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ATTX Taxonomy Development Notes - AASB131


This standard contained the following "Aus" paragraphs that were assessed for impact:
Aus57.1 Aus57.2 Aus57.3 Aus57.4 Aus57.5
  Denotes paragraphs resulting in a new element


The standard specifies 3 types of Joint Ventures:
  1. Jointly Controlled Entities (JCEs)
  2. Jointly Controlled Assets (JCAs)
  3. Jointly Controlled Operations (JCOs)
AASB have confirmed that Assets and Operations can be seen as one set of disclosures with no need to distinguish between the two. The problem is that for nearly all of the disclosures in the IFRS taxonomy, the reference is for IAS31.56, which has been deleted by the AASB in AASB131. In its place, they have added the paragraphs that set out separate disclosures for JCEs, JCAs and JCOs. The disclosures for the latter two are the same. For JCEs the disclosures much more closely follow the disclosures for Investments in Associates. They specifically refer the JCEs that are equity accounted. It almost seems that the AASB have deleted the requirements in IAS31 and replaced them with the disclsoures for Investments in Associates and replaced "Investments in Associates" with" Investments in Jointly Controlled Entities". Hence the recommendation that we follow the Associates disclosures where they are similar. The disclosures for JCAs/JCOs are much less rigorous. In disclosing one would assume that an Australian reporting entity would use either the JCE or JCOorA disclosures rather than the generic JV disclosures of IAS. It is highly unlikely that they would need to try and meet both sets of requirements. We have made the separate disclosures as children on Investments in JVs to indicate that they are different forms of the same thing. AASB have responded as follows: Joint Ventures is the general term and covers Joint Venture Entities (JCE) and Joint Venture Assets and Operations. Paragraph 56 was deleted on the basis that refers to Jointly Controlled Entities being able to proportionately consolidate (which AASB 131 does not allow). In the process it removed a disclosure requirement (ownership interest in JCEs) that the AASB covers in paragraph Aus57.3(a)(ii). The other disclosures required in [paragraph 56 are not relevant in AAS 131 because we don't allow proportionate consolidation. The paragraph Aus57.3(a)(ii) disclosure would be the same as the one provided for in the IFRS taxonomy for the paragraph 56 disclosure -- but I guess this might be confusing for the preparer if one element of the "additional" Aus disclosures were to be located in the IFRS taxonomy itself. Overall it might be easier to construct a separate section for the AASB disclosures. We appreciate that this tends to magnify the differences.

Aus57.1

Aus57.1	In respect of jointly controlled operations and assets, the venturer shall disclose 
	the following information:
	(a)	the name and principal activities of each significant jointly controlled 
		operation or asset; 
	(b)	its percentage interest in the output of each significant jointly controlled 
		operation or asset during the annual reporting period; and
	(c)	for each category of assets, the aggregate amount employed in jointly 
		controlled operations or assets.
Comments Splits requirements of the IAS para 56 and 57 into separate disclosures for “Jointly Controlled Entities” versus Other types. More disclosure required for Entities, less disclosure for other types. AASB advised creating two sets of disclosures for the 2 different types (Entities and Other)

The "categories" referred to in paragraph Aus57.1(c) are the categories that the venturer has chosen to use to display its assets in its balance sheet or notes thereto.

For example, if BHP reported a line item for "mine transport equipment" in its balance sheet, if some of the equipment relates to jointly controlled operations or assets, under paragraph Aus57.1(c) BHP would need to disclose the aggregate of mine transport equipment included in that line item that relates to jointly controlled operations and assets.

Furthermore, just to be clear, there is no need to separate out the assets relating to "operations" and the other "assets". Under paragraph Aus57.1 "operations and assets" are one amount.

IFRS Element
Options 1 Use the existing element for (a) and (b) and build a new tuple for (c) with Investments in Joint Ventures Disclosures as a parent.
2 Create a complete new set of elements for Jointly Controlled Operations and Assets and Jointly Controlled Entities with Investments in Joint Ventures Disclosures as the parent concept.

Investments in Jointly Controlled Operations and Assets Disclosures(string)
	Detail of Investments in Jointly Controlled Operations or Assets (string)
		Investment in Jointly Controlled Operations or Assets (tuple)
			Name of the Jointly Controlled Operations or Assets (string)
			Principal Activities of Jointly Controlled Operations or Assets (string)
			Percentage of Interest in the Output of the Jointly Controlled Operations or Assets (percent)

	Aggregate Amount of Assets Employed in Jointly Controlled Operations and Assets (string)
		Details of Assets Categories of Jointly Controlled Operations or Assets (string)
			Asset Category of Jointly Controlled Operations or Assets (tuple)
				Description of Asset Category for Jointly Controlled Operations and Assets (string)
				Amount of Asset Category for Jointly Controlled Operations and Assets (monetary)
Decision Option 2.
New Elements as per option 2


Aus57.2

Aus57.2	In respect of interests in jointly controlled entities, the venturer shall disclose 
	the following information:
	(a)	the fair value of interests in jointly controlled entities for which there 
		are published price quotations;
	(b)	where the equity method is applied to interests in jointly controlled entities, 
		summarised financial information of jointly controlled entities, including the 
		aggregate amounts of each of the current assets, long-term assets, current 
		liabilities, long-term liabilities, income and expenses;
	(c)	the reporting date of the financial statements of a jointly controlled entity, 
		when such financial statements are used in applying the equity method and are 
		as of a reporting date or for a period that is different from that of the venturer, 
		and the reason for using a different reporting date or different period;
	(d)	the nature and extent of any significant restrictions (for example, resulting 
		from borrowing arrangements or regulatory requirements) on the ability of jointly 
		controlled entities to transfer funds to the venturer in the form of cash dividends, 
		or repayment of loans or advances; 
	(e)	the unrecognised share of losses of a jointly controlled entity, both for the period 
		and cumulatively, if a venturer has discontinued recognition of its share of losses 
		of a jointly controlled entity;
	(f)	the fact that a jointly controlled entity is not accounted for using the equity 
		method in accordance with paragraph 2; and
	(g)	summarised financial information of jointly controlled entities, either individually 
		or in groups, that are not accounted for using the equity method, including the 
		amounts of total assets, total liabilities, revenues and profit or loss.

Paragraphs in green relate to individual jointly controlled entities.  The remainder are aggregate disclosures.
Comments As mentioned for Aus57.1, the taxonomy does not distinguish between Jointly Controlled Operations and Assets and Jointly Controlled Entities. It would appear that the option is to build new tuples for each of these as the distinction is clearly made in AASB131.

Use summarised aggregate elements for Joint Ventures and add any new elements not currently in IAS.

Aus57.2 allows for aggregate disclosures for current assets, long-term assets, current liabilities and long-term liabilities. There is no requirement to disclose total assets and total liabilities. We could include them as XBRL-Completeness or AU-IFRS-CP (common practice). The same applies to Aus57.3 for non-equity accounted investments in jointly controlled entities. Noted as an "Unresolved Issue".

(g) may require separate elements for non-equity accounting.

The reference in paragraph Aus57.2(b) to "income and expenses" and in paragraph Aus57.2(g) to "revenues 
and profit or loss" are derived from the previous Australian standard AASB 1006, which said:   

9.4	A venturer must disclose, in a summarised presentation, its share of the joint venture entity's:
(a)	current assets 
(b)	non-current assets 
(c)	current liabilities
(d)	non-current liabilities
(e)	revenues
(f)	expenses
(g)	operating results (profits or losses) before income tax
(h)	income tax expense attributable to operating results (profits or losses)
(i)	extraordinary items (net of income tax).

In this context, AASB interpret "income and expenses" [paragraph Aus57.2(b)] to mean total income, which is 
both revenues and gains, and (separately) total expenses.  The wording change from "revenue" in AASB 1006 
to "income" in AASB 131 is needed because what AASB previously called revenue meant all inflows (AASB didn't 
distinguish revenues and gains), whereas the IASB Framework uses income to mean the total inflows, being 
revenue and gains.

Also, in this context, AASB interpret "revenues" [paragraph Aus57.2(g)] to mean revenue in the IFRS sense, 
being income but not gains. "Profit or loss" [paragraph Aus57.2(g)] AASB interpret as being net profit or 
loss, namely income less expenses.
IFRS Element NA
Options 1 Replicate required sections and elements/concepts from Investments in Associates to Investments in Jointly Controlled Entities. Some sections (eg, Movements) could be deleted as well as some elements – eg Reason for Presumption of … (these should be inside the Investment in Associate tuple anyway and I have advised the IASB team).
2 Use existing Joint Venture Disclosures.
Decision TBA
New Element Lable TBA
Type
Parent


Aus57.3

Aus57.3	The following disclosure shall be made by the venturer:
	(a)	in respect of each significant jointly controlled entity:
		(i)	its name, principal activities and the country of incorporation 
			or residence;
		(ii)	the venturer’s ownership interest as at the jointly controlled 
			entity’s reporting date and, if different, at the venturer’s 
			reporting date;
		(iii)	the proportion of voting power held in the jointly controlled 
			entity where different from the proportion of ownership interest 
			held; and
		(iv)	where a jointly controlled entity holds equity in the venturer, 
			the percentage of equity held by the jointly controlled entity.
	(b)	where the equity method is applied to interests in jointly controlled 
		entities, the amount of the venturer’s share of jointly controlled entities’:
		(i)	profit or loss before income tax; and
		(ii)	income tax expense; and
	(c)	where the equity method is applied to interests in jointly controlled entities:
		(i)	the amount of impairment losses recognised in profit or loss during 
			the period and the line item(s) of the income statement in which those 
			impairment losses are included; and
		(ii)	the amount of reversals of impairment losses recognised in profit or 
			loss during the period and the line item(s) of the income statement in 
			which those impairment losses are reversed; and
	(d)	the venturer’s share of jointly controlled entities’ non-capital expenditure 
		commitments contracted for other than for the supply of inventories.

Paragraphs in green relate to individual jointly controlled entities.  The remainder are aggregate disclosures.
Comments Further disclosures for Jointly Controlled Entities. Some will be included in the tuple for Aus57.2 – (a) – and a new tuple in Income Statement Disclosures for (b) to (d) as they relate to profit or loss. Paras (b) and (c) only apply where the equity method is used so that may need to be part of the element name.

These disclosures are the same as for Investments in Associates.

IFRS Element For (a)

Need to add an element for (a)(iv) when building new tuple.

For (b)(i)

For (c)

This is a movement analysis for Investments in Associates. Most of the elements have a reference of IFRS-CP, which means that the movement analysis not is required under IFRS. The only element to have a specific reference is “Goodwill in Associates Transferred …”.

The two elements of interest are “Impairment, Investments in Associates” and “Reversal of Impairment, Investments in Associates”. These two elements could be copied and edited to relate to Investments in Jointly Controlled Entities. The title of Movement Analysis could be changed to Impairment Disclosures for Jointly Controlled Entities and only include the equivalents of the ones mentioned above with children for the Income Statement Line Items requirements. This may require a tuple for each to allow for multiple lines items.

Do we need to include a movement analysis for Jointly Controlled Entities?

Options 1 New section in Asset Disclosures (see above (a)) – Investments in Jointly Controlled Entities.

New element in Income Statement Disclosures (see above (b)(i)) – Share of Profit (Loss) from Equity-Accounted Jointly Controlled Entities. AASB advised that not required as part of Share of Profit (Loss) from Equity-Accounted Joint Ventures.

2 For (b)(i) add a child to Share of Profit (Loss) from Equity-Accounted Investments for Share of Profit (Loss) for Equity-Accounted Jointly Controlled Entities.

Applies to both Income Statement formats – By Function and By Nature. Not required - see comment above from AASB.

(b) is not covered as there is no breakdown of Income Tax Expense (Income) in the IFRS taxonomy. The detail required could be shown as children of Aggregate Amount of Net Profit (Loss) in Jointly Controlled Entities as the section will follow the Summarised Information of Associates, In Aggregate section shown below:

Decision
New Element Lable TBA
Type
Parent


Aus57.4 Interests in jointly controlled entities accounted for using the equity method shall be classified as non-current assets. The venturer’s share of the profit or loss of such entities, and the carrying amount of those interests, shall be separately disclosed. The venturer’s share of any discontinued operations of such entities shall also be separately disclosed.
Comments Seems to be further comment on Aus57.3 but relates to aggregated data (totals) rather than for individual jointly controlled entities. Specific mention of discontinued operations disclosures.

“The venturer’s share of any discontinued operations of such entities” has an equivalent element in Investments in Associates – Investor’s Share of Discontinued Operations of Associates Accounted for Using Equity Method. It will be automatically included by copying/editing the Investment in Associates section as recommended for Aus57.3.

“The venturer’s share of the profit or loss of such entities” can be inserted by adding element as a child to the element Share of Profit (Loss) from Equity-Accounted Investments (see Aus57.3(b)(i) screen shot) in the Income Statements. AASB advised that not required in Income Statement.

The “carrying amount of those interests” may require an additional element in the equivalent of the Associates element “Summarised Financial Information of Associates, Aggregate (see screen shot below)

IFRS Element
Options 1 TBA
2 TBA
Decision TBA
New Element Lable TBA
Type
Parent


Aus57.5 The venturer’s share of changes recognised directly in the jointly controlled entity’s equity shall be recognised directly in equity by the venturer and shall be disclosed in the statement of changes in equity as required by AASB 101 Presentation of Financial Statements.
Comments There is no section in the Changes of Equity section of the IFRS taxonomy relating to Joint Ventures. It would seem that a new element is needed in that section to accommodate this paragraph.

Alternative reading of Aus57.5 and a check on the IFRS taxonomy indicates that this paragraph does not require an element. It simply means that the amounts are aggregated with other values in the items mentioned.

IFRS Element
Options 1 New element in Changes in Equity section.
2 No new elements required - use existing elements.
Decision Option 2 - no new element required.


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