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International Accounting Standard 10

Objective

1 The objective of this Standard is to prescribe:

(a) when an entity should adjust its financial statements for events after the reporting period; and

(b) the disclosures that an entity should give about the date when the financial statements were
authorised for issue and about events after the reporting period.

The Standard also requires that an entity should not prepare its financial statements on a going concern basis
if events after the reporting period indicate that the going concern assumption is not appropriate.

Scope

2 This Standard shall be applied in the accounting for, and disclosure of, events after the reporting
period.

Definitions

3 The following terms are used in this Standard with the meanings specified:

Events after the reporting period are those events, favourable and unfavourable, that occur between the
statement of financial position date and the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Two types of events can be identified:

(a) those that provide evidence of conditions that existed at the statement of financial position
date (adjusting events after the reporting period); and

(b) those that are indicative of conditions that arose after the statement of financial position date
(non-adjusting events after the reporting period).

4 The process involved in authorising the financial statements for issue will vary depending upon the
management structure, statutory requirements and procedures followed in preparing and finalising the
financial statements.

5 In some cases, an entity is required to submit its financial statements to its shareholders for approval after the
financial statements have been issued. In such cases, the financial statements are authorised for issue on the
date of issue, not the date when shareholders approve the financial statements.

Example

The management of an entity completes draft financial statements for the year to 31 December 20X1 on 28
February 20X2. On 18 March 20X2, the board of directors reviews the financial statements and authorises them
for issue. The entity announces its profit and selected other financial information on 19 March 20X2. The
financial statements are made available to shareholders and others on 1 April 20X2. The shareholders approve
the financial statements at their annual meeting on 15 May 20X2 and the approved financial statements are then
filed with a regulatory body on 17 May 20X2.

The financial statements are authorised for issue on 18 March 20X2 (date of board authorisation for issue).

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6 In some cases, the management of an entity is required to issue its financial statements to a supervisory board
(made up solely of non-executives) for approval. In such cases, the financial statements are authorised for
issue when the management authorises them for issue to the supervisory board.

Example

On 18 March 20X2, the management of an entity authorises financial statements for issue to its supervisory
board. The supervisory board is made up solely of non-executives and may include representatives of
employees and other outside interests. The supervisory board approves the financial statements on 26 March
20X2. The financial statements are made available to shareholders and others on 1 April 20X2. The
shareholders approve the financial statements at their annual meeting on 15 May 20X2 and the financial
statements are then filed with a regulatory body on 17 May 20X2.

The financial statements are authorised for issue on 18 March 20X2 (date of management authorisation for
issue to the supervisory board).

7 Events after the reporting period include all events up to the date when the financial statements are authorised
for issue, even if those events occur after the public announcement of profit or of other selected financial
information.

Recognition and measurement

Adjusting events after the reporting period

8 An entity shall adjust the amounts recognised in its financial statements to reflect adjusting events
after the reporting period.

9 The following are examples of adjusting events after the reporting period that require an entity to adjust the
amounts recognised in its financial statements, or to recognise items that were not previously recognised:

(a) the settlement after the reporting period of a court case that confirms that the entity had a present
obligation at the end of the reporting period. The entity adjusts any previously recognised provision
related to this court case in accordance with IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and
Contingent Assets or recognises a new provision. The entity does not merely disclose a contingent
liability because the settlement provides additional evidence that would be considered in accordance
with paragraph 16 of IAS 37.

(b) the receipt of information after the reporting period indicating that an asset was impaired at the end
of the reporting period, or that the amount of a previously recognised impairment loss for that asset
needs to be adjusted. For example:

(i) the bankruptcy of a customer that occurs after the reporting period date usually confirms
that a loss existed at the end of the reporting period on a trade receivable and that the
entity needs to adjust the carrying amount of the trade receivable; and

(ii) the sale of inventories after the reporting period may give evidence about their net
realisable value at the end of the reporting period.

(c) the determination after the reporting period of the cost of assets purchased, or the proceeds from
assets sold, before the end of the reporting period.

(d) the determination after the reporting period of the amount of profit-sharing or bonus payments, if
the entity had a present legal or constructive obligation at the end of the reporting period to make
such payments as a result of events before that date (see IAS 19 Employee Benefits).

(e) the discovery of fraud or errors that show that the financial statements are incorrect.

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Non-adjusting events after the reporting period

10 An entity shall not adjust the amounts recognised in its financial statements to reflect non-adjusting
events after the reporting period.

11 An example of a non-adjusting event after the reporting period is a decline in market value of investments
between the end of the reporting period and the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
The decline in market value does not normally relate to the condition of the investments at the dated of the
reporting period, but reflects circumstances that have arisen subsequently. Therefore, an entity does not
adjust the amounts recognised in its financial statements for the investments. Similarly, the entity does not
update the amounts disclosed for the investments as at the end of the reporting period, although it may need
to give additional disclosure under paragraph 21.

Dividends

12 If an entity declares dividends to holders of equity instruments (as defined in IAS 32 Financial
Instruments: Presentation) after the reporting period, the entity shall not recognise those dividends as a
liability at the end of the reporting period.

13 If dividends are declared after the reporting period but before the financial statements are authorised for
issue, the dividends are not recognised as a liability at the end of the reporting period because no obligation
exists at that time. Such dividends are disclosed in the notes in accordance with IAS 1 Presentation of
Financial Statements.

Going concern

14 An entity shall not prepare its financial statements on a going concern basis if management determines
after the reporting period either that it intends to liquidate the entity or to cease trading, or that it has
no realistic alternative but to do so.

15 Deterioration in operating results and financial position after the reporting period may indicate a need to
consider whether the going concern assumption is still appropriate. If the going concern assumption is no
longer appropriate, the effect is so pervasive that this Standard requires a fundamental change in the basis of
accounting, rather than an adjustment to the amounts recognised within the original basis of accounting.

16 IAS 1 specifies required disclosures if:

(a) the financial statements are not prepared on a going concern basis; or

(b) management is aware of material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast
significant doubt upon the entitys ability to continue as a going concern. The events or conditions
requiring disclosure may arise after the statement of financial position date.

Disclosure

Date of authorisation for issue

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

18 It is important for users to know when the financial statements were authorised for issue, because the
financial statements do not reflect events after this date.

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Updating disclosure about conditions at the end of the reporting

19 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.

20 In some cases, an entity needs to update the disclosures in its financial statements to reflect information
received after the reporting period, even when the information does not affect the amounts that it recognises
in its financial statements. One example of the need to update disclosures is when evidence becomes
available after the reporting period about a contingent liability that existed at the end of the reporting period.
In addition to considering whether it should recognise or change a provision under IAS 37, an entity updates
its disclosures about the contingent liability in the light of that evidence.

Non-adjusting events after the reporting period

21 If non-adjusting events after the reporting period are material, non-disclosure could influence the
economic decisions of that users make on the basis of the financial statements. Accordingly, an entity
shall disclose the following 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.

22 The following are examples of non-adjusting events after the reporting period that would generally result in
disclosure:

(a) a major business combination after the reporting period (IFRS 3 Business Combinations requires
specific disclosures in such cases) 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 IFRS 5
Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations, 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 IAS 37);

(f) major ordinary share transactions and potential ordinary share transactions after the reporting period
(IAS 33 Earnings per Share requires an entity to disclose a description of such transactions, other
than when such transactions involve capitalisation or bonus issues, share splits or reverse share
splits all of which are required to be adjusted under IAS 33);

(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 IAS 12 Income Taxes);

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

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

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Effective date

23 An entity shall apply this Standard for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005. Earlier
application is encouraged. If an entity applies this Standard for a period beginning before 1 January
2005, it shall disclose that fact.

Withdrawal of IAS 10 (revised 1999)

24 This Standard supersedes IAS 10 Events After the Balance Sheet Date (revised in 1999).