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INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD 10

events after the reporting period
CONTENTS Paragraph
OBJECTIVE 1
SCOPE 2
DEFINITIONS 3
RECOGNITION AND MEASUREMENT 8
Adjusting events after the reporting period 8
Non-adjusting events after the reporting period 10
Dividends 12
GOING CONCERN 14
DISCLOSURE 17
Date of authorisation for issue 17
Updating disclosure about conditions at the end of the reporting period 19
Non-adjusting events after the reporting period 21
EFFECTIVE DATE 23
WITHDRAWAL OF IAS 10 (REVISED 1999) 24
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 end of
the reporting period 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 end of the reporting period (adjusting
events after the reporting period); and
(b) those that are indicative of conditions that arose after the reporting period (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).
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 usually confirms that the
customer was credit-impaired at the end of the reporting period; 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.
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 fair value of investments between
the end of the reporting period and the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue. The decline in fair
value does not normally relate to the condition of the investments at the end 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 entity's ability to continue as a going concern. The events or conditions requiring disclosure may
arise after the reporting period.
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 entity's 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.
Updating disclosure about conditions at the end of the reporting period
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 reasonably be expected
to influence decisions that the primary users of general purpose financial statements make on the basis of those
financial statements, which provide financial information about a specific reporting entity. 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.
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.
23A IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement, issued in May 2011, amended paragraph 11. An entity shall apply that
amendment when it applies IFRS 13.
23B IFRS 9 Financial Instruments, as issued in July 2014, amended paragraph 9. An entity shall apply that
amendment when it applies IFRS 9.
23C Definition of Material (Amendments to IAS 1 and IAS 8), issued in October 2018, amended paragraph 21. An
entity shall apply those amendments prospectively for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2020. Earlier
application is permitted. If an entity applies those amendments for an earlier period, it shall disclose that fact. An entity
shall apply those amendments when it applies the amendments to the definition of material in paragraph 7 of IAS 1 and
paragraphs 5 and 6 of IAS 8.
Withdrawal of IAS 10 (revised 1999)
24 This Standard supersedes IAS 10 Events After the Balance Sheet Date (revised in 1999).

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