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Annual Improvements

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Project milestones

 

2009-2011 cycle

 

2010 - 2012 cycle

2011 - 2013 cycle

 

About the project

Changes to standards, however small, are time-consuming for the Board and burdensome for others.  The IASB has adopted the annual improvements process to deal efficiently with a collection of narrow scope amendments to IFRSs.

In February 2011 the Trustees of the IFRS Foundation approved enhanced criteria for the IASB’s annual improvements process, click here for details.

Rather than involving a series of piecemeal changes, the publication of the proposals in a single exposure draft is intended to streamline the standard-setting process, with benefits both for interested parties and for the IASB.

This is not a joint project.

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Project news

3 May 2012 The IASB published for public comment an exposure draft of proposed amendments to eleven IFRSs. Click here for more information. 

22 June 2011 The IASB published an exposure draft of proposed amendments to five IFRSs under the annual improvements project. For more information, please click here.

May 2011 The observer notes for the May 2011 IASB meeting on 20 May are available. For more information on the topics discussed, please click here

Click here to see all previous news on this project.

 

Last meeting update

IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting:

17 and 18 January 2012

Annual Improvements 2009-2011 cycle—comment letter analysis

At its meeting in January 2012, the Committee deliberated upon the comments received on six proposed amendments that had been included in the exposure draft of proposed Improvements to IFRSs published in June 2011.

The Committee confirmed all six of the proposed amendments, subject to its final review of drafting changes, and submitted the proposed amendments to the Board for approval at a future Board meeting. Subject to that approval, the Board will include the amendments in the Improvements to IFRSs expected to be issued in the first half of 2012. The six confirmed proposed amendments were:

  • IFRS 1 First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards—Repeated application of IFRS 1
  • IFRS 1 First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards—Clarification of borrowing costs exemption
  • IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements—Comparatives in financial statements
  • IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment—Clarification of accounting for servicing equipment
  • IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation—Tax effect of distributions to holders of equity instruments
  • IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting—Interim financial reporting and segment information for total segment assets

Issues that are not recommended for addition to Annual Improvements

The Interpretations Committee deliberated two issues for consideration within Annual Improvements. The Committee decided to recommend that the Board should not add the following issues to Annual Improvements.

  • IAS 41 Agriculture—Disclosure of the components of changes in fair value and associated valuation techniques
  • IAS 33 Earnings per Share—Calculating earnings per share considering non-cumulative preference dividends

Read the full meeting update and observer notes.

IASB meeting:

16 April 2012

The IASB discussed a proposed amendment to paragraph 62 in IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment and paragraph 98 in IAS 38 Intangibles relating to selecting an appropriate depreciation and/or amortisation method.

Read the full meeting update and all previous updates and observer notes for this project.

Click here to listen to the IASB meeting audio playback.

 

Next discussions by the IASB and the IFRS Interpretations Committee

The Interpretations Committee will discuss an analysis of the comment letters received on the Exposure Draft ED/2011/2 Improvements to IFRSs issued in June 2011 aa future meeting.

The Board will discuss the Interpretations Committee’s recommendation comment letter analysis at a future meeting.

 

 Page last updated: 4 May 2012

Related information

Click here to view a list of issues to be included in Improvements to IFRSs (2009-            2011 cycle)

Click here to view a list of issues considered but not included within Improvements to IFRSs (2009-2011 cycle)

Click here to view a list of issues to be included in Improvements to IFRSs 
            (2010-2012 cycle)

Click here to view a list of issues considered but not included within Improvements to IFRSs  (2010-2012 cycle)

Click here to view a list of issues to be included in Improvements to IFRSs (2011-2013 cycle)

Click here to view a list of issues considered but not included within Improvements to IFRSs  (2011-2013 cycle)

Click here to read Criteria for annual improvements. This includes all comment letters.

Click here to view a list of subjects discussed as part of the 2008-2010 cycle

Click here to read the project history

Project contact

Denise Durant
(for the 2009-2011 cycle)
(for the 2011-2013 cycle)
email: ddurant@ifrs.org

 

Thomas Harzheim
(for the 2010-2012 cycle)
email: tharzheim@ifrs.org