1. © 2005 KPMG IFRG Limited, a UK registered company, limited by guarantee, and a member firm of KPMG International, a Swiss cooperative. All rights reserved. IAS 10 - 1 IAS 10 (Revised 2003) Events After the Balance Sheet Date AUDIT KPMG International Financial Reporting Group

2. © 2005 KPMG IFRG Limited, a UK registered company, limited by guarantee, and a member firm of KPMG International, a Swiss cooperative. All rights reserved. IAS 10 - 2 Objective and scope IAS (revised 2003): Applicable from 1 January 2005. Earlier application is encouraged. The objective of the Standard is to prescribe: When an entity should adjusts its financial statements for events after the balance sheet date. The disclosures that an entity should give about the date when the financial statements were authorized for issue and about events after the balance sheet date. Scope This standard shall be applied in the accounting for, and disclosure of, events after the balance sheet date.

3. © 2005 KPMG IFRG Limited, a UK registered company, limited by guarantee, and a member firm of KPMG International, a Swiss cooperative. All rights reserved. IAS 10 - 3 Definitions Events after the balance sheet date are those events, favorable and unfavorable, that occur between the balance sheet date and the date when the financial statements are authorized for issue. Two types of events can be identified: Those that provide evidence of conditions that existed at the balance sheet date (adjusting events after the balance sheet date); and Those that are indicative of conditions that arose after the balance sheet date (non-adjusting events after the balance sheet date).

4. © 2005 KPMG IFRG Limited, a UK registered company, limited by guarantee, and a member firm of KPMG International, a Swiss cooperative. All rights reserved. IAS 10 - 4 Events after the balance sheet date Start of the reporting period Information made public Financial statements authorised Balance sheet date Events covered by the financial statements Events after the balance sheet date covered by IAS 10 Shareholder meeting Events after the balance sheet date not covered by IAS 10

5. © 2005 KPMG IFRG Limited, a UK registered company, limited by guarantee, and a member firm of KPMG International, a Swiss cooperative. All rights reserved. IAS 10 - 5 Example The management of an enterprise 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 authorizes them for issue. The enterprise 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 annual meeting of shareholders approves the financial statements on 15 May 20X2 and the approved financial statements are then filed with a regulatory body on 17 May 20X2. The financial statements are authorized for issue on 18 March 20X2 (date of Board authorization for issue).

6. © 2005 KPMG IFRG Limited, a UK registered company, limited by guarantee, and a member firm of KPMG International, a Swiss cooperative. All rights reserved. IAS 10 - 6 Adjusting and non-adjusting events Adjusting events: Provide evidence of conditions that existed at the balance sheet date Should adjust amounts recognised in the financial statements Non-adjusting events: Indicate conditions that arose after the balance sheet date Should not adjust amounts recognised in the financial statements disclosure requirements for material non-adjusting events

7. © 2005 KPMG IFRG Limited, a UK registered company, limited by guarantee, and a member firm of KPMG International, a Swiss cooperative. All rights reserved. IAS 10 - 7 Examples of adjusting events (1) 1.The settlement after the balance sheet date of a court case that confirms that the entity had a present obligation at the balance sheet date. The entity adjusts any previously recognized provision related to this court case in accordance with IAS 37 or recognizes a new provision. 2.The determination after the balance sheet date of the cost of assets purchased, or the proceeds from assets sold, before the balance sheet date. 3.The determination after the balance sheet of the amount of profit- sharing or bonus payments. 4.The discovery of fraud or errors that show that the financial statements are incorrect.

8. © 2005 KPMG IFRG Limited, a UK registered company, limited by guarantee, and a member firm of KPMG International, a Swiss cooperative. All rights reserved. IAS 10 - 8 Examples of adjusting events (2) 5.The receipt of information after the balance sheet date indicating that an asset was impaired at the balance sheet date, or that the amount of previously recognized impairment loss for that asset need to be adjusted. For example:  The bankruptcy of a customer that occurs after the balance sheet date usually confirms that a loss existed at the balance sheet date on a trade receivable and that the entity needs to adjust the carrying amount of the trade receivable; and  The sale of inventories after the balance sheet date may give evidence about their net realisable value at the balance sheet date.

9. © 2005 KPMG IFRG Limited, a UK registered company, limited by guarantee, and a member firm of KPMG International, a Swiss cooperative. All rights reserved. IAS 10 - 9 Examples of non-adjusting events (1) 1.Decline in market value of investments between the balance sheet date and the date when the financial statements are authorized for issue. The decline in market value does not normally relate to the condition of the investments at the balance sheet date, but reflects circumstances that have arisen subsequently. Therefore, an entity does not adjust the amounts recognized in its financial statements for the investments. However, it may need to give additional disclosure.

10. © 2005 KPMG IFRG Limited, a UK registered company, limited by guarantee, and a member firm of KPMG International, a Swiss cooperative. All rights reserved. IAS 10 - 10 Examples of non-adjusting events (2) 2.A major business combination after the balance sheet date or disposing of a major subsidiary. 3.Announcing a plan to discontinue an operation. 4.Major purchases of assets, classification of assets as held for sale in accordance with IFRS 5, other disposal of assets. 5.The destruction of a major production plant by a fire after the balance sheet date. 6.Abnormally large changes after the balance sheet in asset prices or foreign exchange rates. 7.Announcing, or commencing the implementation of, a major restructuring.

11. © 2005 KPMG IFRG Limited, a UK registered company, limited by guarantee, and a member firm of KPMG International, a Swiss cooperative. All rights reserved. IAS 10 - 11 Examples of non-adjusting events (3) 8.Changes in tax rates or tax laws announced after the balance sheet date that have significant effect on current and deferred tax assets and liabilities. 9.Commencing major litigation arising solely out of events that occurred after the balance sheet date.

12. © 2005 KPMG IFRG Limited, a UK registered company, limited by guarantee, and a member firm of KPMG International, a Swiss cooperative. All rights reserved. IAS 10 - 12 Dividends and going concern Dividends Dividends declared after the balance sheet date should not be recognised as a liability at the balance sheet date but should be disclosed in notes If dividends are declared (ie the dividends are appropriately authorized and no longer at the discretion of the entity) after the balance sheet date but before the financial statements are authorized for issue, the dividends are not recognized as a liability at the balance sheet date because they do not meet the criteria of present obligation in IAS 37. Such dividends are disclosed in the notes (IAS 1).

13. © 2005 KPMG IFRG Limited, a UK registered company, limited by guarantee, and a member firm of KPMG International, a Swiss cooperative. All rights reserved. IAS 10 - 13 Going concern If the going concern assumption becomes inappropriate after the balance sheet date, the financial statements should not be prepared on a going concern basis for example: Deterioration in operating results and financial position after the balance sheet date may indicate a need to consider whether the going concern assumption is still appropriate.

14. © 2005 KPMG IFRG Limited, a UK registered company, limited by guarantee, and a member firm of KPMG International, a Swiss cooperative. All rights reserved. IAS 10 - 14 Disclosure Date of authorisation for issue of financial statements (FS) Who gave authorisation Eventual power of someone to amend the FS after issuance Updating of disclosures about conditions existing at the balance sheet date Material non-adjusting events: nature of the event an estimate of its financial effect, or that such an estimate cannot be made

15. © 2005 KPMG IFRG Limited, a UK registered company, limited by guarantee, and a member firm of KPMG International, a Swiss cooperative. All rights reserved. IAS 10 - 15 Events After the Balance Sheet Date IAS 10 – Central points “Cut-off” date for events after balance sheet date date of authorisation Adjusting events conditions at balance sheet date Non-adjusting events conditions after balance sheet date Dividends Going concern issue

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