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IFRS® Accounting Standards

Subsidiary as a First-time Adopter (Amendments to IFRS 1)

Summary

The Accounting Standards Board (AcSB) is participating in the International Accounting Standards Board’s (IASB) annual improvements 2018-2020 cycle, to produce a collection of unrelated minor amendments to IFRS® Standards.

A subsidiary, that adopts IFRS Standards subsequent to its parent, measures its cumulative translation differences either at zero or on a retrospective basis at that date. The exemption currently in paragraph D16(a) of IFRS 1 First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards, does not apply to cumulative translation differences.

The objective of this improvement is to amend IFRS 1, to provide a subsidiary, that adopts IFRS Standards subsequent to its parent, with additional relief relating to its cumulative translation differences.

The AcSB’s due process includes ensuring that Canadian entities’ financial reporting needs are considered by the IASB, and issuing the AcSB’s own exposure draft on each IASB proposal. After considering the responses to the AcSB’s exposure draft and the relevance of the IASB’s proposals to the Canadian market, the AcSB expects that the amendments will be incorporated into Canadian GAAP in accordance with the AcSB’s strategy of adopting IFRS Standards for publicly accountable enterprises.

Staff Contact(s)

Jayshal Rajendra Daya, CPA, CA Principal, Accounting Standards Board

Project Status

  • Information gathering

    Completed prior to December 2017

  • Approving project

    In December 2017, the IASB tentatively decided to propose the amendment to IFRS 1 as part of the next Annual Improvements Cycle.

  • Engaging Communities

    IASB Exposure Draft issued in May 2019

    AcSB Exposure Draft issued in May 2019

    The AcSB consulted with our IFRS® Discussion Group in June 2019

  • Deliberating feedback

    The AcSB submitted its response letter to the IASB in August 2019

    The IASB deliberated comments received on its Exposure Draft in November 2019

  • Final pronouncement

    The IASB issued the final amendments in May 2020

    The AcSB endorsed the IASB’s amendments and they have been incorporated into Canadian GAAP with an effective date of January 1, 2022

Read the AcSB’s response letter to the IASB’s Exposure Draft, “Annual Improvements to IFRS® Standards 2018-2020.”

News


September 1, 2020

News

AcSB endorses the IASB’s package of narrow-scope amendments to IFRS® Standards

The IASB’s package of narrow-scope amendments to IFRS Standards are now in Part I of the CPA Canada Handbook – Accounting, effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2022. The package includes the IASB’s Annual Improvements and narrow-scope amendments to three standards – IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment, IFRS 3 Business Combinations, and IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets.

May 25, 2020

International Activity

Update – IASB issues package of narrow-scope amendments to IFRS® Standards

The IASB recently issued several small amendments to IFRS Standards, effective January 1, 2022. The package includes its Annual Improvements and narrow-scope amendments to three standards – IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment, IFRS 3 Business Combinations, and IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets. The AcSB will review the final amendments and complete its endorsement process in Q3 2020.

May 31, 2019

International Activity

IASB Exposure Draft – Annual Improvements to IFRS® Standards 2018-2020

The IASB has issued an Exposure Draft proposing amendments to IFRS Standards as part of its Annual Improvements process. Canadian stakeholders are encouraged to submit their comments to the IASB by August 20, 2019.

Disclaimer

This project summary has been prepared for information purposes only. Decisions reported are tentative and reflect only the current status of discussions on this project, which may change after further Board deliberations. Decisions to publish Handbook material are final only after a formal voting process.