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IAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors — wording before IFRS 18Applicable today

Applies to annual periods beginning before January 1, 2027.

IAS 8Chapter 5Lesson 3

Recognising a change in estimate and explaining it

Step 1 of 9Learning objectives

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The effect of a change in estimate is recognised prospectively in profit or loss: in the period of the change, and also in future periods if they are affected. When it changes an asset, a liability or an item of equity, its carrying amount is adjusted in the period of the change. The notes disclose the nature and amount of the effect, including on future periods, unless impracticable, a fact that must then be disclosed.

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Learning objectives

  • Calculate the revised charge after a change in useful life, residual value or method.
  • Record the effect of a change in estimate in profit or loss or by adjusting a carrying amount.
  • Draft the disclosure of the nature and amount of the change, including the future effect.

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Original teaching content: it paraphrases the standard without reproducing it and does not replace the official text.

Contents — IAS 8 — Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors

  1. 1 · Not startedObjective and scope0 / 1 lesson
  2. 2 · Not startedDefinitions: policy, estimate, error0 / 1 lesson
  3. 3 · Not startedSelecting and applying accounting policies0 / 3 lessons
  4. 4 · Not startedChanges in accounting policies0 / 5 lessons
  5. 5 · Not startedAccounting estimates and changes in them0 / 3 lessons
  6. 6 · Not startedPrior period errors0 / 2 lessons
  7. 7 · Not startedImpracticability and the prohibition of hindsight0 / 1 lesson