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IAS 30: Disclosures in the Financial Statements of Banks and Similar Financial Institutions 1990 January 1, 1991: January 1, 2007: IFRS 7: IAS 31: Financial Reporting of Interests in Joint Ventures (1990) Interests in Joint Ventures (2003) 1990 January 1, 1992: January 1, 2013: IFRS 11 and IFRS 12: IAS 32: Financial Instruments: Disclosure and ...
In addition comparative information shall also be provided for narrative and descriptive information if it is relevant to understanding the current period's financial statements. [35] The standard IAS 1 also requires an additional statement of financial position (also called a third balance sheet) when an entity applies an accounting policy ...
The standard was originally issued in August 2005 and became applicable on 1 January 2007, superseding the earlier standard IAS 30, Disclosures in the Financial Statements of Banks and Similar Financial Institutions, and replacing the disclosure requirements of IAS 32, previously titled Financial Instruments: Disclosure and Presentation. [2] [3]
In the early 1980s, a number of Canadian listed companies began to assert compliance with IAS in their financial statements, but this seems to have been the case in few other countries. [13] One explanation of this limited direct impact is that in most countries, national accountancy bodies had no authority to force companies to adopt IAS. [14]
Financial accounting is the preparation of financial statements that can be consumed by the public and the relevant stakeholders. Financial information would be useful to users if such qualitative characteristics are present. When producing financial statements, the following must comply: Fundamental Qualitative Characteristics:
Solomon Islands – Prepared 2009 financial statements in accordance with the cash basis IPSAS, including a consolidated statement of cash receipts and payments. South Africa – The Office of the Accountant General (OAG) issues a preparation guide on financial statements to be adopted by government departments per financial year. This guide ...
The International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) had been established in 1973 and had issued a number of standards known as International Accounting Standards (IAS). As the organization was reformed in 2001, it changed the name of the standard-setting body from IASC to IASB, and established a foundation to oversee it, initially known as ...
Accounting standards prescribe in considerable detail what accruals must be made, how the financial statements are to be presented, and what additional disclosures are required. Some important elements that accounting standards cover include identifying the exact entity which is reporting, discussing any "going concern" questions, specifying ...