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Can you explain the purpose of IFRS 7 financial instruments: disclosure ?

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Question ajoutée par Frank Mwansa , ACCOUNTING LECTURER , FREELANCER
Date de publication: 2016/07/16
Zaheer uddin Raja
par Zaheer uddin Raja , Accounts Supervisor , Pakistan International Airlines

The purpose of IFRS 7 financial instruments: disclosure, is to disclose information of financial instruments of an entity and the nature / extent of risks arising from those financial instruments.

Ahmed Ezzat Mohamed Nasr
par Ahmed Ezzat Mohamed Nasr , Finance Director , M. Alriyadh Co. (Group of Co.)

IFRS 7: Financial instruments: Disclosures

The accounting standard IFRS 7 requires entities to provide disclosures in their financial statements that enable users to evaluate the significance of financial instruments, the nature and extent of risks arising from them and how entities manage those risks. Find articles, books and online resources providing quick links to the standard, summaries, guidance and news of recent developments.

History of IFRS 7

Date

Development

Comments

22 July 2004

Exposure Draft ED 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures published

Comment deadline 14 September 2009

18 August 2005

IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures issued

Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2007

22 May 2008

Amended by Improvements to IFRSs (required disclosures when interests in jointly controlled entities are accounted for at fair value through profit or loss, presentation of finance costs)

Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2009

13 October 2008

Reclassification of Financial Assets (Amendments to IAS 39 and IFRS 7) issued

Effective 1 July 2008

23 December 2008

Exposure Draft Investments in Debt Instruments (Proposed Amendments to IFRS 7) published

Comment deadline 15 January 2009(Project subsequently abandoned in January 2009)

5 March 2009

Improving Disclosures about Financial Instruments (Amendments to IFRS 7) issued

Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2009

6 May 2010

Amended by Improvements to IFRSs (clarification of disclosures)

Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2011

7 October 2010

Disclosures – Transfers of Financial Assets (Amendments to IFRS 7) issued

Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 July 2011

16 December 2011

Disclosures — Offsetting Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (Amendments to IFRS 7) issued

Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2013

16 December 2011

Mandatory Effective Date and Transition Disclosures (Amendments to IFRS 9 and IFRS 7) issued

Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2015 (or otherwise when IFRS 9 is first applied)*

19 November 2013

IFRS 9 Financial Instruments (Hedge Accounting and amendments to IFRS 9, IFRS 7 and IAS 39) issued, implementing additional disclosures (and consequential amendments) resulting from the introduction of the hedge accounting chapter in IFRS 9

Applies when IFRS 9 is applied*

25 September 2014

Amended by Improvements to IFRSs 2014 (servicing contracts and applicability of the amendments to IFRS 7 to condensed interim financial statements)

Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2016

 

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