Skip to Content
IFRS Essentials
book

IFRS Essentials

by Dieter Christian, Norbert Lüdenbach
May 2013
Beginner
562 pages
15h
English
Wiley
Content preview from IFRS Essentials

IAS 10 EVENTS AFTER THE REPORTING PERIOD

1 OVERVIEW

IAS 10 deals with the effects of events after the reporting period on an entity's financial statements (IAS 10.1–10.2). IAS 10 defines events after the reporting period as events that occur after an entity's reporting period, but before the date when the financial statements are authorized for issue. The date that the financial statements are authorized for issue is generally the date at which the financial statements are authorized and issued by management, either to the shareholders or to a supervisory board (made up solely of non-executives), if given. Even if the shareholders or a supervisory board are required to approve the financial statements, the date of authorization for issue is the date of authorization by management (IAS 10.5–10.6).1 Financial statements do not reflect events after the date when the financial statements were authorized for issue (IAS 10.18).

It can be deduced from the information above that not all events after the reporting period are within the scope of IAS 10:2

c06f001

Events after the reporting period within the scope of IAS 10 can be subclassified as follows (IAS 10.3):

  • Adjusting events: These events provide evidence of conditions that existed at the end of the reporting period (i.e. at the balance sheet date). Amounts recognized in the financial statements are adjusted in order to reflect adjusting ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

IFRS For Dummies

IFRS For Dummies

Steven Collings
Wiley IFRS 2017

Wiley IFRS 2017

PKF International Ltd

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781118501344Purchase book