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The Committee met on 25 June 2025, and discussed:
The Committee discussed the following matters and tentatively decided not to add standard-setting projects to the work plan. The Committee will reconsider these tentative decisions, including the reasons for not adding standard-setting projects, at a future meeting. The Committee invites comments on the tentative agenda decisions. Interested parties may submit comments on the open for comment page. All comments will be on the public record and posted on our website unless a respondent requests confidentiality and we grant that request. We do not normally grant such requests unless they are supported by a good reason, for example, commercial confidence. The Committee will consider all comments received in writing up to and including the closing date; comments received after that date will not be analysed in agenda papers considered by the Committee. |
Open for comment until 6 October 2025
The Committee received a request about the application of the definition of transaction costs in IFRS 9 and the requirements in IFRS 9 relating to transaction costs.
The request asked how an entity determines whether costs that are directly attributable to the origination or issuance of a financial instrument but are incurred before entering into the contractual arrangement are ‘incremental’ and, therefore, meet the definition of transaction costs in Appendix A of IFRS 9.
In the fact pattern described in the request, an entity intends to enter into a loan contract with a bank and incurs legal and advisory fees while analysing the terms and conditions of the proposed loan. The entity expects to proceed with the contract, but the loan contract has not been signed as of the date the entity’s financial statements are authorised for issue.
The request outlined two views:
Assuming that the costs are determined to be transaction costs, the request asked how to account for such costs in the period between incurring the costs and entering into the contractual arrangement.
Evidence gathered by the Committee [to date] indicates no diversity in applying IFRS 9 that could have a material effect on entities’ financial statements with regards to determining and accounting for costs incurred before entering into a contractual arrangement. Feedback suggests that:
Based on its findings, the Committee concluded that the matter described in the request does not have widespread effect. Consequently, the Committee [decided] not to add a standard-setting project to the work plan.
Open for comment until 6 October 2025
The Committee received a request about the application of the requirements in paragraph B4.3.5 of IFRS 9 to determine whether to separate an embedded prepayment option in a loan contract.
The request asked whether, for purposes of applying paragraph B4.3.5(e)(ii) of IFRS 9 to a prepayment option in a financial liability, ‘the entity’ should be read to refer to ‘the lender’ or ‘the reporting entity’ (that is, the borrower).
In the fact pattern described in the request, a reporting entity (the borrower) signed a loan contract that contains an early repayment option (the prepayment option). The request states that views differ in practice with regards to the meaning of ‘the entity’ in paragraph B4.3.5(e)(ii) of IFRS 9:
The distinction between ‘the entity’ meaning ‘the lender’ or ‘the reporting entity’ can be significant, because the assessment of whether to separate an embedded derivative from the host contract could differ depending on whether it is assessed from the lender’s or the borrower’s perspective. The effects of accounting for an embedded derivative at fair value through profit or loss and for a host contract at amortised cost differ from the effects of accounting for the entire financial liability at amortised cost.
Evidence gathered by the Committee [to date] indicates no diversity in practice that could have a material effect on entities’ financial statements with regards to interpreting the term ‘the entity’ in paragraph B4.3.5(e)(ii) of IFRS 9. Feedback suggests that stakeholders read the requirements as referring to the lender.
Based on its findings, the Committee concluded that the matter described in the request does not have widespread effect. Consequently, the Committee [decided] not to add a standard-setting project to the work plan.
The Committee received a request about how an entity applies the requirements in paragraph 23 of IFRS 8 to disclose for each reportable segment specified amounts related to segment profit or loss.
The request asked:
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The Committee observed that there are two main aspects to the questions:
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Paragraph 23(f) of IFRS 8 sets out one of the required ‘specified amounts’, namely, ‘material items of income and expense disclosed in accordance with paragraph 42 of IFRS 18 paragraph 97 of IAS 1’. Paragraph 42 of IFRS 18 states that ‘[a]pplying the principles in paragraph 41, an entity shall disaggregate items whenever the resulting information is material … ’. Paragraph 97 of IAS 1 states that ‘when items of income or expense are material, an entity shall disclose their nature and amount separately’.
Definition of ‘material’
Appendix A of IFRS 18 Paragraph 7 of IAS 1 defines ‘material information’ and states ‘information is material if omitting, misstating or obscuring it could reasonably be expected to influence decisions that the primary users of general purpose financial reports make on the basis of those financial statements, which provide financial information about a specific reporting entity’.
Paragraph B2 of IFRS 18 Paragraph 7 of IAS 1 also states that ‘materiality depends on the nature or magnitude of information, or both. An entity assesses whether information, either individually or in combination with other information, is material in the context of its financial statements taken as a whole’.
Aggregation and disaggregation of information
Paragraphs 41–43 of IFRS 18 Paragraphs 30–31 of IAS 1 provides provide requirements about how an entity aggregates and disaggregates information in the financial statements, which include the notes. Paragraph 41(d)–(e) of IFRS 18 states that an entity shall ‘aggregate or disaggregate items to disclose information in the notes that fulfils the role of the notes in providing material information’ and ‘ensure that aggregation and disaggregation in the financial statements do not obscure material information …’.Paragraph 30A of IAS 1 states that ‘an entity shall not reduce the understandability of its financial statements by obscuring material information with immaterial information or by aggregating material items that have different natures or functions’.
Applying paragraph 23(f) of IFRS 8—material items of income and expense
The Committee observed that when IFRS 18 IAS 1 refers to materiality, it is in the context of ‘information’ being material. An entity applies judgement in considering whether disclosing, or not disclosing, information in the financial statements could reasonably be expected to influence decisions users of financial statements make on the basis of those financial statements.
The Committee observed that, in applying paragraph 23(f) of IFRS 8 by disclosing, for each reportable segment, material items of income and expense disclosed in accordance with paragraph 42 of IFRS 18 paragraph 97 of IAS 1, an entity:
The Committee received a request about whether an entity includes a demand deposit as a component of cash and cash equivalents in its statements of cash flows and financial position when the demand deposit is subject to contractual restrictions on use agreed with a third party. In the fact pattern described in the request, the entity:
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IAS 7 and IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements indicate that amounts included in cash and cash equivalents may be subject to restrictions, namely:
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Paragraph 103(k) of IFRS 18 54(i) of IAS 1 requires an entity to include a line item in its statement of financial position that presents the amount of ‘cash and cash equivalents’. Paragraphs 23–24 of IFRS 18 require an entity to present additional line items and subtotals, and permit an entity to not present separately a required line item, if such presentations are necessary for a primary financial statement to provide a useful structured summary. Paragraph 55 of IAS 1 states ‘an entity shall present additional line items (including by disaggregating the line items listed in paragraph 54) … in the statement of financial position when such presentation is relevant to an understanding of the entity’s financial position’.
Therefore, the Committee concluded that, in the fact pattern described in the request, the entity presents the demand deposit as cash and cash equivalents in a way that provides a useful structured summary of its statement of financial position. When necessary to provide a useful structured summary of the statement of financial position, the entity would present the demand deposit in an additional line item separately from other cash and cash equivalents. When relevant to an understanding of its financial position, the entity would disaggregate the ‘cash and cash equivalents’ line item and present the demand deposit separately in an additional line item.
An entity that presents assets as current or non-current would classify the demand deposit as current applying paragraph 99(d) of IFRS 18 paragraph 66(d) of IAS 1, unless the demand deposit is ‘restricted from being exchanged or used to settle a liability for at least 12 twelve months after the reporting period’.
Paragraph 45 of IAS 7 states that ‘an entity shall disclose the components of cash and cash equivalents…’. Applying this requirement, in the fact pattern described in the request, the entity discloses the demand deposit as a component of cash and cash equivalents. The entity also considers whether to disclose additional information:
The Committee received a request about the accounting for costs related to the biological transformation (subsequent expenditure) of biological assets measured at fair value less costs to sell applying IAS 41. The request asked whether an entity capitalises subsequent expenditure (ie adds it to the carrying amount of the asset) or, instead, recognises subsequent expenditure as an expense when incurred.
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Accordingly, the Committee concluded that, applying IAS 41, an entity either capitalises subsequent expenditure or recognises it as an expense when incurred. The Committee observed that capitalising subsequent expenditure or recognising it as an expense has no effect on the fair value measurement of biological assets nor does it have any effect on profit or loss; however, it affects the presentation of amounts in the statement of profit or loss. In assessing how to present such subsequent expenditure in the statement of profit or loss, an entity would apply the requirements in IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements paragraphs 81–105 of IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements. In particular, the Committee observed that the entity would:
Applying paragraph 13 of IAS 8 Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements IAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors, an entity would apply its accounting policy for subsequent expenditure consistently to each group of biological assets. An entity would also disclose the selected accounting policy applying paragraphs 27A–27I of IAS 8 paragraphs 117–124 of IAS 1 if that disclosure would assist users of financial statements in understanding how those transactions are reflected in reported financial performance.
The Committee received a request from users of financial statements (investors) about the disclosure requirements in IAS 7 that relate to changes in liabilities arising from financing activities. Specifically, investors asked whether the disclosure requirements in paragraphs 44B–44E of IAS 7 are adequate to require an entity to provide disclosures that meet the objective in paragraph 44A of IAS 7.
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The Committee observed that an entity applies judgement in determining the extent to which it disaggregates and explains the changes in liabilities arising from financing activities included in the reconciliation to meet the objective in paragraph 44A. In this respect, the Committee noted the following:
Accordingly, the Committee concluded that the principles and requirements in IFRS Standards provide an adequate basis for an entity to disclose information about changes in liabilities arising from financing activities that enables investors to evaluate those changes. Accordingly, the Committee concluded that the disclosure requirements in paragraphs 44B–44E of IAS 7, together with requirements in IFRS 18 IAS 1, are adequate to require an entity to provide disclosures that meet the objective in paragraph 44A of IAS 7. Consequently, the Committee decided not to add the matter to its standard-setting agenda.
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Consequently, the Committee concluded that IFRS 9 neither permits nor requires an entity to make the additional journal entry described in the request. However, the Committee observed that an entity is required to present gains and losses on the derivative, and disclose information about those amounts, applying applicable IFRS Standards, such as IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements and IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures. In determining what line items to present in profit or loss, the requirements in IFRS 18 IAS 1 (including those related to aggregation) are applicable. Paragraphs B70–B76 of IFRS 18 set out requirements for classification of gains and losses on derivatives and designated hedging instruments in categories in the statement of profit or loss. IAS 1 does not specify requirements for the presentation of amounts related to the remeasurement of derivatives. Paragraph However paragraph 20(a)(i) of IFRS 7 specifies disclosure requirements for net gains or net losses on financial assets or financial liabilities that are mandatorily measured at FVPL applying IFRS 9. For these purposes, in the fact patterns described in the request, there is no gain or loss on the derivative caused by settlement.
The Interpretations Committee discussed the ramifications of the economic phenomenon of negative effective interest rates for the presentation of income and expenses in the statement of comprehensive income.
The Interpretations Committee noted that interest resulting from a negative effective interest rate on a financial asset does not meet the definition of interest revenue in IAS 18 Revenue [IAS 18 has been withdrawn. Paragraph 4.2 of the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting contains a definition of income], because it reflects a gross outflow, instead of a gross inflow, of economic benefits. Consequently, the expense arising on a financial asset because of a negative effective interest rate should not be presented as interest revenue, but in an appropriate expense classification. The Interpretations Committee noted that in accordance with paragraphs 24 and 113(c) of IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements paragraphs 85 and 112(c) of IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements, the entity presents ‘additional line items and subtotals if such presentations are necessary for a primary financial statement to provide a useful structured summary’, and discloses in the notes ‘other information that is not presented in the primary financial statements, but is necessary for an understanding of any of them’ is required to present additional information about such an amount if that is relevant to an understanding of the entity’s financial performance or to an understanding of this item.
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The Committee observed that the line item of ‘income tax expense or income’ ‘tax expense’ that is required by paragraph 75(a)(iv) of IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements requires paragraph 82(d) of IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements is intended to require an entity to present taxes that meet the definition of income taxes under IAS 12. The Committee also noted that it is the basis of calculation determined by the relevant tax rules that determines whether a tax meets the definition of an income tax. Neither the manner of settlement of a tax liability nor the factors relating to recipients of the tax is a determinant of whether an item meets that definition. The Committee further noted that the production-based royalty payments should not be treated differently from other expenses that are outside the scope of IAS 12, all of which may reduce income tax payable. Accordingly, the Committee observed that it is inappropriate to consider the royalty payments to be prepayment of the income tax payables. Because the production-based royalties are not income taxes, the royalty payments should not be presented as an income tax expense in the statement of comprehensive income. The Committee considered that, in the light of its analysis of the existing requirements of IFRS 18 IAS 1 and IAS 12, an interpretation was not necessary and consequently decided not to add this issue to its agenda.
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The IFRIC has previously noted that IAS 12 applies to income taxes, which are defined as taxes that are based on taxable profit, and that the term ‘taxable profit’ implies a notion of a net rather than a gross amount. Taxes either on tonnage transported or tonnage capacity are based on gross rather than net amounts. Taxes on a notional income derived from tonnage capacity are not based on the entity’s actual income and expenses. Consequently, the IFRIC noted that such taxes would not be considered income taxes in accordance with IAS 12 and would not be presented as part of tax expense in the statement of comprehensive income. However, the IFRIC also noted that, in accordance with paragraph 24 of IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements, an entity presents additional line items and subtotals if such presentations are necessary for a primary financial statement to provide a useful structured summary paragraph 85 of IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements, an entity subject to tonnage tax would present additional subtotals in that statement if that presentation is relevant to an understanding of its financial performance. Given the requirements of IAS 12, the IFRIC decided not to add the issue to its agenda.
The IFRIC considered an issue regarding the classification of current and non-current assets by reference to an entity’s normal operating cycle. It was asked whether the guidance in IAS 1.57(a) [now paragraph 99(a) of IFRS 18] was applicable only if an entity had a predominant operating cycle. This is particularly relevant to the inventories of conglomerates which, on a narrow reading of the wording, might always have to refer to the twelve-month criterion in IAS 1.57(c) [now paragraph 99(c) of IFRS 18], rather than the operating cycle criterion.
…Furthermore, if inventories of different cycles were held, IFRS 18 requires an entity to consider the roles of the primary financial statements and the notes (paragraphs 15–22 of IFRS 18) to determine whether and what additional information to present or disclose and it was material to readers’ understanding of an entity’s financial position, then the general requirement in IAS 1.71 already required disclosure of further information.
The Committee received a request about reverse factoring arrangements. Specifically, the request asked:
In a reverse factoring arrangement, a financial institution agrees to pay amounts an entity owes to the entity’s suppliers and the entity agrees to pay the financial institution at the same date as, or a date later than, suppliers are paid.
IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements specifies how an entity is required to present line items of liabilities in the statement of financial position. To determine which line items to present, an entity considers:
The role of the primary financial statements is to provide structured summaries of a reporting entity’s recognised assets, liabilities, equity, income, expenses and cash flows, that are useful to investors (referred to as ‘a useful structured summary’). The role of the notes is to provide material information. Paragraph 22 establishes the structure of the statement of financial position. Paragraph 96 states an entity is required to present current and non-current assets, and current and non-current liabilities, as separate classifications in its statement of financial position (except when a presentation based on liquidity provides a more useful structured summary). Additionally, paragraph 103 of IFRS 18 requires an entity to present in its statement of financial position line items for trade and other payables and financial liabilities other than trade and other payables and provisions. However, an entity need not present separately a line item in a primary financial statement if doing so is not necessary for the statement to provide a useful structured summary.
To determine whether it needs to present additional line items in its statement of financial position an entity applies its judgement based on an assessment of the nature or function of the assets or liabilities. The characteristics listed in paragraphs B110(c)–(k) of IFRS 18 assist an entity in identifying the nature or function of assets and liabilities.
An entity is required to determine whether to present liabilities that are part of a reverse factoring arrangement:
To identify the nature or function of these liabilities, the entity might consider their characteristics, such as:
The Committee observed that:
IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements specifies how an entity is required to present its liabilities in the statement of financial position. Paragraph 54 of IAS 1 requires an entity to present ‘trade and other payables’ separately from other financial liabilities. ‘Trade and other payables’ are sufficiently different in nature or function from other financial liabilities to warrant separate presentation (paragraph 57 of IAS 1). Paragraph 55 of IAS 1 requires an entity to present additional line items (including by disaggregating the line items listed in paragraph 54) when such presentation is relevant to an understanding of the entity’s financial position. Consequently, an entity is required to determine whether to present liabilities that are part of a reverse factoring arrangement:
Paragraph 11(a) of IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets states that ‘trade payables are liabilities to pay for goods or services that have been received or supplied and have been invoiced or formally agreed with the supplier’. Paragraph 70 of IAS 1 explains that ‘some current liabilities, such as trade payables… are part of the working capital used in the entity’s normal operating cycle’. The Committee therefore concluded that an entity presents a financial liability as a trade payable only when it:
Paragraph 29 of IAS 1 requires an entity to ‘present separately items of a dissimilar nature or function unless they are immaterial’. Paragraph 57 specifies that line items are included in the statement of financial position when the size, nature or function of an item (or aggregation of similar items) is such that separate presentation is relevant to an understanding of the entity’s financial position. Accordingly, the Committee concluded that, applying IAS 1, an entity presents liabilities that are part of a reverse factoring arrangement:
The Committee observed that an entity assessing whether to present liabilities that are part of a reverse factoring arrangement separately might consider factors including, for example:
An entity assesses whether and when to derecognise a liability that is (or becomes) part of a reverse factoring arrangement applying the derecognition requirements in IFRS 9 Financial Instruments.
An entity that derecognises a trade payable to a supplier and recognises a new financial liability to a financial institution applies IFRS 18 IAS 1 in determining how to present that new liability in its statement of financial position (see ‘Presentation in the statement of financial position’).
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An entity applies judgement in determining whether to provide additional disclosures in the notes about the effect of reverse factoring arrangements on its financial position, financial performance and cash flows. The Committee observed that:
Paragraph 44A of IAS 7 requires an entity to provide ‘disclosures that enable users of financial statements to evaluate changes in liabilities arising from financing activities, including both changes arising from cash flows and non-cash changes’. The Committee noted that such disclosure is required for liabilities that are part of a reverse factoring arrangement if the cash flows for those liabilities were, or future cash flows will be, classified as cash flows from financing activities.
The Committee concluded that the principles and requirements in IFRS Standards provide an adequate basis for an entity to determine the presentation of liabilities that are part of reverse factoring arrangements, the presentation of the related cash flows, and the information to disclose in the notes about, for example, liquidity risks that arise in such arrangements. Consequently, the Committee decided not to add a standard-setting project on these matters to the work plan.
The Committee considered feedback on the tentative agenda decision published in the November 2024 IFRIC Update about applying IAS 29 Financial Reporting in Hyperinflationary Economies to identify when an economy becomes hyperinflationary.
The Committee concluded its discussions on that agenda decision. In accordance with paragraph 8.7 of the IFRS Foundation’s Due Process Handbook, the IASB will consider this agenda decision at its July 2025 meeting. If the IASB does not object to the agenda decision, it will be published in July 2025 in an addendum to this IFRIC Update.
The Committee discussed the IASB’s Business Combinations—Disclosures, Goodwill and Impairment project. The Committee provided views on a possible rebuttable presumption approach to identify business combinations and the proposed operating profit threshold.
The IASB will consider input from Committee members and other stakeholders.
The Committee received an update on the status of open matters not discussed at its June 2025 meeting.