AASB 2011-12 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards arising from Interpretation 20 November 2011 (Cth)

AASB Standard

AASB 2011-12

November 2011

Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards arising from Interpretation 20

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACCOUNTING STANDARD

AASB 2011-12 AMENDMENTS TO AUSTRALIAN ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ARISING FROM INTERPRETATION 20

Paragraphs

Objective   1

Application   2 − 4

Amendments to AASB 1   5 − 7

Australian Accounting Standard AASB 2011-12 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards arising from Interpretation 20 is set out in paragraphs 1 − 7. All the paragraphs have equal authority.

PREFACE

Standards Amended by AASB 2011-12

This Standard makes amendments to Australian Accounting Standard AASB 1 First-time Adoption of Australian Accounting Standards.

These amendments arise from the issuance of IFRIC Interpretation 20 Stripping Costs in the Production Phase of a Surface Mine.

Application date

This Standard applies to annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2013.  This Standard is applied when AASB Interpretation 20 is applied.  Earlier application is permitted for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005 but before 1 January 2013.

ACCOUNTING STANDARD AASB 2011-12

The Australian Accounting Standards Board makes Accounting Standard AASB 2011-12 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards arising from Interpretation 20 under section 334 of the Corporations Act 2001.

Kevin M. Stevenson
Dated 14 November 2011	Chair – AASB

ACCOUNTING STANDARD AASB 2011-12

AMENDMENTS TO AUSTRALIAN ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ARISING FROM INTERPRETATION 20

Objective

1. The objective of this Standard is to make amendments to AASB 1 First-time Adoption of Australian Accounting Standards as a consequence of the issuance of IFRIC Interpretation 20 by the International Accounting Standards Board in October 2011.

Application

1. This Standard applies to:

(a) each entity that is required to prepare financial reports in accordance with Part 2M.3 of the Corporations Act and that is a reporting entity;

(b)      general purpose financial statements of each other reporting entity; and

(c)      financial statements that are, or are held out to be, general purpose financial statements.

1. This Standard applies to annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2013.

1. This Standard shall be applied when Interpretation 20 is applied.  This Standard may be applied to annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005 but before 1 January 2013 provided Interpretation 20 is also adopted early for the same period.  When an entity applies this Standard to such an annual reporting period, it shall disclose that fact.

Amendments to AASB 1

1. In Appendix D, paragraph D1 is amended as follows (new text is underlined and deleted text is struck through):

D1        An entity may elect to use one or more of the following exemptions:

(a)share-based payment transactions (paragraphs D2 and D3);

…

(m)financial assets or intangible assets accounted for in accordance with Interpretation 12 Service Concession Arrangements (paragraph D22);

(n)borrowing costs (paragraph D23);

(o)transfers of assets from customers (paragraph D24);

(p)extinguishing financial liabilities with equity instruments (paragraph D25);

(q)severe hyperinflation (paragraphs D26–D30); and

(r)joint arrangements (paragraph D31).; and

(s)stripping costs in the production phase of a surface mine (paragraph D32).

6         After paragraph D31 a heading and paragraph D32 are added:

Stripping costs in the production phase of a surface mine

D32     A first-time adopter may apply the transitional provisions set out in paragraphs A2 to A4 of AASB Interpretation 20 Stripping Costs in the Production Phase of a Surface Mine as identified in AASB 1048.

7         After paragraph 39L paragraph 39M is added:

39M    AASB 2011-12 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards arising from AASB Interpretation 20 added paragraph D32 and amended paragraph D1.  An entity shall apply that amendment when it applies AASB Interpretation 20 Stripping Costs in the Production Phase of a Surface Mine as identified in AASB 1048.