Basis for Conclusions on the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard explains that the IASB heard some SMEs do not have internal accounting resources or the resources to hire accounting advisers on an ongoing basis. This limit on resources influenced the IASB’s decision to update the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard periodically. Amendments to the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard are not typically expected to be more frequent than approximately once every three years and will usually happen only after a comprehensive review to provide SMEs with a stable platform because the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard will have long periods without changes. This process appears to be working well for SMEs but would be unsuitable for eligible subsidiaries. Eligible subsidiaries would want to apply changes to the requirements in IFRS Accounting Standards for their own financial statements at the same time as their parent. This timing would avoid the need to maintain additional accounting records: the subsidiaries would not want a delayed effective date. If the scope of IFRS 19 were extended to all SMEs, the IASB might receive requests from SMEs other than eligible subsidiaries for a delay in the effective date of changes to the requirements in IFRS Accounting Standards.

(f) if IFRS 19 were available to all SMEs instead of being restricted to eligible subsidiaries, it could be seen as an alternative to the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard more generally. For example, permitting all SMEs to apply IFRS 19 might result in some jurisdictions permitting IFRS 19 to be applied and not permitting the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard to be applied. Alternatively, permitting all SMEs to apply IFRS 19 might result in some lenders or investors requiring financial statements to be prepared applying IFRS 19 because they perceive it to be superior to the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard. However, applying IFRS Accounting Standards with IFRS 19 could be more costly for some SMEs than applying the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard because IFRS Accounting Standards do not include the recognition and measurement simplifications designed for SMEs.

(g) expanding the scope of IFRS 19 to include associates or joint ventures might be reasonable based on the principle that these types of entities could, like subsidiaries, be required to prepare information in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards for the purposes of investors’ financial statements. However, some entities might not currently prepare information in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards for their investors. Furthermore, whether an entity meets the definition of an associate or a joint venture is determined from the point of view of the investor instead of the investee, so it could be challenging for preparers to assess whether they were included in the scope of IFRS 19.

BC24 IFRS 19 is part of IFRS Accounting Standards and sets out a new approach that is yet to be tested. Having a well-defined group of eligible entities reduces ambiguity about which entities can apply IFRS 19, is consistent with the IASB’s research, and allows time for the IASB and local authorities in jurisdictions to assess the effects of the new approach on a subset of SMEs before possibly considering whether to widen the scope of the Standard. The IASB therefore decided to finalise the scope as proposed in the Exposure Draft and set out in paragraph 7 of IFRS 19, and to review at a later date whether to widen the scope. Application of IFRS 19 is voluntary, so only eligible subsidiaries that have assessed the benefits as exceeding the costs will opt to apply it. Early experiences of entities applying IFRS 19 will provide information that can be used when, in the future, the IASB reviews the scope of the Standard.

Assessment at the end of the reporting period

BC25 Only a subsidiary without public accountability at the end of its reporting period (see paragraph 7 of IFRS 19) can apply IFRS 19 in its financial statements for that reporting period. The IASB considered other approaches, such as permitting an entity to apply IFRS 19 if the entity were a subsidiary at the start of, or at any time during, the reporting period.

BC26 If the IASB were to permit an entity to apply IFRS 19 because it was a subsidiary at the start of, or at any time during, its reporting period, it follows that an entity that stopped being a subsidiary near the end of its reporting period would remain eligible to apply IFRS 19 for that reporting period. This approach would allow more time for the subsidiary to make any necessary changes to its financial reporting systems before it stopped being eligible to apply IFRS 19. However, in the IASB’s view, a transaction resulting in an entity no longer being a subsidiary would usually have been planned for some time, so the parent would have had sufficient time to communicate its intention to the eligible subsidiary. Timely communication means the eligible subsidiary would be able to make any necessary changes to its reporting systems and processes. An entity that is no longer a subsidiary would not, for this reason, stop being eligible to apply IFRS Accounting Standards. The additional burden of work arising from no longer being eligible to apply IFRS 19 would, therefore, relate only to preparing additional disclosures, not to any changes in the presentation, recognition or measurement requirements in IFRS Accounting Standards. Moreover, if the entity had expected to remain an eligible subsidiary at the end of its reporting period, it would also have anticipated preparing information for its parent to disclose in consolidated financial statements for the period.

BC27 The IASB also considered the alternative approach of relaxing the requirements for example, by allowing an entity to apply IFRS 19 if it was a subsidiary until a specified amount of time before the end of its reporting period, or for the majority of its reporting period. In the IASB’s view, there would be no clear or justifiable basis for defining such a threshold. Having a simple condition based on the reporting date was viewed as the clearest way of defining this limitation on the population of entities eligible to apply IFRS 19.

Parent that produces consolidated financial statements that comply with IFRS Accounting Standards

BC28 IFRS 19 is available only to subsidiaries of a parent that produces consolidated financial statements that comply with IFRS Accounting Standards. This eligibility is set out in paragraph 7(c) of IFRS 19, which is based on the requirements in paragraph 4(a)(iv) of IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements. For example, if a subsidiary without public accountability, Entity A, is also a parent and neither its ultimate parent nor any intermediate parent produces consolidated financial statements applying IFRS Accounting Standards, Entity A would not meet the requirements for the exemption in paragraph 4(a) of IFRS 10. Entity A would therefore be required to prepare consolidated financial statements. If these consolidated financial statements are prepared applying IFRS Accounting Standards and available for public use, then subsidiaries of Entity A that do not have public accountability are eligible to apply IFRS 19.

BC29 Restricting the scope of IFRS 19 to subsidiaries of a parent that produces consolidated financial statements that comply with IFRS Accounting Standards is consistent with stakeholder feedback about the need for reduced disclosure requirements for such subsidiaries. One of the IASB’s aims in the project was to reduce costs for subsidiaries without public accountability that report for consolidation purposes to a parent applying IFRS Accounting Standards. If a parent applies different GAAP to its various subsidiaries, those subsidiaries would fail to benefit from one of the two sources of cost saving available to eligible subsidiaries the benefit of maintaining only one set of accounting records for the purpose of recognition and measurement that could be used for both its own reporting as well as group reporting. To fulfil the project objective, the IASB decided to limit the scope of IFRS 19 to subsidiaries whose parent produces consolidated financial statements that comply with IFRS Accounting Standards.

BC30 Some respondents to the Exposure Draft said limiting the scope of IFRS 19 to entities without public accountability that are subsidiaries of a parent that produces consolidated financial statements that comply with IFRS Accounting Standards is based on an expectation that the disclosures required by IFRS Accounting Standards about the subsidiary’s activities would be available in the parent’s consolidated financial statements. However, this assertion is not necessarily true because:

(a) the principles the IASB used to develop the disclosure requirements in IFRS 19 are the same principles it used when originally developing the disclosure requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard those principles do not assume that consolidated financial statements would be available;

(b) the financial statements of subsidiaries should be ‘stand alone’ that is, they must provide users with all the information they need without those users having to consult the parent’s consolidated financial statements; and

(c) the parent’s consolidated financial statements are prepared applying a materiality assessment appropriate for the group, whereas the subsidiary’s financial statements are prepared applying a materiality assessment appropriate for that subsidiary.

BC31 The IASB also discussed feedback questioning whether the requirement in paragraph 7(c) of IFRS 19 for the parent’s consolidated financial statements to be available for public use was too restrictive or difficult to understand. Although some respondents suggested it would be helpful to explain the meaning of ‘available for public use’, the IASB decided that because

the phrase is already in use in other IFRS Accounting Standards adding guidance in relation only to IFRS 19 could have unintended consequences. Moreover, the IASB noted that removing this requirement would expand the scope of IFRS 19, which would arguably be inconsistent with the IASB’s decision to make it available, in the first instance, only to a limited population of entities.

Developing the disclosure requirements

BC32 As described in paragraph BC8, the IASB originally decided to develop the disclosure requirements for subsidiaries without public accountability using the disclosure requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard with only minimal amendments. The disclosure requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard are based on IFRS Accounting Standards, with appropriate omissions and changes to reflect the information needs of users of the financial statements of SMEs. As explained in paragraph BC5, eligible subsidiaries are a subset of entities within the scope of the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard. The IASB could be satisfied that the disclosure requirements in that Standard would meet the needs of users of the financial statements of subsidiaries without public accountability. This approach avoided the IASB repeating work it had already completed when developing the disclosure requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard.

BC33 In developing the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard, the IASB acknowledged it was difficult to assess the disclosure requirements to include in that Standard. In developing the Exposure Draft and then IFRS 19, the IASB was guided by the six broad principles it used for the disclosure requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard:

(a) users of the financial statements of eligible subsidiaries are particularly interested in information about short-term cash flows and about obligations, commitments or contingencies, whether or not they are recognised as liabilities.

(b) users of the financial statements of eligible subsidiaries are particularly interested in information about liquidity and solvency.

(d) information about an entity’s accounting policy choices is important for eligible subsidiaries.

(e) disaggregations of amounts presented in eligible subsidiaries’ financial statements are important for an understanding of those statements.

(f) some disclosures in IFRS Accounting Standards are more relevant to investment decisions in public capital markets than to the transactions and other events and conditions encountered by typical eligible subsidiaries.

BC34 In developing the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard, the IASB applied the principles described in paragraph BC33 and excluded those disclosure requirements in IFRS Accounting Standards that:

(a) related to a topic omitted from the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard for example, interim financial reporting in IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting;

(b) related to an option omitted from the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard for example, the optional revaluation model in IAS 38 Intangible Assets;

(c) related to recognition and measurement principles that have been simplified in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard for example, that Standard requires all borrowing costs to be recognised as expenses whereas IAS 23 Borrowing Costs requires some to be recognised as part of the cost of a qualifying asset; or

(d) were unnecessary to meet the needs of users of the financial statements of SMEs or to address cost–benefit concerns.

BC35 The reasons for excluding disclosure requirements from the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard set out in paragraph BC34 do not generally apply in the case of IFRS 19 because IFRS 19 includes all the topics in IFRS Accounting Standards without omitting options or changing recognition and measurement requirements.

BC36 In the research phase, the IASB investigated whether it could develop an IFRS Accounting Standard using the disclosure requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard and concluded that a new Standard could be developed with minimal amendments to those requirements (see paragraph BC8). Consequently, in developing the Exposure Draft, for topics for which the recognition and measurement requirements of the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard and IFRS Accounting Standards were the same, the IASB used the disclosure requirements from the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard. For topics for which the recognition and measurement requirements differed, the IASB applied the same principles it used in developing the disclosure requirements for the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard to the disclosure requirements in IFRS Accounting Standards.

BC37 Although stakeholders expressed support for the IASB’s approach to developing the proposed disclosure requirements, there was also some confusion about why the IASB had made use of the disclosure requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard. The IASB agreed it needed to clarify the relationship between IFRS 19 and the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard and explain how IFRS 19 would be maintained (see paragraphs BC108–BC113).

BC38 The IASB confirmed that applying the principles described in paragraph BC33 was important and noted that if it had started with IFRS Accounting Standards, instead of with the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard, and applied these principles to the disclosure requirements, it arguably would have resulted in the same or similar proposals to those set out in the Exposure Draft. Making use of the disclosure requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard was an efficient use of resources because the IASB re-used work it had completed when it developed that Standard.

BC39 The IASB updated its approach to developing the disclosure requirements for IFRS 19, as discussed in paragraph BC15. The IASB also confirmed that in developing the reduced disclosure requirements it applied the principles and assessed costs and benefits. For the development of IFRS 19, these costs and benefits are assessed based on the needs of users of the financial statements of eligible subsidiaries (as a subset of SMEs).

BC40 Some respondents to the Exposure Draft were concerned that the information needs of users of SMEs’ financial statements were different from those of users of subsidiaries’ financial statements. When the IASB added the project to its research pipeline, it assumed that subsidiaries eligible to apply any future Standard from the project would also be eligible to apply the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard. This eligibility meant the IASB had already completed the work necessary to confirm that the disclosure requirements satisfy the information needs of users of the financial statements of subsidiaries without public accountability without assuming these would be the same as for users of other SMEs’ financial statements.

If recognition and measurement requirements were the same in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard and IFRS Accounting Standards

BC41 The IASB decided that for topics for which the recognition or measurement requirements were the same in both Standards, the disclosure requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard which had been based on those in IFRS Accounting Standards would be used in IFRS 19 subject to updating the language for consistency with other IFRS Accounting Standards (see paragraph BC46). As discussed in paragraph BC5, subsidiaries eligible to apply IFRS 19 are also eligible to apply the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard.

BC42 For some topics, disclosure requirements differed between IFRS Accounting Standards and the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard even when the recognition and measurement requirements relating to that topic were the same. For example, the IASB decided to exclude some disclosure requirements from the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard for cost–benefit reasons or because they were unnecessary to meet the needs of users of the SMEs’ financial statements. In these cases, it is possible that an assessment of user needs or cost–benefit matters would produce a different outcome for eligible subsidiaries for instance, because the availability of information could differ significantly between subsidiaries and SMEs that are stand-alone entities. For topics for which feedback on the Exposure Draft suggested a different outcome might apply, the IASB revisited the assessment in respect of IFRS 19. The IASB then considered whether changes to the proposed disclosure requirements in IFRS 19 were merited even though they might introduce a change from the disclosure requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard, and despite the two Standards having the same recognition and measurement requirements. The expectation was that such changes would occur infrequently because both IFRS 19 and the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard contain disclosure requirements that are based on IFRS Accounting Standards assessed against the same principles for reducing disclosure requirements.

BC43 Differences between the disclosure requirements in IFRS Accounting Standards and those in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard also exist because of differences in the timing of when new or amended disclosure requirements were introduced in these Standards. These timing differences are a natural consequence of how the Standards are maintained. The IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard is updated periodically following a comprehensive review whereas projects to update IFRS Accounting Standards are added as necessary to the IASB’s work plan.

If recognition and measurement requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard and IFRS Accounting Standards differed

BC44 If recognition and measurement requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard differed from those in IFRS Accounting Standards, it was necessary for the IASB to develop disclosure requirements directly from IFRS Accounting Standards for the scenarios described in paragraph BC34, namely for:

(a) topics or options omitted from the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard. For example, the IASB added disclosure requirements for entities applying the revaluation model in IAS 38 because the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard does not include that accounting policy option and, therefore, includes no related disclosure requirements.

(b) recognition or measurement requirements in IFRS Accounting Standards that were simplified for the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard. For example, Section 28 Employee Benefits of the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard contains a simplified method for measuring obligations under defined benefit plans if an SME is unable, without undue cost or effort, to use the projected unit credit method. Section 28 also requires some disclosures by an entity that has used the simplified method. This method is unavailable to entities applying IFRS Accounting Standards, and so the IASB excluded the related disclosure requirements when developing IFRS 19.

BC45 To determine the disclosure requirements for topics or accounting policy options omitted from the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard, the IASB started with the disclosure requirements for each of those topics or accounting policy options in IFRS Accounting Standards. The IASB then applied the principles set out in paragraph BC33 to determine whether and how to develop reduced disclosure requirements for eligible subsidiaries.

Aligning language with other IFRS Accounting Standards

BC46 The proposals in the Exposure Draft included the disclosure requirements from the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard for topics for which the recognition and measurement requirements were the same. However, in some cases, the language used in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard differed from that in IFRS Accounting Standards because it had been simplified for the purposes of the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard. After considering feedback on the Exposure Draft, the IASB decided the language used in IFRS 19 should match that in other IFRS Accounting Standards, to reflect the fact that IFRS 19 is part of IFRS Accounting Standards. The disclosure requirements in IFRS 19 have, for this reason, been updated to use the language from IFRS Accounting Standards with minor editorial changes.

Presentation versus disclosure requirements

BC47 In some IFRS Accounting Standards, presentation and disclosure requirements are combined. Furthermore, in some instances, the term ‘disclosure’ includes items presented in the primary financial statements or is used where an IFRS Accounting Standard provides a choice between presenting information in the primary financial statements or disclosing it in the notes. In developing IFRS 19, the IASB focused on disclosure requirements that are appropriate for eligible subsidiaries. This approach included taking presentation requirements to mean requirements for information to be included in the primary financial statements, and disclosure requirements to mean those related to information included in the notes. The IASB also decided to treat as disclosure requirements those requirements that offer preparers a choice about whether information is presented in the primary financial statements or disclosed in the notes.

BC48 The IASB concluded that any requirements in IFRS Accounting Standards to provide comparative information in an entity’s primary financial statements (such as the requirements in paragraph 21 of IFRS 1 First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards) would be treated as being part of presentation requirements instead of disclosure requirements. In contrast, a requirement to provide comparative information when disclosing information in the notes would be a disclosure requirement and thus would be considered within the scope of IFRS 19.

BC49 The IASB recognised there could be some practical difficulty with interpreting the statement in IFRS 19 that requirements in IFRS Accounting Standards other than disclosure requirements continue to apply to subsidiaries applying IFRS 19. For some IFRS Accounting Standards, a paragraph is included in IFRS 19 to clarify disclosures in paragraphs in those Standards that also contain other disclosure requirements and that remain applicable to entities applying IFRS 19. The requirements under the subheading in IFRS 19 for each IFRS Accounting Standard also clarify the treatment of disclosure requirements that arise from a choice of presenting items in the primary financial statements (usually treated as a presentation requirement) or disclosing them in the notes.

Disclosure objectives

BC50 Some IFRS Accounting Standards contain disclosure objectives followed by disclosure requirements designed to satisfy those objectives. A disclosure objective is sometimes accompanied by an explicit requirement for a preparer to consider whether additional information beyond that specifically included in the disclosure requirements would be needed to satisfy the disclosure objective. Disclosure objectives are regarded as being helpful for entities in achieving a fair presentation. However, in considering the design of disclosure objectives, the IASB decided that including such objectives in IFRS 19 might result in the perception that entities are required to provide the same disclosures they would otherwise have provided had they not applied IFRS 19. Such an outcome would be contrary to the project objective. Consequently, the IASB decided to exclude disclosure objectives from IFRS 19.

BC51 IFRS Accounting Standards do not always indicate clearly which requirements constitute a disclosure objective. In some IFRS Accounting Standards, a requirement is described as an objective but includes specific disclosure requirements. In other cases, a very general requirement is specified, followed by details of how such a requirement might be satisfied. For this latter category, the general requirements are treated as disclosure objectives and excluded from IFRS 19, with the more specific disclosure requirements that follow those general requirements included as appropriate.

BC52 The IASB’s approach to the maintenance of IFRS 19 means that when a new or amended IFRS Accounting Standard becomes effective, there could be periods during which new disclosure objectives are added and will apply to eligible subsidiaries, notwithstanding the general principle of not including disclosure objectives in IFRS 19. This issue is expected to be temporary because of the approach to maintaining IFRS 19 described in paragraphs BC108–BC113. The approach means that for new or amended IFRS Accounting Standards issued between February 2021 and May 2024, the disclosure requirements have not yet been reviewed against the principles in paragraph BC33 and might include disclosure objectives. As described in paragraph BC113, the IASB will review the disclosure requirements and amend IFRS 19 as appropriate to permit reduced disclosures. In the future, the IASB will issue amendments to IFRS 19 at the same time as it issues new or amended disclosure requirements in other Standards.

Guidance

BC53 The disclosure requirements in IFRS Accounting Standards are sometimes accompanied by guidance on how to satisfy those requirements, either in paragraphs accompanying the disclosure requirements or in a separate section of application guidance or implementation guidance. In feedback on the Exposure Draft, some preparers said they found this guidance helpful. The IASB considered this feedback and discussed whether to reproduce some or all of the guidance in IFRS 19. The IASB decided that reproducing the guidance would be inappropriate because it could hinder readability of IFRS 19, removing one of the benefits of a reduced disclosure standard. In making this decision, the IASB considered listing crossreferences to all applicable guidance but agreed this would add an unnecessary level of detail because preparers would need to refer to individual Standards to access the relevant guidance. The IASB noted that the disclosure requirements in IFRS 19 are based on those in other IFRS Accounting Standards. Therefore, any relevant guidance in other IFRS Accounting Standards is also available to subsidiaries applying IFRS 19.

The structure of IFRS 19

BC54 The disclosure requirements in IFRS 19 are organised into subsections relating to each IFRS Accounting Standard. A subsidiary applying IFRS 19 will apply an IFRS Accounting Standard to a transaction, other event or condition and then apply the disclosure requirements set out under the subheading of that IFRS Accounting Standard in IFRS 19. For example, the disclosure requirements for inventories are set out under the subheading ‘IAS 2 Inventories’. There are no subsections for IFRS Accounting Standards that do not include disclosure requirements or for those that are not required or are unavailable for use by eligible subsidiaries.

BC55 The Exposure Draft included an appendix that listed, by IFRS Accounting Standard, disclosure requirements from those Standards that did not apply to entities electing to apply IFRS 19. Feedback on the usefulness of this appendix was mixed and, in redeliberations, the IASB’s views were mixed. Some IASB members said it would be helpful if preparers could continue to see which disclosure requirements did not apply, to avoid the need for them to look between two IFRS Accounting Standards. Other IASB members, however, argued that the requirements in IFRS Accounting Standards are typically presented in a positive way and that listing disclosures that were not required would be misleading in the light of the more general requirement in paragraph 6 of IFRS 19 to provide additional disclosures as necessary to ensure fair presentation. On balance, the IASB decided to remove the appendix.

BC56 The IASB decided to include within each subsection both the IFRS 19 reduced disclosure requirements and the requirements from the relevant IFRS Accounting Standard that remain applicable. This approach replaces the proposed footnotes used in the Exposure Draft and allows preparers to see easily the full extent of required disclosures relating to each IFRS Accounting Standard.

BC57 The disclosure requirements in IFRS Accounting Standards that remain applicable are specified under the subheading of each IFRS Accounting Standard. Examples of disclosure requirements that continue to apply include disclosure requirements:

(a) that should be easier for preparers to consider in situ because the paragraphs that follow them contain requirements about their application;

(b) embedded in paragraphs that include recognition, measurement or presentation requirements; and

Specific disclosure requirements

Topics that gave rise to detailed discussion

BC58 The IASB developed the disclosure requirements in IFRS 19 applying the approach described in paragraphs BC32–BC53. This approach gave rise to detailed discussion about some topics.

BC59 As described in paragraph BC32, the IASB’s approach in developing the Exposure Draft was to use the disclosure requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard as a starting point. The IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard is updated periodically and therefore has not been updated for some new and amended IFRS Accounting Standards. The modification of the approach between the Exposure Draft and IFRS 19 means the direct link between the disclosure requirements in IFRS 19 and those in IFRS Accounting Standards can be clearly observed.

BC60 The topics that gave rise to detailed discussion were:

(a) statement of compliance (see paragraphs BC61–BC63);

(b) discontinued operations (IFRS 5 Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations) (see paragraph BC64);

(c) exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources (IFRS 6 Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources) (see paragraphs BC65–BC66);

(d) financial instruments (IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures) (see paragraphs BC67–BC69);

(e) operating segments and earnings per share (IFRS 8 Operating Segments and IAS 33 Earnings per Share) (see paragraphs BC70–BC71);

(f) investment entities (IFRS 12 Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities) (see paragraphs BC72–BC74);

(g) fair value measurement (IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement) (see paragraphs BC75–BC76);

(h) revenue from contracts with customers (IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers) (see paragraphs BC77–BC78);

(i) leases (IFRS 16 Leases) (see paragraphs BC79–BC80);

(j) insurance contracts (IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts) (see paragraphs BC81–BC83);

(k) changes in liabilities from financing activities (IAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows) (see paragraph BC84); and

(l) defined benefit obligations (IAS 19 Employee Benefits) (see paragraphs BC85–BC86).

Statement of compliance

BC61 The application of IFRS 19 is voluntary and the financial statements of a subsidiary applying IFRS Accounting Standards could be altered if it also elected to apply IFRS 19. The two alternative sets of financial statements would be unlikely to provide the same disclosures, but both sets of financial statements would comply with IFRS Accounting Standards.

BC62 In the IASB’s view, disclosing that a subsidiary has applied IFRS 19 will provide useful information to users of the subsidiary’s financial statements and will help with comparability. In the Exposure Draft, the IASB proposed that a subsidiary applying IFRS 19 be required to state that fact. The IASB also proposed that this statement be located with the statement required by paragraph 16 of IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements (now in paragraph 6B of IAS 8 Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements), which requires an entity to make an explicit and unreserved statement that its financial statements comply with IFRS Accounting Standards. 1

1 IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements was issued in April 2024. IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements will be withdrawn from the effective date of IFRS 18, with some of the requirements from IAS 1 reproduced in IFRS 18 and others relocated to IAS 8 Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements . IFRS 18 has the same effective date as IFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures , but IFRS 19 includes an appendix with requirements for eligible subsidiaries applying IFRS 19 before IFRS 18. The disclosure requirements relating to IFRS 18 will be reviewed as part of the IASB’s agreed maintenance approach for IFRS 19 and, until this has taken place, all new disclosure requirements apply to entities applying IFRS 19.

BC63 Some respondents to the Exposure Draft said the differences in disclosure requirements meant it would be impossible to provide two statements of compliance with one set of IFRS Accounting Standards. The IASB agreed and decided to require a subsidiary applying IFRS 19 to make a statement of compliance that it has applied IFRS Accounting Standards including IFRS 19.

Discontinued operations (IFRS 5)

BC64 The disclosure requirements relating to IFRS 5 were drawn from the disclosure requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard relating to situations in which there is a binding sale agreement for a major disposal. Applying the principles in paragraph BC33 and examining the recognition and measurement differences between IFRS 5 and the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard, the IASB decided to make it clear that the disclosure requirements from IFRS 5 remain applicable in respect of cash flows on the disposal of a discontinued operation and, where the entity reports segment information, in respect of disclosure of the IFRS 8 reportable segment in which the non-current asset or disposal group is presented.

Exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources (IFRS 6)

BC65 Paragraphs 23–25 of IFRS 6 set out disclosure requirements about the amounts recognised in financial statements arising from the exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources. Paragraph 25 of IFRS 6 requires exploration and evaluation assets to be disclosed as a separate class of assets. The IASB excluded this requirement from the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard because, as explained in the Basis for Conclusions on that Standard, it would be difficult to include industry-specific guidance and, at the same time, keep it userfriendly for ‘simple SMEs’.

BC66 In developing the disclosure requirements in IFRS 19, the IASB decided this reasoning does not necessarily apply to eligible subsidiaries and that, in relation to paragraph 25 of IFRS 6, using the disclosure requirements of the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard would be an inappropriate starting point for disclosures relating to exploration and evaluation activities. In the IASB’s view, disclosing exploration and evaluation assets as a separate class of assets would be useful to users of eligible subsidiaries’ financial statements. Consequently, the IASB decided to include paragraph 25 of IFRS 6 in IFRS 19 (see paragraph 41 of IFRS 19).

Financial instruments (IFRS 7)

BC67 In the Exposure Draft, the IASB proposed disclosure requirements for financial instruments. In developing these proposals, the IASB took into consideration some of the improvements made to the disclosure requirements in IFRS 7 that had not been reflected in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard. The IASB concluded that users of eligible subsidiaries’ financial statements would benefit from those improved disclosure requirements and that the proposed disclosure requirements were supported by the principles for reducing disclosure requirements described in paragraph BC33. The disclosure requirements in IFRS 19 were intended to have the same scope as those in IFRS 7, as stated in paragraph 42 of IFRS 19.

BC68 Feedback on the Exposure Draft included suggestions to remove some of the proposed disclosure requirements for financial instruments and to add other disclosure requirements. The IASB considered each of these suggestions with reference to the principles for reducing disclosure requirements and made some changes to the proposals.

BC69 One topic for which the IASB made changes to the proposed disclosure requirements related to which entities would be required to provide some of the disclosures relating to credit risk. Some respondents to the Exposure Draft said the proposed disclosure requirements were onerous and disproportionate to the needs of users of most eligible subsidiaries’ financial statements. The IASB agreed that for many eligible subsidiaries the requirements might be excessive. The IASB also noted that for some types of eligible subsidiaries for example, non-bank lenders the disclosure requirements would provide users with useful information. For this part of IFRS 19 only, the IASB decided to apply a reduced scope, so that paragraphs 69–71 of IFRS 19 are applicable only to eligible subsidiaries that provide financing to customers as a main business activity, as described in IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements

Operating segments and earnings per share (IFRS 8 and IAS 33)

BC70 Because of the scope of IFRS 8, a subsidiary permitted to apply IFRS 19 is not required to apply IFRS 8. However, paragraph 3 of IFRS 8 permits an entity that is not required to apply IFRS 8 to disclose information about segments that does not comply with IFRS 8. In such circumstances, IFRS 8 prohibits the entity from describing that information as segment information. The IASB decided IFRS 19 should, in this regard, be consistent with the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard, which requires an entity to describe the basis for preparing and presenting such information (see paragraph 276 of IFRS 19). The IASB also decided to include in IFRS 19 the requirement in paragraph 3 of IFRS 8 prohibiting an entity from describing information as segment information if that information does not comply with IFRS 8. IFRS 19 does not offer an exemption from the disclosure requirements of IFRS 8 for a subsidiary choosing to apply IFRS 8. In other words, a subsidiary applying IFRS 19 could apply IFRS 8 and, if so, would be required to apply the related disclosure requirements in that Standard.

BC71 Similarly, a subsidiary permitted to apply IFRS 19 is not required to apply IAS 33. A subsidiary applying IFRS 19 might, however, choose to disclose earnings per share. Paragraph 3 of IAS 33 states that if an entity discloses earnings per share it shall calculate and disclose earnings per share by applying that Standard. The IASB therefore considered whether to include disclosure requirements in IFRS 19 if a subsidiary discloses earnings per share. The IASB concluded that if a subsidiary applying IFRS 19 has determined that disclosing earnings per share is relevant to users of its financial statements, the related disclosures are also relevant. Consequently, the IASB decided not to include disclosure requirements in IFRS 19 for a subsidiary that chooses to disclose earnings per share nor to exempt an entity from the IAS 33 disclosure requirements. If a subsidiary applying IFRS 19 were to choose to disclose earnings per share in its financial statements, it would be required to apply the disclosure requirements in IAS 33.

Investment entities (IFRS 12)

BC72 In developing the proposed requirements relating to IFRS 12 in the Exposure Draft, the IASB took into consideration the difference between IFRS 10, which requires investment entities to measure their investment in subsidiaries at fair value through profit or loss, and the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard, which does not include such a requirement.

BC73 In 2012, when the IASB amended IFRS 10 to require investment entities to measure their investments in subsidiaries at fair value through profit or loss, it also amended IFRS 12. At that time, the IASB considered whether all the disclosure requirements in IFRS 12 should apply to investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures of investment entities and concluded that only some of those requirements should apply. The IASB added new paragraphs 19A–19G to IFRS 12, which set out disclosure requirements for investment entities under the heading Interests in unconsolidated subsidiaries (investment entities)

BC74 IFRS 12 includes disclosure requirements for interests in both consolidated and unconsolidated structured entities, with separate requirements for investment entities holding such interests. The IASB decided that for eligible subsidiaries applying IFRS 19, the disclosure requirements in IFRS 12 that provide information about an entity’s obligations, commitments and cash flows will help users of the financial statements assess the liquidity and solvency of eligible subsidiaries (see paragraph BC33(a)–(b)). The IASB agreed the additional costs of providing the information required by paragraphs 14–15, 17, 19D(b), 19E, 19F, 25A, 30 and 31 of IFRS 12 would not be significant and would be outweighed by the expected benefits of this information and therefore decided to add these paragraphs, which had not been included in the Exposure Draft. The IASB expects that the information required to be disclosed will be readily available to eligible subsidiaries.

Fair value measurement (IFRS 13)

BC75 In the Exposure Draft, the IASB proposed including the requirements from paragraph 93(e)(i)–(ii) of IFRS 13 relating to recurring and non-recurring fair value measurements. The IASB also proposed not to include paragraph 95 of IFRS 13, which requires an entity to follow consistently its policy for determining when transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy are deemed to have occurred. The IASB concluded this disclosure requirement was unnecessary because paragraph 13 of IAS 8 requires the consistent application of accounting policies. The additional requirement therefore appeared redundant.

BC76 Feedback on the proposed disclosure requirements relating to IFRS 13 in the Exposure Draft was mixed. Some respondents suggested adding requirements and some suggested removing requirements. Having considered the feedback, the IASB decided to retain the proposed requirements on fair value measurement, concluding that those requirements would provide useful information to users of eligible subsidiaries’ financial statements. However, the IASB removed the proposed paragraph that was based on paragraph 94 of IFRS 13, replacing it with a cross-reference to that paragraph providing guidance on determining ‘classes’ for the purposes of the disclosure requirements in paragraph 95 of IFRS 19.

Revenue from contracts with customers (IFRS 15)

BC77 In developing the proposed disclosure requirements relating to IFRS 15 in the Exposure Draft, the IASB followed its agreed approach. Because Section 23 Revenue of the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard was not based on IFRS 15, there were topics for which the recognition and measurement requirements were different. Therefore, some of the disclosure requirements were based on IFRS 15 and amended by applying the principles for reducing disclosure requirements (see paragraph BC33), instead of being taken from the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard.

BC78 The disclosure requirements in IFRS 19 differ in some places from those in IFRS 15. The IASB, having decided to exclude disclosure objectives in IFRS 19 (see paragraph BC50), nonetheless added requirements that paragraph 110 of IFRS 15 describes as being necessary to meet that Standard’s overall disclosure objective. The IASB did so because the requirements were important in their own right. Feedback also suggested that some qualitative disclosures for instance, relating to methods and assumptions used to determine and allocate transaction price would cause eligible subsidiaries to incur preparation costs that exceeded the benefit of the disclosures. The IASB therefore chose to exclude a number of these disclosures from IFRS 19.

Leases (IFRS 16)

BC79 In developing the proposed disclosure requirements for IFRS 16 in the Exposure Draft, the IASB based the disclosure requirements for lessors on those in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard. For lessees, in cases in which the recognition and measurement requirements in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard differed from those in IFRS 16, the disclosure requirements were based on IFRS 16 and amended by applying the principles for reducing disclosure requirements (see paragraph BC33).

BC80 Respondents were generally in favour of the disclosure requirements proposed in the Exposure Draft, although there was some feedback about disclosure requirements that are in IFRS 16 but were not proposed in the Exposure Draft. After discussing this feedback, the IASB decided to add more requirements in respect of variable lease payments, cash outflows on leases, and gains or losses on sale and leaseback transactions. The IASB also looked at the requirements for a maturity analysis of lease liabilities and decided to include a cross-reference to the similar requirements from IFRS 7 clarifying that the maturity analysis of lease liabilities is shown separately from the maturity analyses of other financial liabilities required by paragraph 72 of IFRS 19. The IASB also removed proposed requirements relating to covid-19-related rent concessions because by the effective date of IFRS 19 the disclosures would no longer be relevant even the latest period benefitting from a covid-19related rent concession would be unlikely to be included in financial statements, even in a comparative period.

Insurance contracts (IFRS 17)

BC81 The IASB considered whether to develop reduced disclosure requirements for IFRS 17. IFRS 17 became effective for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2023. The IASB took into account differing views on whether entities that issue insurance contracts within the scope of IFRS 17 would be publicly accountable and therefore ineligible to apply the future Standard.

BC82 The IASB found that some entities that issue insurance contracts within the scope of IFRS 17 could be eligible to apply IFRS 19. For example, a subsidiary that insures the risks only of its parent or its fellow subsidiaries (sometimes called a ‘captive insurer’), and is not otherwise publicly accountable, might be eligible to apply IFRS 19. Similarly, some non-insurance entities that are permitted to apply IFRS 19 might issue insurance contracts within the scope of IFRS 17.

BC83 The IASB decided not to include reduced disclosure requirements for IFRS 17 at this stage. In reaching this decision, the IASB considered that:

(a) IFRS 17 introduces a model for accounting for insurance contracts that is supported by its disclosure requirements. If a subsidiary has insurance contracts in the early years of applying IFRS 17, the interests of users of its financial statements might be best served by full IFRS 17 disclosures of material information. Providing these disclosures should facilitate users’ understanding of the new model for insurance accounting.

(b) Including reduced disclosure requirements only after entities have applied IFRS 17 for some time would allow users of financial statements to increase their familiarity with the new model for insurance accounting and its effect on an entity’s financial statements, while allowing the IASB to assess the effectiveness of the disclosure requirements before proposing reduced disclosure requirements.

(c) the IASB had already discussed possible approaches to reducing the disclosure requirements associated with IFRS 17. Based on that initial analysis, the IASB concluded that if it were to include reduced disclosure requirements for entities that are issuers of insurance contracts within the scope of IFRS 17 and are permitted to apply IFRS 19, any such proposals would probably result in a limited reduction of the disclosure requirements in IFRS 17.

(d) the IASB’s approach in developing the disclosure requirements for IFRS 19 takes account of the needs of users of financial statements (see paragraphs BC32–BC40). The IASB reasoned that although insurance regulators are not the primary users of financial statements (as described in the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting), the disclosures required by IFRS 17 might help insurance regulators in their enforcement activities, especially when IFRS 17 is first effective.

Changes in liabilities from financing activities (IAS 7)

BC84 The IASB decided to include in IFRS 19 a simplified version of the disclosure requirements from IAS 7 about changes in liabilities from financing activities (see paragraphs 44A–44E of IAS 7). In the IASB’s view, the information that would be disclosed in accordance with those requirements was important to satisfy the need of users of eligible subsidiaries’ financial statements to understand short-term cash flows.

Defined benefit obligations (IAS 19)

BC85 In developing the Exposure Draft, the IASB started with the disclosure requirements in paragraph 28.41 of the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard relating to disclosure requirements for an entity with defined benefit schemes, which require a reconciliation of the defined benefit obligation. In contrast, IAS 19 requires a reconciliation of the net defined benefit liability (asset) showing a separate reconciliation of the present value of the defined benefit obligation. IAS 19 also requires more detail about the reconciling items to be disclosed (see paragraphs 140–141 of IAS 19) than the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard. The IASB decided to propose requiring more reconciling items to be disclosed than required in the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard (see paragraphs 206–207 of IFRS 19). In the IASB’s view, the additional disclosures would provide useful information to users of eligible subsidiaries’ financial statements such disaggregation is important in understanding the change in the present value of an entity’s defined benefit obligations. Subject to an assessment of materiality, the more detailed reconciliation would also be required for group reporting purposes.

BC86 Respondents to the Exposure Draft specified other disclosure requirements in IAS 19 that they believed eligible subsidiaries should apply. Having considered this feedback in the context of the principles for reducing disclosure requirements, the IASB agreed to add requirements in respect of the reconciliation between the opening and closing net defined benefit liability (asset) and in respect of expected contributions to the plan in future periods, because these disclosures relate to users’ need for information on short-term cash flows.

Transition to new or amended IFRS Accounting Standards

BC87 A new or amended IFRS Accounting Standard typically includes transition requirements that apply on initial application of that new or amended Standard. Occasionally, such transition requirements include disclosure requirements about an entity’s transition to the new or amended Standard, which supplement the other disclosure requirements in that IFRS Accounting Standard. The disclosure requirements in these transition paragraphs also supplement, and sometimes replace, the disclosure requirements in IAS 8.

BC88 The IASB decided that disclosure requirements about the transition to new or amended IFRS Accounting Standards set out in those Standards also apply to entities that apply IFRS 19. Such requirements are specific to the related transition and are relevant only on initial application of that new or amended IFRS Accounting Standard.

BC89 IFRS 19 includes disclosure requirements from IAS 8 relating to changes in accounting policies. Paragraph 178 of IFRS 19 is equivalent to paragraph 28 of IAS 8 and applies when an entity changes its accounting policy as a result of the initial application of a new or amended IFRS Accounting Standard. As such, IFRS 19 includes consequential amendments about transition requirements in IFRS 17 and IFRS 18 and their interaction with the IAS 8 requirement to present comparative information (see Appendix C of IFRS 19).

Transition to and from IFRS 19

BC90 The topics the IASB considered on a subsidiary’s transition to and from IFRS 19 included:

(a) whether IFRS 19 should contain transition requirements that apply when a subsidiary first applies IFRS 19 (see paragraphs BC91–BC95);

(b) whether a subsidiary should be permitted to re-apply IFRS 19 (see paragraphs BC96–BC98);

(c) what comparative information should be required if a subsidiary applies IFRS 19 in the current reporting period but did not apply IFRS 19 in the preceding period (see paragraphs BC99–BC100);

(d) what comparative information should be required if a subsidiary, applying IFRS Accounting Standards in the preceding and current periods, applied IFRS 19 in the preceding period but not in the current period (see paragraphs BC101–BC102);

(e) whether electing or revoking an election to apply IFRS 19 requires a subsidiary to apply IAS 8 (see paragraphs BC103–BC104); and

(f) whether and how electing or revoking an election to apply IFRS 19, or otherwise stopping the application of IFRS 19, affects a subsidiary’s application of IFRS 1 (see paragraphs BC105–BC107).

Transition requirements included in IFRS 19

BC91 Paragraphs BC92–BC95 discuss how IFRS 19 relates to IFRS 1. Paragraphs BC106–BC107 discuss whether IFRS 19 should include transition requirements for a subsidiary that applied IFRS Accounting Standards in the preceding reporting period and applies IFRS 19 for the first time in the current period.

BC92 When such a subsidiary applies IFRS 19 for the first time, and in the preceding period its financial statements complied with IFRS Accounting Standards, its financial statements will contain fewer disclosures in the current period than in the preceding period. In this circumstance, the subsidiary might need to make changes to comparative information to be consistent with the information reported in the current period. The subsidiary will also disclose that it has applied IFRS 19.

BC93 In the circumstance set out in paragraph BC92, the subsidiary would have applied IFRS 1 in a previous period. Therefore, the IASB decided not to develop requirements in IFRS 19 for this circumstance.

BC94 In contrast, a subsidiary applying IFRS Accounting Standards for the first time (and therefore within the scope of IFRS 1) that elects to apply IFRS 19 would apply the requirements in paragraphs 21–30 of IFRS 19.

BC95 A special situation can arise if new or amended IFRS Accounting Standards are issued at a similar time to IFRS 19 and an eligible subsidiary chooses to apply IFRS 19 before its effective date, but not to apply other IFRS Accounting Standards until a later point. In particular, this situation might arise if an eligible subsidiary applies IFRS 19 in a period before it applies IFRS 18. Appendix B of IFRS 19 sets out the disclosure requirements that would apply in this situation.

Electing to re-apply IFRS 19

BC96 The application of IFRS 19 is voluntary for eligible subsidiaries. Accordingly, a subsidiary might elect to apply IFRS 19 and later revoke that election, or might stop being eligible to apply IFRS 19. The IASB considered whether such a subsidiary should be permitted in these situations to re-apply IFRS 19 in a future period, assuming the entity is an eligible subsidiary.

BC97 Permitting a subsidiary to apply IFRS 19 again after previously revoking that election could help some subsidiaries. An example would be a subsidiary that left a reporting group that prepared its consolidated financial statements applying IFRS Accounting Standards and moved to a group that did not do so. The subsidiary might seek to re-apply IFRS 19 if the new group were to adopt IFRS Accounting Standards in a later period.

BC98 The IASB noted that permitting subsidiaries to apply IFRS 19 again would be consistent with IFRS 1, which permits entities to apply that Standard more than once in some circumstances. The IASB also determined that the needs of users of financial statements would not be affected. Consequently, the IASB found no reason to prohibit subsidiaries from electing to apply IFRS 19 for the ‘first time’ more than once.

Comparative information

BC99 The IASB considered what comparative information should be required if a subsidiary elects to apply IFRS 19 in the current reporting period, having not done so in the previous period. The IASB expected that such a subsidiary might provide fewer disclosures in its financial statements in the current period than in the preceding period.

BC100 The IASB decided it was unnecessary to require additional disclosures beyond the requirement in IFRS 19 for the subsidiary to state it has applied IFRS 19. The reason for this decision was that the disclosure requirements developed for IFRS 19 were designed to meet the information needs of users of the subsidiaries’ financial statements (see paragraphs BC32–BC40). A subsidiary would include comparative information for the immediately preceding reporting period when IFRS 19 requires such information to be disclosed, instead of based on the disclosure requirements that were relevant when it prepared financial statements for its previous reporting period.

BC101 The IASB also considered what comparative information should be required if a subsidiary revoked its election to apply IFRS 19 in the current reporting period that is, if the subsidiary applied IFRS 19 in the preceding period but not in the current period. The IASB noted that, in accordance with the requirements in IFRS 18 relating to the presentation of comparative amounts when applying a new IFRS Accounting Standard, the subsidiary would be required to disclose comparative information.

BC102 For the situation set out in paragraph BC101, where a subsidiary applied IFRS 19 in its previous reporting period but not in its current period, the IASB concluded that the subsidiary would be required to provide comparative information for all amounts reported in the current period’s financial statements unless another IFRS Accounting Standard required or permitted otherwise. The IASB also decided to make it clear that comparative information shall not be omitted from disclosures in the financial statements for the current period for the reason that IFRS 19 did not require the disclosure of comparative information in the preceding period (see paragraph 15 of IFRS 19). This treatment is consistent with IFRS 1, which does not provide an exemption from disclosing comparative amounts in the notes in an entity’s first financial statements prepared using IFRS Accounting Standards.

Whether electing or revoking an election to apply IFRS 19 requires a subsidiary to apply IAS 8

BC103 In its redeliberations, the IASB considered the requirements in IAS 8 on changes in accounting policies. The IASB decided the requirements in IAS 8 would not apply to a subsidiary’s election to apply IFRS 19 or to the revocation of that election (see paragraph 16 of IFRS 19).

BC104 The IASB also considered the intersection between electing or revoking an election to apply IFRS 19 with the requirement in paragraph 37 of IFRS 18 to present a third statement of financial position in specified circumstances. The IASB noted that applying IFRS 19 does not change the recognition or measurement of items or amounts presented in the primary financial statements. This outcome renders a ‘third statement of financial position’ unnecessary and therefore paragraph 131 of IFRS 19 would not apply.

Requirements in IFRS 1

BC105 IFRS 1 applies to an entity’s first financial statements prepared applying IFRS Accounting Standards (and to each interim financial report an entity presents for part of the period covered by those financial statements). IFRS 1 defines an entity’s first IFRS financial statements, in paragraph 3, as:

the first annual financial statements in which the entity adopts IFRSs, by an explicit and unreserved statement in those financial statements of compliance with IFRSs.

BC106 IFRS 19 is an IFRS Accounting Standard and some respondents to the Exposure Draft asked how first-time adoption of IFRS 19 would relate to the application of IFRS 1. For the avoidance of doubt, the IASB decided to explain in IFRS 19 how the requirements of IFRS 1 are applied (see paragraphs 17–19 of IFRS 19).

BC107 The IASB considered whether and how a subsidiary that elects to apply IFRS 19 or revokes that election, or otherwise stops applying IFRS 19, would apply IFRS 1. A subsidiary that applied a local GAAP or the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard in a preceding reporting period and elected to apply IFRS Accounting Standards, including IFRS 19, in the current period would be required to apply IFRS 1 when it first applied IFRS 19 because those reporting frameworks are not IFRS Accounting Standards. Other subsidiaries moving between applying IFRS Accounting Standards with IFRS 19 and IFRS Accounting Standards without IFRS 19 would not be within the scope of IFRS 1.

Maintaining IFRS 19

BC108 IFRS 19 is an IFRS Accounting Standard. A subsidiary applying IFRS 19 is required to apply the requirements in other IFRS Accounting Standards, except for the disclosure requirements. Instead, the subsidiary applies the requirements in IFRS 19. The subsidiary will be required to apply each new or amended IFRS Accounting Standard from its effective date.

BC109 The IASB decided subsidiaries applying IFRS 19 should be able to benefit from any reduced disclosures as soon as they apply a new or amended IFRS Accounting Standard. Therefore, the IASB will propose amendments to IFRS 19 as part of each exposure draft that proposes new or amended disclosure requirements in other IFRS Accounting Standards. This approach will require the IASB to consider proposals to amend IFRS 19 in the same period in which new or amended disclosure requirements are being developed. When each new or amended IFRS Accounting Standard is issued, it will include consequential amendments to IFRS 19 setting out the reduced disclosures, as appropriate, and the IFRS taxonomy will be updated to reflect changes to IFRS 19.

BC110 As part of this process, the IASB will continue to apply the principles in paragraph BC33 to determine whether new or amended disclosure requirements being proposed as part of IFRS Accounting Standards provide useful information to users of the financial statements of eligible subsidiaries and, thus, whether to include those disclosures in IFRS 19. As well as reviewing whether potential changes would satisfy those principles, the IASB will consider its previous discussions on a topic and whether new information has come to light which merits revisiting past decisions. The IASB will also assess the overall disclosure requirements on a topic in IFRS 19 if more disclosure requirements are added, to monitor whether the requirements remain proportionate and appropriate for eligible subsidiaries.

BC111 Some new or amended IFRS Accounting Standards include new disclosure requirements that were issued since the Exposure Draft was developed but became effective before the issue of IFRS 19. Subsidiaries applying IFRS 19 will need to provide all the disclosures required by these new or amended IFRS Accounting Standards until the IASB has reviewed the disclosure requirements and, where appropriate, amended IFRS 19 to permit reduced disclosures. This timing difference is expected to be a short-term issue; the maintenance approach (see paragraph BC109) will prevent future misalignment.

BC112 The Exposure Draft was developed based on the disclosure requirements in IAS 1. In April 2024, the IASB issued IFRS 18, which supersedes IAS 1. Accordingly, the proposed requirements in the Exposure Draft were updated when finalising IFRS 19 so that IFRS 19 reflects the disclosure requirements in IFRS 18. In updating the disclosure requirements, the IASB categorised each disclosure requirement in IFRS 18 (and some formerly in IAS 1) into one of three categories carried over from IAS 1, carried over from IAS 1 to another IFRS Accounting Standard, or a new disclosure requirement in IFRS 18. The requirements were then dealt with according to their category. In particular:

(a) disclosure requirements from IAS 1 that had been proposed in the Exposure Draft were included in IFRS 19;

(b) disclosure requirements from IAS 1 that had not been proposed in the Exposure Draft were excluded from IFRS 19; and

(c) new disclosure requirements were included in IFRS 19 without any changes or reductions. In the future, the IASB will consider whether to reduce these requirements for eligible subsidiaries.

BC113 The IASB intends to publish a single exposure draft after IFRS 19 is issued, to address all new or amended disclosure requirements in IFRS Accounting Standards that were proposed or issued before IFRS 19 was issued but which had not been considered when developing the Exposure Draft. This one-time update will propose reduced disclosures based on the principles in paragraph BC33.