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Exposure draft amendments to IFRS 1 first-time adoption of international financial reporting standards cost of an investment in a subsidiary [electronic resource]

By: Language: English Publication details: London IASB 2007Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: Concerns proposals responding to concerns about difficulties encountered by parent companies in measuring the cost of an investment in a subsidiary on adopting IFRSs. Proposes to allow a parent to use a deemed cost to measure its investment in subsidiaries when it first adopts IFRSs. Proposals also alleviates the need to restate the pre-acquisition accumulated profits of a subsidiary for the purposes of classifying dividends.

Concerns proposals responding to concerns about difficulties encountered by parent companies in measuring the cost of an investment in a subsidiary on adopting IFRSs. Proposes to allow a parent to use a deemed cost to measure its investment in subsidiaries when it first adopts IFRSs. Proposals also alleviates the need to restate the pre-acquisition accumulated profits of a subsidiary for the purposes of classifying dividends.