IFRS 12Chapter 1Lesson 1
What IFRS 12 is for: objective, scope and level of detail
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IFRS 12 does not say how to account for interests in other entities: it says what must be explained to users so that they can gauge their nature, risks and effects.
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Learning objectives
- Explain the objective of IFRS 12 and what sets it apart from a recognition standard.
- Link each of a group's interests to the family of disclosures that concerns it.
- Judge the level of detail and aggregation, and know the limit set for material entities.
- State what happens to summarised information for an interest classified as held for sale.